Cardiology
Erich Wedam, MD
Johns Hopkins Heart Care, Bethesda
Dr. Erich Wedam is a cardiologist and electrophysiologist with Johns Hopkins in Bethesda. He completed medical school at Georgetown, residency at the National Naval Medical Center, a cardiology fellowship at National Naval/Walter Reed, and an electrophysiology fellowship at the University of Virginia.
Why patients choose Dr. Wedam
With one of the highest review volumes among local cardiologists and a 4.9 rating, Dr. Wedam combines strong patient satisfaction with triple board certification in Internal Medicine, Cardiovascular Disease, and Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology.
Practice focus
Cardiac electrophysiology and general cardiovascular care.
Profile last fact-checked June 23, 2026. Information reflects publicly available sources and may change. Confirm details directly with the practice before booking.
How Dr. Wedam compares
Context from the 139 providers we track across Bethesda and Montgomery County.
We list 2 cardiology providers serving Bethesda.
1 of 2 we list at Johns Hopkins Heart Care, Bethesda
We cover 2 providers at Johns Hopkins Heart Care, Bethesda.
1 of 2 offering electrophysiology
2 of the 130 providers who list their focus areas name electrophysiology.
1 of 10 from Georgetown University School of Medicine
10 of the 107 doctors whose medical school we record studied at Georgetown University School of Medicine.
Medical school: Georgetown University School of Medicine — Washington, DC, United States.
Figures describe the 139 providers currently in the MyBethesdaDoctor registry as of August 2026 — a curated directory, not a census of every doctor in Montgomery County. How we build this list.
Where Dr. Wedam sits by experience
Dr. Wedam finished medical school in 1998, 28 years ago. Of the 135 providers in our registry whose graduation year we could verify, 58 finished earlier, 71 finished later, and 5 finished the same year.
1965–69
1 provider finished 1965–19691970–74
2 providers finished 1970–19741975–79
4 providers finished 1975–19791980–84
13 providers finished 1980–19841985–89
12 providers finished 1985–19891990–94
14 providers finished 1990–1994Dr. Wedam1998
1995–99
27 providers finished 1995–19992000–04
20 providers finished 2000–20042005–09
19 providers finished 2005–20092010–14
17 providers finished 2010–20142015–19
4 providers finished 2015–20192020–24
2 providers finished 2020–2024Among the 110 physicians we list, 54 finished medical school earlier — the median for that group is 1998.
All 12 bands
| Graduated | Providers |
|---|---|
| 1965–1969 | 1 |
| 1970–1974 | 2 |
| 1975–1979 | 4 |
| 1980–1984 | 13 |
| 1985–1989 | 12 |
| 1990–1994 | 14 |
| 1995–1999 — Dr. Wedam | 27 |
| 2000–2004 | 20 |
| 2005–2009 | 19 |
| 2010–2014 | 17 |
| 2015–2019 | 4 |
| 2020–2024 | 2 |
Figures describe the 139 providers currently in the MyBethesdaDoctor registry as of August 2026 — a curated directory, not a census of every doctor in Montgomery County. Based on the 135 of 139 profiles with a graduation year we could verify against a primary source; the remaining 4 are left out rather than estimated. How we build this list.
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