<s>
He	O
is	O
the	O
Hilda	O
Altschul	O
Master	O
Professor	O
of	O
Medicine	O
at	O
Weill	O
Cornell	O
Medical	O
College	O
,	O
and	O
is	O
chief	O
of	O
the	O
Division	O
of	O
Cardiology	O
and	O
director	O
of	O
the	O
Cardiac	B-Algorithm
Electrophysiology	I-Algorithm
Laboratory	O
at	O
Weill	O
Cornell	O
Medicine	O
and	O
the	O
New	O
York	O
Presbyterian	O
Hospital	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
He	O
trained	O
in	O
cardiac	B-Algorithm
electrophysiology	I-Algorithm
at	O
the	O
Perelman	O
School	O
of	O
Medicine	O
at	O
the	O
University	O
of	O
Pennsylvania	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Lerman	O
is	O
a	O
cardiologist	O
in	O
New	O
York	O
City	O
,	O
with	O
specialties	O
in	O
adult	O
congenital	O
heart	O
disease	O
and	O
cardiac	B-Algorithm
electrophysiology	I-Algorithm
.	O
</s>
<s>
Lerman	O
is	O
the	O
Hilda	O
Altschul	O
Master	O
Professor	O
of	O
Medicine	O
at	O
Weill	O
Cornell	O
Medical	O
College	O
,	O
and	O
chief	O
of	O
the	O
Division	O
of	O
Cardiology	O
and	O
director	O
of	O
the	O
Cardiac	O
Electrophysiology	B-Application
Laboratory	O
at	O
Weill	O
Cornell	O
Medicine	O
and	O
the	O
New	O
York	O
Presbyterian	O
Hospital	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
He	O
has	O
focused	O
in	O
his	O
research	O
on	O
clarifying	O
the	O
electrophysiologic	B-Application
mechanisms	O
of	O
the	O
nucleoside	O
adenosine	O
,	O
current-based	O
defibrillation	O
,	O
and	O
determining	O
the	O
role	O
of	O
mechanoelectrical	O
feedback	O
as	O
a	O
stimulus	O
for	O
causing	O
malignant	O
ventricular	O
arrhythmias	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Lerman	O
has	O
focused	O
in	O
his	O
clinical	O
work	O
on	O
the	O
diagnosis	O
and	O
treatment	O
by	O
ablation	B-Algorithm
of	O
complicated	O
atrial	O
and	O
ventricular	O
arrhythmias	B-Application
,	O
and	O
treating	O
life-threatening	O
arrhythmias	B-Application
with	O
implantable	O
devices	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
He	O
is	O
on	O
the	O
editorial	O
boards	O
of	O
a	O
number	O
of	O
medical	O
and	O
scientific	O
journals	O
,	O
including	O
Circulation	O
and	O
Heart	B-Algorithm
Rhythm	I-Algorithm
.	O
</s>
