Raymond D. Bahr, MD, FACC

Dr. Raymond D. Bahr is the immediate past Medical Director of The Paul Dudley White Coronary Care System at St. Agnes HealthCare, Baltimore, Maryland.

After receiving his degree, Dr. Bahr served on the boards of directors of the Maryland Society of Cardiology, the American College of Physicians and the Baltimore Critical Care Society. He has served as chairman of the Emergency Cardiac Care Committee of the American Heart Association, Maryland Affiliate.

He retains memberships in the Maryland Society of Internal Medicine, the American College of Physicians, and the American College of Cardiology. He is past president of the Maryland Society of Cardiology. He serves as an instructor at the Johns Hopkins University, School of Medicine in Baltimore, Maryland.  Dr. Bahr is the President Emeritus and sits on the board of trustees of the Society of Chest Pain Centers. He also is a founding member of the Society of Chest Pain Centers.

In 1981 at St. Agnes Hospital, Dr. Bahr established the Chest Pain Emergency Department (CPED), the first such unit in the world. The initial purpose of this CPED was prompt, and effective treatment of patients presenting with heart attack/sudden death. The CPED was coupled with an aggressive education program that taught the community the early warning signs of a heart attack. This education program extended to middle and high school students via health and science curricula.