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Hugh Calkins, M.D.

Hugh Grosvenor Calkins, M.D.

Catherine Ellen Poindexter Professor of Cardiology
Professor of Medicine

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Expertise

Ablation, Arrhythmia, Arrhythmogenic Right Ventricular Dysplasia, Atrial Fibrillation, Atrial Flutter, Bradycardia, Cardiac Electrophysiology, Cardiology, Cardiomyopathy, Cardiovascular Disease, Cardioversion, Catheter Ablation Therapy, Defibrillators, Device Therapy, Electrophysiology, Heart Block, Heart Disease, Heart Failure, Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillator Therapy, Irregular Heartbeat, Long QT Syndrome, Pacemakers, Palpitations, Paroxysmal Supraventricular Tachycardia, Sudden Cardiac Death, Supraventricular Tachycardia, Syncope, Tachycardias, Tilt Table Test, Ventricular Arrhythmias, Ventricular Fibrillation, Ventricular Tachycardia, Wolff-Parkinson-White (WPW) Syndrome ...read more

Research Interests

Atrial Fibrillation; Arrhythmogenic Right Ventricular Dysplasia; Syncope; Sudden Cardiac Death; Atrial Fibrillation Ablation; Catheter Ablation; Device Therapy for Treatment of Ventricular Arrhythmias ...read more

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The Johns Hopkins Hospital

Appointment Phone: 443-997-0270

600 N. Wolfe Street
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Phone: 410-955-3339 | Fax: 410-367-2148

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Background

Dr. Hugh Calkins is the Catherine Ellen Poindexter Professor of Cardiology and Director of the Electrophysiology Laboratory and Arrhythmia Service at the Johns Hopkins Hospital. He is an internationally recognized expert on catheter ablation, atrial fibrillation, syncope, arrhythmogenic right ventricular dysplasia (ARVD) and arrhythmia management.

Dr. Calkins attended Williams College and Harvard Medical School before training in medicine at Massachusetts General Hospital. He received his cardiology training at Johns Hopkins. His first faculty position was at the University of Michigan, where he directed the Pacemaker Service, and he returned to Johns Hopkins as director of the Arrhythmia Service in 1992.

Dr. Calkins is an Associate Editor of the Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology and is on the editorial board of many other cardiology journals. He is a former member of the American Board of Internal Medicine Electrophysiology Boards Test Writing Committee. Dr. Calkins is a fellow of the American College of Cardiology, the American Heart Association and the Heart Rhythm Society. He led a 44-member international task force whose 2012 Expert Consensus Statement gave recommendations for treatment and research of atrial fibrillation. Dr Calkins is a past president of the Heart Rhythm Society and was elected to be a member of the Miler Coulsen Academy of Clinical Excellence in 2014.

Dr. Calkins has published more than 500 articles and book chapters on a large variety of cardiac arrhythmias. His research has focused predominantly on catheter ablation, atrial fibrillation, syncope, and arrhythmogenic right ventricular dysplasia. Dr. Calkins has also written extensively on most aspects of heart rhythm disorders and their treatment.

Titles

Catherine Ellen Poindexter Professor of Cardiology
Director, Cardiac Arrhythmia Service
Director, Johns Hopkins ARVD Program
Director, Johns Hopkins Atrial Fibrillation Center
Director, Electrophysiology Laboratory
Director, Tilt Table Diagnostic Laboratory
Professor of Medicine
Professor of Pediatrics

Departments / Divisions

Medicine - Cardiovascular
Medicine - Cardiology
Pediatrics

Centers & Institutes

ARVD (Arrhythmogenic Right Ventricular Dysplasia / Cardiomyopathy) Program
Atrial Fibrillation Center
Heart and Vascular Institute
Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy Service

Education

Degrees

MD; Harvard Medical School (1983)

Residencies

Medicine; Massachusetts General Hospital (1986)

Fellowships

Cardiology; Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine (1989)

Board Certifications

American Board of Internal Medicine (Cardiovascular Disease) (1989)
American Board of Internal Medicine (Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology) (1992)
American Board of Internal Medicine (Internal Medicine) (1986)

Research & Publications

Clinical Trial Keywords

tachycardia; catheter ablation; atrial fibrillation

Selected Publications

Dr. Calkins has published more than 350 manuscripts and book chapters on a large variety of cardiac arrhythmias.
His research has focused predominantly on catheter ablation, syncope, and arrhythmogenic right ventricular dysplasia. Dr Calkins has also written extensively on most aspects of heart rhythm disorders and their treatment.

Selected Publications

Calkins H, Maughan WL, Weisman HF, Sugiura S, Sagawa K, Levine JH. Effects of acute volume load on refractoriness and arrhythmia development in isolated chronically infarcted canine hearts. Circulation.1989; 79:687 697.

Calkins H, Maughan WL, Kass D, Sagawa K, and Levine JH. Electrophysiologic of volume load in isolated canine hearts. Am J Physiol.1989; 256: H1697 H1706.

Calkins H, Sousa J, El Atassi R, Rosenheck S, de Buitleir M, Kou W, Kadish A, Langberg J, Morady F. Diagnosis and cure of the Wolff Parkinson White syndrome or paroxysmal supraventricular tachycardias during a single electrophysiologic test. N Engl J Med 1991; 324:1612 8.

Calkins H, Langberg J, Sousa J, El Atassi R, Leon A, Kou W, Kalbfleisch S. Radiofrequency catheter ablation of accessory atrioventricular connections in 250 patients: abbreviated therapeutic approach to the Wolff Parkinson White syndrome. Circulation 1992; 85:1337 1346.

