Ihor Gussak, MD, Ph.D. F.A.C.C.
Cardiology, Cardiac Electrophysiology
Ihor Gussak, MD, Ph.D., F.A.C.C. is a clinical (cardiovascular) consultant for pharmaceutical and medical devices industries specializing in the early stages of clinical research and cardiac safety. These areas of concentration include:
- Cardiac safety pharmacology of cardiac and non-cardiac investigational drugs
- Licensing opportunities
- Pre-clinical research
- Translational medicine
- Cardiac telemonitoring
- Clinical trials
Dr. Gussak holds an academic appointment as a Clinical Professor of Medicine at Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ, and is a member of the following institutions:
- American College of Cardiology (Fellow)
- American Heart Association (Clinical Cardiology Council)
- American Academy of Pharmaceutical Physicians
- Mayo Medical Alumni Association
- Drug Information Association
- International Cardiac Electrophysiology Society
- International Society for Holter and Noninvasive Electrocardiology
- Strazhesko Institute of Cardiology
- Kyiv, Ukraine (Honorary Professor)
- Journal of Electrocardiology (Executive Editor)
His major scientific interests are in clinical and experimental cardiac electrophysiology and electrocardiology, hereditary and acquired cardiac channelopathies, including Brugada, early repolarization, long and short QT syndromes, cardiac iatrogenicity, and acute and chronic heart failures.
Dr. Gussak has made numerous scientific literature contributions including 7 books, 19 book chapters, and over 80 original peer-review manuscripts. He has an h-index of 16 and has co-authored 24 publications receiving 1776 citations.