Professional Bio
Bjorn C. Knollmann, MD, PhD, is a Professor of Medicine and Pharmacology, and Fellowship Director for the Division of Clinical Pharmacology within the Department of Medicine at Vanderbilt University Medical Center.
He also serves as Director of the Vanderbilt Center for Arrhythmia Research and Therapeutics (VanCART) and is the holder of the William Stokes Endowed Chair in Experimental Therapeutics. He is the Principal Investigator of the Excitation-Contraction Coupling and Arrhythmia Lab and is board-certified in Internal Medicine and Clinical Pharmacology.
Dr. Knollmann came to Vanderbilt in 2005 from Georgetown University. After completing residency training in Internal Medicine, a fellowship in Clinical Pharmacology and graduate training in Pharmacology, he joined the Clinical Pharmacology Faculty.
His primary research interest is finding new mechanisms and treatments for heart rhythm disorders. His laboratory and clinical research programs are supported by National Institute of Health (NIH) R35, R01 and American Heart Association (AHA) grants. Work in his laboratory investigates molecular arrhythmia mechanisms involving alterations in the functioning of ion channels, calcium signaling and myofilaments. In addition, the lab is developing and testing new anti-arrhythmic therapies in human induced pluripotent stem cell models, in animal models and in humans.
Dr. Knollmann is the editor of the classic textbook of pharmacology: Goodman & Gilman's The Pharmacological Basis of Therapeutics. He has served on the scientific programming committees for the Heart Rhythm Society, the American Society of Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics and the AHA, and routinely reviews grant applications for NIH and AHA.
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Education
MD - University of Cincinnati, 1993
Residency - Internal Medicine - Georgetown University, 1995
Fellowship - Clinical Pharm - Georgetown University, 1998
PhD - Georgetown University, 1999
Contact
Email
Kimryn.Rathmell@Vumc.Org
Address
777 Preston Research Building
2220 Pierce Ave
Nashville, TN 37232-6307