Midatlantic Cardiovascular Associates is the largest integrated cardiology group practice in the Baltimore metropolitan area. Our seventy-two (72) board-certified cardiologists and four (4) cardiothoracic surgeons practice at 12 geographically dispersed outpatient locations and have active privileges at 15 Baltimore metropolitan area hospitals. In addition, Midatlantic Cardiovascular Associates is a member of a multi-state cardiology network and has extensive managed care experience.

Midatlantic Cardiovascular Associates is committed to the pursuit of clinical research in an effort to bring the latest cardiovascular medical therapy and device technology to our patients. With over 350,000 active patients, we consistently exceed our recruitment goals because we carefully select protocols that are compatible with our patient population and our research philosophy. Using a computerized patient database, we are able to quickly identify potential study candidates by searching specific entry criteria.

We have extensive experience conducting research trials (Phase II - IV) in a variety of therapeutic areas, including:

Acute Coronary Syndromes Acute Myocardial Cardiac Dysrhythmias Cardiac Surgery Chronic Stable Angina Congestive Heart Failure

Hyperlipidemia Hypertension PCI (stents, laser, brachytherapy etc.) Peripheral Arterial Disease Restenosis

We have and continue to conduct trials with the following sponsors:

AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals Avant Immunotherapeutics Inc. Aventis Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Bayer Corporation Boston Biostatistics Boston Scientific / SCIMED Bristol-Myers Squibb Cleveland Clinic Clinical Cardiovascular Research (C2R) ClinTrials Research COROMED COR Therapeutics, Inc. Covance CV Therapeutics DCRI Discovery Therapeutics Inc. DuPont Pharmaceuticals Eclipse Surgical Technologies, Inc. EndiCOR Medical Inc. Fusion Medical Technologies Genentech Guidant Corporation IBAH ICON ICOS IVT

Johnson & Johnson / CORDIS McNeil Consumer Products MEDCO Research Medtronic AVE, Inc. Merck M-PACT National Heart, Lung and Blood Inst. (NHLBI) Novartis Pharmaceutical Nycomed Amersham ORBUS Medical Technologies Otsuka Americal Pharmaceuticals Paraxel Pfizer Quintiles Radiance Medical Technologies, Inc. Roche Sanofi Pharmaceuticals Searle Schering-Plough Smith-Kline Beecham Statistics Epidemiology Research Corp. (SERC) Sulzer Carbomedics, Inc. TIMI Study Group United Therapeutics Wyeth-Ayerst

Midatlantic Cardiovascular Associates has eight (8) easily accessible outpatient locations throughout the Baltimore metropolitan area where clinical trials are conducted. In addition, we currently have inpatient clinical trials ongoing at nine (9) metro area hospitals.

The following procedures are available at our facilities:

• Nuclear cardiac imaging
• Echocardiograms (quantitative/qualititative 2-D echo, stress echo and transesophageal echo)
• Holter and cardiac event monitoring
• Exercise stress testing
• Electrophysiology studies and catheter ablation
• Defibrillator and pacemaker implantation
• Interventional procedures (angioplasty, stent placement, directional atherectomy, and brachytherapy)
• Peripheral interventional procedures (angioplasty, stent placement, and directional atherectomy)
• Cardiac Surgery

Benjamin V. Du Bois, MD, FACC
Clinical cardiology

Michael Drossner, MD, FACC
Interventional and clinical cardiology

David Goldscher, MD, FACC
Clinical cardiology

Thomas Guarnieri, MD, FACC
Cardiac electrophysiology, pacemakers and implantable defibrillators

Ethan Haskel, MD, FACC
Preventive and clinical cardiology

Scott Jerome, DO
Clinical cardiology

Rodney Johnson, MD, FACC
Preventive and clinical cardiology

Fred Kuhn, MD, FACC
Congestive heart failure, preventive cardiology; cardiac rehabilitation

Jay Lang, DO
Clinical cardiology

John C. Laschinger, MD, FACS
Cardiac surgery

David Lowry, MPH, DrPH
Preventive cardiology

Stephen Mason, MD, FACC
Preventive and clinical cardiology

Henry Meilman, MD, FACC
Congestive heart failure, preventive cardiology, clinical cardiology, peripheral interactions

Marc Mugmon, MD, FACC
Clinical cardiology

Raymond Plack, MD, FACC
Interventional cardiology and clinical cardiology

Stephen Plantholt, MD, FACC
Congestive heart failure and clinical cardiology

James Porterfield, MD, FACC
Congestive heart failure and clinical cardiology

D.J. Schamp, MD, FACC
Cardiac electrophysiology, pacemakers and implantable defibrillators

Jeffrey Quartner, MD, FACC
Preventive cardiology and cardiac rehabilitation

John Wang, MD, FACC
Interventional cardiology

Barry Wohl, MD, FACC
Clinical cardiology

For more information, please contact:

David R. Lowry, M.P.H., Dr.P.H.
Director of Clinical Research
Midatlantic Cardiovascular Associates
7501 Osler Drive
Suite 204
Towson, MD 21204 USA
Phone: 410-825-6456
Fax: 410-825-0443
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Last updated on February 19, 2008

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