Amy Rosen Kontorovich, MD, PhD is an Assistant Professor of Medicine at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in the Division of Cardiology and is the Medical Director of Adult Cardiovascular Genetics in the Zena and Michael A. Wiener Cardiovascular Institute and the Marie-Josee and Henry R. Kravis Center for Cardiovascular Health of the Mount Sinai Medical Center. Dr. Kontorovich received a B.S.E in Bioengineering from the University of Pennsylvania and M.D. and Ph.D. degrees through the esteemed Medical Scientist Training Program of the National Institutes of Health at Stony Brook University. Her doctoral work was recognized by the United States Patent and Trademark Office, which named her a finalist in the National Collegiate Inventor’s Competition and Dr. Kontorovich holds two US patents for tracking stem cells with quantum dot nanoparticles. Dr. Kontorovich completed the Internal Medicine residency at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, where she also completed the fellowship in Cardiology. During fellowship she engaged in specialized training in clinical genetics and conducted research on the genetics of viral myocarditis, an inflammatory condition of the heart that can lead to sudden cardiac death and cardiomyopathy. Her research was recognized by the New York Academy of Medicine, which awarded her the prestigious Glorney-Raisbeck Fellowship in Cardiovascular Diseases. Dr. Kontorovich’s clinical practice is focused on the diagnosis and management of individuals with heritable cardiovascular conditions including vascular connective tissue disorders and aortopathies, cardiomyopathies, channelopathies and sudden cardiac death.

Education & experience

Education

Medical School - State University of New York, Stony Brook, Doctor of Medicine

Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, The Mount Sinai Hospital, Residency in Internal Medicine

Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, Fellowship in Cardiovascular Disease

University of Pennsylvania (Bachelor's)

State University of New York, Stony Brook, National Institutes of Health (PhD)

Practice

Mount Sinai Cardiology

Certifications

American Board of Internal Medicine

Cardiovascular Disease (Internal Medicine)

Awards and publications

Helmke BP, Rosen AB, Davies PF. Mapping mechanical strain of an endogenous cytoskeletal network in living endothelial cells. Biophysical journal 2003 Apr; 84(4).

Potapova IA, Doronin SV, Kelly DJ, Rosen AB, Schuldt AJ, Lu Z, Guo Y, Kochupura PV, Robinson RB, Rosen MR, Brink PR, Gaudette GR, Cohen IS. Replacing damaged myocardium. Journal of electrocardiology 2007; 40(6 Suppl).

Cohen IS, Rosen AB, Gaudette GR. A Caveat Emptor for myocardial regeneration: mechanical without electrical recovery will not suffice. Journal of molecular and cellular cardiology 2007 Feb; 42(2).

Plotnikov AN, Shlapakova I, Szabolcs MJ, Danilo P, Lorell BH, Potapova IA, Lu Z, Rosen AB, Mathias RT, Brink PR, Robinson RB, Cohen IS, Rosen MR. Xenografted adult human mesenchymal stem cells provide a platform for sustained biological pacemaker function in canine heart. Circulation 2007 Aug; 116(7).

Rosen AB, Kelly DJ, Schuldt AJ, Lu J, Potapova IA, Doronin SV, Robichaud KJ, Robinson RB, Rosen MR, Brink PR, Gaudette GR, Cohen IS. Finding fluorescent needles in the cardiac haystack: tracking human mesenchymal stem cells labeled with quantum dots for quantitative in vivo three-dimensional fluorescence analysis. Stem cells (Dayton, Ohio) 2007 Aug; 25(8).