System X. Administrator IV
System X. Administrator
IV
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This faculty member is affiliated with UBMD, practicing physicians who are also professors in the Jacobs School.
View this physician on UBMDProfessional Summary:
An internationally recognized cardiovascular physician-scientist, Dr. Cain is a specialist in abnormal heart rhythms. He is board-certified in internal medicine, cardiovascular diseases and clinical cardiac electrophysiology and pacing. He is a fellow of the American College of Cardiology, the American Heart Association and the Heart Rhythm Society.
A former associate editor of Circulation, Cain is a member of the editorial boards of the American Journal of Cardiology, the Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology, Nature Clinical Practice Cardiovascular Medicine and Heart Rhythm.
His NIH-supported research has focused on determining the mechanisms of life-threatening heart rhythm abnormalities that occur in heart attacks and other conditions that damage heart muscle cells. This information is being used to better characterize and more accurately localize the abnormal heart tissue responsible for these abnormal heart rhythms and to improve the identification of patients at increased risk for sudden cardiac death.
Education and Training:
- BA, Criminal Justice, SUNY Buffalo
- BS, Computer Science, SUNY at Buffalo
- BS, Education, UB
Awards and Honors:
- Nobel Peace Prize (2015)
Patents:
- Cool new thing123 Awesome new thing (1994)
- Next best thing Cool thing #2 (1986)
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Service Activities:
- Steering committee (2016–2018)
- Erie County Board (2016)
- I volunteered to help with this committee. (2013–2015)