EDUCATION AND TRAINING

Fellow in Cardiology, University of Washington, 2003.

Internship and Residency in Internal Medicine, Oregon Health Sciences University, 1998.

Chief Resident, 1998–1999.

M.D., George Washington University School of Medicine 1995.

B.S., University of California, Los Angeles 1991.

Elina Minami M.D.
Assistant Professor
Attending Physician, University of Washington Medical Center

BOARD CERTIFICATION

Board Certification in Cardiovascular Disease, 2002.

American Board of Internal Medicine, 1998.

AREAS OF CLINICAL EXPERTISE

General cardiology

Congestive heart failure and cardiac transplantation

CURRENT RESEARCH INTERESTS

Coronary graft vasculopathy

Stem-cell based therapy in myocardial repair

SPECIAL ACCOMPLISHMENTS

NIH National Research Service Award, 2001–2003.

RECENT PUBLICATIONS

Minami, E, Reinecke, H, Murry, CE, Skeletal muscle meets cardiac muscle: Friends or Foes? JACC 41(7):1084–1086, 2003.

Reinecke, H, Minami, E, Poppa, V, Murry, CE, Evidence for fusion between cardiac and skeletal muscle cell, Circ. Res. 94(6):e56–60, 2004.

Rosow, CF, Minami, E, Chase, EG, Murry, CE, Santana, LF, NFATc3-induced reductions in voltage-gated K+ currents after myocardial infarction, Circ. Res. 94(10):1340–1350, 2004.

Reinecke, H, Minami, E, Virag, JI, Murry, CE, Gene transfer of connexin-43 in skeletal muscle, Hum. Gene Ther. 15(7), 627–636, 2004.