JoaoA CLimaMD

Adult Congenital Heart Disease

Professor of Medicine, Professor of Radiology and Radiological Science, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine; Professor of Medicine and Radiology, Director of Cardiovascular Imaging

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Office
1800 Orleans Street
Baltimore, MD 21287
Phone+1 410-955-5000

Fax+1 410-955-5001

Education & Training

Johns Hopkins UniversityFellowship, Cardiovascular Disease, 1988 - 1990
Johns Hopkins University/Bayview Medical CenterResidency, Internal Medicine, 1986 - 1988
Johns Hopkins UniversityFellowship, Cardiovascular Disease, 1980 - 1982
Federal University of Bahia Faculty of MedicineClass of 1977

Certifications & Licensure

UT State Medical License 1900 - Present
MD State Medical License 1983 - 2026
FL State Medical License 2014 - 2016
PA State Medical License 1990 - 1992
American Board of Internal Medicine Internal Medicine
American Board of Internal Medicine Cardiovascular Disease

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

Whos Who in Medicine and Healthcare Marquis Whos Who
Fellow (FACC) American College of Cardiology

Clinical Trials

Transesophageal Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) in Conjunction With Lipid Lowering Measures Start of enrollment: 2000 Aug 01
Completed
Not Applicable
High-Density Lipoprotein (HDL) Cholesterol Increased Plaque Stabilization in the Elderly Start of enrollment: 2003 Sep 01
Completed
Phase 3
Diagnostic Accuracy of Multi-Detector Spiral Computed Tomography Angiography Using 64 Detectors Start of enrollment: 2005 Oct 01
Completed
Not Applicable
F18PET/CT Versus TC-MDP Scanning to Detect Bone Mets Start of enrollment: 2009 Jan 01
Unknown status
Phase 3
Combined Non-invasive Coronary Angiography and Myocardial Perfusion Imaging Using 320 Detector Computed Tomography Start of enrollment: 2009 Dec 01
Completed
Phase 3
Personalized Risk Identification and Management for Arrhythmias and Heart Failure by ECG and MRI Start of enrollment: 2010 May 01
Completed
Dynamic Computed Tomography Myocardial Perfusion Imaging for Detection of Coronary Artery Disease Start of enrollment: 2018 Mar 30
Withdrawn
Not Applicable
Comparison of Magnetic Resonance Coronary Angiography (MRCA) With Coronary Computed Tomography Angiography (CTA) Start of enrollment: 2019 Sep 03
Active, not recruiting
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Publications & Presentations

PubMed

CT Emphysema Subtypes and Cardiac Hemodynamics Estimated on Magnetic Resonance Imaging: The MESA COPD Study.
Emilia A Hermann, Jesse X Yang, Elsa Angelini, Pallavi Balte, David A Bluemke
Chest. 2025-03-27
Longitudinal changes in circulating cyclic guanosine monophosphate in women over the menopause transition compared to men: the Coronary Artery Risk Development in Youn...
Giuliana N Lee, Wendy Ying, Bharath Ambale-Venkatesh, Chike C Nwabuo, Henrique Doria de Vasconcellos
Menopause. 2025-03-25
Integrating Ketone Bodies in Multi-Marker Risk Prediction of Incident Heart Failure in the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (MESA).
Parag Anilkumar Chevli, Senthil Selvaraj, Byron C Jaeger, Aziz Hammoud, Margery A Connelly
European Journal of Preventive Cardiology. 2025-03-21

Journal Articles

Association of the V122I Transthyretin Amyloidosis Genetic Variant with Cardiac Structure and Function in Middle-Aged Black Adults
Clyde W Yancy, Elizabeth M Mcnally, Joao Lima, Donald M Lloyd-Jones, Sadiya S Khan, JAMA Cardiology

Lectures

Updates for Cardiologists
Pri-Med, Rosemont, Illinois - 12/3/2011

Press Mentions

What Is High Blood Pressure—and Why Do Your Numbers Matter?November 30th, 2018
Toshiba USA to Open Research Facility at Johns HopkinsJanuary 3rd, 2017
There May Be a Very Good Reason Why It's so Hard to Treat Heart Disease in WomenOctober 24th, 2015
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Grant Support

Interplay of Myocardial Fibrosis and Cardiac TTR Amyloid in Age Related Cardiac Remodeling in MESA-Multi-Ethnic Study of AtherosclerosisJOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY2022–2026
Non-alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease and Cardiovascular Disease in Hispanics/LatinosNORTHERN CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE/RES/EDU2019–2025