Erin Donnelly Michos, MD

Professional Titles

• Director of Women's Cardiovascular Health Research
• Associate Director of Preventive Cardiology

Primary Academic Title

Professor of Medicine

Background

Centers and Institutes

• Ciccarone Center for the Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease
• Heart and Vascular Institute
• Women's Cardiovascular Health Center

X (Twitter)

https://www.twitter.com/ErinMichos

Videos

• #TomorrowsDiscoveries: Preventing Cardiovascular Disease - Erin Michos, M.D.

• 2019 ACC-AHA Guideline on the Primary Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease with Erin Michos

• 2019 A Woman's Journey Greater Washington Area | Secrets of a Woman‚Äôs Heart

• Women with Heart Disease Report More Treatment and Care Disparities

• The Hidden Risks of A Male Hormone to a Woman‚Äôs Heart | Erin Michos

• Dr. Erin Michos - Preventive Cardiologist

• Women Underrepresented in Clinical Trials | Dr. Erin Michos

• COVID-19 Facts for Patients with Cardiovascular Disease | Dr. Erin Michos

• Traditional and Female-Specific Risk Factors that Influence A Woman‚Äôs Cardiovascular Risk

• Dr. Erin Michos | Red Chair Series

Recent News Articles and Media Coverage

• Vitamin D, Calcium, Other Vitamins, and Supplements Do Not Prevent CVD, TCTMD  (January 25, 2021)
• Focused mental health interventions warranted among patients with MI, Healio.com (January 12, 2021)
• The head is connected to the heart – and can influence health, Heart.org (January 25, 2021)
• The Importance of the Flu Vaccine in People with Heart Disease, Broadcast Med (December 14, 2020)
• Covid-19 and the Heart, Broadcast Med (April 27, 2020)
• Relationship of Mental Health Disorder with Heart Attack, Hopkins Medicine
• Women Underrepresented in Trials for Atrial Fibrillation Hopkins Medicine
• 8 Questions Answered About Exercise That You May Not Know About, U.S. News & World Report (August 21, 2017)
• Vitamin D Deficiency and the Prevention of Heart Disease: to Treat or Not Treat?, U.S. News & World Report (June  9, 2016)
• Inflammation and Heart Disease: What Is C-Reactive Protein? Who Might Benefit from Testing? U.S. News & World Report (March  6, 2016)
• Can exercising too hard kill you? The Washington Post (February  22, 2016)
• Pregnancy and the Heart: a Difficult Pregnancy May Warn of Future Cardiovascular Risk, US News & World Report (February 01, 2016)
• Managing Blood Pressure: It's a Marathon, Not a Sprint: A slow and steady reduction in blood pressure may be the way for all of us to end up as, US News & World Report (January 11, 2016)
• Holiday Stressors and Heart Disease Risk, US News & World Report (December 4, 2015)
• Erectile dysfunction as harbinger of heart disease US News & World Report (October 14, 2015)
• Sitting disease-moving your way to a healthier heart, US News & World Report (September 14, 2015)
• Exercise and Cardiovascular Health, US News & World Report (August 10, 2015)
• Coronary calcium score – who needs the test? US News & World Report (April 28, 2015)
• Heart Smart Approach to Marathons and Vigorous Exercise, Hopkins Medicine
• Are your relationships putting your heart at risk? Hopkins Medicine

Contact for Research Inquiries

600 N. Wolfe Street
Blalock 524-B
Baltimore, MD 21287

Phone: (410) 502-6813

Research Interests

Cardio-Obstetrics, Lipids, Menopause, Obesity and Cardiometabolic Disease, Preventive Cardiology, Women's Cardiovascular Health

Google Scholar

https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=xc9BWFcAAAAJ&hl=en

PubMed

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=michos+ed

Selected Publications

• Michos ED, Cainzos-Achirica M, Heravi AS, Appel LJ.  Vitamin D, Calcium Supplements, and Implications for Cardiovascular Health: JACC Focus Seminar. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2021 Feb 2;77(4):437-449. doi: 10.1016/j.jacc.2020.09.617

• Michos ED, McEvoy JW, Blumenthal RS. Lipid Management for Prevention of Athersoclerotic Cardiovascular Diease. N Engl J Med. 2019 Oct 17;381(16):1557-1567. doi: 10.1056/NEJMra1806939

• Khan MS, Mahmood S, Khan SU, Fatima K, Khosa F, Sharma G, Michos ED. Women Training in Cardiology and Its Subspecialties in the United States: A Decade of Little Progress in Representation. Circulation. 2020 Feb 18;141(7):609-611

• Khan SU, Khan MU, Riaz H, Valavoor S, Zhao D, Vaughan L, Okunrintemi V, Riaz IB, Khan MS, Kaluski E, Murad MH, Blaha MJ, Guallar E, Michos ED. Effects of Nutritional Supplements and Dietary Interventions on Cardiovascular Outcomes: An Umbrella Review and Evidence Map. Ann Intern Med. 2019 Aug 6;171(3):190-198

• Khan SU, Khan MZ, Raghu Subramanian C, Riaz H, Khan MU, Lone AN, Khan MS, Benson EM, Alkhouli M, Blaha MJ, Blumenthal RS, Gulati M, Michos ED. Participation of Women and Older Participants in Randomized Clinical Trials of Lipid-Lowering Therapies: A Systematic Review. JAMA Netw Open. 2020 May 1;3(5):e205202. doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2020.5202

Honors

• David Levine Excellence in Mentoring Award, Johns Hopkins Department of Medicine, 3/1/19
• Young Investigator Finalist, Northwestern University, 1/1/08
• Trudy Bush Award, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, 1/1/07
• PJ Schafer Award in Cardiovascular Research, Johns Hopkins Ciccarone Preventive Cardiology Center, 1/1/07

Memberships

• American College of Cardiology (ACC)
• American Heart Association (AHA)
• American Society of Echocardiography
• American Society of Preventive Cardiology (ASPC)
• Society of Cardiac Computed Tomography
• National Lipid Association