
Morton Joseph Kern MD
Adult Congenital Heart Disease, Interventional Cardiology
Professor, Medicine, University of California, Irvine College of Medicine
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Univ Calif Irvine Cardiology Bldg 53 RT 81 RM 100101 The City DriveOrange, CA 92868
Phone+1 714-456-5742
Fax+1 714-456-8895
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Education & Training
Mass General Brigham/Brigham and Women's HospitalFellowship, Cardiovascular Disease, 1979 - 1981
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai/Mount Sinai HospitalResidency, Internal Medicine, 1976 - 1979
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount SinaiClass of 1976
Certifications & Licensure
CA State Medical License 2003 - 2027
FL State Medical License 2017 - 2019
MO State Medical License 1985 - 2006
IL State Medical License 1987 - 2005
TX State Medical License 1983 - 1987
American Board of Internal Medicine Internal Medicine
American Board of Internal Medicine Cardiovascular Disease
American Board of Internal Medicine Interventional Cardiology
National Board of Physicians and Surgeons Cardiovascular Disease
National Board of Physicians and Surgeons Internal Medicine
National Board of Physicians and Surgeons Interventional Cardiology
Awards, Honors, & Recognition
- Top Doctors:LA Area Castle Connolly, 2013
- Top Doctors:San Diego Area Castle Connolly, 2013
- Top Doctors:Southern California Castle Connolly, 2012
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Clinical Trials
- Femoral Arterial Access With Ultrasound Trial Start of enrollment: 2008 Apr 01
Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- A Road Less Traveled: Successful Alcohol Septal Ablation via an Aberrant Septal Coronary Artery in Hypertrophic Obstructive Cardiomyopathy.Vishnu Bharani, Vishal I Patel, Morton J Kern, Pranav M Patel
Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions. 2025-08-01 - The Essential Role of Physiologic Assessment in Anomalous Aortic Origin of Coronary Arteries: Moving Beyond Purely Anatomical Evaluation.David G Rizik, Morton J Kern
Journal of the Society for Cardiovascular Angiography & Interventions. 2025-08-01 - 1 citationsA Novel Transaortic Pulsatile Pump to Unload the Left Ventricle.James Kim, Paula Rambarat, Allison Levin, Phillip C Yang, Jeffrey Teuteberg
JACC. Basic to Translational Science. 2025-03-01
Journal Articles
- Correction: Overexpression of miR-489 Derails Mammary Hierarchy Structure and Inhibits HER2/neu-induced TumorigenesisM Soni, N Shah, H Chen, Y Patel, M J Kern, Nature
- The Challenges of Measuring Coronary Flow ReserveMorton J Kern, Arnold H Seto, ScienceDirect
- Original Investigation Editorial Comment Newsflash, PCI Works: Stenting Stenoses Increases Coronary Blood Flow During Exercise and Reduces Ischemia∗Arnold H Seto, Morton J Kern, ScienceDirect
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Lectures
- Devices and Imaging for PCI (Wires, Balloons, Stents, FFR, Imaging)CRF Transcatheter Cardiovascular Therapeutics - Annual Symposium 2019 - Miami, FL - 9/25/2019
- Social Media for Today's Cardiologist: A Necessary Professional Pathway or a Potentially Dangerous Fad for CV Sc ience2019 ACC Scientific Session & Expo, New Orleans - 3/17/2019
- Why Cardiologists/CV Researchers Should NEVER Join Dangerous Vortex of Social Media2019 ACC Scientific Session & Expo, New Orleans - 3/17/2019
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Other
- Hemodynamics of valvular disorders as measured by cardiac catheterizationKern MJ
http://www.uptodate.com/contents/hemodynamics-of-valvular-disorders-as-measured-by-cardiac-catheteri
UpToDate, Wolters Kluwer Health - 2012-09-27
Authored Content
- ACC 2021: A Review of the FLOWER-MI StudyJune 2021
Press Mentions
Economic Barriers to IC Care for Adults and Children with CHD and Potential Policy Solutions: A SCAI Policy StatementNovember 26th, 2025
Comparative Effectiveness of 2 Next-Generation Scatter Radiation Shielding SystemsNovember 25th, 2025
The Ringer Study: Clinical Experience with a Novel Perfusion Balloon Catheter in CAPNovember 24th, 2025- Join now to see all
Professional Memberships
- Fellow
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