Ep 019 - Cardiology with Dr. Richard Josephson

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Dr. Richard Josephson


Dr. Josephson is the Medical Director of the Cardiac Intensive
Care Unit at University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center, as
well as a Professor of Medicine at Case Western Reserve
University School of Medicine in Cleveland, OH.


Dr. Josephson received his undergraduate degree from The
University of Rochester in 1977; his medial degree from the New
York University School of Medicine (where he was also a part of
the Medical Scientist Training Program, receiving a master’s of
science in Pharmacology); completed his residency in Internal
Medicine in 1985 and a fellowship in Cardiology 1988 both at
Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, where he was also a research
fellow in the Laboratory of Cardiovascular Sciences at the
National Institute on Aging.


After his formal training, Dr. Josephson began his career in
Akron, Ohio in private practice cardiology and grew what was
initially a 4-physician group into a practice encompassing over
30 cardiologists. Over the next two decades, he worked at various
Akron City Hospitals, where he assumed roles as varied as
Director of Cardiopulmonary Rehabilitation, Director of
Non-Invasive Cardiology, and Director of Cardiology Research and
Education. He joined the faculty at Case Western and University
Hospitals in 2007 where he remains today.


Dr. Josephson is heavily involved in cardiovascular research and
has been supported by NIH funding for over 30 years. Lastly, Dr.
Josephson has received numerous awards, most notable among them
having been voted Best Doctors in America every year since 2004.


Please enjoy with Dr. Richard Josephson!