Mehmet Aktas, M.D.

Mehmet Aktas, M.D.

Contact Information

University of Rochester Medical Center
School of Medicine and Dentistry
601 Elmwood Ave, Box 679-Y
Rochester, NY 14642

Office: (585) 275-4776
Fax: (585) 242-9549

Bio

Dr. Aktas's biographical information is not currently available.

Awards & Honors

Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems High Score Recognition | University of Rochester Medical Center | Rochester, New York 2012
Internal Medicine Resident Mentorship Award | University of Rochester Medical Center | Rochester, New York 2011

Recent Journal Articles

Showing the 5 most recent journal articles. 33 available »

2013 Mar
Elanchenny M, Moss AJ, McNitt S, Aktas M, Polonsky S, Zareba W, Goldenberg I. "Effectiveness of cardiac resynchronization therapy with defibrillator in at-risk black and white cardiac patients." Annals of noninvasive electrocardiology : the official journal of the International Society for Holter and Noninvasive Electrocardiology, Inc. 2013 Mar 0; 18(2):140-8. Epub 2012 Nov 22.
2013 Feb
Aktas MK, Huang DT, Daubert JP, Schuger CD, McNitt S, Goldenberg I, Moss AJ, Zareba W. "Effect of defibrillation threshold testing on heart failure hospitalization or death in the Multicenter Automatic Defibrillator Implantation Trial-Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy (MADIT-CRT)." Heart rhythm : the official journal of the Heart Rhythm Society. 2013 Feb 0; 10(2):193-9. Epub 2012 Oct 18.
2012 May
Brenyo A, Rao M, Koneru S, Hallinan W, Shah S, Massey HT, Chen L, Polonsky B, McNitt S, Huang DT, Goldenberg I, Aktas M. "Risk of mortality for ventricular arrhythmia in ambulatory LVAD patients." Journal of cardiovascular electrophysiology. 2012 May 0; 23(5):515-20. Epub 2011 Nov 14.
2012 Feb
Dubner S, Auricchio A, Steinberg JS, Vardas P, Stone P, Brugada J, Piotrowicz R, Hayes DL, Kirchhof P, Breithardt G, Zareba W, Schuger C, Aktas MK, Chudzik M, Mittal S, Varma N, , Israel C, Padeletti L, Brignole M. "ISHNE/EHRA expert consensus on remote monitoring of cardiovascular implantable electronic devices (CIEDs)." Europace : European pacing, arrhythmias, and cardiac electrophysiology : journal of the working groups on cardiac pacing, arrhythmias, and cardiac cellular electrophysiology of the European Society of Cardiology. 2012 Feb 0; 14(2):278-93. Epub 2012 Jan 09.
2012
Brenyo AJ, Huang DT, Aktas MK. "Congenital long and short QT syndromes." Cardiology. 2012 122(4):237-47. Epub 2012 Aug 14.

Current Appointments

Assistant Professor - Department of Medicine, Cardiology (SMD) - Primary

Specialties

Cardiovascular Disease - American Board of Internal Medicine
Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology - American Board of Internal Medicine
Internal Medicine - American Board of Internal Medicine

Education

MD | Medicine | State University of New York Upstate Medical University2002
Bachelor of Arts | Biology | University of Rochester1998

Post-Doctoral Training & Residency

Fellowship in Electrophysiology at Strong Memorial Hospital- GME Office07/01/2008 - 06/30/2009
Fellowship in Cardiology at Strong Memorial Hospital- GME Office07/01/2005 - 06/30/2008
Residency in Internal Medicine at Cleveland Clinic Foundation07/01/2003 - 06/30/2005
Internship in Internal Medicine at Cleveland Clinic Foundation07/01/2002 - 06/30/2003