Dr. Roger Blumenthal, MD
Not yet claimedPreventive cardiologist, Cardiologist, Lipidologist · Physician (MD)
Lutherville, MD
Professor of Medicine and Director of the Johns Hopkins Ciccarone Center for the Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease, with joint appointment in Epidemiology at the Bloomberg School of Public Health; MD Cornell 1985.
About Dr. Roger Blumenthal, MD
Updated Sep 20, 2026 · next review Dec 19, 2026Dr. Roger S. Blumenthal is a preventive cardiologist and lipid specialist who sees patients in Lutherville and Baltimore, Maryland, as part of Johns Hopkins Medicine. He earned his MD at Cornell University Medical College in 1985 and completed both his internal medicine residency and his cardiology fellowship at The Johns Hopkins Hospital before joining the faculty there. His hospital affiliations are listed as The Johns Hopkins Hospital and Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center.
At Johns Hopkins he is the Kenneth Jay Pollin Professor of Cardiology, a Professor of Medicine, and director of the Ciccarone Center for the Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease, which his Hopkins profile describes him as having principally developed. His work focuses on preventing heart disease, managing cholesterol, cardiac CT imaging, and estimating a person's risk of future heart problems.
He has helped write national heart care guidelines. He co-chaired the 2019 ACC/AHA guideline on preventing cardiovascular disease, served on the writing committee for the 2018 cholesterol management guideline, and chaired the 2026 ACC/AHA multisociety guideline on managing dyslipidemia. His Hopkins profile says he has co-written more than 600 articles on coronary heart disease and atherosclerosis, and he is listed on the American Heart Association's national spokesperson panel.
In the CMS Open Payments database for 2021 through 2025, no payments from drug or device companies are recorded for him ($0 across 0 records). Payments from industry are common and legal for physicians, so a zero total simply means none were reported.
- Johns Hopkins faculty role
- He is the Kenneth Jay Pollin Professor of Cardiology and Professor of Medicine at Johns Hopkins, and directs the Ciccarone Center for the Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease. profiles.hopkinsmedicine.org
- Medical school and training
- MD from Cornell University Medical College in 1985, with internal medicine residency and cardiology fellowship at The Johns Hopkins Hospital. cardiometabolichealth.org
- Co-chaired prevention guideline
- He co-chaired the 2019 ACC/AHA Guideline on the Primary Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease. ahajournals.org
- Cholesterol guideline author
- He was a writing committee member for the 2018 AHA/ACC multisociety guideline on the management of blood cholesterol. ahajournals.org
- Chaired 2026 lipid guideline
- He chaired and is first-listed author of the 2026 ACC/AHA multisociety guideline on managing dyslipidemia, which replaces the 2018 cholesterol guideline. acc.org
- Large publication record
- His Hopkins profile states he has co-written more than 600 articles on coronary heart disease and atherosclerosis; his Google Scholar page lists roughly 169,000 citations. scholar.google.com
- AHA national spokesperson
- He is listed on the American Heart Association's official national spokesperson panel. profiles.hopkinsmedicine.org
- Professional award
- He received the 2026 American Heart Association Council on Clinical Cardiology Distinguished Achievement Award. medicine-matters.blogs.hopkinsmedicine.org
- No industry payments recorded
- CMS Open Payments shows $0 in reported industry payments across 0 records for 2021 through 2025. openpaymentsdata.cms.gov
- Quoted on statin timing
- In March 2026 STAT News coverage of the new dyslipidemia guideline, he commented on considering statins earlier and on LDL cholesterol targets. statnews.com
Worth knowing
- Online directories do not agree on his board certification: one lists cardiovascular disease, another lists internal medicine, and a health plan directory lists it as not provided. Patients can ask his office directly or check the certifying board to confirm. connect.medicalnewstoday.com
- A reported joint appointment in Epidemiology at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health could not be independently confirmed in the research done for this profile. profiles.hopkinsmedicine.org
Industry payments (CMS Open Payments)
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No general payments reported for this NPI from 2021 through 2025.
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Practice location
Johns Hopkins Ciccarone Center for the Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease
10755 Falls Road, Pavilion I, Suite 360
Lutherville, MD 21093
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