
Jonathan Chrispin, MD
Electrophysiology
- Johns Hopkins School of Medicine Faculty
About Jonathan Chrispin
Professional Titles
- Director, Ventricular Arrhythmia Research
- Robert E. Meyerhoff Assistant Professor of Medicine
Primary Academic Title
Associate Professor of Medicine
Background
Jonathan Chrispin, M.D. is the Robert E. Meyerhoff Assistant Professor of Medicine in the Johns Hopkins Medicine Division of Cardiology, Electrophysiology and Arrhythmia. Dr. Chrispin focuses on all aspects of clinical electrophysiology, including pacemaker/defibrillator implantation, complex catheter ablation for atrial and ventricular arrhythmias and laser-lead extraction.
Dr. Chrispin received his bachelor of arts degree at Harvard College. He received his doctor of medicine degree from Vanderbilt University. He completed intern and residency training in internal medicine at The Johns Hopkins Hospital, where he also completed a fellowship in cardiovascular disease and served as chief clinical cardiac electrophysiology fellow. He is a member of the American College of Cardiology, the American Heart Association and Heart Rhythm Society.
Dr. Chrispin directs the Ventricular Arrhythmia research program with a focus on using advanced cardiac imaging to better understand the structural substrate that is associated with the development of ventricular arrhythmias. Further, he is involved in developing clinical trials to improve the safety and efficacy of catheter ablation for the treatment of ventricular tachycardia. His work has led to Dr. Chrispin being a peer reviewer in a number of international journals including Circulation, the Journal of the American College of Cardiology, Journal of the American Heart Association, American Journal of Cardiology, EP Europace and Clinical Cardiology.
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Additional Academic Titles
Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering
Research Interests
Arrhythmia, Atrial Fibrillation, Cardiac MRI, Catheter Ablation, Ventricular Arrhythmia
Selected Publications
Chrispin J., Calkins H. Accessory pathways related tachycardias- WPW syndrome and Atrioventricular Reentrant Tachycardias (AVRT), Orthodromic AVRT, Pre-excited atrial fibrillation. In Luscher et al: ESC Textbook of Cardiovascular Medicine, 3rd Edition. Oxford University Press
Chrispin J., Calkins H. Asymptomatic pre-excitation. In Luscher et al: ESC Textbook of Cardiovascular Medicine, 3rd Edition. Oxford University Press
Chrispin J., Nazarian S. MRI Mapping of Ventricular Tachycardia in Patient with Different Cardiomyopathies. In
Shenasa et al: Cardiac Mapping, 5th Edition
Chrispin J, Ipek EG, Habibi M, Yang E, Spragg D, Marine JE, Ashikaga H, Rickard J, Berger RD, Zimmerman SL, Calkins H, Nazarian S. Clinical predictors of cardiac magnetic resonance late gadolinium enhancement in patients with atrial fibrillation. EP Europace. 2016 Mar 10.
Chrispin, J., Nazarian S. Electronic Magnetic Interference and Magnetic Resonance Compatibility. In Ellenbogen et al: Clinical Cardiac Pacing, Defibrillation, and Resynchronization Therapy, 5th edition. Elsevier Inc, Philadelphia, PA
Chrispin, J, Ipek, E, Zahid, S, Prakosa, A, Habibi, M, Spragg, D, Marine, JE, Ashikaga, H, Rickard, J, Trayanova, NA, Zimmerman SL, Zipunnikov, V, Berger, RD, Calkins, H, Nazarian, S. Lack of regional association between atrial late gadolinium enhancement on cardiac magnetic resonance and atrial fibrillation rotors. Heart Rhythm. 2015 Nov 10. Pii: S1547-5271(15)01391-
Chrispin, J, Jain, A, Soliman, EZ, Guallar, E, Alonso, A, Heckbert, SR, Bluemke, DA, Lima, JA, Nazarian, S. Association of electrocardiographic and imaging surrogates of left ventricular hypertrophy with incident atrial fibrillation: MESA (Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis). J Am Coll Cardiol, 2014 May 20; 63(19), 2007-2013.
Honors
- Chief Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology Fellow, The Johns Hopkins Hospital, 1/1/16
- Dean's Scholarship - Four Year Full Tuition Support, Vanderbilt University, 1/1/05
- Bausch & Lomb Honorary Science Award and Scholarship, 1/1/01
Memberships
- American College of Cardiology,
Member
- American Heart Association,
Member
- Heart Rhythm Society,
Member
- American College of Cardiology,
Fellow
Locations
- Johns Hopkins Health Care & Surgery Center - Green Spring Station, Lutherville
- 10755 Falls Road, Pavilion I STE 360, Lutherville, MD 21093
- phone: 443-997-0270
- fax: 410-367-2448
- Johns Hopkins Community Physicians - Frederick
- 45 Thomas Johnson Drive, Suite 109, Frederick, MD 21702
- phone: 301-696-1000
- fax: 410-367-2015
- 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, Cardiac Electrophysiology, 2017Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Fellowship, Cardiology, 2015Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Residency, Medicine, 2012Vanderbilt University School of Medicine
Medical Education, MD, 2009Board Certifications
Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology
American Board of Internal Medicine, 2017Cardiovascular Disease
American Board of Internal Medicine, 2015Insurance
- Aetna
- CareFirst
- Cigna
- First Health
- 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)
Ratings & Reviews
4.7 out of 5
108 ratings, 37 reviewsThe Patient Rating score is an average of all responses to physician related questions on the national CG-CAHPS Medical Practice patient experience survey through Press Ganey. Responses are measured on a scale of 1 to 5, with 5 being the best score. Comments are also gathered from our CG-CAHPS Medical Practice Survey through Press Ganey and displayed in their entirety. Patients are de-identified for confidentiality and patient privacy.
