Bruce B. Lerman is a

cardiologist Cardiology () is the study of the heart. Cardiology is a branch of medicine that deals with disorders of the heart and the cardiovascular system. The field includes medical diagnosis and treatment of congenital heart defects, coronary artery di ...

. He is the Hilda Altschul Master Professor of Medicine at

Weill Cornell Medical College Weill Cornell Medicine (; officially Joan and Sanford I. Weill Medical College of Cornell University), originally Cornell University Medical College, is the medical school of Cornell University, located on the Upper East Side of Manhattan in Ne ...

, and was chief of the Division of Cardiology and director of the Cardiac Electrophysiology Laboratory at

Weill Cornell Medicine Weill Cornell Medicine (; officially Joan and Sanford I. Weill Medical College of Cornell University), originally Cornell University Medical College, is the medical school of Cornell University, located on the Upper East Side of Manhattan in Ne ...

and the

New York Presbyterian Hospital The NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital (abbreviated as NYP) is a nonprofit academic medical center in New York City. It is the primary teaching hospital for Weill Cornell Medicine and Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons. The hospit ...

Education

Lerman received a BA at

Clark University Clark University is a private research university in Worcester, Massachusetts, United States. Founded in 1887 with a large endowment from its namesake Jonas Gilman Clark, a prominent businessman, Clark was one of the first modern research uni ...

in 1972, an MD medical degree from

Loyola University Loyola University is one of several Jesuit Universities named for St. Ignatius of Loyola. Loyola University may refer to: Democratic Republic of the Congo *Loyola University of Congo, Kinshasa, Congo Spain * Loyola University Andalusia, Sevilla ...

Stritch School of Medicine The Stritch School of Medicine is the medical school affiliated with Loyola University Chicago. It is located at the heart of the Loyola University Medical Center in Maywood, Illinois. The medical campus includes Foster G. McGaw Hospital, Ca ...

in 1977, was an

intern An internship is a period of work experience offered by an organization for a limited period of time. Once confined to medical graduates, internship is used to practice for a wide range of placements in businesses, non-profit organizations and g ...

and

medical resident Residency or postgraduate training is a stage of graduate medical education. It refers to a qualified physician (one who holds the degree of MD, DO, MBBS/MBChB), veterinarian ( DVM/VMD, BVSc/BVMS), dentist ( DDS or DMD), podiatrist ( DPM), o ...

internal medicine Internal medicine, also known as general medicine in Commonwealth nations, is a medical specialty for medical doctors focused on the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of diseases in adults. Its namesake stems from "treatment of diseases of ...

Northwestern University Northwestern University (NU) is a Private university, private research university in Evanston, Illinois, United States. Established in 1851 to serve the historic Northwest Territory, it is the oldest University charter, chartered university in ...

, and completed a

fellowship A fellow is a title and form of address for distinguished, learned, or skilled individuals in academia, medicine, research, and industry. The exact meaning of the term differs in each field. In learned or professional societies, the term refers ...

cardiovascular disease Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is any disease involving the heart or blood vessels. CVDs constitute a class of diseases that includes: coronary artery diseases (e.g. angina, heart attack), heart failure, hypertensive heart disease, rheumati ...

at the

Johns Hopkins School of Medicine The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine (JHUSOM) is the medical school of Johns Hopkins University, a private research university in Baltimore, Maryland. Established in 1893 following the construction of the Johns Hopkins Hospital, th ...

."Dr. Bruce B. Lerman, MD, New York, NY,"
''U.S. News & World Report''."Bruce B. Lerman, M.D.,"
Weill Cornell Medicine."Lerman, Bruce B,"
Weill Cornell Medical College. He trained in

cardiac electrophysiology Cardiac electrophysiology is a branch of cardiology and Basic Science, basic science focusing on the electrical activities of the heart. The term is usually used in clinical context, to describe studies of such phenomena by invasive (intracardiac ...

at the

Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania The Perelman School of Medicine (commonly known as Penn Med) is the medical school of the University of Pennsylvania, a Private university, private, Ivy League research university located in Philadelphia. Founded in 1765, the Perelman School of M ...

Career

Lerman is a

in New York City, with specialties in adult

congenital heart disease A congenital heart defect (CHD), also known as a congenital heart anomaly, congenital cardiovascular malformation, and congenital heart disease, is a defect in the structure of the heart or great vessels that is present at birth. A congenital he ...

and

. Lerman is the Hilda Altschul Master Professor of Medicine at

, and chief of the Division of Cardiology and director of the Cardiac Electrophysiology Laboratory at

and the

. He has focused in his research on clarifying the electrophysiologic mechanisms of the

nucleoside Nucleosides are glycosylamines that can be thought of as nucleotides without a phosphate group. A nucleoside consists simply of a nucleobase (also termed a nitrogenous base) and a five-carbon sugar (ribose or 2'-deoxyribose) whereas a nucleotid ...

adenosine Adenosine (symbol A) is an organic compound that occurs widely in nature in the form of diverse derivatives. The molecule consists of an adenine attached to a ribose via a β-N9- glycosidic bond. Adenosine is one of the four nucleoside build ...

