Amy R. Kontorovich MD, PhD

Amy Rosen Kontorovich, MD, PhD is an Assistant Professor of Medicine at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in the Division of Cardiology and is the Medical Director of Adult Cardiovascular Genetics in the Zena and Michael A. Wiener Cardiovascular Institute and the Marie-Josee and Henry R. Kravis Center for Cardiovascular Health of the Mount Sinai Medical Center. Dr. Kontorovich received a B.S.E in Bioengineering from the University of Pennsylvania and M.D. and Ph.D. degrees through the esteemed Medical Scientist Training Program of the National Institutes of Health at Stony Brook University. Her doctoral work was recognized by the United States Patent and Trademark Office, which named her a finalist in the National Collegiate Inventor’s Competition and Dr. Kontorovich holds two US patents for tracking stem cells with quantum dot nanoparticles.

Dr. Kontorovich completed the Internal Medicine residency at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, where she also completed the fellowship in Cardiology. During fellowship she engaged in specialized training in clinical genetics and conducted research on the genetics of viral myocarditis, an inflammatory condition of the heart that can lead to sudden cardiac death and cardiomyopathy. Her research was recognized by the New York Academy of Medicine, which awarded her the prestigious Glorney-Raisbeck Fellowship in Cardiovascular Diseases.