Ramzi Dudum, MD, MPH

HS Asst Clinical Professor

Clinical interests: Cardiologist with expertise in preventive cardiology and maintaining optimal cardiometabolic health.

Research interests: preventive cardiology, artificial intelligence, incidental coronary artery calcium, coronary artery calcium, implementation science, population health

Education
2023 - Cardiovascular Medicine Fellowship, Stanford University
2020 - Internal Medicine Residency, Johns Hopkins Hospital
MD, 2017 - Medicine, George Washington University
MPH, 2016 - Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Johns Hopkins University
BA, 2011 - Study of Religion, University of California, Los Angeles
Honors and Awards
  • Distinguished Senior Award, University of California, Los Angeles, 2010
  • Profiles of Excellence Award, American College of Physicians, Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins Hospital, 2020
  • Norman and Mary Stewart Memorial Award, Johns Hopkins Hospital, 2018
  • Allie S. Freed Award in Preventive Medicine, George Washington University, School of Medicine and Health Sciences, 2017
  • Medical Alumni Association Award, George Washington University, School of Medicine and Health Sciences, 2017
  • AOA Carolyn L. Kuckein Student Research Fellowship, Alpha Omega Alpha, 2016
  • MPH Capstone Award, Johns Hopkins University, Bloomberg School of Public Health, 2016
  • Gold Humanism Honors Society, George Washington University, School of Medicine and Health Sciences, 2015
  • Chancellor's Service Award, University of California, Los Angeles, 2011
  • Special Achievement in the Study of Religion, University of California, Los Angeles, 2011
Publications

  1. Vergara Sanchez C, Dudum R, Shapiro MD, Nasir K. AJPC academy: A four-pillar model for cultivating the next generation of academic leaders in cardiovascular prevention. American journal of preventive cardiology 2026. PMID: 41767448


  2. Gami A, Zou S, Dardari ZA, Dudum R, Mok Y, Budoff MJ, Lutsey PL, Howard CM, Couper D, Matsushita K, Blaha MJ. Predictors of diffuse coronary artery calcium phenotype in adults aged ≥ 75: The Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities (ARIC) study. American journal of preventive cardiology 2026. PMID: 41567596


  3. Dudum R, Jain SS, Mastrodicasa D, Furst A, Xu S, Ngo S, Eng D, Khandwala N, Sousa D, Chaudhari A, Langlotz C, Sandhu AT, Maron DJ, Rodriguez F. Effects of Real-Time Notification of AI-Detected Incidental Coronary Artery Calcium on Statin Prescription: The NOTIFY-PICTURE Trial. Circulation 2025. PMID: 41213130


  4. Yan X, Bacong AM, Huang Q, Husby H, Dudum R, Jose P, Palaniappan L, Rodriguez F. Performance of the American Heart Association's PREVENT Equations Among Disaggregated Racial and Ethnic Subgroups. JAMA cardiology 2025. PMID: 40560603


  5. Brar S, Huang Q, Yan X, Dudum R, Jose P, Sarraju A, Palaniappan L, Rodriguez F. Factors Associated with Lipoprotein(a) Testing Among Multiethnic Individuals. Journal of general internal medicine 2024. PMID: 39455482


  6. Parsa S, Somani S, Dudum R, Jain SS, Rodriguez F. Artificial Intelligence in Cardiovascular Disease Prevention: Is it Ready for Prime Time? Volume 26 of Issue 7. Current atherosclerosis reports 2024. PMID: 38780665


  7. Peng AW, Skye M, Jain SS, Dudum R, Maron DJ, Din N, Patel BN, Chaudhari AS, Sandhu AT, Rodriguez F. Sociodemographic Differences Among Patients Receiving Coronary Artery Calcium Imaging vs Nongated Chest Computed Tomography Imaging. JACC. Advances 2024. PMID: 39129975


  8. Gomez SE, Dudum R, Rodriguez F. Inequities in atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease prevention. Volume 84. Progress in cardiovascular diseases 2024. PMID: 38734044


  9. Dudum R, Huang Q, Yan XS, Fonseca MA, Jose P, Sarraju A, Palaniappan L, Rodriguez F. Lipoprotein(a) Levels in Disaggregated Racial and Ethnic Subgroups Across Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease Risk Levels. Volume 3 of Issue 6. JACC. Advances 2024. PMID: 38938854


  10. Somani S, Balla S, Peng AW, Dudum R, Jain S, Nasir K, Maron DJ, Hernandez-Boussard T, Rodriguez F. Contemporary attitudes and beliefs on coronary artery calcium from social media using artificial intelligence. Volume 7 of Issue 1. NPJ digital medicine 2024. PMID: 38555387


  11. Rodriguez F, Dudum R. Beyond Primary Prevention: The Intersection of Severe Coronary Calcium, Left Main Coronary Calcium, and Diabetes. Volume 17 of Issue 7. JACC. Cardiovascular imaging 2024. PMID: 38520427


