Email

yochai.birnbaum@bcm.edu

Positions

Professor

Medicine-Cardiology
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, TX US

John S. Dunn Chair in Cardiology Research and Education

Medicine-Cardiology
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, Texas United States

Addresses

Baylor Medicine - McNair Campus (Clinic)

7200 Cambridge Street
SUITE 6C
Houston, TX 77030
United States
Phone: (713) 798-2545

Education

MD from Hebrew University Of Jerusalem

01/1981 - Jerusalem, Israel

Internship at Hadassah Medical Center

12/1982 - Jerusalem, Israel

Residency at Kaplan Hospital

12/1990 - Rehovot, Israel

Fellowship at Rabbin Medical Center

01/1994 - Israel

Fellowship at University of Southern California

01/1996 - Los Angeles, California United States

Certifications

Board Certified, Cardiovascular Disease

American Board of Internal Medicine

Honors & Awards

Fellow, American Heart Association (2007)

Fellow, American College of Cardiology

Professional Interests

• Non-invasive cardiology, echocardiography, clinical cardiology and acute coronary syndrome
• Cardiology
• Cardiovascular Disease
• Cardiac Non-Invasive Imaging
• Electrocardiology

Professional Statement

Dr. Birnbaum is a physician-scientist working at Baylor College of Medicine. He has been in practice for more than 33 years treating patients with diverse cardiac diseases. Realizing the limited therapeutic options for patients with heart failure, Dr. Birnbaum's research involves myocardial protection against ischemia-reperfusion insult and the effects of diabetes and anti-diabetic medications on the heart. In addition, he studies the electrocardiogram in acute myocardial ischemia and in patients with pacemakers. Dr. Birnbaum is the editor in chief of Cardiovascular Drugs and Therapy and an associate editor of Cardiovascular Diabetology and Journal of Electrocardiology and serves on the editorial boards of several other journals. Dr. Birnbaum is the John S. Dunn Chair in Cardiology Research and Education. He has published over 420 manuscripts in peer reviewed journals and he is a co-author of two books.

Websites

Videos

Selected Publications

• Birnbaum Y, Smith SW, Nikus K "New-Onset Left Bundle Branch Block With ST Elevation After Minimally Invasive Aortic Valve Replacement: Differential Diagnosis." Ann Emerg Med. 2023;81(5):546-549. Pubmed PMID: 37085196
• Maynard C, Virani S, Jneid H, Birnbaum Y. "When Is It Appropriate to Publish a Meta-Analysis in Cardiovascular Drugs and Therapy?." Cardiovasc Drugs Ther. 2023;37(3):599-601. Pubmed PMID: 36847899
• Allencherril J, Bandeali S, Nikus K, Birnbaum Y "Acute chest pain in a patient with left bundle branch pacing." J Electrocardiol.. 2023;77:51-54. Pubmed PMID: 36630823
• Rector G, Triska J, Ajene G, Wang A, Haddadin F, Jabri A, Alam M, Birnbaum Y. "Right Bundle Branch and Bifascicular Blocks: Insensitive Prognostic Indicators for Acute Myocardial Infarction." Curr Probl Cardiol. 2023;48(1):101418. doi: 10.1016/j.cpcardiol.2022.101418.. Pubmed PMID: 36181784

Languages

Hebrew, Spanish