AshokKChopraMD

Cardiology • Baltimore, MD

Adult Congenital Heart Disease

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Office
1421 S Caton Ave Ste 101
Baltimore, MD 21227
Phone+1 410-646-5055

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Summary

Dr. Ashok Chopra, MD is a cardiologist in Baltimore, Maryland. He is currently licensed to practice medicine in Maryland. He is affiliated with Grace Medical Center and Ascension Saint Agnes Hospital.

Education & Training

St Agnes HealthCareResidency, Internal Medicine, 1983 - 1983
St Agnes HealthCareFellowship, Cardiovascular Disease, 1981 - 1983
St Agnes HealthCareInternship, Transitional Year, 1980 - 1981
Patna Medical CollegeClass of 1973

Certifications & Licensure

MD State Medical License 1981 - 2024
American Board of Internal Medicine Internal Medicine
American Board of Internal Medicine Cardiovascular Disease

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

Fellow (FACC) American College of Cardiology

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

5 citations
Dissemination of non-typhoidal Salmonella during Plasmodium chabaudi infection affects anti-malarial immunity.
Edrous Alamer, Victor H. Carpio, Samad Ibitokou, Michelle L. Kirtley, Inaia Phoenix, Michael M. Opata, Kyle D. Wilson, Yingzi Cong, Sara M. Dann, Ashok K. Chopra, Robi...> ;Parasitology Research. 2019 May 23
9 citations
Protection against inhalation anthrax by immunization with Salmonella enterica serovar Typhi Ty21a stably producing protective antigen of Bacillus anthracis
B. Kim Lee Sim, Minglin Li, Manuel Osorio, Yun Wu, Tint T. Wai, Johnny W. Peterson, Eric R. James, Sumana Chakravarty, Lixin Gao, Rui Xu, Natasha Kc, Richard E. Staffo...> ;NPJ Vaccines. 2017 Jun 15
15 citations
Phospholipase A2-activating protein is associated with a novel form of leukoencephalopathy.
Tzipora C. Falik Zaccai, David Savitzki, Yifat Zivony-Elboum, Thierry Vilboux, Eric C. Fitts, Yishay Shoval, Limor Kalfon, Nadra Samra, Zohar Keren, Bella Gross, Natal...> ;Brain. 2017 Feb 1
9 citations
New Insights into Autoinducer-2 Signaling as a Virulence Regulator in a Mouse Model of Pneumonic Plague.
Eric C. Fitts, Jourdan A. Andersson, Michelle L. Kirtley, Jian Sha, Tatiana E. Erova, Sadhana Chauhan, Vladimir L. Motin, Ashok K. Chopra> ;Msphere. 2016 Dec 28
12 citations
Protective Immunity Elicited by Oral Immunization of Mice with Salmonella enterica Serovar Typhimurium Braun Lipoprotein (Lpp) and Acetyltransferase (MsbB) Mutants
Tatiana E. Erova, Michelle L. Kirtley, Eric C. Fitts, Duraisamy Ponnusamy, Wallace B. Baze, Jourdan A. Andersson, Yingzi Cong, Bethany L. Tiner, Jian Sha, Ashok K. Chopra> ;Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology. 2016 Nov 10
11 citations
Immunisation of two rodent species with new live-attenuated mutants of Yersinia pestis CO92 induces protective long-term humoral- and cell-mediated immunity against pn...
Bethany L. Tiner, Jian Sha, Yingzi Cong, Michelle L. Kirtley, Jourdan A. Andersson, Ashok K. Chopra> ;NPJ Vaccines. 2016 Oct 13
1 citations
A mutated cholera toxin without the ADP-ribosyltransferase activity induces cytokine production and inhibits apoptosis of splenocytes in mice possibly via toll-like re...
