Vassilios J. Bezzerides | Medical Services
Specialties
Programs & Services
Languages
- English
Vassilios J. Bezzerides | Education
Undergraduate School
University of Washington
1998, Seattle, WA
Graduate School
PhD, Biophysics
Harvard University
2004, Cambridge, MA
Medical School
Harvard Medical School
2006, Boston, MA
Internship
Boston Children's Hospital
2009, Boston, MA
Fellowship
Pediatric Cardiology
Boston Children's Hospital
2011, Boston, MA
Fellowship
Cardiac Electrophysiology
Boston Children's Hospital
2013, Boston, MA
Vassilios J. Bezzerides | Certifications
- American Board of Pediatrics (Cardiology)
- American Board of Pediatrics (General)
Vassilios J. Bezzerides | Professional History
I went to the University of Washington in Seattle where I studied physics and biochemistry. I was lucky enough to work on a number of different research projects ranging from high-energy nuclear physics to microgravity. My medical degree and PhD in biophysics are from Harvard Medical and MIT, where I had the opportunity to work with Dr. David Clapham. Following graduation, I did my internship and residency in pediatrics at the Boston Combined Residency Program. It was here, working with patients at Boston Medical Center, that I developed my interest in long-term care of patients and their families.
I completed a fellowship in pediatric cardiology and acquired additional specialized training in electrophysiology and research. I started on staff at Boston Children's Hospital in 2013 as both a clinical electrophysiologist and a basic research scientist in the fields of inherited cardiac disease and arrhythmia. Under the mentorship of Dr. William Pu, I have developed a program to use induced pluripotent stem cells from patients as models of human cardiac disease to improve therapies for patients with inherited arrhythmia disorders.