2011 Keynote Speaker

Keynote Speaker for MVHI's first annual Heart Teaching Day.

Dr. Charles Antzelevitch is the executive director and director of research of the Masonic Medical Research Laboratory (MMRL). He holds an academic appointment as professor of Pharmacology at the SUNY Health Science Center at Syracuse and an endowed chair in Experimental Cardiology at the MMRL.

Dr. Antzelevitch’s career has been highlighted by a number of prestigious awards and honors, including the 2011 Distinguished Scientist Award of the American College of Cardiology (ACC) received at its annual scientific sessions in New Orleans. He was elected a Fellow of the American College of Cardiology in 1996 and is listed in nearly a dozen Who’s Who and International Directories of distinguished leaders and men of science.
From 1996 to 1998 he served as president of the International Cardiac Electrophysiology Society, a society of basic and clinical scientists and physicians from countries throughout the world specializing in cardiac electrophysiology and arrhythmias.

Dr. Antzelevitch’s contributions to the scientific literature include more than 310 original papers and book chapters, over 250 abstracts and four books. He is an internationally renowned authority in these areas and is often invited to speak at international symposia and to present seminars and Cardiology Grand Rounds at medical schools and institutes throughout
the world.

Learn More about the next upcoming Heart Teaching Day scheduled for Saturday March 24, 2012 here.