Shabbat Evening Service with Guest Andrew R. Marks, MD
May 17 @ 6:00 pm
Each week we are given the sacred gift of Shabbat. A time to rejoice in our homes with our synagogue family. Join us as we welcome Shabbat with song and prayer.
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All in-person services are reserved for members and their pre-registered guests.
About Andrew R. Marks, MD
Andrew R. Marks, MD is Chair and Professor of the Physiology and Cellular Biophysics Department at Columbia University. He is a member of the National Academy of Sciences (2005), National Academy of Medicine (2004), and American Academy of Arts and Sciences (2005). From 2002-2007 Dr. Marks was Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Clinical Investigation. Dr. Marks’ research has published over 200 articles in which he has contributed new understandings of fundamental mechanisms that control muscle contraction, heart function, lymphocyte activation, and cognitive function. He has discovered novel causes of human diseases linked to leaky ryanodine receptor (RyR)/calcium release channels including heart failure, cardiac arrhythmias, muscular dystrophy, diabetes, and neurodegenerative disorders. He has developed novel treatments for coronary artery disease (in 2003 the FDA approved the first drug eluting stent), and a new class of drugs called Rycal® that fix RyR channel leak. A Rycal® is in clinic trials for myopathies and cardiac arrhythmias. Dr. Marks is a member of the Columbia University Senate Executive Committee.
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