Calkins H, Yong P, Miller JM, Olshansky B, Carlson M, Saul JP, Huang SK, LB Liem, Klein LS, Moser SA, Bloch DA, Gillette P, Prystowsky E and the Atakr Investigators; Catheter Ablation of Accessory Pathways, Atrioventricular nodal Reentrant Tachycardia, and the Atrioventricular Junction: Final Results of a Prospective Clinical Trial. Circulation 1999; 99: 262-270.

Rowe PC, Calkins H, DeBusk K, Mckenzie R, Anand R, Sharma G, Cuccherini BA, Soto N, Hohman P, Snader S, Lucas K, Wolff M, Straus SE. Fludrocortisone Acetate to treat Neurally mediated Hypotension in Chronic Fatigue Syndrome; A Randomized Controlled Trial. JAMA 2001; 285: 52-59.

Kato R, Lickfett L, Meininger G, Dickfeld T, Wu, R, Juang G, Angkeow P, Bluemke D, Berger R, Halperin H, Calkins H. Pulmonary Vein Anatomy in Patients Undergoing Catheter Ablation of Paroxysmal Atrial Fibrillation: Lessons Learned Using Magnetic Resonance Imaging. Circulation 2003;107:2004-10.

Dalal D, Nasir K, Bomma C, Prakasa K, Tandri H, Piccini J, Roguin A, Tichnell C, James C, Russell SD, Judge DP, Abraham T, Spevak PJ, Bluemke DA, Calkins H. Arrhythmogenic right ventricular dysplasia: a United States experience. Circulation. 2005;112(25):3823-32.

Dong J, Calkins H, Solomon SB, Lai S, Dalal D, Lardo A, Brem E, Preiss A, Berger RD, Halperin H, Dickfeld T. Integrated electroanatomic mapping with three-dimensional computed tomographic images for real-time guided ablations. Circulation 2006;113:186-194.

Dalal D, James C, Devanagondi R, Tichnell C, Tucker A, Prakasa K, Spevek PJ, Bluemke DA, Abraham T, Russell SD, Calkins H. Penetrance of mutations in plakophilin-2 among families with arrhythmogenic right ventricular dysplasia/cardiomyopathy. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2006;48(7):1416-24.

Dalal D, Jain R, Tandri H, Dong J, Eid SM, Prakasa K, Tichenll C, James C, Abraham T, Russell SD, Sinha S, Judge DP, Bluemke DA, Marine JE, Calkins H. Long-term efficacy of catheter ablation of ventricular tachycardia in patients with arrhythmogenic right ventricular dysplasia/cardiomyopathy. J Am Coll Cardiol 2007;50(5):432-40.

Scherr D, Dalal D, Cheema A, Cheng A, Henrikson CA, Spragg D, marine JE, Berger RD, Calkins H, Dong J. Automated detection and characterization of complex fractionated atrial electrograms in human left atrium during atrial fibrillation. Heart Rhythm 2007;4(8):1013-20.

Cheema A, Dong J, Dalal D, Marine JE, Henrikson CA, Spragg D, Cheng A, Nazarian S, Bilchick KC, Almasry I, Sinha S, Scherr D, Halperin H, Berger R, Calkins H. Circumferential ablation with pulmonary vein isolation in permanent atrial fibrillation. Am J Cardiol 2007;99(10):1425-8.

Hof I, Arbab-Zadeh A, Scherr D, Chilukuri K, Dalal D, Abraham T, Lima J, Calkins H. Correlation of left atrial diameter by echocardiography and left atrial volume by computed tomography. J Cardiovasc Electrophysiol. 2009;20(2):159-63.

Hof I, Chilukuri K, Arbab-Zadeh A, Scherr D, Dalal D, Nazarian S, Henrikson C, Spragg D, Berger R, Marine J, Calkins H. Does Left Atrial Volume and Pulmonary Venous Anatomy Predict the Outcome of Catheter Ablation of Atrial Fibrillation? J Cardiovasc Electrophysiol. 2009;20(9):1005-10.

Activities & Honors

Honors

Elected to Phi Beta Kappa, Williams College, 1978
Graduated: Magna cum laude with highest honors in chemistry, Williams College, 1979
First Place, Young Investigator Competition, North American Pacing and Electrophysiology , 1988
Helen B. Taussig Award, American Heart Association-Maryland Affiliate, Inc., 1999
Visiting Professor, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, 2000
IBCs 21st Century Award for Achievement, 2002
Best Doctors, 2002
America's Top Physicians, 2001
Best Doctors in America, 2002
America's Top Physicians, 2003
Leading Scientists in the World, 2004
Best Doctors in America , 2005
Clinical Research Award for Highest Scored Abstract, HRS, 2006
Elected Member, American Clinical and Climatological Society, 2006 - 2007
Elected Member, Association of University Cardiologists, 2007
Recognized as a Top Cardiologist by Baltimore Magazine, 2007
Inaugural Recipient of the Nicholas J. Fortuin Professor of Cardiology, 2008
Recognized by Best Doctors in America, 2009
Recognized as Top Cardiologist by Baltimore Magazine, 2011
Inducted into the Miller-Coulson Academy of Clinical Excellence, 2014
Named one of the most "Highly Cited" researchers, Thomson Reuters, 2014

Memberships

American College of Cardiology
American Heart Association
Association of University Cardiologists
Heart Rhythm Association

Professional Activities

Director, Pacemaker Service, University of Michigan, 1989 - 1992
Director, Arrhythmia Service, Johns Hopkins Hospital, 1992
Director, EP Laboratory, Johns Hopkins Hospital, 1992
Director, Tilt Diagnostic Lab, Johns Hopkins Hospital, 1995
President, Heart Rhythm Society, 2013 - 2014

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