Timothy Markman, MD is a cardiac electrophysiologist and Assistant Professor of Medicine in the Division of Cardiology. Dr. Markman’s research spans fields of cardiovascular disease and neuroscience and focuses in integrating these two domains. His research includes translational work in developing novel therapeutic strategies and devices to treat cardiovascular disease. He has also focused on characterizing national trends with regard to practice in cardiac electrophysiology, highlighting areas of critical importance for improvement. This has included recognition of pain management strategies following cardiac implantable electronic device procedures as well as practice patterns surrounding the use of antiarrhythmic drugs.
His research has been published in JAMA, JAMA Cardiology, Circulation, Journal of the American College of Cardiology: Cardiac Electrophysiology, Circulation: Arrhythmia & Electrophysiology, and Heart Rhythm, among others. His research is currently funded by the National Institutes of Health and the Penn Cardiovascular Institute.
He attended Johns Hopkins University for medical school where he stayed to complete his internal medicine residency on the Osler Medical Service at Johns Hopkins Hospital. He then completed his cardiology and cardiac electrophysiology fellowships at the University of Pennsylvania.