Joe Calkins , MD

Board Certifications:
Internal Medicine, certified 1990, recertified 2000, 2010, 2020.  Participating in Maintenance of Certification.
Cardiovascular Diseases, certified 1995, recertified 2000, 2011.  Participating in Maintenance of Certification.
Echocardiography, certified, 2011, recertified 2021.

Medical Degree: Medical College of Virginia Virginia Commonwealth University 1987

Residency, Internal Medicine: University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences 1990

Fellowship, Cardiovascular Disease: University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences 1995

Undergraduate Degree: The George Washington University 1983

Fellowship, Cardiovascular Disease: The George Washington University 1991

1995 -2004 Cardiologist, Private Practice, Arkansas, Maine, Virginia

2004 -2019 Cardiologist, Charlie Norwood Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Augusta, GA

2015 -2019 Chief of Cardiology Section, Charlie Norwood Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Augusta, GA

2019 -2022 Professor of Medicine (Cardiology), Medical College of Georgia at Augusta University, Augusta, GA

2020 -2022 Director, Cardiology Fellowship Program, Medical College of Georgia at Augusta University, Augusta, GA

2022 - Cardiologist, Cincinnati Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH

2023 - Professor of Medicine (Cardiology) - Affiliate, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH

1994 -1995 Veterans Affairs Non–Q-Wave Infarction Strategies in Hospital (VANQWISH) Trial. Sponsors: Department of Veterans Affairs Cooperative Studies Program and Hoechst Marion Roussel, Kansas City, MO. Role:Institutional co-investigator. Completed

2000 -2001 Assessment of the Safety and Efficacy of A New Thrombolytic Regimen (ASSENT-III) Trial. Sponsors: Boehringer Ingelheim, Germany; Genentech, San Francisco, CA; and Aventis, Bridgewater, NJ. Role:Institutional co-investigator. Completed

2005 -2009 Randomized Evaluation of Long Term Anticoagulant Therapy (RE-LY) trial. Sponsor: Boehringer Ingelheim. Role:Institutional co-investigator. Completed

2008 -2009 Rivaroxaban Once daily oral direct Factor Xa inhibition Compared with vitamin K antagonism for the prevention of stroke and Embolism (ROCKET AF) Trial in Atrial Fibrillation. Sponsors: Johnson & Johnson Pharmaceutical Research and Development; Bayer Pharmaceuticals Corporation Study Management. Role:Institutional co-investigator. Completed

2013 -2017 Prevention of Serious Adverse Events Following Angiography (PRESERVE) Trial. Sponsors: U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs Office of Research and Development and the National Health and Medical Research Council of Australia. Role:Institutional co-investigator. Completed

Published Abstracts

Walker, R C; Dollar, J Y; Parkhurst, R; Calkins, J B (1997. ) Evaluation of 134 Consecutive Patients for the Presence of Coronary Artery Disease (CAD) with a single headed SPECT Gamma Camera with Dual Isotopic Imaging .[Abstract]Clinical Nuclear Medicine, 22: ,202

Nagabandi, A; Jyothidasan, A; Mandawat, M K; Calkins, J B (2016. ) Ostial Left Internal Mammary Artery Stenosis: An Unusual Site of Atherosclerotic Involvement .[Abstract]Journal of Invasive Cardiology, 28 (9 ) ,e107 -108

Nemshah, Y; Arman, P D; Mareddy, C; Sharma, G; Calkins, J B (2020. ) Amphetamine-Related Coronary Dissection Leading to Cardiac Arrest .[Abstract]Journal of the American College of Cardiology, 75 (11 Supplement 1 ) ,

Wen, J; Brown, K N; Hanson, J; Yi, S; Johal, J S; Calkins, J B; Cavalieri, S C (2019. ) A Missing Chest Piece: A Rare Etiology of Musculoskeletal Chest Pain .[Abstract]Journal of the American College of Cardiology, 73 (9 Supplement 1 ) ,

Rigger, W; Mai, R; Maddux, P; Nemshah, Y; Calkins, J; Cavalieri, S (2020. ) Chest Pain Treated with an Esophageal Stent: Esophageal Rupture Mimicking Inferolateral ST Elevation Myocardial Infarction with Junctional Rhythm .[Abstract]Journal of the American College of Cardiology, 75 (11 Supplement 1 ) ,

Peer Reviewed Publications

Barmore, Walker; Patel, Himax; Voong, Cassandra; Tarallo, Caroline; Calkins, Joe B (2022. ) Effects of medically generated electromagnetic interference from medical devices on cardiac implantable electronic devices: A review.World journal of cardiology, , 14 (8 ) ,446-453 More Information

