Theodore Cummins

Electrophysiology

Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center

About

Theodore Cummins works in Electrophysiology affiliated with Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center.

Theodore R. Cummins is Chancellor's Professor and Chair of the Department of Biology at Indiana University Indianapolis. He is affiliated with the Stark Neurosciences Research Institute and holds an adjunct professorship in Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, and Pharmacology at the Indiana University School of Medicine. His research investigates ion channel biology with applications to neurological disorders and cardiac arrhythmias.

Research focus

Cardiac sodium channel palmitoylationArrhythmia generation mechanismsIon channel mutations in cardiac disordersMyocyte excitability regulationPharmacological modulation of cardiac channels

Impact

239 pubs · 16,147 cites · h-index 68

Training

PhD
Yale University
1996
MS
Hartford Graduate Center
1985
BA
Swarthmore College
1983

Affiliations

Work Experience

Chancellor's Professor and Chair of Biology

Indiana University Indianapolis · 2016 - Present

Professor of Pharmacology and Toxicology

Indiana University School of Medicine · 2003 - 2016

Assistant Professor in Neurology

Yale University School of Medicine · 1998 - 2003