  12. Sarraju A, Yan X, Huang Q, Dudum R, Palaniappan L, Rodriguez F. Patterns and gaps in guideline-directed statin use for atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease by race and ethnicity. Volume 17. American journal of preventive cardiology 2024. PMID: 38525197


  13. Dudum R, Asch SM. "Incidentalomas" in the Age of Artificial Intelligence. Volume 38 of Issue 13. Journal of general internal medicine 2023. PMID: 37528253


  14. Peng AW, Dudum R, Jain SS, Maron DJ, Patel BN, Khandwala N, Eng D, Chaudhari AS, Sandhu AT, Rodriguez F. Association of Coronary Artery Calcium Detected by Routine Ungated CT Imaging With Cardiovascular Outcomes. Volume 82 of Issue 12. Journal of the American College of Cardiology 2023. PMID: 37704309


  15. Dudum R, Dardari ZA, Feldman DI, Berman DS, Budoff MJ, Miedema MD, Nasir K, Rozanski A, Rumberger JA, Shaw L, Dzaye O, Caínzos-Achirica M, Patel J, Blaha MJ. Coronary Artery Calcium Dispersion and Cause-Specific Mortality. Volume 191. The American journal of cardiology 2023. PMID: 36645939


  16. Valero-Elizondo J, Javed Z, Khera R, Tano ME, Dudum R, Acquah I, Hyder AA, Andrieni J, Sharma G, Blaha MJ, Virani SS, Blankstein R, Cainzos-Achirica M, Nasir K. Unfavorable social determinants of health are associated with higher burden of financial toxicity among patients with atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease in the US: findings from the National Health Interview Survey. Volume 80 of Issue 1. Archives of public health = Archives belges de sante publique 2022. PMID: 36474300


  17. Cainzos-Achirica M, Quispe R, Mszar R, Dudum R, Al Rifai M, Erbel R, Stang A, Jöckel KH, Lehmann N, Schramm S, Schmidt B, Toth PP, Rana JS, Lima JAC, Doria de Vasconcellos H, Lloyd-Jones D, Joshi PH, Ayers C, Khera A, Blaha MJ, Greenland P, Nasir K. Coronary Artery Calcium Score to Refine the Use of PCSK9i in Asymptomatic Individuals: A Multicohort Study. Volume 11 of Issue 16. Journal of the American Heart Association 2022. PMID: 35943062


  18. Bays HE, Kulkarni A, German C, Satish P, Iluyomade A, Dudum R, Thakkar A, Rifai MA, Mehta A, Thobani A, Al-Saiegh Y, Nelson AJ, Sheth S, Toth PP. Ten things to know about ten cardiovascular disease risk factors - 2022. Volume 10. American journal of preventive cardiology 2022. PMID: 35517870


  19. Cainzos-Achirica M, Quispe R, Dudum R, Greenland P, Lloyd-Jones D, Rana JS, Lima JAC, Doria de Vasconcellos H, Joshi PH, Khera A, Ayers C, Erbel R, Stang A, Jöckel KH, Lehmann N, Schramm S, Schmidt B, Toth PP, Patel KV, Blaha MJ, Bittencourt M, Nasir K. CAC for Risk Stratification Among Individuals With Hypertriglyceridemia Free of Clinical Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease. Volume 15 of Issue 4. JACC. Cardiovascular imaging 2021. PMID: 34922873


  20. Patel J, Pallazola VA, Dudum R, Greenland P, McEvoy JW, Blumenthal RS, Virani SS, Miedema MD, Shea S, Yeboah J, Abbate A, Hundley WG, Karger AB, Tsai MY, Sathiyakumar V, Ogunmoroti O, Cushman M, Savji N, Liu K, Nasir K, Blaha MJ, Martin SS, Al Rifai M. Assessment of Coronary Artery Calcium Scoring to Guide Statin Therapy Allocation According to Risk-Enhancing Factors: The Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis. Volume 6 of Issue 10. JAMA cardiology 2021. PMID: 34259820


  21. Javed Z, Valero-Elizondo J, Dudum R, Khan SU, Dubey P, Hyder AA, Xu J, Bilal U, Kash BA, Cainzos-Achirica M, Nasir K. Development and validation of a polysocial risk score for atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease. Volume 8. American journal of preventive cardiology 2021. PMID: 34553187


  22. Cardoso R, Dudum R, Ferraro RA, Bittencourt M, Blankstein R, Blaha MJ, Nasir K, Rajagopalan S, Michos ED, Blumenthal RS, Cainzos-Achirica M. Cardiac Computed Tomography for Personalized Management of Patients With Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus. Volume 13 of Issue 9. Circulation. Cardiovascular imaging 2020. PMID: 32900225


  23. Feldman DI, Dudum R, Alfaddagh A, Marvel FA, Michos ED, Blumenthal RS, Martin SS. Summarizing 2019 in Cardiovascular Prevention Using the Johns Hopkins Ciccarone Center for the Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease's 'ABC's Approach. Volume 2. American journal of preventive cardiology 2020. PMID: 33575672


