Peter R. Kowey

Peter R. Kowey, M.D.
Born January 4, 1950
Norristown, Pennsylvania
Fields Cardiology, Arrhythmias, Cardiovascular Disease
Institutions Lankenau Medical Center
Lankenau Institute for Medical Research
Main Line Health
Jefferson Medical College
Medical College of Pennsylvania
Alma mater University of Pennsylvania (MD)
Saint Joseph's College (University) (BS)

Peter R. Kowey, M.D., (born January 4, 1950) is an American cardiologist and medical researcher. He is currently Professor of Medicine and Clinical Pharmacology at Jefferson Medical College of Thomas Jefferson University; . Kowey also holds the William Wikoff Smith Chair in Cardiovascular Research at Lankenau Institute for Medical Research (LIMR), the research arm of Main Line Health, located just outside Philadelphia, PA, USA ; he is also Chief of the Main Line Health Division of Cardiovascular Diseases, and President of the Cardiology Foundation of Lankenau Medical Center.[1]

Early life and education

Kowey was born in Norristown, Pennsylvania, in 1950 and graduated from Saint Joseph’s College (now Saint Joseph’s University) in 1971 cum laude with a B.S. in biology. He graduated from medical school at the University of Pennsylvania in 1975 and completed his internship and residency at the Milton S. Hershey Medical Center of Pennsylvania State University between 1975 and 1978. He held a fellowship in cardiology at Harvard University School of Public Health and Peter Bent Brigham Hospital in Boston from 1978 to 1980, and a fellowship in cardiovascular medicine and research at the West Roxbury VA Hospital and Harvard Medical School from 1980 to 1981.[1]

Career

Beginning in 1981, Kowey worked at the Medical College of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, becoming Director of the Cardiac Care Unit and the Cardiac Arrhythmia Service. In 1990, he was appointed Chief of the Division of Cardiovascular Diseases at Lankenau Hospital (now Medical Center); he became Chief of the Division of Cardiovascular Diseases for the four-hospital Main Line Health network in 1999.[1]

Kowey also served as a professor of Medicine and Pharmacology at the Medical College of Pennsylvania while on staff there; in 1990, he moved to Jefferson Medical College as a professor of Medicine and Clinical Pharmacology. From 1991 to 2003, he also taught at MCP/Hahnemann/Drexel University College of Medicine as a Clinical Professor of Medicine.

Kowey’s principal area of interest has been cardiac rhythm disturbances. His research has contributed to the understanding of cardiac arrhythmia and effective methods for its correction. In particular, his work helped lead to the FDA approval of the drugs dronedarone and amiodarone which help restore normal heart beat patterns in patients with arrhythmia.

He is the author of more than 300 articles, book chapters, and editorials. He has edited or co-edited seven books and three peer-reviewed journal supplements. He is a fellow of the Clinical Council of the American Heart Association, the American College of Cardiology, the American College of Physicians, the College of Physicians of Philadelphia, the American College of Chest Physicians, and the American College of Clinical Pharmacology.[1] He was a founding member of the Philadelphia Arrhythmia Group and a charter member of the North American Society of Pacing and Electrophysiology.

Most-cited publications as of 2015

Selected awards and recognition

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Kowey, Peter. "Main Line Health Physician page".
  2. 1 2 3 4
  3. ↑ "Top Doctor 2011, US News and World Report".
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