ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR | Medicine, Cardiology

Visit us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AkarLab/ Fadi G. Akar, Ph.D. completed his doctoral degree in Biomedical Engineering from Case Western Reserve University and his post-doctoral training in molecular cardiology at Johns Hopkins University. Dr. Akar was subsequently promoted to assistant professor of medicine in the Division of Cardiology at Johns Hopkins University from 2004 to 2007. Dr. Akar joined the Cardiovascular Research Center at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in 2007, where he established the Cardiac Bioelectricity Research Laboratory. The Akar lab is dedicated to uncovering the mechanisms that promote arrhythmias in common structural heart diseases and to develop novel gene-based approaches to prevent these malignant arrhythmias. For updated information, please visit us on Facebook at: https://www.facebook.com/AkarLab/ Research Topics Biophysics, Cardiovascular, Electrophysiology, Gap Junctions, Gene Therapy, Mathematical and Computational Biology, Mitochondria, Oxidative Stress Multi-Disciplinary Training Areas Biophysics and Systems Pharmacology [BSP], Design Technology and Entrepreneurship [DTE] - See more at: http://www.mountsinai.org/profiles/fadi-akar#sthash.Ttu7W26e.dpuf Education BS, Pennsylvania State University MS, Case Western Reserve University PhD, Case Western Reserve University Postdoc, Johns Hopkins University Language English - See more at: http://www.mountsinai.org/profiles/fadi-akar#sthash.Ttu7W26e.dpuf