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Edmund Sonnenblick ’54

Edmund Sonnenblick ’54, MD, received the Research Achievement Award from the American Heart Association for his lifetime contributions to cardiovascular science and medicine. A chemistry major, summa cum laude, who earned his medical degree with honors from Harvard University, he is the Distinguished University Professor of Medicine at Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University. He is the author of nearly 700 papers reporting on his field-related research and has served on the editorial boards of numerous journals. Among his greatest contributions to the field of cardiology was the application of muscle mechanics to evaluation of cardiac performance, now central to clinical practice in measuring cardiac function throughout the world.
Edmund Sonnenblick ’54, MD, received the Research Achievement Award from the American Heart Association for his lifetime contributions to cardiovascular science and medicine. A chemistry major, summa cum laude, who earned his medical degree with honors from Harvard University, he is the Distinguished University Professor of Medicine at Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University. He is the author of nearly 700 papers reporting on his field-related research and has served on the editorial boards of numerous journals. Among his greatest contributions to the field of cardiology was the application of muscle mechanics to evaluation of cardiac performance, now central to clinical practice in measuring cardiac function throughout the world.