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Alexander Kushnir, MD, Cardiology, New York, NY, NYU Langone Hospitals

AlexanderKushnirMDPhD

Cardiology • New York, NY

Cardiac Electrophysiology

Assistant clinical professor

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Education & Training

  • New York Presbyterian Hospital (Columbia Campus)
    New York Presbyterian Hospital (Columbia Campus)Fellowship, Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology, 2018 - 2020
  • New York Presbyterian Hospital (Columbia Campus)
    New York Presbyterian Hospital (Columbia Campus)Fellowship, Cardiovascular Disease, 2015 - 2018
  • Montefiore Medical Center/Albert Einstein College of Medicine (Moses and Weiler Campuses)
    Montefiore Medical Center/Albert Einstein College of Medicine (Moses and Weiler Campuses)Residency, Internal Medicine, 2012 - 2015
  • Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons
    Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and SurgeonsClass of 2012
  • Yeshiva University
    Yeshiva UniversityBA, Biology, Magna Cum Laude, 2006

Certifications & Licensure

  • NY State Medical License
    NY State Medical License 2013 - 2025
  • NJ State Medical License
    NJ State Medical License 2022 - 2025
  • American Board of Internal Medicine Internal Medicine
  • American Board of Internal Medicine Cardiovascular Disease
  • American Board of Internal Medicine Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

  • Medicine Grand Rounds Quality Improvement Award 2018
  • Best Original Research Milford Fulop Annual Research Presentation, 2014
  • First Place Basic Science Research Award Medical Society State of New York, 2013
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Publications & Presentations

PubMed

Journal Articles

  • High-density substrate and activation mapping of epicardial ventricular tachycardia during left ventricular assist device implant  
    Alexander Kushnir, MD, PhD Kristin H. Pallister, MS Salma B. Chaudhary, MD Marisa Cevasco, MD Yoshifumi Naka, MD Deepak Saluja, MD, FHRS, Heart Rhythm Case Reports, 7/3/2020
  • Ryanodine receptor dysfunction in human disorders  
    Kushnir A, Wajsberg B, Marks AR, Biochim Biophys Acta., 1/21/2018
  • Cardiac CaV12 channels require Beta subunits for Beta-adrenergicmediated modulation but not trafficking  
    Yang L*, Katchman A*, Kushner JS*, Kushnir A*, Zakharov SI, Chen BX, Shuja Z, Subramanyam P, Liu G, Papa A, Roybal DD, Pitt GS, Colecraft HM, Marx SO. *contributed equ..., J Clin Invest., 1/13/2018
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Books/Book Chapters

  • Cardiac Electrophysiology: From Cell to Bedside 
    Chapter: Voltage-gated Calcium Channels. 
    Kushnir A, Marx SOEditors: Zipes D, Jalife J.ElsevierEdition 7th,2017
  • Ryanodine Receptors: Structure, Function, and Dysfunction in Clinical Disease 
    Chapter: Evolution of the Ryanodine Receptor Gene Family. 
    Page 1 - 8Kushnir A, Mollah AKMM, Wehrens XHTEditors: XHT. Wehrens & A. Marks.Springer, New York2004

Lectures

  • RYR1 database: integrating clinical data, crystal structure and physiology 
    Pittsburgh, PA - 1/1/2018
  • Novel Approach to Modeling Pathogenicity of CPVT Mutations 
    Boston, MA - 1/1/2018
  • RYR database: integrating clinical data, cryo-EM structure and physiology 
    Beer-sheva, Israel - 1/1/2018

Professional Memberships

  • Heart Rhythm Society
    Member

Hospital Affiliations

Dr. Alexander Kushnir, Dr. Alexander Kushnir, MD, Dr. A Kushnir