Dr. Mohamed Boutjdir
Director of the Cardiovascular Research Program - VA New York Harbor Healthcare System
Professor at Departments of Medicine, Cell Biology and Pharmacology - State University of New York Downstate Health Sciences University
Professor at the Department of Medicine and Cardiology Division - NYU School of Medicine, New York, New York
As the former Associate Chief of Staff for Research and Development at the VA NYHHCS, Dr Boutjdir directed and managed a research portfolio of over $15M from NIH, DoD, Veterans Affairs and AHA.
Dr. Boutjdir’s research interest is in cardiac electrophysiology, autoimmune channelopathies and mechanisms of sudden cardiac death. He has published over 140 peer-reviewed manuscripts including high impact journals such as Nature immunology, Nature Cardiology and Circulation.
Dr. Boutjdir serves in several review boards for cardiovascular study sections for many granting institutions such as National Institute of Health, American Heart Association, Veterans Administration and several European and Canadian funding agencies. Dr. Boutjdir serves also as a reviewer for many National and European high impact journal and is an active member of editorial boards.