Michael D. Stern

Electrophysiology

National Institute on Aging

About

Michael D. Stern works in Electrophysiology affiliated with National Institute on Aging.

Michael D. Stern, M.D. is Senior Investigator in the Laboratory of Cardiovascular Science at the National Institute on Aging, NIH, in Baltimore, MD. He received an M.D. from the University of Pennsylvania after studying theoretical physics at Princeton. His research focuses on the mechanisms of cardiac calcium signaling and excitation-contraction coupling.

Research focus

Calcium-induced calcium releaseRyanodine receptorsLocal control of cardiac excitation-contraction couplingL-type calcium channelsCardiac ischemia and reperfusion injury

Impact

220 pubs · 12,703 cites · h-index 62

Training

MD
University of Pennsylvania
Theoretical Physics (undergraduate)
Princeton University

Affiliations

Work Experience

Senior Investigator

Laboratory of Cardiovascular Science, National Institute on Aging, NIH · 1996 - Present

Faculty, Cardiology

Johns Hopkins University · 1981 - 1996

Cardiology Fellow

Johns Hopkins University · 1981

Staff Fellow

Laboratory of Technical Development, NHLBI, NIH