Ken Margulies, MD, FHFSA is a Professor of Medicine and Physiology at the University of Pennsylvania. Dr. Margulies received his undergraduate education at Princeton University and his medical education at Jefferson Medical College.  He received specialty training in Internal Medicine and Cardiovascular Diseases at the Mayo Clinic. He is board certified in these specialties as well as Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology. Since 1993, Dr. Margulies has been an active physician-scientist in Philadelphia (Temple 1993-2004, UPenn 2004-present) and has spent about 30% of his time in patient care and 70% in other activities-predominantly translational research. Dr. Margulies' research focuses on load-induced myocardial remodeling and mechanisms of myocardial failure and recovery, and related topics (see website below).  His research inquiries employ human heart tissues, engineered myocardial models and early phase clinical/translational research. He is the Director of research and training within Penn’s heart failure and transplant program, the Director of Clinical Research throughout the Division of Cardiology at Penn. He is active in leadership roles within the Heart Failure Society of America and the American Heart Association. Dr. Margulies receives research funding from the National Institutes of Health and several commercial entities developing new therapeutics and diagnostics for heart failure.