Monica Mukherjee, MD, MPH

Professional Titles

• Director, Echocardiography Lab, Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center
• Associate Director, Johns Hopkins Echocardiography

Primary Academic Title

Associate Professor of Medicine

Background

Centers and Institutes

• Heart and Vascular Institute
• Women's Cardiovascular Health Center

Recent News Articles and Media Coverage

• Older Women May Be at Risk for Pulmonary Hypetension, MedPage Today (July 08, 2012)

  International Spotlight on JHM Echo Programs, Medicine Matters, Johns Hopkins Medicine (June 21, 2016)

  Advanced Echo Detection of Heart Disease in Scleroderma, Johns Hopkins Rheumatology (July 21, 2016)

  Lend a Hand, Help a Heart, Inside Hopkins Medicine (July 26, 2016)

  Cardiovascular Disease Among Transgender Adults Receiving Hormone Therapy: A Narrative Review, Article of the Week, Johns Hopkins Department of Medicine, Medicine Matters (July 25th, 2017)

  Right Ventricular Myofilament Functional Differences in Humans with Systemic Sclerosis-associated versus Idiopathic Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension, Article of the Week, Johns Hopkins Department of Medicine, Medicine Matters (April 11th, 2018)

  Improvement in Right Ventricular Strain with Ambrisentan and Tadalafil Upfront Therapy in Scleroderma-associated Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension. Article of the Week, Johns Hopkins Department of Medicine, Medicine Matters (April 18th, 2018)

Research Interests

Diastolic Heart Failure, Hypertension and Strain, Hypertensive Heart Disease, Myocardial Fibrosis, Pulmonary Hypertension, Right heart dysfunction, Speckle Tracking Echocardiography

Lab Website

Mukherjee Research Lab

• The Mukherjee Research Lab harnesses multimodality imaging techniques to refine risk prediction of adverse clinical outcomes in connective tissue diseases such as systemic sclerosis.

PubMed

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=mukherjee%2C+monica

Selected Publications

• *Mukherjee M, Mercurio V, Tedford RJ, Shah AA, Hsu S, Mullin CJ, Sato T, Damico R, Kolb TM, Mathai SC, Hassoun PM. Right Ventricular Longitudinal Strain is Diminished in Systemic Sclerosis Compared to Idiopathic Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension. Eur Respir J. 2017 Nov 22;50(5).

• Mukherjee M, Chung SE, Ton VK, Hummers LK, Wigley FM, Abraham TP, Shah AA. Unique Abnormalities in Right Ventricular Longitudinal Strain in Systemic Sclerosis Patients. Circulation Cardiovascular Imaging. 2016 Jun;9(6)

• Mukherjee M, Sharma K, Madrazo JA, Tedford RJ, Russell SD, Hays AG. Right Sided Heart Dysfunction In Heart Failure With Preserved Ejection Fraction And Worsening Renal Function. American Heart Journal, 2017 July

• Hung G and Mercurio V, Hsu S, Mathai SC, Shah AA, Mukherjee M. Progress in understanding, diagnosing and managing cardiac complications of Systemic Sclerosis. Curr Rheumatol Rep. 2019 Dec 7;21(12):68. PMID: 31813082

• Kovell LC and Ali MT, Hays AF, Metkus TS, Madrazo JA, Corretti MC, Mayer AS, Abraham TP, Shapiro EP, *Mukherjee M. Defining the Role of Point-of-Care Ultrasound in Cardiovascular Disease: A Review. Am J Cardiol, 2018 Jul 19. pii: S0002-9149(18)31421-8.

Honors

• Fellow, American College of Cardiology (FACC)
• Fellow, American Society of Echocardiography (FASE)
• Top 25 Young Investigator Award, American Society of Echocardiography, 6/23/16
• William H. Beaumont Honors in Research, George Washington University School of Medicine, 1/2/06
• Harold Lamport Biomedical Research Award, George Washington University School of Medicine, 1/2/06
• Donald H. Glew Memorial Award, George Washington University School of Medicine, 1/2/06
• Summa Cum Laude, Bachelors of Science in Behavioral Neuroscience and Psychology, 1/5/01

Memberships

• Fellow, American College of Cardiology
• Fellow, American Society of Echocardiography
• Fellow, American Heart Association
• National Board of Echocardiography,

  Diplomate

• Society of Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Imaging