Prof. Amir Lerman

Amir Lerman, MD. is an endowed named Barbara Lips professor of medicine and a consultant in the department of cardiovascular disease at the Mayo graduate school of medicine. Prof. Lerman serves as an associate chair of the department of Cardiovascular medicine and the Director of the Mayo Clinic cardiovascular research center and the medical director of the chest pain and coronary physiology clinic. Prof. Lerman graduated from the Technion school of Medicine in Haifa Israel and completed his training in internal medicine, cardiovascular diseases and invasive cardiology at the Mayo Clinic. Prof. Lerman is serving as the associate editor of the International Journal of Cardiology and is heading the international microvascular summit.

Prof. Lerman’s interest is the coronary physiology and imaging and the role of novel therapy of the microcirculation and endothelial function in cardiovascular diseases. Prof. Lerman’s research program is also active and publishes in the area regenerative medicine, innovative technologies and digital health.

Prof. Lerman published more than 700 manuscripts, book chapters and reviews; the NIH, AHA, and several foundations support his research.