- 5 out of 5 starsReviewed on 2/13/2025
Great as you should be able to discern from my from my answers.
- 5 out of 5 starsReviewed on 2/4/2025
Excellent
- 5 out of 5 starsReviewed on 1/30/2025
Top notch
- 5 out of 5 starsReviewed on 1/28/2025
Dr. Chrispin is great. Very personable and very knowledgeable. He helps to ease any nervousness and answers all questions clearly.
- 5 out of 5 starsReviewed on 1/28/2025
Professional, Knowledgeable, Courteous
- 5 out of 5 starsReviewed on 1/23/2025
Dr Chrispin was very knowledgeable, calm and reassuring about an upcoming procedure. He answered all of our questions.
- 4 out of 5 starsReviewed on 1/14/2025
He took us by surprise with a short conversation about his opinion on my condition. Left us both somewhat confused about his delivery of Information.
- 5 out of 5 starsReviewed on 12/12/2024
Very much aware of my heart situation. His knowledge and advice gave me great comfort and confidence.
- 4 out of 5 starsReviewed on 11/14/2024
My provider was fine. He was friendly and informative
- 5 out of 5 starsReviewed on 11/7/2024
He seemed very good and caring on my first appointment with him.
- 5 out of 5 starsReviewed on 11/5/2024
Excellent communication and explanation of my issue
- 5 out of 5 starsReviewed on 10/17/2024
All good - thorough, knowledgeable and courteous.
- 5 out of 5 starsReviewed on 10/15/2024
Dr. Chrispin is excellent.
- 5 out of 5 starsReviewed on 10/8/2024
Good communicator
- 5 out of 5 starsReviewed on 9/26/2024
Dr Jonathan Chrispin has performed an ablation for me and all went extremely well. Talking with Dr Chrispin pre surgery and post surgery gave me the comfort of knowing that I made the right choice and decision to move forward with the surgery. I would highly recommend Dr Chrispin to any of my friends and colleagues.
- 5 out of 5 starsReviewed on 9/24/2024
Love Dr Chrispin
- 5 out of 5 starsReviewed on 9/17/2024
Dr. Chrispin was professional. It appeared that he reviewed my records ahead of time so he was familiar with my issue. Some of the information in the after visit summary was not completely accurate.
- 3 out of 5 starsReviewed on 9/12/2024
Not the friendliest provider, but seem to know what he was doing.
- 5 out of 5 starsReviewed on 9/12/2024
Did not seem very friendly. Was very knowledgeable.
- 5 out of 5 starsReviewed on 9/10/2024
Listened well and explained options well
- 5 out of 5 starsReviewed on 8/27/2024
He is very good at explaining the heart problem.
- 5 out of 5 starsReviewed on 8/1/2024
Very knowledgeable and easy to understand
- 5 out of 5 starsReviewed on 7/30/2024
Professional,thoughtful,very helpful.
- 5 out of 5 starsReviewed on 7/25/2024
He's great.
- 5 out of 5 starsReviewed on 7/23/2024
Dr. Chrispin is the best!
- 5 out of 5 starsReviewed on 6/4/2024
Helped to put my mind about my concern at ease.
- 5 out of 5 starsReviewed on 6/4/2024
Excellent
- 5 out of 5 starsReviewed on 5/23/2024
Very good, made everything easy for wife and I to understand
- 4 out of 5 starsReviewed on 5/21/2024
Provider was direct and to the point...For me that was well respected!!!
- 5 out of 5 starsReviewed on 5/21/2024
Rockstars
- 5 out of 5 starsReviewed on 5/21/2024
Very responsive in getting back to me. In person, he is knowledgeable, calm, attentive, efficient, and skilled.
- 5 out of 5 starsReviewed on 5/21/2024
Friendly, courteous, kind, informative, empathetic
- 4 out of 5 starsReviewed on 4/23/2024
He was very clam, knowledgeable and willing to answer my questions.
- 5 out of 5 starsReviewed on 4/23/2024
Dr. Chrispin was very professional and friendly and answered all my questions. He also tried to get information on a possible doctor for another existing problem that I'm having. I would definitely recommend him.
- 4 out of 5 starsReviewed on 4/16/2024
Awesome
- 5 out of 5 starsReviewed on 4/11/2024
Excellent professionalism
- 5 out of 5 starsReviewed on 4/9/2024
He made me feel comfortable about the procedure.