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Ray E. Hershberger is affiliated with The Ohio State University in the United States. Their research focuses primarily on medicine and the interdisciplinary fields of biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology.

The main subfields of study for Hershberger include cardiology and cardiovascular medicine, molecular biology, genetics, pathology and forensic medicine, and radiology, nuclear medicine, and imaging. The topics of their work reflect a concentration on cardiomyopathy and myosin studies, cardiovascular function and risk factors, genomics and rare diseases, cardiac pacing and defibrillation studies, cardiovascular effects of exercise, viral infections and immunology research, and heart failure treatment and management.

Hershberger has contributed extensively to scientific literature, with recent papers such as:

  • ACMG SF v3.0 list for reporting of secondary findings in clinical exome and genome sequencing: a policy statement of the American College of Medical Genetics and Genomics (ACMG), 2021, Genetics in Medicine
  • Evidence-Based Assessment of Genes in Dilated Cardiomyopathy, 2021, Circulation
  • 2023 ACC Expert Consensus Decision Pathway on Comprehensive Multidisciplinary Care for the Patient With Cardiac Amyloidosis, 2023, Journal of the American College of Cardiology
  • An International, Multicentered, Evidence-Based Reappraisal of Genes Reported to Cause Congenital Long QT Syndrome, 2020, Circulation
  • Genetic Testing for Inherited Cardiovascular Diseases: A Scientific Statement From the American Heart Association, 2020, Circulation Genomic and Precision Medicine

Frequently appearing publication venues for Hershberger's work include Genetics in Medicine, Circulation Genomic and Precision Medicine, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Circulation, and the Journal of the American College of Cardiology.

They have collaborated regularly with co-authors such as Elizabeth Jordan, Daniel D. Kinnamon, Daniel P. Judge, Hanyu Ni, and Anjali Owens, indicating a consistent research network centered in cardiovascular genetics and medicine.

Best Publications

  • HRS/EHRA Expert Consensus Statement on the State of Genetic Testing for the Channelopathies and Cardiomyopathies: This document was developed as a partnership between the Heart Rhythm Society (HRS) and the European Heart Rhythm Association (EHRA)

    Michael J. Ackerman;Silvia G. Priori;Stephan Willems;Charles Berul

  • Carvedilol Produces Dose-Related Improvements in Left Ventricular Function and Survival in Subjects With Chronic Heart Failure

    Michael R. Bristow;Edward M. Gilbert;William T. Abraham;Kirkwood F. Adams

  • HRS/EHRA expert consensus statement on the state of genetic testing for the channelopathies and cardiomyopathies

    Michael J. Ackerman;Silvia G. Priori;Stephan Willems;Charles Berul

  • Dilated cardiomyopathy: the complexity of a diverse genetic architecture

    Ray E. Hershberger;Dale J. Hedges;Ana Morales

  • Carvedilol Inhibits Clinical Progression in Patients With Mild Symptoms of Heart Failure

    Wilson S. Colucci;Milton Packer;Michael R. Bristow;E. Michael Gilbert

  • Consensus recommendations for the management of chronic heart failure: Introduction

    Milton Packer;Jay N. Cohn;William T. Abraham;Wilson S. Colucci

  • Increase of the 40,000-mol wt pertussis toxin substrate (G protein) in the failing human heart.

    A M Feldman;A E Cates;W B Veazey;R E Hershberger

  • Genetic Evaluation of Cardiomyopathy-A Heart Failure Society of America Practice Guideline

    Ray E. Hershberger;Michael M. Givertz;Carolyn Y. Ho;Daniel P. Judge

  • Clinical and genetic issues in familial dilated cardiomyopathy

    Emily L. Burkett;Ray E. Hershberger

  • Factors Influencing Knowledge of and Adherence to Self-care Among Patients With Heart Failure

    Hanyu Ni;Deirdre Nauman;Donna Burgess;Kendra Wise

  • Beta-adrenergic pathways in nonfailing and failing human ventricular myocardium.

    Michael R. Bristow;Ray E. Hershberger;Jonathan David Port;Edward M. Gilbert

  • Clinical Genetic Testing for Familial Hypercholesterolemia: JACC Scientific Expert Panel.

    Amy C. Sturm;Joshua W. Knowles;Samuel S. Gidding;Zahid S. Ahmad

  • Beta 1- and beta 2-adrenergic receptor-mediated adenylate cyclase stimulation in nonfailing and failing human ventricular myocardium.

    M. R. Bristow;R. E. Hershberger;J. D. Port;W. Minobe

  • Correction to: ACMG SF v3.0 list for reporting of secondary findings in clinical exome and genome sequencing: a policy statement of the American College of Medical Genetics and Genomics (ACMG).

    David T. Miller;Kristy Lee;Wendy K. Chung;Adam S. Gordon

  • Adaptation and validation of the ACMG/AMP variant classification framework for MYH7-associated inherited cardiomyopathies: recommendations by ClinGen’s Inherited Cardiomyopathy Expert Panel

    Melissa A Kelly;Colleen Caleshu;Ana Morales;Jillian Buchan

  • Update 2011: Clinical and Genetic Issues in Familial Dilated Cardiomyopathy

    Ray E. Hershberger;Jill D. Siegfried

  • Genome-wide Studies of Copy Number Variation and Exome Sequencing Identify Rare Variants in BAG3 as a Cause of Dilated Cardiomyopathy

    Nadine Norton;Duanxiang Li;Mark J. Rieder;Jill D. Siegfried

  • Consensus statement: Palliative and supportive care in advanced heart failure.

    Sarah J. Goodlin;Paul J. Hauptman;Robert Arnold;Kathleen Grady

  • Differences in beta-adrenergic neuroeffector mechanisms in ischemic versus idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy.

    M R Bristow;F L Anderson;J D Port;L Skerl

  • Evaluating the Clinical Validity of Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy Genes

    Jodie Ingles;Jodie Ingles;Jennifer Goldstein;Courtney Thaxton;Colleen Caleshu

Frequent Co-Authors

Michael R. Bristow
Michael R. Bristow University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus
Christopher Semsarian
Christopher Semsarian University of Sydney
Nadine Norton
Nadine Norton Mayo Clinic
Daniel P. Judge
Daniel P. Judge Medical University of South Carolina
Birgit Funke
Birgit Funke Harvard University
Michael M. Givertz
Michael M. Givertz Brigham and Women's Hospital
Eden R. Martin
Eden R. Martin University of Miami
Heidi L. Rehm
Heidi L. Rehm Brigham and Women's Hospital
Deborah A. Nickerson
Deborah A. Nickerson University of Washington
Patrick T. Ellinor
Patrick T. Ellinor Harvard University

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