Jeffrey A. Towbin, M.D.

Jeffrey A. Towbin, M.D.
As one of the leading pediatric cardiologists in the
United States, Dr. Jeffrey Towbin’s clinical focus is on diagnostic and therapeutic advances for cardiomyopathy, transplant care and clinical cardiac genetics.

His accomplishments earned him the 2007 Distinguished Scientist Award (Basic) given by the American College of Cardiology. The award recognizes "major contributions to the advancement of scientific knowledge in the field of cardiovascular disease" and is one of the highest forms of recognition in the field of cardiology.

As a researcher, Towbin’s internationally recognized laboratory is heavily funded by the National Institutes of Health. His research has provided new information about genes responsible for congenital heart disease, cardiomyopathies, arrhythmias, and sudden cardiac death. His work has resulted in several diagnostic tests and therapies for both children and adults with congenital heart diseases.

A transplant himself to Texas, Towbin hails initially from Brooklyn, New York but moved to Cincinnati, Ohio to attend college. He earned his Bachelor of Science, Master’s of Science and medical degree at the University of Cincinnati. Following his pediatric internship and residency at Children’s Hospital Medical Center in Cincinnati, he
obtained his pediatric cardiology training in Houston at Texas Children’s. He has been a member of the Baylor College of Medicine faculty since 1989.

Towbin holds several positions within Texas Children's including chief of Cardiology, co-director of the Cardiovascular Genetics Clinic and director of the Phoebe Willingham Muzzy Pediatric Molecular Cardiology Laboratory. He is also professor of Pediatrics, Cardiovascular Sciences and Molecular and Human Genetics at Baylor College of Medicine, medical director for the John Welsh Cardiovascular Diagnostic Laboratory and medical director of the Pediatric Cardiomyopathy and Heart Failure Service at Texas Children’s Hospital, Baylor College of Medicine, St. Luke’s Episcopal Hospital and the Texas Heart Institute. Towbin also holds the Texas Children’s Hospital Foundation
Chair in Cardiac Research.

Texas Children’s Heart Center and Towbin’s team are respected as the leaders in the treatment of pediatric cardiomyopathy in the United States.

“With our extensive expertise, we see a large number of children with cardiomyopathy at the Heart Center. These children are referred to us not only from the greater Houston area but also from all around the world,” said Towbin. “Our genetic research, cardiomyopathy, transplant, and cardiac genetics clinics and services are leading the way in treatment for pediatric patients with this heart muscle disease.”

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