Understand the importance of postmortem genetic testing and the evaluation of other surviving family members after a sudden cardiac death. Identify the pathology and causes of sudden cardiac death in the young. Michael J. Ackerman, M.D., Ph.D. | Presenter Mary Sheppard, MD, FRCPath | Presenter Mary Hardies, RN | Presenter Jessica Gage, MS, CGC | Moderator ---- Michael J. Ackerman, M.D., Ph.D., genetic cardiologist at Mayo Clinic, studies genomics and genotype-phenotype relationships in heritable cardiovascular diseases predisposing to sudden death. In the Mayo Clinic Windland Smith Rice Sudden Death Genomics Laboratory, Dr. Ackerman’s research interests include genomics, mutational analysis and novel gene discovery related to the cardiac channelopathies such as long QT syndrome, catecholaminergic polymorphic ventricular tachycardia and sudden unexplained death, including sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS), and inherited sarcomere diseases. In addition, as director of the Long QT Syndrome Clinic, Dr. Ackerman has active clinical and translational research efforts devoted to identifying individuals at greatest risk of sudden death. ---- Professor of Medicine, Pediatrics & Pharmacology, Mayo Clinic Director, Long QT Syndrome Clinic and the Mayo Clinic Windland Smith Rice Sudden Death Genomics Laboratory President of Sudden Arrhythmia Death Syndromes Foundation Board of Trustees