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Venkatesh L. Murthy, MD, PhD

Melvyn Rubenfire Professor of Preventive Cardiology
Professor of Internal Medicine and Radiology
Associate Chief of Cardiology for Translational Research and Innovation
Director of Nuclear Cardiology

Venk Murthy received his MD and PhD in biophysics from the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine through the NIH Medical Scientist Training Program, following undergraduate and master’s degrees at MIT. He trained in radiology at the Mallinckrodt Institute and in internal medicine at Johns Hopkins Bayview, then completed cardiovascular medicine and cardiovascular imaging fellowships at Brigham and Women’s Hospital. He joined the University of Michigan faculty in 2012, has served as Associate Chief of Cardiology for Translational Research and Innovation since 2021, and has directed Nuclear Cardiology since 2023.

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