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Kavita Sharma

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Kavita Sharma

@KSharmaMD

Advanced Heart Failure/Transplant Cardiologist, Faculty @Hopkinsmedicine, Osler alum, UVA Wahoo, wife, mom of two littles. Tweets are my own.

Baltimore, MD

Joined September 2017

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Kavita Sharma
@KSharmaMD
Dec 22, 2025
With deep gratitude and honor I will be embarking on a new role as Associate Chief Medical Officer (ACMO) of The Johns Hopkins Hospital @HopkinsMedicine as of January 2026. Hopkins has been home since 2007—first as a trainee in the @OslerResidency program, to now 10th year on
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Kavita Sharma
@KSharmaMD
Jul 28, 2020
Honored to be named Director of HF/Heart Transplant @hopkinsheart @HopkinsMedicine. Grateful for amazing mentors, colleagues and team. Humbled to build on the legacy of giants. @EdKasper3 @dkassjhu @StevenSchulman7 Stuart Russell @roberthiggins32 @AhmetKilicMD #womenincardiology
Johns Hopkins Cardiology
@hopkinsheart
Jul 28, 2020
We are extremely excited to announce that Dr. Kavita Sharma @KSharmaMD has been selected to be the new Director of ❤️ Failure and Cardiac Transplantation @hopkinsheart! @HopkinsMedicine @HopkinsMedNews
Kavita Sharma
@KSharmaMD
Feb 4, 2022
Honored to be promoted to Associate Professor of Medicine @HopkinsMedicine @hopkinsheart! Grateful for the support of family, amazing mentors and colleagues along the way. Proud to #GoRedforWomen today.
Kavita Sharma
@KSharmaMD
Apr 28, 2024
First DCD heart transplant performed last night @HopkinsMedicine by @cpasrij @APolancoMD! Milestone moment for @hopkinsheart and @HopkinsCTSurg ! Incredible dedication and efforts by all team members. @AhmetKilicMD @stevenhsu_md @ngilotraMD @jvaishnavmd @Js08Paul
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Kavita Sharma
@KSharmaMD
Jul 8, 2020
In press in @JACCJournals today: our paper on the largest endomyocardial biopsy study in human HFpEF to date. Kudos to @VirginiaSHahnMD and all co-authors! @dkassjhu @HFpEF @hopkinsheart @HopkinsMedicine @RyanTedfordMD @jvaishnavmd @AHA_Research heartfailure.onlinejacc.org/content/early/…
Kavita Sharma
@KSharmaMD
Apr 20, 2023
In print today! Our @JACCJournals Scientific Statement on #HFpEF: diagnosis, mechanisms and treatment! Kudos to this amazing team: Barry Borlaug @JenHoCardiology Sanjiv Shah @HFpEF! jacc.org/doi/abs/10.101… @HopkinsMedicine @hopkinsheart @ACCinTouch @ACCMaryland
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Kavita Sharma
@KSharmaMD
Mar 1, 2023
Out in @CircAHA today! The #metabolomics chapter from our human #HFpEF myocardial tissue studies: #HFpEF hearts are surprisingly energy inflexible despite #obesity #diabetes, and in some ways worse than #HFrEF. Proud of the @hopkinsheart #HFpEF team and collab w UPenn!
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Kavita Sharma
@KSharmaMD
Apr 2, 2021
Welcome Dr. Virginia Hahn to the @hopkinsheart HF Section faculty this July! @VirginiaSHahnMD is former Chief Fellow, @SarnoffCardio fellow, trailblazer in #hfpef translational research. Thrilled for our diverse and dynamic team: 7 of 11 HF faculty #WIC #WomenInScience
Kavita Sharma
@KSharmaMD
Jul 9, 2021
Thrilled and honored our #HFpEF myocardial transcriptomics study in @CircAHA is winner of the 2021 Joseph Loscalzo Award for best basic/translational science paper of the year! ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/CI… Proud of our @hopkinsheart HFpEF Team! @VirginiaSHahnMD @dkassjhu @hildurkay
Kavita Sharma
@KSharmaMD
Mar 21, 2023
In Press today: Supervised Exercise Training for #HFpEF: A Scientific Statement From the @AHAScience and @ACCinTouch ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/CI… Kudos to the entire team! @nih_nhlbi @ACCMaryland @AHA_Research @CircAHA @JACCJournals
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Kavita Sharma
@KSharmaMD
Dec 5, 2021
JHU HFpEF Program Receives $1.3M Funding from @Amgen | Medicine Matters …ine-matters.blogs.hopkinsmedicine.org/2021/11/jhu-hf… Thrilled to receive this incredible support to pursue clinical, translational, and basic sci research in #HFpEF! @dkassjhu @hopkinsheart @HopkinsMedNews
Kavita Sharma
@KSharmaMD
Jun 28, 2024
Closing out the 2023-2024 academic year on a high! Incredibly proud of the @hopkinsheart Advanced HF/ Transplant program for a record breaking academic year! 🔥 51 heart transplants 80 ECMO 75 Impellas DCD program initiated ⬆️ 1 year transplant survival (98%) ⬆️ 1 year
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Kavita Sharma
@KSharmaMD
Feb 18, 2023
Thrilled to welcome Dr. Paul Scheel @Js08Paul to the @hopkinsheart HF Section faculty in July 2023! Paul is former @OslerResidency #Janeway giant, @HopkinsMedicine Cardiology fellow, rising clinical star, and has done amazing research in #RVfailure #LVAD and #ARVC! Welcome
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Kavita Sharma
@KSharmaMD
May 15, 2021
Congratulations to @hopkinsheart @OslerResidency trainees and founders of @CardioNerds in print @JCardFail: onlinejcf.com/article/S1071-… An incredible story and accomplishment! @Dr_DanMD @AmitGoyalMD @CarineHamo @EuniceDuganMD @RichardAFerraro @StevenSchulman7 @robmentz @dranulala