  24. Dudum R, Sajja A, Amdur RL, Choi BG. Analysis of American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Guideline Author Self-Disclosure Compared With Open Payments Industry Disclosure. Volume 12 of Issue 12. Circulation. Cardiovascular quality and outcomes 2019. PMID: 32522012


  25. Dzaye O, Dudum R, Reiter-Brennan C, Kianoush S, Tota-Maharaj R, Cainzos-Achirica M, Blaha MJ. Coronary artery calcium scoring for individualized cardiovascular risk estimation in important patient subpopulations after the 2019 AHA/ACC primary prevention guidelines. Volume 62 of Issue 5. Progress in cardiovascular diseases 2019. PMID: 31715194


  26. Dudum R, Lahti SJ, Blaha MJ. High-Goal 'Lytes: Repletion Gone Awry? Volume 14 of Issue 12. Journal of hospital medicine 2019. PMID: 31339839


  27. Dudum R, Juraschek SP, Appel LJ. Dose-dependent effects of lifestyle interventions on blood lipid levels: Results from the PREMIER trial. Volume 102 of Issue 10. Patient education and counseling 2019. PMID: 31153659


  28. Dudum R, Murthy VK. Keeping a Low Profile: Insulinoma. Volume 132 of Issue 10. The American journal of medicine 2019. PMID: 31054830


  29. Dzaye O, Dudum R, Mirbolouk M, Orimoloye OA, Osei AD, Dardari ZA, Berman DS, Miedema MD, Shaw L, Rozanski A, Holdhoff M, Nasir K, Rumberger JA, Budoff MJ, Al-Mallah MH, Blankstein R, Blaha MJ. Validation of the Coronary Artery Calcium Data and Reporting System (CAC-DRS): Dual importance of CAC score and CAC distribution from the Coronary Artery Calcium (CAC) consortium. Volume 14 of Issue 1. Journal of cardiovascular computed tomography 2019. PMID: 30952612


  30. Dudum R, Dzaye O, Mirbolouk M, Dardari ZA, Orimoloye OA, Budoff MJ, Berman DS, Rozanski A, Miedema MD, Nasir K, Rumberger JA, Shaw L, Whelton SP, Graham G, Blaha MJ. Coronary artery calcium scoring in low risk patients with family history of coronary heart disease: Validation of the SCCT guideline approach in the coronary artery calcium consortium. Volume 13 of Issue 3. Journal of cardiovascular computed tomography 2019. PMID: 30935842


  31. Ferraro RA, Nass CM, Dudum R, Blumenthal RS, Sarkar S. What Clinicians Need to Know About the Cardiovascular Effects of the Most Recent Classes of Drugs Used for Type 2 Diabetes. Volume 132 of Issue 9. The American journal of medicine 2019. PMID: 30904510


  32. Dudum R, Whelton SP. Non-statin lipid lowering and coronary plaque composition. Volume 13 of Issue 6. Journal of cardiovascular computed tomography 2019. PMID: 30803836


  33. Dudum R, Aslam MI, Madrazo J. Serotonin Syndrome Masquerading as Ventricular Tachycardia Storm. Volume 131 of Issue 12. The American journal of medicine 2018. PMID: 30077498


  34. Han Z, Margulies SL, Kurian D, Jabaut JM, Mehta A, Dudum R, Koudoro H, Roberts RS, Lee J, Li J, Nguyen HT, Elliott M. Engaging medical students in problem-based search and study of the biomedical literature. Volume 8. International journal of medical education 2017. PMID: 28829332


  35. Lin J, DeLuca JR, Lu MT, Ruehm SG, Dudum R, Choi B, Lieberman DE, Hoffman U, Baggish AL. Extreme Endurance Exercise and Progressive Coronary Artery Disease. Volume 70 of Issue 2. Journal of the American College of Cardiology 2017. PMID: 28683972


  36. Alhamoud HA, Dudum R, Young HA, Choi BG. The Reply. Volume 129 of Issue 9. The American journal of medicine 2016. PMID: 27554955


  37. Jabaut JM, Dudum R, Margulies SL, Mehta A, Han Z. Teaching and learning of medical biochemistry according to clinical realities: A case study. Volume 44 of Issue 1. Biochemistry and molecular biology education : a bimonthly publication of the International Union of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology 2015. PMID: 26593685


  38. Alhamoud HA, Dudum R, Young HA, Choi BG. Author Self-disclosure Compared with Pharmaceutical Company Reporting of Physician Payments. Volume 129 of Issue 1. The American journal of medicine 2015. PMID: 26169886


  39. Yang J, Dudum R, Mandyam MC, Marcus GM. Characteristics of unselected high-burden premature ventricular contraction patients. Pacing and clinical electrophysiology : PACE 2014. PMID: 25081578