EDUCATION AND TRAINING

Post-doctoral Fellowship, Cardiovascular Epidemiology Training Program, University of Washington, Seattle, 2001–2003.

Cardiology Fellowship, University of Washington, Seattle, 1999–2003.

Internship and Residency, University of Washington, Seattle, 1996–1999.

MPH Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, 1996.

B.S, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, 1991.

M.D., Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, 1996.

Nona Sotoodehnia M.D.
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Attending Physician, Harborview Medical Center
Attending Physician, University of Washington Medical Center

BOARD CERTIFICATION

American Board of Internal Medicine, Cardiology Subspecialty, 2004.

American Board of Internal Medicine, 1999.

State Medical License, Washington, 1996.

AREAS OF CLINICAL EXPERTISE

Preventive Cardiology

Sudden Cardiac Death

General Cardiology

CURRENT RESEARCH INTERESTS

Genomics of ventricular fibrillation and sudden cardiac death

SPECIAL ACCOMPLISHMENTS

American Heart Association Elizabeth Barrett-Connor Young Investigator Award for outstanding research in epidemiology - 2004

Stamler Distinguished Young Investigator Research Award for excellence in the field of cardiovascular clinical research - 2005

Affiliation/Membership: American Heart Association Council on Epidemiology and Prevention

RECENT PUBLICATIONS

Rea, TD, Pearce, R, Raghunathan, TE, Lematre, R, Sotoodehnia, N, Jouven, X, Siscovick, D, Incidence of Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest, Am. J. Card. 93(12): 1455–1460, 2004.

Rea, TD, Psaty, BM, Heckbert, SR, Cushman, M, Meilahn, E, Olson, JL, Lematire, RN, Smith, NL, Sotoodehnia, N, Chaves, PH, Hormone replacement therapy and the risk of incident congestive heart failure: The Cardiovascular Health Study, J. Women's Health 12(4): 341–350, 2003.

Sotoodehnia, N, Zivin, A, Bardy, G, Siscovick, D, Reducing Mortality from Sudden Cardiac Death in the Community: Lessons from Epidemiologic and Clinical Applications Research, Cardiovasc. Rsch. 50(2)197–209, 2001.

Jouven X, Lemaitre R, Rea T, Sotoodehnia N, Empana J, Siscovick D. Diabetes, Glucose Level, and Risk of Cardiac Arrest. European Heart Journal. 2005 October; 26(20):2142-7.

Empana J, Jouven X, Rea T, Sotoodehnia N, Raghunatahn T, Lemaitre R, Siscovick D. Clinical depression and out-of-hospital cardiac arrest. Archives of Internal Medicine. 2006 January 23: 166(2):195-200.

Friedlander Y, Vatta M, Sotoodehnia N, Kark J, Towbin J, Siscovick D, Sinnereich R. Possible Association of the human KCNE1 (MinK) gene and QT Interval in Healthy Subjects: Evidence from Association and Linkage Analyses in Israeli families. Annals of Human Genetics. 2005 November; 69(Pt 6):645-56.