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Title

Co-Director, Heart Institute

Division Chief, Cardiology, ¶¶ÒõÂþ»­

Medical Director, Cardiomyopathy, Heart Failure and Heart Transplant, ¶¶ÒõÂþ»­

Professor and Vice Chair of Strategic Advancement, The University of Tennessee Health Science Center

Chief of Cardiology and Medical Director of Cardio-Oncology and Cardio-Hematology Service, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital

Patient Care Emphasis

Diagnostic and therapeutic advances for cardiomyopathies (heart muscle disease), heart failure and heart transplantation, cardiovascular genetics, cardio-oncology.

Location

Le Bonheur Outpatient Center
Medical School

University of Cincinnati College of Medicine (1982)


Postgraduate Education

B.S. in Biology (1974) University of Cincinnati

M.S. in Cell Biology (1977) University of Cincinnati

                                      


Board Certification

American Board of Pediatrics
Sub-board of Pediatric Cardiology


Internship

Children's Hospital Medical Center (1982-1983)


Residency

Children's Hospital Medical Center (1983-1985)


Fellowship

Baylor College of Medicine, Texas Children's Hospital (1985-1989)

Awards and Honors

1991 Richard D. Rowe Award, The Society for Pediatric Research
1993 Young Investigator Award, American Academy of Pediatrics, Section on Cardiology
1997 Pfizer Visiting Professorship in Cardiovascular Medicine
1998 Distinguished Service Award, American Heart Association
2003 Michael DeBakey Excellence in Research Award
2004 Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Wall of Honor
2007 American College of Cardiology Distinguished Scientist Award (Basic)
2007 American Heart Association T. Duckett Jones Lecturer
2010 Council on Cardiovascular Disease of the Young (CVDY), American Heart Association Meritorious Achievement Award
2012 Simon Dack Award, American College of Cardiology
2013 American Heart Association Basic Research Prize


Professional Memberships

Fellow, American Heart Association

Fellow, American College of Cardiology

Fellow, American Academy of Pediatrics

Member, Society for Pediatric Research

Member, International Society of Heart and Lung Transplantation

Member, Heart Failure Society of America

Member, International Society for Pediatric Mechanical Cardiopulmonary Support

Member, Heart Rhythm Society

Member, International Society of Cardiomyopathies and Heart Failure

Member, American Association of Physicians


Selected Research

Ware SM, Wilkinson JD, Tariq M, Schubert JA, Sridhar A, Colan SD, Shi L, Canter CE, Hsu DT, Webber SA, Dodd DA, Everitt MD, Kantor PF, Addonizio LJ, Jefferies JL, Rossano JW, Pahl E, Rusconi P, Chung WK, Lee T, Towbin JA, Lal AK, Bhatnagar S, Aronow B, Dexheimer PJ, Martin LJ, Miller EM, Sleeper LA, Razoky H, Czachor J, Lipshultz SE; Pediatric Cardiomyopathy Registry Study Group. J Am Heart Assoc. 2021 May 4;10(9):e017731. doi: 10.1161/JAHA.120.017731. Epub 2021 Apr 28. PMID: 33906374.

Xu F, Gao J, Munkhsaikhan U, Li N, Gu Q, Pierre JF, Starlard-Davenport A, Towbin JA, Cui Y, Purevjav E, Lu L. Front Cardiovasc Med. 2020 Nov 20;7:582949. doi: 10.3389/fcvm.2020.582949. PMID: 33330645; PMCID: PMC7714829.

Towbin JA, Beasley G. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2020 Oct 13;76(15):1734-1736. doi: 10.1016/j.jacc.2020.08.051. PMID: 33032734.

Beasley GS, Towbin JA. J Thromb Thrombolysis. 2021 May;51(4):846-853. doi: 10.1007/s11239-020-02273-7. Epub 2020 Sep 12. PMID: 32918669.

Chen Y, Xu F, Munkhsaikhan U, Boyle C, Borcky T, Zhao W, Purevjav E, Towbin JA, Liao F, Williams RW, Bhattacharya SK, Lu L, Sun Y. J Mol Cell Cardiol. 2020 Jul;144:119-126. doi: 10.1016/j.yjmcc.2020.05.006. Epub 2020 May 26. PMID: 32470469.

Towbin JA. J Am Heart Assoc. 2020 Jun 2;9(11):e016910. doi: 10.1161/JAHA.120.016910. Epub 2020 May 27. PMID: 32458723; PMCID: PMC7429000.

