Dr. Christine Seidman
Christine Seidman, M.D. is our speaker and will present a talk titled "Mutations and Mechanisms in Cardiac Hypertrophy.” Christine (Kricket) Seidman is a Professor in the Departments of Medicine and Genetics at Harvard Medical School and Brigham and Women’s Hospital. In 2005, she was named the Thomas W. Smith Professor of Medicine. She is also an Investigator of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute. She was an undergraduate at Harvard College and received an M.D. from George Washington University of Medicine in 1978. Dr. Seidman served as an intern and resident in Internal Medicine at Johns Hopkins Hospital and received subspecialty training in cardiology at the Massachusetts General Hospital. She joined the staff at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in 1987 and is currently the Director of the Cardiovascular Genetics Center. Her research focuses on the discovery of gene mutations that cause human disease, with a focus on cardiovascular conditions such as cardiomyopathy (hypertrophic and dilated), heart failure, and congenital heart malformations. Introductory remarks and her talk will take place from 12:30 1:30 p.m. in the third floor auditorium of the School of Medicine building.
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