Charles W. Nordin, MD

During his 31-year career at Einstein, Dr. Charles W. Nordin, currently Professor of Medicine, has been a distinguished clinician and gifted educator. An attending cardiologist at Montefiore and Jacobi Medical Centers since 1983, Dr. Nordin also served as Chair of Medicine at Jacobi/North Central Bronx Hospital and co-director of the Einstein-sponsored medicine residency program at Jacobi from 1997 to 2009.

As an educator, Dr. Nordin has been co-director (with Dr. Steven Factor) of Einstein’s second-year Cardiovascular System course for the past 21 years. In 2010, he was asked to assume directorship of the first-year Cardiovascular Physiology course as well, vastly improving student understanding of and competence in this challenging subject. Dr. Nordin’s excellence in teaching has been recognized numerous times, first by his election to the Leo M. Davidoff Society. He subsequently received the student-nominated Samuel M. Rosen Award for Outstanding Teaching (Basic Science) in 1996 and the Harry Eagle Award for Outstanding Basic Science Teaching in 1999. The following year, he was chosen by the graduating M.D. class as its Alpha Omega Alpha Faculty Inductee.

Dr. Nordin is a member of the scientific council of the American Heart Association and serves as a journal reviewer for numerous publications, including Cardiovascular Research, the Journal of Molecular and Cellular Cardiology and the American Journal of Physiology. A native of Iowa, Dr. Nordin comes from a family of physicians, including his father, grandfather and two brothers. He received his bachelor’s degree summa cum laude from Yale in 1971 and his medical degree from Harvard in 1976. Following his internship and residency at Bellevue Hospital, he spent a year as a research fellow in cardiology at Einstein before joining the Einstein faculty in 1983.

Member of the Einstein Faculty since 1983;  Currently Professor of Medicine at Einstein

Basic research in cardiac electrophysiology, 1983 to 1997

Chairman of Medicine, Jacobi Medical Center (one of New York City's municipal hospitals and a primary Einstein affiliate) 1997-2009.  Currently Attending Cardiologist, Montefiore Medical Center 

Clinical research in diabetes screening, nonpharmacologic causes of QT prolongation, cocaine and beta blockers, proarrhythmic effects of hypoglycemia 2004-present

Director of the 1st and 2nd year ourse in Cardiovascular Medicine, Albert Einstein College of Medicine

Practicing cardiologist in the Bronx:  Attending, Coronary Care Unit and Medicine Wards at Jacobi, 1983 to present.  Attending, Montefiore Medical Center, 1983-present.  Specific interest in practice of cardiology in community clinic setting in the Bronx