Nipavan Chiamvimonvat, MD

A physician scientist whose career has been dedicated to treating patients with cardiac arrhythmia disorders, Nipavan Chiamvimonvat, MD, is the chair of the Department of Basic Medical Sciences at the University of Arizona College of Medicine – Phoenix. She came to the college to advance fundamental, translational and clinical research breakthroughs. Her research focuses on understanding the cellular and molecular mechanisms contributing to cardiac arrhythmias and sudden cardiac death in heart failure.