Tie Liu, Yang Wei, Gang Liu, Bingyin Shi, Suarez Giovanni, Johnny W. Peterson, Ashok K. Chopra> ;Molecular Immunology. 2016 Jul 1
16 citations
A Replication-Defective Human Type 5 Adenovirus-Based Trivalent Vaccine Confers Complete Protection against Plague in Mice and Nonhuman Primates
Jian Sha, Michelle L. Kirtley, Curtis Klages, Tatiana E. Erova, Maxim V. Telepnev, Duraisamy Ponnusamy, Eric C. Fitts, Wallace B. Baze, Satheesh K Sivasubramani, Willi...> ;Clinical and Vaccine Immunology. 2016 Jul 1
28 citations
New role for FDA-approved drugs in combating antibiotic-resistant bacteria
Jourdan A. Andersson, Eric C. Fitts, Michelle L. Kirtley, Duraisamy Ponnusamy, Alex G. Peniche, Sara M. Dann, Vladimir L. Motin, Sadhana Chauhan, Jason A. Rosenzweig, ...> ;Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy. 2016 Jun 1
82 citations
Cross-talk among flesh-eating Aeromonas hydrophila strains in mixed infection leading to necrotizing fasciitis.
Duraisamy Ponnusamy, Elena V. Kozlova, Jian Sha, Tatiana E. Erova, Sasha R. Azar, Eric C. Fitts, Michelle L. Kirtley, Bethany L. Tiner, Jourdan A. Andersson, Christoph...> ;Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 2016 Jan 19
13 citations
Intramuscular immunization of mice with a live-Attenuated triple mutant of yersinia pestis co92 induces robust humoral and cell-mediated immunity to completely protect...
Bethany L. Tiner, Jian Sha, Duraisamy Ponnusamy, Wallace B. Baze, Eric C. Fitts, Vsevolod L. Popov, Christina J. van Lier, Tatiana E. Erova, Ashok K. Chopra> ;Clinical and Vaccine Immunology. 2015 Dec 1
15 citations
High-Throughput, Signature-Tagged Mutagenic Approach To Identify Novel Virulence Factors of Yersinia pestis CO92 in a Mouse Model of Infection
Duraisamy Ponnusamy, Eric C. Fitts, Jian Sha, Tatiana E. Erova, Elena V. Kozlova, Michelle L. Kirtley, Bethany L. Tiner, Jourdan A. Andersson, Ashok K. Chopra> ;Infection and Immunity. 2015 May 1
15 citations
Combinational Deletion of Three Membrane Protein-Encoding Genes Highly Attenuates Yersinia pestis while Retaining Immunogenicity in a Mouse Model of Pneumonic Plague
Bethany L. Tiner, Jian Sha, Michelle L. Kirtley, Tatiana E. Erova, Vsevolod L. Popov, Wallace B. Baze, Christina J. van Lier, Duraisamy Ponnusamy, Jourdan A. Andersson...> ;Infection and Immunity. 2015 Apr 1
7 citations
Further characterization of a highly attenuated Yersinia pestis CO92 mutant deleted for the genes encoding Braun lipoprotein and plasminogen activator protease in muri...
Christina J. van Lier, Bethany L. Tiner, Sadhana Chauhan, Vladimir L. Motin, Eric C. Fitts, Matthew B. Huante, Janice J. Endsley, Duraisamy Ponnusamy, Jian Sha, Ashok ...> ;Microbial Pathogenesis. 2015 Mar 1
40 citations
Functional Genomic Characterization of Virulence Factors from Necrotizing Fasciitis-Causing Strains of Aeromonas hydrophila
Christopher J. Grim, Elena V. Kozlova, Duraisamy Ponnusamy, Eric C. Fitts, Jian Sha, Michelle L. Kirtley, Christina J. van Lier, Bethany L. Tiner, Tatiana E. Erova, Sa...> ;Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 2014 Jul 15
19 citations
Deletion of Braun Lipoprotein and Plasminogen-Activating Protease-Encoding Genes Attenuates Yersinia pestis in Mouse Models of Bubonic and Pneumonic Plague
