Robert J. Myerburg, M.D.

Professor, Department of Medicine
American Heart Association Chair in Cardiovascular Research
Professor, Department of Physiology

tel: 305-243-5554
fax: 305-585-7085

For Patients

Board Certifications
American Board of Internal Medicine
American Board of Internal Med-Cardiovascular Disease

Practice Locations
University of Miami Hospital/Sylvester

Jackson Memorial Hospital

Languages Spoken
English

Appointments
For an appointment, please call 305-585-5523 or use our online appointment form

Education

Columbia University
NewYork, NY 		Research Fellow 1970
Emory University
Atlanta, GA 		Fellowship Cardiology 1968
Tulane University
New Orleans, LA 		Residency Internal Medicine 1966
University of Maryland
Baltimore, MD 		M.D. 1961
John Hopkins University
Baltimore, MD 		Undergraduate Biological Sciences 1958

Areas of Specialization

  • Cardiac arrest risk and sudden cardiac death
  • Heart rhythm disturbances and clinical electrophysiology 
  • Genetic arrhythmia syndromes

Robert J. Myerburg, M.D., professor of medicine and physiology, has been a distinguished member of the University of Miami MillerSchool of Medicine's faculty for more than 35 years. Dr. Myerburg served as director of the Division of Cardiology for 31 years, and he holds the American Heart Association Chair in Cardiovascular Research. Dr. Myerburg earned his medical degree from the University of Maryland where he also completed his internship. He was a resident in internal medicine at Tulane University and a cardiology fellow at Emory University/Grady Memorial. Dr. Myerburg was a research fellow in the Department of Pharmacology at Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons.

Dr. Myerburg has served as principal investigator on multiple NIH grants on the mechanisms and clinical profiles of arrhythmias and sudden cardiac death. He is the principle investigator for the University of Miami site of a multi-PI international consortium on sudden cardiac death funded by the Leducq Foundation, and heads the Cardiovascular Genetics Center of the Division of Cardiology initiated by funding from the Miami Heart Research Institute.  Dr. Myerburg lectures on sudden cardiac death and arrhythmias, and has a special interest in heart disease in adolescents and athletes.