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  Elizabeth S. Kaufman, MD
Professor, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine
 
Specialty: Heart & Vascular Center
Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology
Certification: American Board of Internal Medicine/ Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology/Cardiovascular Disease
MetroHealth Appointment: 1991
 
LocationDivisionAppointment
MetroHealth Old Brooklyn Health CenterCardiology216-778-BEAT
MetroHealth Medical CenterCardiology216-778-BEAT
MetroHealth Strongsville Health CenterCardiology216-778-BEAT
 
Other Languages: German
Spanish
Medical School: Harvard University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts
Internship: Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center, New York, New York
Residency: Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center, New York, New York
Fellowship: Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center, New York, New York
Research Interests: Cardiac Repolarization
Congenital Long QT Syndrome
Familial Sudden Death Syndrome
Sudden Cardiac Death
T Wave Alternans
Selected Publications: Goldenberg I, Thottathil P, Lopes CM, Moss AJ, McNitt S, O-Uchi J, Robinson JL, Zareba W, Ackerman MJ, Kaufman ES, Towbin JA, Vincent M, Barsheshet A. Trigger-specific ion-channel mechanisms, risk factors, and response to therapy in type 1 long QT syndrome. Heart Rhythm 2012;9:49-56.

Barsheshet A, Moss AJ, McNitt S, Polonsky S, Lopes CM, Zareba W, Robinson JL, Ackerman MJ, Benhorin J, Kaufman ES, Towbin JA, Vincent GM, Qi M, Goldenberg I. Risk of syncope in family members who are genotype negative for a family-associated long QT syndrome mutation. Circulation: Cardiovascular Genetics 2011;4:491-499.

Buber J, Jehu M, Moss AJ, Hall WJ, Barsheshet A, McNitt S, Robinson JL, Zareba W, Ackerman MJ, Kaufman ES, Luria D, Eldar M, Towbin JA, Vincent GM, Goldenberg I. Risk of recurrent cardiac events after onset of menopause in women with congenital long QT syndrome types 1 and 2. Circulation 2011;123:2784-2791.

Migdalovich D, Moss AJ, Lopes CM, Costa J, Ouellet G, Barsheshet A, McNitt S, Polonsky S, Robinson JL, Zareba W, Ackerman MJ, Benhorin J, Kaufman ES, Platonov PG, Shimizu W, Towbin JA, Vincent GM, Wilde AA, Goldenberg I. Mutation and gender-specific risk in type 2 long QT syndrome: implications for risk stratification for life-threatening cardiac events in patients with long QT syndrome. Heart Rhythm 2011;8:1537-1543.

Barsheshet A, Peterson DR, Moss AJ, Schwartz PJ, Kaufman ES, McNitt S, Polongsky S, Buber J, Zareba W, Robinson JL, Ackerman MJ, Benhorin J, Towbin JA, Vincent GM, Zhang L, Goldenberg I. Genotype-specific QT correction for heart rate and the risk of life threatening cardiac events in adolescents with the congenital long-QT syndrome. Heart Rhythm 2011;8:1207-1213.
 
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