Birgit Kantor, M.D.

Location: Minnesota

Primary Appointment
Cardiovascular Diseases
Academic Rank
Associate Professor of Medicine

Summary

Dr. Kantor is an Associate Professor of Medicine at College of Medicine, Mayo Clinic; and Consultant in the Division of Cardiovascular Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine at Mayo Clinic.

Her translational and interdisciplinary research lies at the interface of cardiac imaging and vascular biology of atherosclerosis. Her NIH-funded work is "Non-invasive Localization of Vulnerable Plaque."

In her laboratory, she applies novel imaging approaches such as dual-energy CT (DECT), microscopic-CT (micro-CT), and photon counting to small and large animal models of atherosclerosis and diabetes to study mechanisms underlying plaque progression.

Dr Kantor and her postdoctoral trainees have won numerous research awards. In her role as Director of the Scientific Review Panels, Dr Kantor oversees all CTSA administered awards at Mayo Clinic (CTSA; Center for Translational Science Activities). In this capacity she also serves as a Co-investigator on Mayo Clinic's recent CTSA renewal submission to the NIH.

Recent publications

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Education

Clinical Fellowship – Advanced Invasive Adult Cardiology
Division of Cardiovascular Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine

Research Fellowship –
Center for Vascular Biology and Interventions, Division of Cardiovascular Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine

Ph.D. – Clinical Medical Sciences, Dr. med.
Heinrich-Heine Universitaet, Duesseldorf

Fellowship – Cardiovascular
Evangelisches Krankenhaus Dinslaken and Marienhospital Wesel, Universitaet Dusseldorf

Residency – Internal Medicine
Evangelisches Krankenhaus Dinslaken and Marienhospital Wesel, Universitaet Dusseldorf

Internship – "Arztin im Praktikum, AiP," First-Year Internal Medicine
Evangelisches Krankenhaus, Universitaet Duesseldorf

Clerkship – Neurology
National Institute for Nervous Diseases, Queen Square, London, UK

Clerkship – Surgery
Toronto Western Hospital, University of Toronto

M.D. –
Rheinisch-Westfalische Technische Hochschule Aachen

Clerkship – Internal Medicine
Rheinisch-Westfalische Technische Hochschule Aachen

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