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Dr. Robert Jerome Myerburg, MD

Cardiovascular Disease, Internal Medicine
64 years of experience
The Lennar Foundation Medical Center 5555 Ponce de Leon Blvd, Coral Gables, FL 33146

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Brief Intro

Areas of Specialization -Cardiac arrest risk and sudden cardiac death -Heart rhythm disturbances and clinical electrophysiology -Genetic arrhythmia syndromes Robert J. Myerburg, M.D., professor of medicine and physiology, has been a distinguished member of the University of Miami MillerSchool of Medicine's faculty for more than 35 years. Dr. Myerburg served as director of the Division of Cardiology for 31 years, and he holds the American Heart Association Chair in Cardiovascular Research. Dr. Myerburg earned his medical degree from the University of Maryland where he also completed his internship. He was a resident in internal medicine at Tulane University and a cardiology fellow at Emory University/Grady Memorial. Dr. Myerburg was a research fellow in the Department of Pharmacology at Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons. Dr. Myerburg has served as principal investigator on multiple NIH grants on the mechanisms and clinical profiles of arrhythmias and sudden cardiac death. He is the principle investigator for the University of Miami site of a multi-PI international consortium on sudden cardiac death funded by the Leducq Foundation, and heads the Cardiovascular Genetics Center of the Division of Cardiology initiated by funding from the Miami Heart Research Institute. Dr. Myerburg lectures on sudden cardiac death and arrhythmias, and has a special interest in heart disease in adolescents and athletes.

Education Background

MEDICAL SCHOOL

UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE

University Of Maryland School Of Medicine - 1961

Languages Spoken

Chinese
Spanish

Location & Hours

The Lennar Foundation Medical Center
5555 Ponce de Leon Blvd, Coral Gables, FL 33146

Specialties Treated

Cardiovascular Disease
Internal Medicine

Conditions Addressed

Angina Pectoris
Heart Failure
Hypertension (HTN)
Atrial Fibrillation and Atrial Flutter
Cardiac Arrhythmia
Cardiomyopathy
Paroxysmal Supraventricular Tachycardia (PSVT)
Conduction Disorders
Aortic Valvular Disease

Procedures Performed

Cardioversion
Cardiac Stress Test
Cardiac Stress Test

Insurance Accepted

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UnitedHealthcare
Prominence Health Plan
Dean Health Plan
Cigna
Evolutions Healthcare Systems
Freedom Health
1199SEIU
Kaiser Permanente
Consolidated Health Plans
Blue Cross Blue Shield
Health First Health Plans
Priority Health
Viva Health Plan
HealthFirst (NY)
Mutual of Omaha
Optimum HealthCare
AmeriHealth

Cancer 74
Cardiology, Heart & Vascular Surgery 71
Orthopedics 114
Neurology & Neurosurgery 94
Gastroenterology & GI Surgery 120
Pulmonology & Lung Surgery 120
Diabetes & Endocrinology 62
Children's Hospital 16
Urology 119
Psychiatry 65
Geriatrics 94
Rehabilitation 70
Obsterics & Gynecology 13
Ophthalmology 2
Ear, Nose & Throat 10
Rheumatology 1
Long Term Care 23
Maternity Care (Uncomplicated Pregnancy) 36