Seamus Paul Whelton, MD, MPH

Professional Titles

• Director of the Advanced Subclinical Atherosclerosis Clinic

Primary Academic Title

Associate Professor of Medicine

Background

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Google Scholar

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

PubMed

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed?term=Whelton%2C%20Seamus%5BAuthor%5D

Selected Publications

• Whelton SP, McAuley PA, Dardari Z, Orimoloye OA, Michos ED, Brawner CA, Ehrman JK, Keteyian SJ, Blaha MJ, Al-Mallah MH. Fitness and mortality among persons ≥ 70 years old across the spectrum of cardiovascular disease risk factor burden: The FIT Project. Mayo Clinic Proceedings. 2021. 96(9) 2376-85

• Whelton SP, McEvoy JW, Shaw L, Psaty BM, Lima JAC, Budoff M, Nasir K, Szklo M, Blumenthal RS, Blaha MJ. Association of normal systolic blood pressure with cardiovascular disease in the absence of risk factors. JAMA Cardiology. 2020. 5(9) 1011-18

• Boakye, E Dardari Z, Obisesan OH, Osei AD, Wang FH, Honda Y, Dzaye O, Osuki N, Carr JJ, Howard-Claudio CM, Wagenknecht L, Konety S, Coresh J, Matsushita K, Blaha MJ, Whelton SP. Sex-and Race-Specific Burden of Aortic Valve Calcification Among Older Adults Without Overt Coronary Heart Disease: The Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities Study. Atherosclerosis. 2022. 2022. 355:68-75

• Dzaye O, Al Rifai MA, Dardari Z, Shaw LJ, Al-Mallah MH, Handy Marshall C, Rozanski A, Mortensen MB, Duebegen M, Matshushita K, Rumberger JA, Berman DS, Budoff MJ, Miedema MD, Nasir K, Blaha MJ, Whelton SP. Coronary artery calcium as a synergistic tool for the age and sex specific risk of cardiovascular and cancer mortality: The CAC Consortium. Journal of the American Heart Association. 2020. 21;9(8) e015306

• Razavi AC, Kelly TN, Budoff MJ, Bazzano LA, He J, Fernandez C, Lima JAC, Nasir K, Blumenthal RS, Blaha MJ, Whelton SP. Atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease events among statin eligible individuals with and without long-term healthy arterial aging. Atherosclerosis. 2021. 326: 56-62

Courses & Syllabi

Johns Hopkins Cardiac CT Practicum

Honors

• Best Poster Award, 68th Annual American College of Cardiology Scientific Sessions, 3/18/19
• Stanley L. Blumenthal Cardiology Research Award finalist, 1/1/17
• Society of Cardiac Computed Tomography (SCCT) SOAR Award finalist, 1/1/17
• PJ Schafer Memorial Cardiovascular Research Award recipient, 1/1/17
• Stanley L. Blumenthal Cardiology Research Award, First Prize Clinical/Translational Research Oral Presentation, 1/1/16
• Delta Omega Public Health Honor Society, Eta Chapter, 1/1/04
• Dean's Scholarship Award, Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, 1/1/03

Lectures & Presentations

• Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease Risk Prediction in the age of precision medicine: Is coronary artery Calcium the only thing we need to measure?, Lecture, 26th Annual Panamanian Society of Cardiology-Interamerican Society of Cardiovascular Joint Scientific Sessions, Panama City, Panama, 10/1/22
• Coronary artery calcium: Prevalence and significance, Lecture, Jordan Hospital Cardiovascular Academy Symposium, Amman, Jordan (virtual), 4/8/21
• Dedicated coronary artery calcium score versus noncardiac CT versus coronary CTA: limitations and advantages, Lecture, Society of Cardiac Computed Tomography 17th Annual Scientific Meeting, Las Vegas, NV, 7/18/22
• Hypertension in Older Persons: Yes to Intensive Treatment, Lecture, American College of Cardiology Asia 2022 Together with Korean Society of Cardiology Spring Conference, Seoul, Korea (virtual), 4/15/22
• Multiple Risk Factors and Zero Coronary Artery Calcium: Is a Statin Needed for Management, Lecture, American Heart Association Scientific Sessions, 11/6/22
• Sex and ethnicity specific burden of coronary artery calcium among middle-aged and older adults: Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis, Lecture, American Heart Association Scientific Sessions, Boston, MA (virtual), 11/13/21