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Eric Thorn, MD, FACC joined VHC Health Physicians - Cardiology practice in February 2015.
Dr. Eric Thorn received his Bachelor’s degree Summa Cum Laude from Duke University and attended medical school at the University of Maryland School of Medicine. He was elected to Alpha Omega Alpha in his junior year and graduated at the top of his class, receiving both the Bader Scholarship Award for Academic Achievement and the Theodore Woodward Prize in Internal Medicine. Dr. Thorn went on to complete his Internal Medicine Residency at Johns Hopkins Hospital before returning to the University of Maryland for fellowship training in Cardiology. He also received additional training in cardiovascular MRI at the National Institutes of Health.
Board certified in Internal Medicine and Cardiology, Dr. Thorn is also a board certified Practitioner of Nuclear Cardiology and Obesity Medicine. He also has been named as a Top Doctor in Northern Virginia Magazine and The Washingtonian. Additionally, he has a broad range of interests within the field of cardiovascular medicine.
Dr. Thorn has particular clinical interest in prevention, wellness, and weight loss. He believes that real food based nutrition, physical fitness, and balanced lifestyle are the cornerstones of cardiovascular prevention. Through healthy living combined with strategic and appropriate use of diagnostic technology, medications, and more invasive procedures, he helps his patients achieve optimal cardiovascular health.
“My approach to care starts with being a careful listener,” says Dr. Thorn. “I make a point to consider my patients’ entire health and life circumstances, since cardiovascular disease and risk for cardiovascular disease do not occur in isolation.”
Dr. Thorn has lived in the DC area his whole life. In his free time, he likes spending time with his family, reading historical and science fiction, recreational piloting, and cheering on the Duke Blue Devils with his kids.
