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Sekar Kathiresan
MD
Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard; Massachusetts General Hospital
Biography
Dr. Sekar Kathiresan graduated from North Allegheny High School in Pittsburgh, PA and received his B.A. in history summa cum laude from the University of Pennsylvania in 1992. He received his M.D. from Harvard Medical School in 1997. He completed his clinical training in internal medicine and cardiology at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH). He served as Chief Resident in Internal Medicine at MGH in 2002-2003. Subsequently, he pursued research training in cardiovascular genetics through a combined experience at the Framingham Heart Study and the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard. In 2008, he joined the research faculties of the Cardiovascular Research Center and the Center for Human Genetic Research at MGH. His research laboratory focuses on understanding the inherited basis for blood lipids and myocardial infarction and using these insights to improve preventive cardiac care. In addition to his research efforts, Dr. Kathiresan is Director of Preventive Cardiology at MGH and directs a clinic focused on primary prevention of myocardial infarction in individuals with a family history of heart attack.
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