Mark Josephson
Encyclopedia
Mark E. Josephson, M.D., (born 1943) is an American cardiologist and writer and was in the 1970s one of the American pioneers of the medical cardiology
subspecialty of cardiac electrophysiology
. His classic text, Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology: Techniques and Interpretations, is widely acknowledged the definitive treatment of the discipline. Josephson currently serves as chief of cardiology at Harvard University
's Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston.
and Columbia University
College of Physicians and Surgeons. He completed his residency training at Mount Sinai Hospital
in New York City and his fellowship training in cardiology at the University of Pennsylvania
School of Medicine.
After spending two years as a research associate with Dr. Anthony Damato at the Staten Island Public Health Service Hospital, he published articles on the electrophysiologic basis and anatomic location of AV nodal reentry and map-guided subendocardial resection to cure ventricular tachycardia, a procedure Time dubbed "the Pennsylvania Peel" in honor of the Penn cardiology department's surgical innovation.
Josephson has worked closely over the years with European cardiac electrophysiology pioneer Hein J. J. Wellens
, M.D., chief of cardiology emeritus at the University of Limburg in Maastrict, Netherlands
.
Dr. Josephson has published over 300 original journal articles and book chapters and is the author of the fundamental textbook of clinical cardiac electrophysiology, Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology: Techniques and Interpretations.
Throughout his career at Penn and more recently at Harvard, Josephson has inspired hundreds of cardiac electrophysiologists to enter and further develop the comparatively young field.
Cardiology
Cardiology is a medical specialty dealing with disorders of the heart . The field includes diagnosis and treatment of congenital heart defects, coronary artery disease, heart failure, valvular heart disease and electrophysiology...
subspecialty of cardiac electrophysiology
Cardiac electrophysiology
Cardiac electrophysiology is the science of elucidating, diagnosing, and treating the electrical activities of the heart. The term is usually used to describe studies of such phenomena by invasive catheter recording of spontaneous activity as well as of cardiac responses to programmed electrical...
. His classic text, Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology: Techniques and Interpretations, is widely acknowledged the definitive treatment of the discipline. Josephson currently serves as chief of cardiology at Harvard University
Harvard University
Harvard University is a private Ivy League university located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States, established in 1636 by the Massachusetts legislature. Harvard is the oldest institution of higher learning in the United States and the first corporation chartered in the country...
's Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston.
Career
Dr. Josephson is a graduate of Trinity CollegeTrinity College (Connecticut)
Trinity College is a private, liberal arts college in Hartford, Connecticut. Founded in 1823, it is the second-oldest college in the state of Connecticut after Yale University. The college enrolls 2,300 students and has been coeducational since 1969. Trinity offers 38 majors and 26 minors, and has...
and Columbia University
Columbia University
Columbia University in the City of New York is a private, Ivy League university in Manhattan, New York City. Columbia is the oldest institution of higher learning in the state of New York, the fifth oldest in the United States, and one of the country's nine Colonial Colleges founded before the...
College of Physicians and Surgeons. He completed his residency training at Mount Sinai Hospital
Mount Sinai School of Medicine
Mount Sinai School of Medicine is an American medical school in the borough of Manhattan in New York City, currently ranked among the top 20 medical schools in the United States. It was chartered by Mount Sinai Hospital in 1963....
in New York City and his fellowship training in cardiology at the University of Pennsylvania
University of Pennsylvania
The University of Pennsylvania is a private, Ivy League university located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Penn is the fourth-oldest institution of higher education in the United States,Penn is the fourth-oldest using the founding dates claimed by each institution...
School of Medicine.
After spending two years as a research associate with Dr. Anthony Damato at the Staten Island Public Health Service Hospital, he published articles on the electrophysiologic basis and anatomic location of AV nodal reentry and map-guided subendocardial resection to cure ventricular tachycardia, a procedure Time dubbed "the Pennsylvania Peel" in honor of the Penn cardiology department's surgical innovation.
Josephson has worked closely over the years with European cardiac electrophysiology pioneer Hein J. J. Wellens
Hein Wellens
Hein J. J. Wellens, M.D., is a Dutch cardiologist who is considered one of the founding fathers of the cardiology subspecialty known as clinical cardiac electrophysiology. Clinical cardiac electrophysiology enables patients with cardiac arrhythmmias to be subjected to catheter electrode mapping...
, M.D., chief of cardiology emeritus at the University of Limburg in Maastrict, Netherlands
Netherlands
The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...
.
Dr. Josephson has published over 300 original journal articles and book chapters and is the author of the fundamental textbook of clinical cardiac electrophysiology, Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology: Techniques and Interpretations.
Throughout his career at Penn and more recently at Harvard, Josephson has inspired hundreds of cardiac electrophysiologists to enter and further develop the comparatively young field.
Links
- Hein J. J. Wellens, M.D.
- Cardiac electrophysiologyCardiac electrophysiologyCardiac electrophysiology is the science of elucidating, diagnosing, and treating the electrical activities of the heart. The term is usually used to describe studies of such phenomena by invasive catheter recording of spontaneous activity as well as of cardiac responses to programmed electrical...
- Harvard UniversityHarvard UniversityHarvard University is a private Ivy League university located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States, established in 1636 by the Massachusetts legislature. Harvard is the oldest institution of higher learning in the United States and the first corporation chartered in the country...
- Beth Israel-Deaconess Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts
- University of PennsylvaniaUniversity of PennsylvaniaThe University of Pennsylvania is a private, Ivy League university located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Penn is the fourth-oldest institution of higher education in the United States,Penn is the fourth-oldest using the founding dates claimed by each institution...
, Philadelphia, PennsylvaniaPhiladelphia, PennsylvaniaPhiladelphia is the largest city in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the county seat of Philadelphia County, with which it is coterminous. The city is located in the Northeastern United States along the Delaware and Schuylkill rivers. It is the fifth-most-populous city in the United States,...