Ray E. Hershberger, M.D.
Professor of Medicine, Associate Chief, Cardiovacular Division
Director, Advanced Heart Failure Therapies Programs
Director, Translational Cardiovascular Genetic Medicine
tel: 305-243-5554
fax: 305-585-5825
For Patients
Board Certifications
American Board of Internal Med-Cardiovascular Disease
American Board of Internal Medicine
Practice Locations
University of Miami Hospital/Sylvester
Languages Spoken
English
Education
| University of Nebraska Omaha, NE |
M.D. | 1978 | |
| Goshen College Goshen, IN |
B.A. | 1975 |
Areas of Specialization
- Heart failure
- Heart transplantation
- Genetic/familial cardiomyopathies
Ray E. Hershberger, M.D., is professor of medicine at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, associate chief of cardiology, director of the Advanced Heart Failure Therapies Program, and director of Translational Cardiovascular Genetic Medicine. Dr. Hershberger received his medical degree from the University of Nebraska College of Medicine and trained in internal medicine at the Washington Hospital Center in Washington, D.C. and the University of Kansas School of Medicine. He completed fellowships in cardiology at the University of Utah and cardiac transplant at the Utah Cardiac Transplant Program in Salt Lake City, Utah.
Before joining the University of Miami, Dr. Hershberger served as the director of cardiac transplantation and professor of medicine in cardiology at the Oregon Health & Science University in Portland, Oregon. He is the founder and principal investigator of the Familial Dilated Cardiomyopathy Research Project that seeks to identify and understand the genetic causes of cardiomyopathy and heart failure.