Jose Jalife, M.D., professor of internal medicine and The Cyrus and Jane Farrehi Professor of Cardiovascular Research at the University of Michigan, is the recipient of this year’s College of Medicine A. Ross McIntyre Award.
Dr. Jalife, who is also a professor of molecular & integrative physiology and director of the university’s Center for Arrhythmia Research, will be visiting UNMC Tuesday to deliver the award seminar.
His speech, concerning cardiac excitability and fibrillation, will be held at 2 p.m. in the Durham Research Center, Room 1002.
Dr. Jalife’s research has ranged from the molecule to the bedside and has led to the reevaluation of classical criteria for the diagnosis and treatment of complex cardiac arrhythmias, including atrial fibrillation and ventricular tachycardia. As a result of Dr. Jalife’s pioneering work, major advances have been made toward revealing the fundamental mechanisms of complex life-threatening arrhythmias.
In 1972, the A. Ross McIntyre Award was established by UNMC in honor of Professor A. Ross McIntyre, the chairman of the department of physiology and pharmacology from 1935 to 1967. The award is given to an individual for “an original and innovative contribution in a scientific field related to medicine or medical education.”
The presentation will be live-streamed here, but it will not be recorded or archived.