Shana Mintz
I am an assistant professor of cardiology in the Department of Clinical Sciences. After receiving both my B.S. and D.V.M. from Cornell, I completed a one-year small animal rotating internship at the Animal Medical Center, followed by a one-year cardiology research fellowship at NYU School of Medicine. I then returned to Cornell for residency in Cardiology (2017-2020), and upon completion I returned to NYU School of Medicine for a post-doctoral research fellowship (2020-2022).
My area of expertise is called cardiac electrophysiology, and I study electrical signals in the heart to learn how they can misfire and cause arrhythmias. I hope to use my research to foster a greater understanding of the normal workings of the cardiac conduction system, and the ways in which dysfunction of this system can lead to disease. My hope is for this research to influence the ways that arrhythmias are understood and ultimately treated, saving animals and people from their often-severe consequences.