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Emmanouil Tampakakis, MD
Cardiology
- Johns Hopkins School of Medicine Faculty
About Emmanouil Tampakakis
Primary Academic Title
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Background
Dr. Emmanouil Tampakakis is an Assistant Professor of Medicine at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine as well as an attending physician at Johns Hopkins Hospital.
His research focuses on Stem Cell Biology and Heart Development and Regeneration. Specifically, Dr. Tampakakis lab aims to understanding the biology and regenerative potential of stem cell-derived cardiomyocytes and uses human induced pluripotent stem cells and animal models to model human cardiac disease and deciphering the mechanisms of cardiac maturation. Dr. Tampakakis also holds a cardiology fellowship at Johns Hopkins Hospital.
Dr. Tampakakis received his undergraduate degree and M.D. from the University of Crete. He completed an internal medicine residency at Boston University Medical Center.
Prior to joining Johns Hopkins in 2012, Dr. Tampakakis was a research fellow in Dr. J. Vita’s laboratory of Vascular Biology at Boston University School of Medicine. At Johns Hopkins, he was a post-doc in the labs of Drs Chulan Kwon and David Kass.
Dr. Tampakakis is the recipient of several awards including the AHA outstanding early career investigator award and the ACC Presidential Career Development Award and has received funding from the AHA and the NIH.
Recent News Articles and Media Coverage
Hopkins researchers discover newborn rats hold secret to manufacturing human heart cells., The Baltimore Sun, (February 11, 2017).
Additional Academic Titles
Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering, Assistant Professor of Genetic Medicine
Research Interests
Inherited Cardiomyopathies
Research Summary
Dr. Tampakakis research focuses on the role of cardiac innervation in heart development, the effect of transcriptional enhancers on heart failure and the contribution of stem cell derived-cardiomyocytes on heart regeneration.
Honors
- NIH-NHLBI, K08 Mentored Clinical Scientist Research Career Development Award
- AHA BCVS Outstanding Early Career Investigator Award 2020
- Northwestern Young Investigator Forum, Excellence in Basic Science Research 2020
- W.W. Smith Charitable Trust Award 2020
- AHA Career Development Award, 1/1/19
- ACC Presidential Career Development Award, 1/1/19
- Weinstein Heart Development and Regeneration Conference Travel Award, 1/1/18
- JHU The Magic That Matters Fund, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, 1/1/18
- Northwestern Young Investigator Forum Finalist, 1/1/16
- AHA Scientific Sessions Travel Award, 1/1/16
- JHU Clinician Scientist Award, Johns Hopkins University, 1/1/16
- Mid Atlantic Capital Cardiology Symposium, Young Investigator Award Winner, 1/1/15
Memberships
- Member, American College of Cardiology
- Member, American Heart Association
- Member, American Medical Association
- Member, American College of Physicians
Locations
- Johns Hopkins Outpatient Center
- 601 North Caroline Street, Suite 7200, Baltimore, MD 21287
- phone: 443-997-0270
- fax: 410-614-1168
Expertise
Education
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Fellowship, Cardiology, 2016Boston Medical Center
Residency, Internal Medicine, 2011Boston University
Graduate School, MSc, 2011University of Crete Faculty of Medicine
Medical Education, MD, 2005Insurance
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- Geisinger Health Plan
- HealthSmart/Accel
- Humana
- Johns Hopkins Health Plans
- MultiPlan
- Pennsylvania's Preferred Health Networks (PPHN)
- Point Comfort Underwriters
- Private Healthcare Systems (PHCS)
- UnitedHealthcare
- Veteran Affairs Community Care Network (Optum-VACCN)