Seamus Whelton, M.D., M.P.H.

Dr. Whelton’s primary clinical and research expertise includes the pathogenesis, risk prediction, prevention, and treatment of atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease with an emphasis on the identification of coronary artery calcium via cardiac CT scanning. He is also an expert on CT quantified aortic valve calcification and risk prediction for aortic stenosis. He has published more than 100 peer reviewed manuscripts, multiple book chapters, and has been an invited lecturer at both national and international conferences. He is an Associate Editor at the Journal of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography and Editorial Board Member of the American Journal of Preventive Cardiology. He is also a member of the American College of Cardiology Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease Leadership Council. He has been the Principal Investigator on grants from the National Institutes of Health and American Heart Association.