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Emmanouil Tampakakis

Emmanouil Tampakakis, MD

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Johns Hopkins Affiliations:
  • Johns Hopkins School of Medicine Faculty

Languages

  • Greek
  • English

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Gender

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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

Lab Website

Tampakakis Lab - Lab Website

  • Stem cell biology

    Heart development and regeneration

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

  1. Johns Hopkins Outpatient Center
    • 601 North Caroline Street, Suite 7200, Baltimore, MD 21287

    Expertise

    Education

    Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

    Fellowship, Cardiology, 2016

    Boston Medical Center

    Residency, Internal Medicine, 2011

    Boston University

    Graduate School, MSc, 2011

    University of Crete Faculty of Medicine

    Medical Education, MD, 2005

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