Roger S. Blumenthal, MD, FACC, FCCP Dr. Roger Blumenthal, Director, The Johns Hopkins Ciccarone Center for the Prevention of Heart Disease Office Phone: 410-955-7376 Email: rblument@jhmi.edu Undergraduate School: Johns Hopkins University; B.A., Natural Sciences Medical School: Cornell University Medical College, MD Residencies: The Johns Hopkins Hospital Department of Medicine Osler Medical Service Fellowships: Cardiology Division, The Johns Hopkins Hospital Board Certifications: Internal Medicine Cardiovascular Disease Current Positions: Associate Professor of Medicine Director, Preventive Cardiology Medical Director, Johns Hopkins Heart Health at Timonium Associate Medical Director, The Johns Hopkins Sibling Study Clinical Interests: Optimal management of coronary artery disease Preventive Cardiology Hyperlipidemia and Hypertension Individuals who develop cardiovascular disease at a young age Research Interests: Primary and secondary prevention of coronary heart disease Individuals with a family history of cardiovascular disease Heart disease in women & the cardiovascular effects of estrogen replacement therapy Implementation of strategies to optimize application of national guidelines for management of adults at increased risk for cardiovascular disease Evaluation of medical and lifestyle strategies for management of hypertension and hyperlipidemia Subclinical coronary or carotid atherosclerosis Selected Publications: Blumenthal RS, Becker, DM, Moy TF, Coresh J, Wilder LB, Becker LC: Exercise thallium tomography predicts future clinically manifest coronary artery disease in a high risk asymptomatic population. Circulation 1996;93:915-923. Kral BG, Becker LC, Blumenthal, RS et al: Exaggerated reactivity to mental stress is associated with exercise-induced myocardial ischemia in a asymptomatic high risk population. Circulation 1997;96:4246-4253. Allen JK, Blumenthal RS: Risk factor status of offspring of women with premature heart disease. American Heart Journal 1998;135:428-434. Yanek LR, Moy TF, Blumenthal RS et al: Hypertension among siblings of persons with premature coronary heart disease. Hypertension 1998;32:123-128. Becker DM, Yook RM, Moy TF, Blumenthal RS, Becker LC: Markedly high prevalence of coronary risk factors in apparently healthy siblings of persons with premature coronary disease. American Journal of Cardiology 1998;82:1046-1051. Post WS, Blumenthal RS: An Update on Hypertension. Preventive Cardiology 1999;2S:67-71. Siegman AW, Townsend ST, Civelek AC, Blumenthal RS: Antagonistic behavior, dominance, hostility, and coronary disease. Psychosomatic Medicine 2000;62:248-287. Blumenthal RS, Bush TL: Hormone therapy and the prevention of coronary artery disease in Coronary Artery Disease in Women: What All Physicians Need to Know (Charney P, ed) 1999; Chapter 10, 264-288. Blumenthal RS: Explaining the efficacy of HMG Co-A Reductase Inhibitors. American Heart Journal 2000;139:577-583 Blumenthal RS, Cohn G, Schulman SP: Medical therapy vs. coronary angioplasty in stable coronary artery disease: a critical review of the literature. Journal of the American College of Cardiology 2000;36:668-73.