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Michael Joseph Blaha, M.D., M.P.H.

Michael Joseph Blaha, M.D., M.P.H.

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  • Director of Clinical Research, Ciccarone Center for the Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease
  • Professor of Medicine
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Expertise

Cardiovascular Computed Tomography, Cardiovascular Disease, Preventive Cardiology ...read more

Research Interests

Primary Prevention of Heart Disease and Stroke; Advanced Subclinical Atherosclerosis ...read more

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Johns Hopkins Medicine - Green Spring Station

Appointment Phone: 443-997-0275
10755 Falls Road
Ciccarone Center, Pavilion I Suite 360
Lutherville, MD 21093 map
Phone: 410-583-2740 | Fax: 410-367-2448

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600 N. Wolfe Street
Blalock 524
Baltimore, MD 21287 map
Phone: 410-955-7376 | Fax: 410-367-2151

Background

Dr. Michael J. Blaha MD MPH is Associate Professor of Cardiology and Epidemiology and presently serves as the Director of Clinical Research for the Johns Hopkins Ciccarone Center for the Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease. His clinical interests include primary and secondary prevention of cardiovascular disease, with emphasis on early intervention in patients with advanced subclinical atherosclerosis detected with cardiac computed tomography.

Dr. Blaha represents the 4th generation of physicians in his family. After earning a BS in pre-medical studies and classical civilization at the University of Notre Dame in 2001, Dr. Blaha went to Vanderbilt University where in 2006 he received his MD as well as an MPH. in clinical epidemiology and biostatistics. Dr. Blaha then completed his Internal Medicine residency in the Osler Medical Housestaff Training Program at Johns Hopkins in 2009 before completing a fellowship in Cardiology at Johns Hopkins in 2012. 

He is currently a preventive cardiologist and researcher in clinical epidemiology with faculty appointments in both Cardiology and in Epidemiology at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. He is an Associate Editor for the Journal of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography, Associate Editor for the Diabetes and Cardiometabolic Clinical Community on acc.org, and is a standing member of the Endocrinologic and Metabolic Drug Advisory Committee (EMDAC) for the FDA. He is Principal Investigator for the Coronary Artery Calcium Consortium, co-chair of the Cross Cohort Collaboration, and a Principle Investigator for the American Heart Association (AHA) Tobacco Regulation and Addiction Center.

Dr. Blaha has received multiple grant awards from the National Institutes of Health, Food and Drug Administration, AHA, Amgen, and the Aetna Foundation. He has published over 375 research articles, many with students and trainees at Johns Hopkins. 

In 2018, Dr. Blaha received the Dr. Fred Brancati award at Johns Hopkins for excellence in mentoring. He has mentored over 20 trainees and has delivered Grand Rounds lectures at over 10 institutions.

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Titles

  • Director of Clinical Research, Ciccarone Center for the Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease
  • Professor of Medicine

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Education

Degrees

  • MD MPH; Vanderbilt University School of Medicine (2006)

Residencies

  • Internal Medicine; Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine (2009)

Fellowships

  • Cardiology; Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine (2012)

Board Certifications

  • American Board of Internal Medicine (Cardiovascular Disease) (2012)

Research & Publications

Selected Publications

View all on PubMed

http://scholar.google.com/citations?user=-y4L66AAAAAJ
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