Cardiology | Heart and Vascular Institute

About

The Ciccarone Center for the Prevention of Heart Disease is Johns Hopkins’ educational arm within the Heart and Vascular Institute in Baltimore, MD. It focuses on preventing cardiovascular disease in adults at high risk through education, research, and comprehensive clinical approaches. Key aims include reducing risks of heart attack, stroke, bypass surgery, and angioplasty by addressing hypertension, high cholesterol, diabetes, smoking, sedentary lifestyle, excess weight, existing vascular disease, and family history. The center emphasizes three missions: delivering excellent risk-focused clinical care, educating clinicians to better identify and treat at-risk patients, and conducting rigorous research on heart disease and stroke prevention. Research interests center on familial clustering of heart disease, premature atherosclerosis, and asymptomatic individuals with a family history of early vascular disease. Contact: Baltimore-based center within Johns Hopkins, part of the broader Heart and Vascular Institute.