José Jalife, MD

José Jalife, M.D., is a Distinguished Senior Scientist at the Spanish National Cardiovascular Research Center (CNIC) in Madrid, Spain. He is also an active Emeritus Professor of Internal Medicine and Molecular & Integrative Physiology at the University of Michigan.

Dr. Jalife enjoys an international reputation as a leader in the study of cardiac arrhythmias. His work has contributed to the understanding of the fundamental mechanisms of atrial fibrillation, ventricular tachycardia/fibrillation and sudden cardiac death. He has published over 350 original and review articles, a total of sixteen books, including the internationally recognized Cardiac Electrophysiology: From Cell to Bedside, currently in its seventh edition. Throughout his career, he has trained more than 120 scientists for research careers at almost every educational level. In 2001, he received the Distinguished Scientist Award from the American College of Cardiology. Other awards received throughout his career include the Distinguished Scientist Award of the Heart Rhythm Society, Lucian Award for Research in Circulatory Diseases from McGill University, President's Award for Research at SUNY Upstate Medical University, Professor Pierre Rijlant Award from the Académie Royale de Médecine de Belgique in Brussels, Mirowski Award of Excellence in the field of Clinical Cardiology and Electrophysiology and Arthur C. Guyton Distinguished Lecturer award from the Association of Chairs of Departments of Physiology. He is an honorary member of the National Academy of Medicine of Mexico and the Royal Academy of Medicine of Valencia. He is also a member of the American Heart Association, Fellow of the Heart Rhythm Society and member of the Association of American Physicians; between 2010 and 2012 he was the President of the Cardiac Electrophysiology Society. In 2015, He was awarded a “Doctor Honoris Causa” degree by the University of Valencia in Spain. This year Dr. Jalife received a University of Michigan Frankel Cardiovascular Center Directors’ Lifetime Achievement Award and the Venice Arrhythmia Meeting “Lionheart Distinguished Scientist Award”.