KavitaSharmaMD

Heart Failure & Transplantation

Associate Professor of Medicine, Director of Heart Failure & Cardiac Transplantation, Director of JHU Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction Program, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

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Office
601 North Caroline Street
Baltimore, MD 21287
Phone+1 443-997-0270

Fax+1 410-614-1168

Education & Training

Johns Hopkins UniversityFellowship, Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology, 2014 - 2015
Johns Hopkins UniversityFellowship, Cardiovascular Disease, 2010 - 2011
Johns Hopkins UniversityResidency, Internal Medicine, 2007 - 2010
University of Virginia School of MedicineClass of 2007

Certifications & Licensure

MD State Medical License 2011 - 2025
American Board of Internal MedicineCardiovascular Disease

Clinical Trials

Diuretics and Dopamine in Heart Failure With Preserved Ejection Fraction Start of enrollment: 2013 Aug 01
Completed
Phase 4
PITA-HF: Feasibility, Safety, and Tolerability Start of enrollment: 2020 Nov 20
Completed
Not Applicable
Roles: Principal Investigator, Contact

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

Evidence-Based Application of Natriuretic Peptides in the Evaluation of Chronic Heart Failure With Preserved Ejection Fraction in the Ambulatory Outpatient Setting.
Yogesh N V Reddy, Atsushi Tada, Masaru Obokata, Rickey E Carter, David M Kaye
Circulation. 2025-01-22
Sacubitril/valsartan versus valsartan initiation in patients naïve to renin-angiotensin system inhibitors: Insights from PARAGLIDE-HF.
Nina Nouhravesh, Alexander H Gunn, Derek Cyr, Adrian F Hernandez, David A Morrow
European Journal of Heart Failure. 2025-01-10
2 citations
Finerenone in Women and Men With Heart Failure With Mildly Reduced or Preserved Ejection Fraction: A Secondary Analysis of the FINEARTS-HF Randomized Clinical Trial.
Misato Chimura, Xiaowen Wang, Pardeep S Jhund, Alasdair D Henderson, Brian L Claggett
JAMA Cardiology. 2025-01-01

Journal Articles

Clinical Research Adiposity and Incident Heart Failure and Its Subtypes: MESA (Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis)
Roger S Blumenthal, Erin D Michos, Mary Cushman, Matthew A Allison, Kavita Sharma, Michael H Criqui, ScienceDirect
Clinical Research Randomized Evaluation of Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction Patients with Acute Heart Failure and Dopamine: The ROPA-DOP Trial
Joban Vaishnav, David A Kass, Kavita Sharma, Nishant Shah, Allison Tsao, John Miller, Richa Gupta, David R Thiemann, Rohan Kalathiya, Steven P Schulman, Stuart D Russe..., ScienceDirect
Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction Expert Panel Report
Kishan S Parikh, Howard K Surks, Sanjiv J Shah, Marvin A Konstam, Margaret M Redfield, Robert M Califf, Kavita Sharma, Narimon Honarpour, Gregory D Lewis, Scott D Solo..., ScienceDirect

Press Mentions

Mathai and Sharma Elected to Miller Coulson AcademyAugust 9th, 2024
Weight Loss Drug Linked with Reduced Need for Diuretics in Heart Failure PatientsMay 13th, 2024