 Jeffrey A. Towbin医师，Baylor医学院得克萨斯儿童医院小儿心脏病科主任、教授。曾在美国辛辛那提儿童医院接受儿科住院医师培训，1985年到Baylor医学院得克萨斯儿童医院接受小儿心脏病学专业培训。1989年7月加入Baylor医学院小儿心脏科任助理教授，自那时起他陆续发表了超过270篇专业学术论著及专著章节，多次获得美国NIH研究基金资助，包括目前正在进行的系列研究基金，另外，他曾数次得到私人特别捐助基金进行科学研究，并获得多个美国及国际的研究奖励，如Michael Debakey优秀研究奖。
在临床方面，Towbin医师协助成立并作为主任主持了“小儿心力衰竭及心脏移植”、“心血管疾病基因诊治中心”两个项目，迄今这两个项目仍是美国最大的心血管项目之一。Towbin医师在研究心肌疾病及心律失常引起心源性猝死的机制方面做出了杰出的贡献，极大地提高了对这些疾病的认识，而他在这些疾病治疗方面的研究有助于对该类疾病的诊治开拓一个崭新的领域。
Dr. Jeffrey A. Towbin, Professor and Chief of Pediatric Cardiology at Baylor College of Medicine and Texas Children’s Hospital, did his Pediatric Residency at Children’s HospitalMedicalCenter in Cincinnati before arriving in Houston for his Pediatric Cardiology Fellowship at Baylor College of Medicine and Texas Children’s Hospital in 1985.He joined the faculty in July, 1989 as an Assistant Professor and since that time has published over 270 peer-reviewed publications, several book chapters, has been awarded many NIH grants, including a current Program Project Grant and a Cluster Award, and is the recipient of several specific private donations to support his research, as well as receiving many honors nationally and internationally, including the Michael Debakey Excellence in Research Award.
Clinically, Dr. Towbin has helped develop and has directed the Pediatric Heart Failure and Transplant Program, and the Cardiovascular Genetics Clinic, both of which are currently amongst the largest in the U.S.Dr. Towbin’s work in deciphering the causes of sudden cardiac death due to heart muscle disease and cardiac rhythm disorders has been instrumental in advancing the understanding of these disorders, and his work on the treatment of these disorders is helping break new ground. |
