High-Quality Peer Review of Clinical and Translational Research

Viviany Taqueti, MD, MPH, FACC is a cardiologist, clinical investigator and Director of the Cardiac Stress Laboratory at Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Faculty at Harvard Medical School. She is a cardiovascular imaging specialist with expertise in applying advanced imaging technology to phenotype cardiovascular outcomes in ischemic, cardiometabolic, and inflammatory heart disease.

Dr. Taqueti graduated summa cum laude from Harvard with a concentration in biochemical sciences, and magna cum laude from Harvard Medical School through the Harvard-MIT Division of Health Sciences and Technology with a focus in immunology.

Fred Kusumoto, M.D., is an electrophysiologist and the Director of the Heart Rhythm Services Mayo Clinic in Jacksonville, Florida. His clinical practice focuses on heart rhythm disorders including atrial fibrillation, atrial flutter, bradycardia, and ventricular arrhythmias and the treatments for these disorders including ablation, pacemakers, and defibrillators.

Dr. Kusumoto's research interests include evaluation of quality of life and healthcare outcomes with electrophysiology procedures, particularly in the elderly and use of implantable cardiac devices.