David Kass (physician)
David Kass | |
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| Alma mater | Harvard College (BA 1975); Yale University (MD 1980); George Washington University |
| Known for | Pressure-volume analysis; Cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT); Heart failure and cGMP/protein kinase G signaling |
| Awards | Outstanding Investigator Award (National Institutes of Health, 2017 - 2023); Louis Artur Lucien Prize in Cardiovascular Diseases (2020); International Society of Heart Research Innovator Award (2020); Clinical Innovator and Mentor Award (Johns Hopkins University, 2017); Basic Science Research Prize (American Heart Association, 2008) |
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| Institutions | Johns Hopkins University |
| Website | www |
David Kass, M.D. is the Abraham and Virginia Weiss Professor of Cardiology at Johns Hopkins University. He also serves as a Professor of Medicine, Pharmacology, Molecular Sciences, and Biomedical Engineering. He obtained a Bachelor of Arts degree from Harvard College in 1975, majoring in Applied Physics and Engineering, and a Doctor of Medicine degree from Yale University in 1980. Following his medical studies, he completed an Internal Medicine residency at George Washington University in Washington, DC before joining the Cardiology Division at Johns Hopkins University. Kass' research has ranged from fundamental molecular and cellular studies to human clinical research. His publication record includes over 550 original papers, with more than 55,000 citations.
Kass is the Director of the Institute of CardioScience and co-directs a post-doctoral NIH-training program in Cardiovascular Disease. He has received honors including awards from the American Heart Association. the Inaugural Janice Pfeffer Award from the International Society for Heart Research, and an Outstanding Investigator Award from the National Institutes of Health. In 2020, he received the Louis and Artur Lucien Prize in Cardiovascular Diseases and the Inaugural NAS-International Society of Heart Research Innovator Award. He received two Outstanding Investigator Awards from the National Heart Lung and Blood Institute in 2017 and 2023.
Kass is a member of professional societies such as the American Society for Clinical Investigation, American Heart Association, and Association of American Physicians. He has served on the editorial board for journals like Circulation Research and as an Associate Editor the American Journal of Physiology.