Alexander Kushnir, M.D., PH.D.

About Me Early in my education, I became fascinated by the role electricity plays in making the heart beat. For 17 years, I worked in molecular cardiology laboratories, studying how electrical signals are transmitted in the heart through ion channels and how small changes in these circuits cause abnormal heart rhythms and, sometimes, death. I worked on novel therapies for treating abnormal heart rhythms and published more than 20 articles and textbook chapters. Now, as a clinical cardiac electro