About the authors

Mark M Awad

MM Awad is an MD-PhD Candidate in the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and the Johns Hopkins University Cellular and Molecular Medicine program, Baltimore, MD, USA. He completed his undergraduate training in Biomedical Sciences at Harvard University, Boston, MA. His research is currently focused on the genetic basis and pathogenesis of arrhythmogenic right ventricular dysplasia/cardiomyopathy.

Hugh Calkins

H Calkins, MD is Professor of Medicine at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and Director of the Cardiac Electrophysiology program at Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, MD, USA. After medical school at Harvard University, Boston, MA, he completed his internship and residency in Internal Medicine at Massachusetts General Hospital, followed by a fellowship in Cardiology at Johns Hopkins Hospital. His research interests include arrhythmogenic right ventricular dysplasia/cardiomyopathy, atrial fibrillation, catheter ablation and syncope.

Daniel P Judge

DP Judge, MD is Assistant Professor of Medicine at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and Medical Director of the Center for Inherited Heart Disease at Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, MD, USA. After medical school at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, he completed his internship and residency in Internal Medicine at Johns Hopkins Hospital, followed by a fellowship in Cardiology at Johns Hopkins Hospital. He is a member of the Cardiomyopathy and Cardiac Transplantation program at Johns Hopkins. His research interests include arrhythmogenic right ventricular dysplasia/cardiomyopathy, Marfan's syndrome and inherited aortic diseases, hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, and familial dilated cardiomyopathy.