Yoram Rudy BSc, MSc, PhD, FAHA, FHRS

Professor Yoram Rudy came to Washington University in St. Louis in 2004 from Case Western Reserve University, where he had been a member of the faculty and director of the Cardiac Bioelectricity Research and Training Center since 1980. He has also served as a visiting professor in various universities worldwide, including Oxford, Columbia, Cornell, Johns Hopkins, Bern, Nagoya, Maastricht, Stanford, and Technion and delivered many keynote addresses at international scientific meetings. Professor Rudy published over 200 scientific articles. He graduated 30 doctoral students, who continue to pursue careers in academic research and medicine and in the biomedical industry.

Professor Rudy is a member of the National Academy of Engineering. He is the recipient of numerous awards, among which are: the NIH Merit Award, the Biomedical Engineering Society Distinguished Lectureship Award, the Astor Visiting Professorship at Oxford, the Heart Rhythm Society Distinguished Scientist Award, Case Western Reserve University Distinguished Alumni Award and the Hein Wellens Distinguished Professor in Cardiology at Maastricht University. He also served as President of the Cardiac Electrophysiology Society from 2006-2008.