Christina J. van Lier, Jian Sha, Michelle L. Kirtley, Anthony T. Cao, Bethany L. Tiner, Tatiana E. Erova, Yingzi Cong, Elena V. Kozlova, Vsevolod L. Popov, Wallace B. ...> ;Infection and Immunity. 2014 Jun 1
17 citations
The effects of modeled microgravity on growth kinetics, antibiotic susceptibility, cold growth, and the virulence potential of a Yersinia pestis ymoA-deficient mutant ...
Abidat Lawal, Michelle L. Kirtley, Christina J. van Lier, Tatiana E. Erova, Elena V. Kozlova, Jian Sha, Ashok K. Chopra, Jason A. Rosenzweig> ;Astrobiology. 2013 Sep 18
43 citations
Evaluation of the roles played by Hcp and VgrG type 6 secretion system effectors in aeromonas hydrophila SSU pathogenesis
Jian Sha, Jason A. Rosenzweig, Elena V. Kozlova, Shaofei Wang, Tatiana E. Erova, Michelle L. Kirtley, Christina J. van Lier, Ashok K. Chopra> ;Microbiology. 2013 Jun 1
80 citations
Characterization of Aeromonas hydrophila Wound Pathotypes by Comparative Genomic and Functional Analyses of Virulence Genes
Christopher J. Grim, Elena V. Kozlova, Jian Sha, Eric C. Fitts, Christina J. van Lier, Michelle L. Kirtley, Sandeep J. Joseph, Timothy D. Read, Eileen M. Burd, Ben D. ...> ;Mbio. 2013 May 1
22 citations
Deletion of the Braun lipoprotein-encoding gene and altering the function of lipopolysaccharide attenuate the plague bacterium.
Jian Sha, Michelle L. Kirtley, Christina J. van Lier, Shaofei Wang, Tatiana E. Erova, Elena V. Kozlova, Anthony T. Cao, Yingzi Cong, Eric C. Fitts, Jason A. Rosenzweig...> ;Infection and Immunity. 2013 Mar 1
28 citations
Evaluation of protective potential of Yersinia pestis outer membrane protein antigens as possible candidates for a new-generation recombinant plague vaccine.
Tatiana E. Erova, Jason A. Rosenzweig, Jian Sha, Giovanni Suarez, Johanna C. Sierra, Michelle L. Kirtley, Christina J. van Lier, Maxim V. Telepnev, Vladimir L. Motin, ...> ;Clinical and Vaccine Immunology. 2013 Feb 1
20 citations
A non-invasive in vivo imaging system to study dissemination of bioluminescent Yersinia pestis CO92 in a mouse model of pneumonic plague.
Jian Sha, Jason A. Rosenzweig, Michelle L. Kirtley, Christina J. van Lier, Eric C. Fitts, Elena V. Kozlova, Tatiana E. Erova, Bethany L. Tiner, Ashok K. Chopra> ;Microbial Pathogenesis. 2013 Feb 1
WITHDRAWN: The majority of T cells, including Treg cells, are developed from CD4(-)CD8(-)T progenitor cells without the involvement of the CD4(+)CD8(+) stage in the th...
Tie Liu, Xia Huo, Gang Liu, Ashok K. Chopra> ;Developmental and Comparative Immunology. 2013 Jan 17
Mutated and bacteriophage T4 nanoparticle arrayed F1-V immunogens from Yersinia pestis as next generation plague vaccines.
Tao P, Mahalingam M, Kirtley ML, van Lier CJ, Sha J, Yeager LA, Chopra AK, Rao VB> ;PLoS Pathog.. 2013-01-01
13 citations
Characterization of an actin-targeting ADP-ribosyltransferase from Aeromonas hydrophila.
Adin Shniffer, Danielle D. Visschedyk, Ravikirand Ravulapalli, Giovanni Suarez, Zachari J. Turgeon, Anthony A. Petrie, Ashok K. Chopra, A. Rod Merrill> ;The Journal of Biological Chemistry. 2012 Oct 26
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Professional Memberships

American College of Cardiology - ACC
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Hospital Affiliations

Grace Medical CenterBaltimore, Maryland
Ascension Saint Agnes HospitalBaltimore, Maryland