
Douglas P. Zipes MD
Distinguished Professor, Professor Emeritus of Medicine, Pharmacology and Toxicology, Emeritus Director of the Division of Cardiology and Krannert Institute of Cardiology, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IndianaDouglas P. Zipes was born in White Plains, NY and grew up in Pleasantville, graduating high school there ('57.) He graduated Dartmouth College ('61), Dartmouth Medical School ('62) and Harvard Medical School ('64), and trained at Duke University Medical Center in medicine ('64–'66) and cardiology ('66–'68). After two years in the US Navy ('68–'70) and a year sabbatical performing basic science research ('70–'71), he moved to Indiana University in 1971, became Professor of Medicine in 1976, Distinguished Professor in 1994, and Director of Cardiology and the Krannert Institute of Cardiology from 1995 to 2004.
He is past president of: Indianapolis Citizen's Academy of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI); Indianapolis Opera; Cardiac Electrophysiology Society; Association of University Cardiologists; Heart Rhythm Society; American College of Cardiology; and past chairman of the American Board of Internal Medicine.
He is founding editor of: the Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology, Cardiology in Review, Contemporary Treatments in Cardiology, Heart Rhythm, and PracticeUpdate/Cardiology. He is past editor of Progress in Cardiology, and present editor of Trends in Cardiovascular Medicine and Practice Update Cardiology, which has 92,000 subscribers. He has published almost 1000 medical articles and 16 textbooks with multiple editions.
Awards include: Distinguished Achievement Award, Herrick Award, and Cor Vitae Award from the American Heart Association; Distinguished Scientist Award from both the Heart Rhythm Society and the American College of Cardiology; "Sagamore of the Wabash," highest honor for an Indiana citizen from the Indiana governor; tribute about him read into the U.S. Congressional Record by the Hon. Baron P. Hill, House of Representatives; Distinguished Alumnus Award, Duke University Medical Alumni Association; Presidential Citation, American College of Cardiology; President's Medal, Indiana University; President's Award, Heart Rhythm Society; Gold Medal, European Society of Cardiology; Pioneer in Pacing and Electrophysiology, Heart Rhythm Society; Distinguished Career Achievement Award, Dartmouth (Geisel) Medical School; Career Achievement Award, Maestro Distinguido, CADECI; Gold Medal German Cardiac Society; Distinguished Achievement Award, European Cardiac Arrhythmia Society; Indiana University Bicentennial Medal; J.O. Ritchey Society Award, Indiana University School of Medicine.
He is a fellow of: Heart Rhythm Society, American Heart Association, European Society of Cardiology; Master of the American College of Physicians and American College of Cardiology; he is a member of the American Society for Clinical Investigation and the Association of American Physicians; and Honorary Member of the Cardiac Society of Australia and New Zealand, Argentine Society of Cardiology, Hungarian Society of Cardiology and Israel Heart Society.
Endowed are: Douglas P. Zipes Research Prize, and the Joan and Douglas Zipes 1961 Scholarship Fund, Dartmouth Medical School; Zipes Medtronic Chair in Cardiology, Indiana University School of Medicine; Joan and Douglas Zipes Visiting Professorship, and Joan and Douglas Zipes Scholarship, Indiana University School of Medicine; Douglas P. Zipes, MD Lectureship, and the Joan and Douglas Zipes Publication of the Year Award, Heart Rhythm Society; Douglas P. Zipes, MD Distinguished Young Scientist Award, American College of Cardiology; and Douglas P. and M. Joan Zipes Scholarship at Harvard Medical School.
He writes a bi-weekly health column for the Saturday Evening Post and is on its editorial board. He has published a short story, Stolen Hearts; a travel story, Into Africa; and novels: The Black Widows, Ripples in Opperman's Pond, Not Just a Game, Bear's Promise and Ari's Spoon; and a memoir Damn the Naysayers. He has been married to Joan for 61 years, has three children and five grandchildren.
Recent Contributions to PracticeUpdate:
- What I Hope to Accomplish as AHA President
- Quality of Care Goes Up: Get With The Guidelines
- Implantable Defibrillator Therapy Before Death: High Risk for Painful Shocks at End of Life
- Outcomes in Catheter Ablation of Ventricular Tachycardia in Dilated Non-Ischemic Cardiomyopathy in Comparison to Ischemic Cardiomyopathy: Results From the Prospective HEart Centre of LeiPzig VT (HELP - VT) Study
- Atrial Fibrillation and the Risk of Myocardial Infarction
- Adult Congenital Heart Disease Over the Age of 60
- Temporal Trends in Quality of Care Among ICD Recipients: Insights From the NCDR®
- Atrial Fibrillation and the Risk of Myocardial Infarction
- Efficacy and Safety of Apixaban in Patients Following Cardioversion for AtrialFibrillation: Insights From the ARISTOTLE Trial
- AHA 2013 Recommended Abstracts: Electrophysiology and Myocyte Signaling and Ion Channels