Bernard J. Gersh, MB, ChB, DPhil, is the Professor of Medicine and Chair of Cardiovascular Education at Mayo Medical School, as well as Consultant of Cardiovascular Diseases and Internal Medicine at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota. He is a co-author of the highly regarded Drugs for the Heart, 8th Edition, as well as the editor of Year Book of Cardiology and a co-editor of Year Book of Medicine.

Dr. Gersh received his medical degree from the University of Cape Town in South Africa, followed by residencies in internal medicine and cardiovascular disease from the Mayo Graduate School of Medicine, and a fellowship in cardiac surgery at National Heart Hospital in London.

Dr. Gersh’s clinical interests are in the natural history and therapy of acute and chronic coronary disease, cardiomyopathies, and clinical electrophysiology, with particular emphasis on atrial fibrillation and syncope. His research involves the Bypass Angioplasty Revascularization Investigation Trial interdigitates with endocrinology; he is involved in the development of a functional genomics program in the field of atrial fibrillation and hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. Dr. Gersh’s additional research focuses on national databases such as the Cooperative Cardiovascular Care/Medicare Database, The National Registry of Myocardial Infarction, and others.

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