Forum Kamdar, M.D.

Forum Kamdar, M.D. (kamd0001@umn.edu) is an Assistant Professor of Medicine in the Cardiovascular Division. She received her M.D. from the University of Minnesota. She completed her internal medicine residency and cardiovascular disease training through the Physician-Scientist Training Program at the University of Minnesota. She completed an advanced heart failure fellowship at the Cleveland Clinic and returned to Minnesota as faculty. Her clinical and research interests are in muscular dystrophy associated cardiomyopathy and application of advanced heart failure therapies in this population. She co-founded the neuromuscular cardiomyopathy clinic. The Kamdar lab focuses on translational research focused on modeling human heart failure, including Duchenne muscular cardiomyopathy, using patient-derived induced pluripotent stem cell cardiomyocytes. She is a recipient of the Doris Duke Clinical Scientist Development Award. She looks forward to providing translational and clinical research experience and mentorship to fellows.

Representative Publications:

• Kamdar F, Das S, Gong W, Klaassen Kamdar A, Meyers T, Pota P, Ervasti JM, Townsend D, Kamp TJ, Wu JC, Zhang J, Garry DJ. Modeling and rescue of DMD cardiomyopathy using hiPSC-derived cardiomyocytes and B-adrenergic receptor blockade. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2020 Mar 17;75(10):1159-1174. PMID 32164890

• Strakova, Kamdar F, Kulhanek D, et al. Integrative effects of dystrophin loss on metabolic function of the mdx mouse. Sci Rep. 2018 Sept 11;8 (1): 13624

• Kamdar F, Garry, DJ. Dystrophin-Deficient Cardiomyopathy. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2016 May31;67(21):2533-46

• Kamdar F, Klaassen Kamdar A, Garry DJ. Cardiomyopathy in a Dish: Modeling Inherited Cardiomyopathies Using Human Inducible Pluripotent Stem Cell Derived Cardiomyocytes. J Card Fail. 2015 Sep;21(9):761-70.

• Kamdar F, Hutchins J, Missov E. Percutaneous thoracic paravertebral block reduces refractory ventricular tachyarrhythmias after left ventricular assist device implantation. J Heart Lung Transplant. 201

• Kamdar F, John R, Eckman P, Colvin-Adams M, Shumway SJ, Liao K. Postcardiac transplant survival in the current era in patients receiving continuous-flow left ventricular assist devices. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2013.

• Kamdar F, Boyle A, Liao K, Colvin-adams M, Joyce L, John R. Effects of centrifugal, axial, and pulsatile left ventricular assist device support on end-organ function in heart failure patients.J Heart Lung Transplant. 2009

Publications: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed?otool=umnbmlib&term=kamdar+f