Towbin JA, Lorts A, Jefferies JL. . Lancet 386(9995):813-25 2015.

Tandon A, Villa CR, Hor KN, Jefferies JL, Gao Z, Towbin JA, Wong BL, Mazur W, Fleck RJ, Sticka JJ, Benson DW, Taylor MD.  J Am Heart Assoc 4: pii: e001338. doi: 10.1161/JAHA.114.001338, Mar 26; 2015.

Burns KM, Byrne BJ, Gelb BD, Kuhn B, Leinwand LA, Mital S, Pearson GD, Rodefeld M, Rossano JW, Stauffer BL, Taylor MD, Towbin JA, Redington AN. . Circulation 130:79-86, 2014.

Maiellaro-Rafferty K, Wansapura JP, Mendsaikhan U, Osinska H, James JF, Taylor MD, Robbins J, Kranias EG, Towbin JA, Purevjav E. . J Mol Cell Cardiol. 60C:151-160, 2013.

Purevjav E, Arimura T, Augustin S, Huby AC, Takagi K, Nunoda S, Kearney DL, Taylor MD, Terasaki F, Bos JM, Ommen SR, Shibata H, Takahashi M, Itoh-Satoh M, McKenna WJ, Murphy RT, Labeit S, Yamanaka Y, Machida N, Park JE, Alexander PM, Weintraub RG, Kitaura Y, Ackerman MJ, Kimura A, Towbin JA. . Hum Mol Genet. 21:2039-2053, 2012.

Purevjav E, Varela J, Morgado M, Kearney DL, Li H, Taylor MD, Arimura T, Moncman CL, McKenna W, Murphy RT, Labeit S, Vatta M, Bowles NE, Kimura A, Boriek AM, Towbin JA: . J Am Coll Cardiol. 56:1493-1502, 2010.

Xu T, Yang Z, Vatta M, Rampazzo A, Beffagna G, Pillichou K, Scherer SE, Saffitz J, Kravitz J, Zareba W, Danieli GA, Lorenzon A, Nava A, Bauce B, Thiene G, Basso C, Calkins H, Gear K, Marcus F, Towbin JA; . J Am Coll Cardiol. 55:587-597, 2010.

Jefferies JL, Towbin JA. . Lancet, 375:752-762, 2010.

Moulik M, Vatta M, Witt SH, Arola AM, Murphy RT, McKenna WJ, Boriek AM, Oka K, Labeit S, Bowles NE, Arimura T, Kimura A, Towbin JA. . J Am Coll Cardiol. 54:325-333, 2009.

Morita H, Rehm HL, Menesses A, McDonough B, Roberts AE, Kucherlapati R, Towbin JA, Seidman JG, Seidman CE. . N Engl J Med 358: 1899-1908, 2008.

Qian L, Mohapatra B, Akasaka T, Liu J, Occor K, Towbin JA, Bodmer R. . Proc Natl Acad Sci, USA (PNAS) 105:19833-19838, 2008.

Towbin JA. N. Engl J. Med, 351:1767-1768, 2007.

Yang Z, Bowles NE, Scherer SE, Taylor MD, Kearney DL, Ge S, Nadvoretskiy VV, Defreitas G, Carabello B, Brandon LI, Godsel LM, Green KJ, Saffitz JE, Li H, Danieli GA, Calkins H, Marcus F, Towbin JA. . Circ Res. 99:646-655, 2006.

Towbin JA, Lowe AM, Colan SD, Sleeper LA, Orav EJ, Clunie S, Messere J, Cox GF, Lurie P, Hsu D, Canter C, Wilkinson JD, Lipshultz SE. . JAMA, 296:1867-1876, 2006.

Bowles NE, Ni J, Kearney DL, Pauschinger M, Schultheiss HP, McCarthy R, Hare J, Bricker JT, Bowles KR, Towbin JA. J Am Coll Cardiol. 42:466-472, 2003.

Vatta M, Stetson SJ, Perez-Verdia A, Entman ML, Noon GP, Torre-Amione G, Bowles NE, Towbin JA. assistance device therapy. Lancet 2002 Mar 16;359(9310):936-41.

Towbin, JA, Bowle NE. Nature 415: 227-233, 2002.

Shirali GS, Ni J, Chinnock RE, Vander Dussen LK, Johnson JK, Bowles NB, Towbin JA. . N Engl J Med 344:1498-1503, 2001.

Tsubata S, Bowles KR, Vatta M, Zintz C, Titus J, Muhonen L, Bowles NE, Towbin JA. J Clin Invest 106:655-662, 2000.