Impact on Medicine & Research
The Johns Hopkins University, Edward St. John Endowed Professorship in Cardiology
institution The Johns Hopkins University location Baltimore, Maryland
“Mr. St. John’s devotion to education is unbelievable. I hope it inspires others to realize how changing and lasting it can be for someone’s career and for science, in general, to gift this kind of support.” Impact The Edward St. John Endowed Professorship in Cardiology is a permanently funded chair in cardiology at The Johns Hopkins University. Dr. David Spragg was named the inaugural Edward St. John Professor of Cardiology in 2020. The endowed professorship allows for more time to be devoted to prospective research and clinical trials, including one in collaboration with The Johns Hopkins Biomedical Engineering Department where MRI scans are used to make computer models of patients’ hearts.
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Edward St. John with David D. Spragg, M.D. at the endowed professorship investiture. From left-to-right: Sunil Kumar, Ph.D.; David D. Spragg, M.D.; Edward St. John, and Theodore Leslie DeWeese, M.D. 2 1
David D. Spragg, M.D. Edward St. John Professor in Cardiology, Associate Professor of Medicine
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