LewisCBeckerMD

Cardiology • Baltimore, MD

Nuclear Cardiology

Professor of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

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Office
600 N Wolfe St
Baltimore, MD 21287
Phone+1 410-955-3116

Education & Training

Johns Hopkins UniversityFellowship, Cardiovascular Disease, 1968 - 1971
Massachusetts General HospitalResidency, Internal Medicine, 1966 - 1968
Johns Hopkins University School of MedicineClass of 1966

Certifications & Licensure

MD State Medical License 1969 - 2026
NC State Medical License 1972 - 1988
American Board of Internal Medicine Internal Medicine
American Board of Internal Medicine Cardiovascular Disease

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

CMS Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification EpicCare Ambulatory EMR, Epic Systems Corporation, 2013-2014
Elected Member The American Society for Clinical Investigation, 1983

Clinical Trials

Unstable Angina Pectoris Trial Start of enrollment: 1972 Jan 01
Completed
Phase 3
Comparison of Two Methods to Diagnose Coronary Artery Disease Start of enrollment: 2003 Jun 01
Completed

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

113 citations
Heritability of Platelet Responsiveness to Aspirin in Activation Pathways Directly and Indirectly Related to Cyclooxygenase-1
Nauder Faraday, Lisa R. Yanek, Rasika A. Mathias, J. Enrique Herrera-Galeano, Dhananjay Vaidya
Circulation. 2007-05-15
1416 citations
Large-scale association analysis identifies 13 new susceptibility loci for coronary artery disease
Heribert Schunkert, Inke R. König, Sekar Kathiresan, Muredach P. Reilly, Themistocles L. Assimes
Nature Genetics. 2011-04-01
148 citations
Use of >100,000 NHLBI Trans-Omics for Precision Medicine (TOPMed) Consortium whole genome sequences improves imputation quality and detection of rare variant associati...
Madeline H. Kowalski, Huijun Qian, Ziyi Hou, Jonathan D. Rosen, Amanda L. Tapia
Plos Genetics. 2019-12-23

Journal Articles

Hypertension Is Associated with White Matter Disruption in Apparently Healthy Middle-Aged Individuals
L C Becker, D M Becker, Y Hannawi, B G Kral, American Journal of Neuroradiology

Grant Support

Functional Genomics Of Platelet Aggregation Using IPS And Derived MegakaryocytesNational Heart, Lung, And Blood Institute2011
Inflammation And Repair In Cardiac Ischemia-ReperfusionNational Heart, Lung, And Blood Institute2006–2011
Novel Technologies To Identify Preclinical Coronary Disease In High Risk FamiliesNational Heart, Lung, And Blood Institute2009–2010
STAT3 In Post-Ischemic Myocardial InflammationNational Heart, Lung, And Blood Institute2006–2010
CoreNational Heart, Lung, And Blood Institute2006–2010
Genome-Wide Association Of Platelet PhenotypesNational Heart, Lung, And Blood Institute2007–2009
Genotypic Determinants Of Aspirin Response In High Risk FamiliesNational Heart, Lung, And Blood Institute2007–2008
Mechanisms Of Coronary Artery Disease In High Risk FamiliesNational Center For Research Resources2007
Genotypic Determinants Of Aspirin Response In High Risk FamiliesNational Center For Research Resources2004–2007
Administrative/Statistical CoreNational Heart, Lung, And Blood Institute2006
Mechanisms Of Coronary Artery DiseaseNational Center For Research Resources2005–2006
Coronary Disease Detection By Thalluim Spect And FAST CTNational Heart, Lung, And Blood Institute2003–2006
Genotypic Determinants Of Aspirin Response In High Risk FamiliesNational Center For Research Resources2004–2005
Genotypic Determinants Of Aspirin Response In High-RiskNational Heart, Lung, And Blood Institute2002–2005
Oxidants And Nitric Oxide In Post-Ischemic Heart InjuryNational Heart, Lung, And Blood Institute2000–2004
Oxidants, Transcription Factors, And InflammationNational Heart, Lung, And Blood Institute2000–2003
Mechanism Of CHD In High Risk FamiliesNational Center For Research Resources2000–2002
Determinants Of Coronary Disease In High Risk FamiliesNational Heart, Lung, And Blood Institute1998–2001
Dysfunction Of Postischemic MyocardiumNational Heart, Lung, And Blood Institute1995–2000
Core--StatisticsNational Heart, Lung, And Blood Institute1996–1999
Adhesion Between Neutrophils And Endothelium In Ischemic Myocardial InflammationNational Heart, Lung, And Blood Institute1996–1999
SCOR In Ischemic Heart DiseaseNational Heart, Lung, And Blood Institute1995–1999
Progression Of Coronary Atherosclerosis In Asymptomatic SiblingsNational Center For Research Resources1997
Mechanisms Of Coronary Heart Disease In High Risk FamiliesNational Center For Research Resources1997
Coronary Heart Disease Risk In High Risk FamiliesNational Center For Research Resources1997
CAD Mechanisms In High Risk Families--Racial DifferenceNational Heart, Lung, And Blood Institute1994–1995
SCOR In Coronary And Vascular DiseasesNational Heart, Lung, And Blood Institute1991–1994
CAD Mechanisms In High Risk Families: Racial DifferenceNational Heart, Lung, And Blood Institute1993
Dysfunction Of Post-Ischemic MyocardiumNational Heart, Lung, And Blood Institute1986–1993
CAD Mechanisms In High Risk Families--Racial DI FferenceNational Heart, Lung, And Blood Institute1992