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Edward Paul Shapiro, M.D.

Non-Invasive Cardiologists

5530 Wisconsin Avenue Chevy Chase MD 20815443-997-0270https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/profiles/details/edward-shapiro

Edward Paul Shapiro, M.D.

Director, Non-Invasive Cardiac Imaging at Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center
Professor of Medicine

Expertise

Cardiac Imaging, Cardiovascular Disease, Echocardiography, Ischemic Heart Disease, Non-invasive Imaging, Valvular Heart Disease

Research Interests

Cardiac CT; Left ventricular deformation; Left atrial function

Background

Dr. Shapiro is a professor of Medicine at Johns Hopkins University and director of the non-invasive cardiology labs at Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center. He trained at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine in internal medicine and at the University of Chicago in Cardiology. He has long term interests in cardiac imaging, left ventricular deformation, left ventricular diastolic function, and non-invasive imaging, and has published more than 100 papers on these subjects. His original work utilized echocardiography, then cardiac MRI, and now cardiac CT. Currently, in addition to seeing and following patients with a wide variety of cardiac diseases, he is devoting much of his time toward teaching and research in cardiac CT angiography.

Dr. Shapiro directs the Johns Hopkins Cardiac CT Practicum, a course that trains cardiologists and radiologists to interpret Cardiac CT, that has become popular and well known the world over.

Education

Degrees

  • MD; Medicine; Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine (1976)

Residencies

  • Medicine; Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine (1978)

Fellowships

  • Echocardiography; Brompton Hospital (1980)
  • Cardiology; The University of Chicago Medical Center (1980)

Board Certifications

  • American Board of Internal Medicine (Cardiovascular Disease) (1981)
  • American Board of Internal Medicine (Internal Medicine) (1979)

Research & Publications

Academic Affiliations & Courses

Courses and Syllabi

  • Cardiac CT Practicum co-director
    Johns Hopkins University
    2005

Activities & Honors

Honors

  • Member, Johns Hopkins Medical and Surgical Society, 1976
  • Fellow, American College of Cardiology, 1982
  • Member, American Society of Echocardiography, 1989
  • Founding member, Society for Cardiac Magnetic Resonance, 1995
  • Fellow, American Heart Association, 2000
  • Founding member, Society for Cardiac CT, 2006
  • Fellow, Society for Cardiac CT, 2012
    Source: https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/profiles/details/edward-shapiro