, current-based

defibrillation Defibrillation is a treatment for life-threatening cardiac arrhythmias, specifically ventricular fibrillation (V-Fib) and non-perfusing ventricular tachycardia (V-Tach). Defibrillation delivers a dose of electric current (often called a ''count ...

, and determining the role of mechanoelectrical feedback as a stimulus for causing malignant

ventricular arrhythmia Arrhythmias, also known as cardiac arrhythmias, are irregularities in the heartbeat, including when it is too fast or too slow. Essentially, this is anything but normal sinus rhythm. A resting heart rate that is too fast – above 100 beats ...

s. He has been issued 4

patent A patent is a type of intellectual property that gives its owner the legal right to exclude others from making, using, or selling an invention for a limited period of time in exchange for publishing an sufficiency of disclosure, enabling discl ...

s. Lerman has focused in his clinical work on the diagnosis and treatment by

ablation Ablation ( – removal) is the removal or destruction of something from an object by vaporization, chipping, erosion, erosive processes, or by other means. Examples of ablative materials are described below, including spacecraft material for as ...

of complicated atrial and ventricular

arrhythmia Arrhythmias, also known as cardiac arrhythmias, are irregularities in the cardiac cycle, heartbeat, including when it is too fast or too slow. Essentially, this is anything but normal sinus rhythm. A resting heart rate that is too fast – ab ...

s, and treating life-threatening arrhythmias with implantable devices. Lerman received the Established Investigator Award from the

American Heart Association The American Heart Association (AHA) is a nonprofit organization in the United States that funds cardiovascular medical research, educates consumers on healthy living and fosters appropriate Heart, cardiac care in an effort to reduce disability ...

, and had received a number of grants from the

National Institutes of Health The National Institutes of Health (NIH) is the primary agency of the United States government responsible for biomedical and public health research. It was founded in 1887 and is part of the United States Department of Health and Human Service ...

. He is on the editorial boards of a number of medical and scientific journals, including '' Circulation'' and ''

Heart Rhythm ''Heart Rhythm'' is a peer-reviewed medical journal published by Elsevier that covers the study and management of cardiac arrhythmia. It is the official journal of the Heart Rhythm Society, the Cardiac Electrophysiology Society, and thPediatric & ...

''.

Publications

Lerman has written or co-written over 200 medical articles, 60 book chapters, and two books. Among his publications are: *"Risk of Mortality Following Catheter Ablation of Atrial Fibrillation." ''

Journal of the American College of Cardiology The ''Journal of the American College of Cardiology'' is a peer-reviewed medical journal covering all aspects of cardiovascular disease, including original clinical studies, translational investigations with clear clinical relevance, state-of-the-a ...

''. 2019 *"Sex-based differences in outcomes, 30-day readmissions, and costs following catheter ablation of atrial fibrillation: the United States Nationwide Readmissions Database 2010-14." ''

European Heart Journal The ''European Heart Journal'' is a peer-reviewed medical journal of cardiology published by Oxford University Press on a weekly basis, on behalf of the European Society of Cardiology. The first issue was published in February 1980. Overview Th ...

''. 2019 *"The anatomic substrates for outflow tract arrhythmias." ''

''. 2019 *"Left atrial thrombus and dense spontaneous echocardiographic contrast in patients on continuous direct oral anticoagulant therapy undergoing catheter ablation of atrial fibrillation: Comparison of dabigatran, rivaroxaban, and apixaban." ''Heart Rhythm''. 2018 *"Fluoroless catheter ablation of atrial fibrillation." ''Heart Rhythm''. 2017 *"Limitations of dormant conduction as a predictor of atrial fibrillation recurrence and pulmonary vein reconnection after catheter ablation." PACE - '' Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology''. 2015 *"Differentiation of Papillary Muscle from Fascicular and Mitral Annular Ventricular Arrhythmias in Patients with and Without Structural Heart Disease." '' Circulation: Arrhythmia and Electrophysiology''. 2015 *"Mechanism, diagnosis, and treatment of outflow tract tachycardia." ''

Nature Reviews Cardiology ''Nature Reviews Cardiology'' is a monthly peer-reviewed scientific journal published by Nature Portfolio. It was established in 2004 as ''Nature Clinical Practice Cardiovascular Medicine'', but change name in April 2009. The editor-in-chief is Gr ...

''. 2015 *"Ubiquitous myocardial extensions into the pulmonary artery demonstrated by integrated intracardiac echocardiography and electroanatomic mapping: changing the paradigm of idiopathic right ventricular outflow tract arrhythmias." ''Circulation: Arrhythmia and Electrophysiology''. 2014 *Dr. Craig T. Basson, MD, PhD, Dr. Bruce B. Lerman, MD (2009), ''Topics in Arrhythmias and Ischemic Heart Disease,'' Demos Medical Publishing.Dr. Craig T. Basson, MD, PhD, Dr. Bruce B. Lerman, MD (2009
''Topics in Arrhythmias and Ischemic Heart Disease,''
Demos Medical Publishing, .

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Lerman, Bruce Living people American cardiologists Cardiovascular researchers Loyola University Chicago alumni Northwestern University alumni Johns Hopkins School of Medicine alumni Year of birth missing (living people) Cardiac electrophysiologists Clark University alumni Feinberg School of Medicine alumni Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania alumni Electrophysiologists 20th-century American physicians 21st-century American physicians