Jeremy N Ruskin

Jeremy N. Ruskin (born October 19, 1945) is an American cardiologist, medical researcher, and teacher specializing in cardiac electrophysiology, a subspecialty of cardiology. He is Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School, Founder and Director Emeritus of the Cardiac Arrhythmia Service and Clinical Electrophysiology Laboratory, Founder and Director Emeritus of the Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology Fellowship Training Program, and inaugural incumbent of the Omran Alomran Endowed Chair in Cardiology at Massachusetts General Hospital. He is also Founder and Director of the International (Boston) Atrial Fibrillation Symposium. the proarrhythmic effects of cardiac and noncardiac drugs; the role of electrophysiologic testing in patients with unexplained syncope; novel approaches to antiarrhythmic drug therapy; nonpharmacological therapies for ventricular arrhythmias and atrial fibrillation; experimental animal models of post-infarction ventricular tachycardia; the use of novel bioadhesives for myocardial preservation in experimental myocardial infarction; and the cardiovascular effects of psychedelics.

He is an author of more than 500 original scientific publications, chapters, reviews, guidelines, and monographs.

FDA advisory service

Ruskin served as a member of the United States FDA Cardiovascular and Renal Drugs Advisory Committee for five years.

International Atrial Fibrillation Symposium

In 1995, Ruskin founded the Annual International Atrial Fibrillation Symposium, which he has directed since its inception.

Professional memberships

Ruskin is a member of the Heart Rhythm Society and a Fellow of the American College of Physicians, the American Heart Association, and the American College of Cardiology.

Selected publications