Melvyn Rubenfire is a

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in the University of Michigan Health System, as well as a

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in the department of internal medicine. He is also director of the Preventive cardiology department.

Clinical interests

Rubenfire's clinical and research interests include: Atherosclerosis detection, preventive cardiology, lipid management, pulmonary hypertension, coronary risk factors and

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Education

Rubenfire earned a

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degree from

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in 1965. He served his residency in internal medicine at Sinai Hospital in Detroit, Michigan, from 1965–1968.Melvyn Rubenfire MD
University of Michigan Health System He then served two fellowships (1968-1970) in

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at the Henry Ford Hospital in

. His certifications include: Internal Medicine in 1965, Cardiovascular Disease in 1973, and Medical Examiner in 1965. He also received a qualification in Lipid Management in 2005. Rubenfire holds the following fellowships: Fellow of the

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( Internal Medicine), Fellow of the American College of Cardiology, and Fellow of the

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Career

Earlier positions

From 1970 to 1989 he was the Chief of Cardiology at Detroit's Sinai Hospital, becoming Chairman of the Department of Internal Medicine in 1984. At the same time he served as an assistant professor (1971-1976), associate professor (1977-1984), and professor (1984-1991) at

Current practice

In 1991 Rubenfire came to the University of Michigan as a professor. He is the director of the university's Cardiac Rehabilitation, Preventive Cardiology, and Lipid Management programs. He currently works at the University of Michigan Health System's Cardiovascular Medicine outpatient facility at Domino's Farms Office Park in

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, Michigan, and the Alfred Taubman Health Care Center. At Domino's Farms, he practices preventive cardiology, cardiac rehabilitation and the Cardiovascular Executive Health Program. He practices pulmonary hypertension at the Alfred Taubman Health Care Center.

Recognition

The University of Michigan has raised funds to establish a Melvyn Rubenfire Professorship in Preventive Cardiology.

Footnotes

{{DEFAULTSORT:Rubenfire, Melvyn American cardiologists Living people Year of birth missing (living people) Wayne State University alumni University of Michigan faculty American Jews Fellows of the American College of Cardiology