Bernhard Kuhn MD

Chief of the Division of Cardiology in Pediatrics at Weill Cornell Medicine and NewYork-Presbyterian Komansky Children’s Hospital

Education & Training

Boston Children’s Hospital/Boston Medical CenterFellowship, Pediatric Cardiology, 2002 - 2006
Yale-New Haven Medical CenterResidency, Pediatrics, 1999 - 2002
Freie University Berlin Faculty of MedicineClass of 1998

Allen L. Humphrey Excellence in Mentoring Award University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, 2018
Chair Distinction Award Department of Pediatrics, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, 2017
Leadership Development for Physicians and Scientists Harvard Medical School, 2010
Junior Investigator Award Translational Research Program, Children’s Hospital Boston, 2009
Scientist Development Grant American Heart Association, 2009
Basil O’Connor Starter Award March of Dimes Birth Defects Foundation, 2008
Young Investigator Award American College of Cardiology, 2007
Doctor medicinae summa cum laude Freie Universität Berlin, 1999
Research Poster Prize Freie Universität Berlin, 1997
Benjamin Franklin Award for Outstanding Research Achievements Freie Universität Berlin, 1996
Fellow (FACC) American College of Cardiology
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PubMed

11 citations
Histone deacetylase 1 controls cardiomyocyte proliferation during embryonic heart development and cardiac regeneration in zebrafish.
Anja Bühler, Bernd M. Gahr, Deung-Dae Park, Alberto Bertozzi, Alena Boos
Plos Genetics. 2021-11-01
13 citations
Design and rationale of a clinical trial to increase cardiomyocyte division in infants with tetralogy of Fallot.
Samar R. El Khoudary, Anthony Fabio, Jessie W. Yester, Matthew L. Steinhauser, Adam B. Christopher
International Journal of Cardiology. 2021-09-15
29 citations
Polyploid cardiomyocytes: implications for heart regeneration
Anna Kirillova, Lu Han, Honghai Liu, Bernhard Kühn
Development. 2021-07-15

Human Hearts Generate New Cells After Birth; Findings Could Lead to Novel Approaches for Treating Heart Failure in ChildrenJanuary 10th, 2013
The Self-Healing HeartOctober 25th, 2018

Mechanistic clinical trial of Beta-blocker administration for reactivating cardiomyocyte division in Tetralogy of FallotWEILL MEDICAL COLL OF CORNELL UNIV2021–2026
Mechanistic clinical trial of Beta-blocker administration for reactivating cardiomyocyte division in Tetralogy of FallotWEILL MEDICAL COLL OF CORNELL UNIV2021–2026
Mechanistic clinical trial of β-blocker administration for reactivating cardiomyocyte division in Tetralogy of FallotNational Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute2021–2026
Quantification of the decline of heart muscle cell proliferation and its reversal in pediatric patientsWEILL MEDICAL COLL OF CORNELL UNIV2020–2025
Lamin B2 regulates nuclear remodeling in cardiomyocyte terminal differentiationWEILL MEDICAL COLL OF CORNELL UNIV2020–2025
Quantification of the decline of heart muscle cell proliferation and its reversal in pediatric patientsNational Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute2020–2024
Lamin B2 regulates nuclear remodeling in cardiomyocyte terminal differentiationNational Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute2020–2024
Inducing cardiomyocyte replacement in congenital heart diseaseTranslational Research Program, Junior Investigator Award, Children’s Hospital Boston2009–2014

Member, Assistant Professor Mentorship Committee, Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh Division of Cardiology 2019 - Present
Member, Thesis Committee, Molecular Genetics and Developmental Biology, University of Pittsburgh, Medical School 2017 - Present
Member, Scientific Advisory Committee, Boston Children’s Hospital Division of Gastroenterology 2012 - 2013
Examiner, Pre-qualifying exam committee, Graduate Program in Biological and Biomedical Sciences Harvard Medical School

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