The Cardiac Electrophysiology Society is delighted to have Dr. Michael R. Rosen as the 15th Annual Gordon Moe Lecturer. Dr. Rosen has been an internationally distinguished leader in cardiac electrophysiology over the past four decades. Dr. Rosen received his Bachelor’s from Wesleyan University, and his medical degree from the State University of New York Downstate Medical Center. After a mixed medical and surgical internship, and residency in medicine at the Montefiore Hospital of the Albert Einstein College of Medicine, he served as an internist in the United States Air Force. He then did a postdoctoral fellowship in pharmacology at the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Columbia University. Following this he then became an instructor in medicine at Albert Einstein, and then an Assistant Professorship in Pharmacology at Columbia. He has risen through the ranks at Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons and is currently the Gustavus A. Pfeiffer Professor of Pharmacology, Professor of Pediatrics and Director of the Center of Molecular Therapeutics.

Dr. Rosen has been widely recognized and honored by the Cardiology and Electrophysiology communities as an outstanding investigator, teacher and advocate for cardiovascular research. His scientific accomplishments are numerous and his publication record is prolific. He has co-authored over 200 peer review articles and over 175 monographs, book chapters reviews and editorials. He has made major contributions in our understanding of cardiac electrophysiology. His investigative work has examined the electropharmacology of cardiac tissue, autonomic regulation of electrophysiological properties of the heart, the developmental changes in cardiac excitability and cellular and tissue level studies of arrhythmia mechanisms. His more recent work has provided seminal insights into the cellular and molecular mechanisms of cardiac memory and recently he has been a leader in the development of biological therapies design to modify electrophysiological function of the heart.

Dr. Rosen has received numerous awards and recognition including the Chairman’s Award from the AHA and the Einthoven Award from the Einthoven Foundation. He is a Honorary Regent for Life of the American College of Clinical Pharmacology, Samuel Seifter Master Teacher of Basic Sciences of the SUNY Downstate Medical Center and the Distinguished Scientist Award from the Heart Rhythm Society. He has been an active member of the American Heart Association, American College of Cardiology, American College of Clinical Pharmacology, and the Cardiac Electrophysiology Society serving as President in 1981-1982.