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Dr. Nanette Hahr Bishopric, MD

Cardiovascular Disease, Medical Genetics
47 years of experience
Medstar Georgetown University Hospital 3800 Reservoir Rd Nw, Washington, DC 20007
(202) 444-2000

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Brief Intro

Nanette H. Bishopric, M.D., F.A.C.C., F.A.H.A., is Professor of Molecular and Cellular Pharmacology, Medicine and Pediatrics at the University of Miami (UM), a practicing cardiologist in the UM Medical Group, and Director of UM Cardiovascular Genomics Laboratory. She holds a B.A. degree in Music Performance-Magna cum Laude and an M.D., both from Duke University. Dr. Bishopric became interested in research during medical school, while working on a Howard Hughes fellowship in the laboratories of Dr. Robert Lefkowitz. She received postgraduate clinical training in Internal Medicine at University of Florida-Gainesville and was a clinical Cardiology fellow at UC San Francisco from 1983-1985. In 1986, Dr. Bishopric won the Merck/ACC Fellowship Award and an NIH postdoctoral fellowship allowing her to pursue research in molecular biology in the laboratories of Drs. Charles Ordahl and Laurence Kedes. From 1989-1996 she was Assistant Professor of Medicine at the UC San Francisco, concurrently serving as a member of the Voluntary Clinical Faculty in Cardiology at Stanford University under Dr. Victor Dzau, and as Sr. Scientist at SRI International. Research honors include the SRI International Technical Excellence Award, the Established Investigator Award from the American Heart Association, and the 2005 "Stop Heart Disease" Researcher of the Year Award from the FL Chapter of the American College of Cardiology. She is a regular peer reviewer for NIH and American Heart Association, and serves on the Editorial Boards of Circulation and Circulation Research. Her research is currently supported by grants from the National Institutes of Health, Fondation Leducq (Paris) and Florida Heart Research Institute, focusing on molecular genetic effectors of hypertrophy, heart cell death and renewal. Dr. Bishopric's newest goal is to move the most important recent findings in this area to proof of concept in man.

Education Background

RESIDENCY

Moffitt Hospital University Of Ca

MEDICAL SCHOOL

Duke University School Of Medicine - 1978

Languages Spoken

Chinese
Spanish

Location & Hours

Medstar Georgetown University Hospital
3800 Reservoir Rd Nw, Washington, DC 20007

Specialties Treated

Cardiovascular Disease
Medical Genetics

Conditions Addressed

Atrial Fibrillation and Atrial Flutter
Aortic Valvular Disease
Congenital Anomalies of the Heart
Angina Pectoris
Paroxysmal Supraventricular Tachycardia (PSVT)
Pericarditis
Valvular Heart Disease
Acute Myocardial Infarction (AMI)
Hypertension (HTN)
Cardiac Arrhythmia
Heart Failure

Procedures Performed

Cardiac Stress Test

Insurance Accepted

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UnitedHealthcare
Aetna
AmeriHealth

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Gastroenterology & GI Surgery 4
Pulmonology & Lung Surgery 4
Diabetes & Endocrinology 3
Children's Hospital 2
Urology 5
Psychiatry 6
Geriatrics 4
Rehabilitation 2
Obsterics & Gynecology 2
Ear, Nose & Throat 3
Long Term Care 2
Maternity Care (Uncomplicated Pregnancy) 3