10 Facts About Mark Josephson

Mark E Josephson was an American cardiologist and writer, who was in the 1970s one of the American pioneers of the medical cardiology subspecialty of cardiac electrophysiology.

Mark Josephson's book titled Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology: Techniques and Interpretations is widely acknowledged as the definitive treatment of the discipline.

Mark Josephson served as Herman Dana Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School, director of the Harvard-Thorndike Electrophysiology Institute and Arrhythmia Service and the chief of cardiology at Harvard University's Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston.

Mark Josephson completed his residency training in Internal Medicine at Mount Sinai Hospital in New York City and his cardiology fellowship at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania.

Mark Josephson's work helped to transform electrophysiology from a research field to a powerful clinical discipline for treating patients.

Mark Josephson has published over 400 original journal articles and 200 book chapters and reviews and is the author of the textbook of clinical cardiac electrophysiology, Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology: Techniques and Interpretations.

Mark Josephson worked closely over the years with European cardiac electrophysiology pioneer Hein Wellens, chief of cardiology emeritus at the University of Limburg in Maastricht, Netherlands.

Mark Josephson has been given the Pioneer Award in Cardiac Pacing and Electrophysiology from the Heart Rhythm Society.

Mark Josephson received the American Heart Association's Paul Dudley White Award and the Eugene Braunwald Academic Mentorship Award.

Mark Josephson died on January 11,2017, from cancer, leaving behind two daughters: Rachael and Stephanie Josephsons.