Barmore, Walker; Patel, Himax; Harrell, Sean; Garcia, Daniel; Calkins, Joe B (2022. ) Takotsubo cardiomyopathy: A comprehensive review.World journal of cardiology, , 14 (6 ) ,355-362 More Information

Gopal, Aaron; Sharma, Tarun; Calkins, Joe B (2021. ) Safety of Phosphodiesterase-5 Inhibitors in Valvular Heart Disease.Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology, , 78 (3 ) ,372-376 More Information

Lembo, Robert; Wesley, Paul; Calkins, Joe B (2021. ) Recurrent Stress Cardiomyopathy: A Rare Variant in a Young Patient with Undiagnosed Pheochromocytoma.Case reports in cardiology, , 2021 ,5518578 More Information

Jyothidasan, Amudhan; Noe, Susan; Calkins, Joe B (2016. ) Listerial prosthetic valve endocarditis in a patient with congenitally corrected transposition of the great vessels.International journal of cardiology, , 223 ,433-435 More Information

Napier, Rebecca; Gardner, Jonathan D; Noe, Susan; Calkins, Joe B (2015. ) A continuous cardiac murmur.Cleveland Clinic journal of medicine, , 82 (7 ) ,414-8 More Information

Gardner, Jonathan D; Calkins, Joe B; Garrison, Glen E (2014. ) ECG diagnosis: The effect of ionized serum calcium levels on electrocardiogram.The Permanente journal, , 18 (1 ) ,e119-20 More Information

Gardner, Jonathan D; Maddox, William R; Calkins, Joe B (2012. ) Iatrogenic Aortocoronary Arteriovenous Fistula following Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery: A Case Report and Complete Review of the Literature.Case reports in cardiology, , 2012 ,652086 More Information

Ibebuogu, Uzoma N; Salah, Ali K; Malhotra, Surender; Calkins, Joe B; Thornton, John W; Mandawat, Mahendra; Robinson, Vincent J B (2008. ) The D-dimer assay: a possible tool in the evaluation of atrial thrombosis.The Canadian journal of cardiology, , 24 (6 ) ,517-9 More Information

Caldwell, C R; Calkins, J B; Parkhurst, R; Talley, J D (1996. ) Hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy (HOCM). The Journal of the Arkansas Medical Society, , 92 (12 ) ,629-32

Calkins, J B; Talley, J D; Kim, N H (1996. ) Iatrogenic aorto-coronary venous fistula as a complication of coronary artery bypass surgery: patient report and review of the literature.Catheterization and cardiovascular diagnosis, , 37 (1 ) ,55-9 More Information

Calkins, J B; Smith, E S; Murphy, M; Talley, J D (1995. ) VANQWISH: risk stratification of non Q-wave myocardial infarction. The Journal of the Arkansas Medical Society, , 91 (11 ) ,570-1

Morgan, L G; Gardner, J D ; Calkins, J B (2015. ) The Incidental Finding of a Persistent Left Superior Vena Cava: Implications for Primary Care Providers - A Case and Review .Case Reports in Medicine, , 2015: 198754. , More Information

Tabash, I; Napier, R; Riester, A S; Calkins, J B (2017. ) Peripheral Emboli in a Patient with Atrial Fibrillation: A Case Report and Review of the Literature .International Journal of Case Reports and Images, , 8 (10 ) ,653 --658

Rigger, W; Mai, R; Maddux, P T; Cavalieri, S; Calkins, J (2021. ) Esophageal Rupture Presenting with ST Segment Elevation and Junctional Rhythm Mimicking Acute Myocardial Infarction.Case Reports in Critical Care, , Volume 2021 ,Article ID 8843477 More Information

Electronic Journal

Gopal, A; Calkins, J B (2021. ) Iatrogenic Aortocoronary Arteriovenous Fistula following Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery .Global Library of Scientific Images,

Calkins, J B; Lichtenfels, K E (2018. ) Recognition of Errors in ECG Recording .Global Library of Scientific Images,

2001 Family Medicine Teaching Award, American Academy of Family Physicians

2012 Internal Medicine Teaching Award, Medical College of Georgia at Augusta University

2014 Service Award, Department of Veterans Affairs

2014 Performance Award, Department of Veterans Affairs

2020 Exemplary Teaching Award, Medical College of Georgia at Augusta University

American Society of Echocardiography, (ACCME/CME Committee, ) Member 2012 -2015

American Heart Association, CSRA Chapter Board, Member 2017 -2021

American Heart Association, CSRA Chapter Board, President 2018 -2020

1997: F.A.C.C., Fellow, American College of Cardiology,

2001: F.A.C.P., Fellow, American College of Physicians,

2015: F.A.S.E., Fellow, American Society of Echocardiography,

2020: F.A.H.A., Fellow, American Heart Association,

Academic - Cincinnati VA Medical Center
joe.calkins@va.gov