Mark Josephson

Mark E. Josephson
Professor
Mark E. Josephson
BornJanuary 27, 1943
DiedJanuary 11, 2017 (1943-01-27) (age 81)
CitizenshipUnited States
Alma materTrinity College, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons
Known for"Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology: Techniques and Interpretations" authorship, "Wellens and Josephson Advanced ECG" course
TitleHerman 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
FieldsCardiac electrophysiology
InstitutionsBeth 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]

  1. ^ "Chief of Cardiovascular Medicine". www.bidmc.org. Archived from the original on March 19, 2011.
  2. ^ Search – Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center