Program Leadership

Research and areas of interest

Debabrata Mukherjee, M.D is the Chairman of the Department of Internal Medicine at Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center El Paso and Chief of Cardiovascular Medicine. Prior to this he had held the position of the Gill Foundation Professor of Interventional Cardiology, Professor of Internal Medicine, and the Director of the Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory at the University of the Kentucky and the Director of the Peripheral Interventional Program at the University of Michigan. Dr. Mukherjee completed his residency training in Internal Medicine at the Cleveland Clinic Foundation. Subsequently he completed a fellowship in Cardiovascular Medicine and Interventional Cardiology also at the Cleveland Clinic Foundation. Dr Mukherjee also completed a Masters in Clinical Research (MS) at the University of Michigan and a Certificate in Business Administration at the University Of Kentucky Gatton College Of Business.

Dr. Mukherjee has received the American College of Cardiology (ACC) Career Development Grant, the Joseph Cash Memorial Award for excellence in Health outcome research and the Cardiovascular Center McKay Research Grant for Peripheral Arterial Disease. He has been named as one of the Best Doctors in America for several years. Dr Mukherjee has authored over 500 publications, edited nineteen textbooks on cardiovascular diseases and written more than 100 textbook chapters. He presently serves on several journal editorial boards, is the Editor-in-Chief of the Cardiovascular and Hematological Agents in Medicinal Chemistry, and an Associate Editor of Cardiosource.

Education and academic positions

05/10 to present: Chief, Cardiovascular Medicine, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center El Paso
05/10 to 06/12: Vice Chairman, Department of Internal Medicine
07/12 to 10/13: Acting Chairman, Department of Internal Medicine
07/12 to present: Program Director, Cardiovascular Diseases Fellowship
11/13 to present: Chairman, Department of Internal Medicine

Honors (fellowships, career development awards, endowments, etc.)

1990 - Robert C Tarazi Fellowship Award for excellence in cardiovascular research
1991 - American Heart Association Research Fellowship
1997 - Bristol – Myers Squibb Travel Award, American Heart Association 70th Scientific Sessions
1998 - Affiliate Travel Award, American college of Cardiology 47th Scientific Sessions
1999 - Young Investigator Award Finalist, American College of cardiology 48th Scientific Sessions
1999 - Astra-Zeneca Young Investigator Award Finalist
1999 - First prize for Abstract, 9th Annual sessions of the Ohio chapter of the American College of Cardiology
2000 - Astra-Zeneca Young Investigator Award Finalist
2000 - First prize for Abstract, 10th Annual sessions of the Ohio chapter of the American College of Cardiology
2001 - Joseph Cash Memorial Award for excellence in Health outcome research
2002 to 03 - American College of Cardiology/William F. Keating Career Development Award for Hypertension and Peripheral Vascular Disease
2003 to 2004 - University of Michigan Cardiovascular Center McKay Research Grant for Peripheral Arterial Disease
2006 - Who’s Who in America
2007 to 08 - Best Doctors in America
2009 to 10 - Best Doctors in America
2011 to 12 - Best Doctors in America
2012 - Physician of the Year, University Medical center, El Paso, Texas
2013 to 14 - Best Doctors in America
2013 - Outstanding Achievement in Cardiology Award from the American Association of Cardiologists of Indian Origin (AACIO)
2013 - Outstanding Contribution to Institutional Faculty Mentoring at Texas Tech University

Link to publications

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=debabrata+mukherjee

https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=Lgiw_34AAAAJ&hl=en