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Michael J. Ackerman, MD, Pediatric Cardiology, Rochester, MN

Michael J. Ackerman MD PhD

Pediatric Cardiology•Rochester, MN

Pediatric Cardiac Genetics, Pediatric Electrophysiology

Genetic Cardiologist at the Mayo Clinic Windland Smith Rice Cardiovascular Genomics Research Professor Professor of Medicine, Pediatrics, and Pharmacology Director, Windland Smith Rice Genetic Heart Rhythm Clinic President of the Sudden Arrhythmia Death Syndromes (SADS) Foundation

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  • 200 1st St SWRochester, MN 55905

  • Phone+1 507-284-2511

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Summary

  • Dr. Michael J. Ackerman is a genetic cardiologist in Rochester, MN. He received his medical degree from the Mayo Clinic Alix School of Medicine and his PhD from the Mayo Clinic Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences in 1995. After residency training in Pediatrics and fellowship training in pediatric cardiology at Mayo Clinic, he joined Mayo Clinic's faculty in 2000. He specializes in genetic cardiology and takes care of patients and families at risk of premature sudden cardiac death from a variety of genetic heart diseases like long QT syndrome and hypertrophic cardiomyopathy in the Windland Smith Rice Genetic Heart Rhythm Clinic. His research team is devoted to "healing the sick and advancing the science" as it relates to these genetic channelopathies and cardiomyopathies.

    • The Mayo Clinic Windland Smith Rice Genetic Heart Rhythm Clinic

    Welcome to the Mayo Clinic Windland Smith Rice Genetic Heart Rhythm Clinic and Sudden Death Genomics Laboratory directed by Michael J. Ackerman, MD, PhD

Education & Training

  • Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science (Rochester)
    Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science (Rochester)Fellowship, Pediatric Cardiology, 1998 - 2000
  • Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science (Rochester)
    Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science (Rochester)Residency, Pediatrics, 1995 - 1998
  • Mayo Clinic College of Medicine
    Mayo Clinic College of MedicineClass of 1995, MD, PhD
  • Luther College
    Luther CollegeB.A., Chemistry and Mathematics, Summa Cum Laude, 1984 - 1988

Certifications & Licensure

  • FL State Medical License
    FL State Medical License 2020 - 2027
  • AZ State Medical License
    AZ State Medical License 2022 - 2026
  • MN State Medical License
    MN State Medical License 1996 - 2026
  • Pediatric Cardiology
    American Board of Pediatrics Pediatric Cardiology

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

  • Distinguished Scientist Award Heart Rhythm Society, 2018
  • America's Top Doctors Castle Connolly, 2005-2016
  • Distinguished Clinician Award Mayo Clinic, 2015

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

Journal Articles

  • Electromechanical Window Negativity in Genotyped Long-QT Syndrome Patients: Relation to Arrhythmia Risk  
    Ter Bekke RM, Haugaa KH, van den Wijngaard A, Bos JM, Ackerman MJ, Edvardsen T, Volders PG, Eur Heart Journal, 9/8/2014
  • Reduced Junctional Na/Ca2+-exchanger Activity Contributes to Sarcoplasmic Reticulum Ca2+ Leak in Junctophilin-2 Deficient Mice  
    Wang W, Landstrom AP, Wang Q, Munro ML, Beavers D, Ackerman MJ, Soeller C, Wehrens XH, Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol, 9/5/2014
  • Compound Heterozygous Mutations in the SCN5A-Encoded Nav15 Cardiac Sodium Channel Resulting in Atrial Standstill and His-Purkinje System Disease  
    Baskar S, Ackerman MJ, Clements D, Mayuga KA, Aziz PF, J Pediatr, 8/27/2014

Books/Book Chapters

  • Forensic Pathology of Infancy and Childhood 
    Chapter: Chaper 31 Cardiac Channelopathies and the Molecular Autopsy 
    Page 899 - 942Tester DJ, Ackerman MJSpringer Publishing, New York, NY2014
  • Management of Cardiac Arrhythmias 
    Chapter: Chapter 19, Long QT Syndrome 
    Page 419 - 440Johnson JN, Ackerman MJSpringer Publishing, New York, NYEdition 2nd,2010
  • Electrical Diseases of the Heart; Genetics, Mechanisms, Treatment, Prevention 
    Chapter: Chapter 62. Sudden Cardiac Death in Infancy: Focus on Prolonged Repolarization 
    Page 924 - 933Schwartz PJ, Stramba-Badiale M, Crotti L, Ackerman MJSpringer Publishing, New York, NY2008

Abstracts/Posters

  • Automatic External Defibrillator Rescues Among Children with Diagnosed and Treated Long QT Syndrome
    Pundi KN, Bos JM, Cannon BC, Ackerman MJ, Heart Rhythm, 1/1/2014
  • Minimally Invasive Epicardial ICD Placement: An Effective Alternative to the Transvenous Approach
    Schneider A, Burkhard H, Ackerman MJ, Dearani JA, Cannon BC, Heart Rhythm, 1/1/2014
  • Personal Wearable Defibrillators for Adults with Long QT Syndrome
    Owen HJ, Bos JM, Ackerman MJ, Heart Rhythm, 1/1/2014

Lectures

  • The Cardiac Channelopathies 
    Moscow, Russia - 6/12/2014
  • The Molecular Autopsy for Sudden Unexplained Death in the Young 
    Moscow, Russia - 6/12/2014
  • Latest Diagnostic and Treatment Strategies for the Congenital Long QT Syndromes 
    MA General Hospital for Children, Boston, MA - 5/15/2014

Other

  • Medical Edge 
  • WCCO Lifeline: SUDs 
  • Lifeline: Discovery Health 

Press Mentions

  • It’s Just Mitral Valve Prolapse, Stop Being so Dramatic
    It’s Just Mitral Valve Prolapse, Stop Being so DramaticApril 1st, 2026
  • 395. Beyond the Boards: Channelopathies with Dr. Michael Ackerman
    395. Beyond the Boards: Channelopathies with Dr. Michael AckermanOctober 9th, 2024
  • At Least One Person Seriously Injured in a Car Accident in Brentwood
    At Least One Person Seriously Injured in a Car Accident in BrentwoodAugust 17th, 2024

Grant Support

  • Cardiac Channel Mutations In Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS)Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute Of Child Health &Human Development2007–2011
  • Cardiac Channel Mutations In SIDSEunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute Of Child Health &Human Development2004–2005
  • Cardiac Channel Mutations In SIDSEunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute Of Child Health &Human Development2002–2003

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