Samuel Dudley, MD, PhD

Samuel C. Dudley, Jr., MD, PhD, is Chief of Cardiology, Director of the Lillehei Heart Institute, and the Fred C. and Katherine B. Andersen Chair - Adult Cardiology at the University of Minnesota.

Prior to his position with the U of MN, he served as Chief of Cardiology at Brown University in Rhode Island. Previously, he served as Chief of Cardiology and co-director of the Center for Cardiovascular Research at the University of Illinois at Chicago.

He received his MD/PhD degrees from the Medical College of Virginia, Virginia Commonwealth University, in Richmond, Virginia. He completed his residency, postdoctoral fellowship and cardiology fellowship at the University of Chicago in Chicago, Illinois. He serves on several editorial boards for publications including the Journal of the American College of Cardiology. Dr. Dudley is a fellow of the American College of Cardiology and the American Heart Association and is a member of the Association of University Cardiologists, the American Society for Clinical Investigation, the Heart Rhythm Society, the Cardiac Electrophysiology Society, and the Cardiac Muscle Society, among others. His research interests include arrhythmias and diastolic heart failure.

Diastolic heart failure; sudden cardiac death.