Mark E. Josephson Professor | |
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Born | January 27, 1943 |
Died | January 11, 2017 | (age 81)
Citizenship | United States |
Alma mater | Trinity College, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons |
Known for | "Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology: Techniques and Interpretations" authorship, "Wellens and Josephson Advanced ECG" course |
Title | Herman Dana Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School, Chief of Cardiology at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Director of Harvard-Thorndike Electrophysiology Institute and Arrhythmia Service |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Cardiac electrophysiology |
Institutions | Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School |
Mark E. Josephson (1943-2017) was an American cardiologist and writer, who was in the 1970s one of the American pioneers of the medical cardiology subspecialty of cardiac electrophysiology. His book titled Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology: Techniques and Interpretations is widely acknowledged as the definitive treatment of the discipline. He served as Herman Dana Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School, director of the Harvard-Thorndike Electrophysiology Institute and Arrhythmia Service[1] and the chief of cardiology at Harvard University's Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston.[2]