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Michael J. Ackerman, MD, Pediatric Cardiology, Rochester, MN

Michael J.AckermanMDPhD

Pediatric Cardiology Rochester, MN

Pediatric Cardiac Genetics, Pediatric Electrophysiology

Genetic Cardiologist at the Mayo Clinic Windland Smith Rice Cardiovascular Genomics Research Professor Professor of Medicine, Pediatrics, and Pharmacology Director, Windland Smith Rice Genetic Heart Rhythm Clinic President of the Sudden Arrhythmia Death Syndromes (SADS) Foundation

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  • Office

    200 1st St SW
    Rochester, MN 55905
    Phone+1 507-284-2511

Summary

  • Dr. Michael J. Ackerman is a genetic cardiologist in Rochester, MN. He received his medical degree from the Mayo Clinic Alix School of Medicine and his PhD from the Mayo Clinic Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences in 1995. After residency training in Pediatrics and fellowship training in pediatric cardiology at Mayo Clinic, he joined Mayo Clinic's faculty in 2000. He specializes in genetic cardiology and takes care of patients and families at risk of premature sudden cardiac death from a variety of genetic heart diseases like long QT syndrome and hypertrophic cardiomyopathy in the Windland Smith Rice Genetic Heart Rhythm Clinic. His research team is devoted to "healing the sick and advancing the science" as it relates to these genetic channelopathies and cardiomyopathies.
  • The Mayo Clinic Windland Smith Rice Genetic Heart Rhythm Clinic

    Welcome to the Mayo Clinic Windland Smith Rice Genetic Heart Rhythm Clinic and Sudden Death Genomics Laboratory directed by Michael J. Ackerman, MD, PhD

Education & Training

  • Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science (Rochester)
    Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science (Rochester)Fellowship, Pediatric Cardiology, 1998 - 2000
  • Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science (Rochester)
    Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science (Rochester)Residency, Pediatrics, 1995 - 1998
  • Mayo Clinic College of Medicine
    Mayo Clinic College of MedicineClass of 1995, MD, PhD
  • Luther College
    Luther CollegeB.A., Chemistry and Mathematics, Summa Cum Laude, 1984 - 1988

Certifications & Licensure

  • AZ State Medical License
    AZ State Medical License 2022 - 2026
  • FL State Medical License
    FL State Medical License 2020 - 2025
  • MN State Medical License
    MN State Medical License 1996 - 2025
  • American Board of Pediatrics Pediatric Cardiology

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

  • Distinguished Scientist Award Heart Rhythm Society, 2018
  • America's Top Doctors Castle Connolly, 2005-2016
  • Distinguished Clinician Award Mayo Clinic, 2015
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Publications & Presentations

PubMed

Journal Articles

  • Electromechanical Window Negativity in Genotyped Long-QT Syndrome Patients: Relation to Arrhythmia Risk  
    Ter Bekke RM, Haugaa KH, van den Wijngaard A, Bos JM, Ackerman MJ, Edvardsen T, Volders PG, Eur Heart Journal, 9/8/2014
  • Reduced Junctional Na/Ca2+-exchanger Activity Contributes to Sarcoplasmic Reticulum Ca2+ Leak in Junctophilin-2 Deficient Mice  
    Wang W, Landstrom AP, Wang Q, Munro ML, Beavers D, Ackerman MJ, Soeller C, Wehrens XH, Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol, 9/5/2014
  • Compound Heterozygous Mutations in the SCN5A-Encoded Nav15 Cardiac Sodium Channel Resulting in Atrial Standstill and His-Purkinje System Disease  
    Baskar S, Ackerman MJ, Clements D, Mayuga KA, Aziz PF, J Pediatr, 8/27/2014
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Books/Book Chapters

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Abstracts/Posters

  • Automatic External Defibrillator Rescues Among Children with Diagnosed and Treated Long QT Syndrome
    Pundi KN, Bos JM, Cannon BC, Ackerman MJ, Heart Rhythm, 1/1/2014
  • Minimally Invasive Epicardial ICD Placement: An Effective Alternative to the Transvenous Approach
    Schneider A, Burkhard H, Ackerman MJ, Dearani JA, Cannon BC, Heart Rhythm, 1/1/2014
  • Personal Wearable Defibrillators for Adults with Long QT Syndrome
    Owen HJ, Bos JM, Ackerman MJ, Heart Rhythm, 1/1/2014
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Lectures

  • The Cardiac Channelopathies 
    Moscow, Russia - 6/12/2014
  • The Molecular Autopsy for Sudden Unexplained Death in the Young 
    Moscow, Russia - 6/12/2014
  • Latest Diagnostic and Treatment Strategies for the Congenital Long QT Syndromes 
    MA General Hospital for Children, Boston, MA - 5/15/2014
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Other

  • Medical Edge 
  • WCCO Lifeline: SUDs 
  • Lifeline: Discovery Health 
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Press Mentions

  • At Least One Person Seriously Injured in a Car Accident in Brentwood
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  • Mayo Clinic Q&A: Are Energy Drinks Bad for Your Health? – Post Bulletin
    Mayo Clinic Q&A: Are Energy Drinks Bad for Your Health? – Post BulletinAugust 17th, 2024
  • Energy Drinks May Trigger Cardiac Arrhythmias in Patients with Genetic Heart Disease
    Energy Drinks May Trigger Cardiac Arrhythmias in Patients with Genetic Heart DiseaseJuly 25th, 2024
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Grant Support

  • Cardiac Channel Mutations In Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS)Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute Of Child Health &Human Development2007–2011
  • Cardiac Channel Mutations In SIDSEunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute Of Child Health &Human Development2004–2005
  • Cardiac Channel Mutations In SIDSEunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute Of Child Health &Human Development2002–2003