Roberta Florido, MD

Dr. Florido completed medical training at the Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro in Brazil, graduating cum laude. She received training in Internal Medicine at Boston University, where she was also selected to serve as a chief medical resident. She subsequently completed a fellowship in cardiology and advanced heart failure at Johns Hopkins, and a Master’s in Health Sciences at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, receiving numerous awards. She joined the faculty at Johns Hopkins in August of 2018, where she created and directed the cardio oncology program.

Dr. Florido has led several studies assessing the impact of lifestyle related factors such as physical activity and adiposity on reducing the risk of cardiovascular disease, in particular heart failure, both in the general population and in particular within high-risk subgroups. Additionally, she has examined the role of novel biomarkers of subclinical myocardial injury and fibrosis in the associations of physical activity and adiposity with incident heart failure. Within the field of cardio-oncology, she has examined the distribution of biomarkers of subclinical myocardial injury in cancer survivors as indicators of long-term heart failure risk. She has also studied the associations of cancer survivorship with cardiovascular disease events.

Dr. Florido has clinical expertise in advanced heart failure, mechanical circulatory support, heart transplantation, and cardio oncology. Her academic interests are in heart failure prevention and cardio oncology. She is excited to join the faculty of University of Utah where she will help further develop the cardio oncology program. Dr. Florido is joined by her husband and 3 daughters and is looking forward to enjoying all outdoor activities Utah has to offer.