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Steven Keteyian, '78
Program Director of Preventive Cardiology at Henry Ford
Hospital in Detroit, Steven Keteyian, ’78 began his studies at Grand
Valley State University and earned his B.S. in physical education.
He continued to the University of Northern Colorado to earn his M.A.
in exercise physiology and a Ph.D. from Wayne State University.
In addition to his work in preventative cardiology,
Keteyian is also Director of the Henry Ford Clinical Exercise
Physiology Core Laboratory, a research unit that supports clinical
trials investigating new medical, surgical and device therapies for
patients with cardiovascular disease. His research focuses on the role
of exercise testing and training in patients with chronic heart
failure with a special interest in skeletal muscle function.
Keteyian is the author of more than 60 published articles and has
co-authored four books in the areas of cardiology, rehabilitation, and
therapeutic exercise. He has also been editor-in-chief of Clinical
Exercise Physiology, associate editor for Medicine and Science in
Sports and Exercise, and a member of the editorial boards for the
Journal of Cardiac Failure and Journal of Cardiopulmonary
Rehabilitation.
He is an active member of the American
College of Sports Medicine, the American Heart Association, and the
American Association of Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Rehabilitation.
He also serves as co-chairperson of the steering committee for Heart
Failure – A Controlled Trial Investigating Outcomes of Exercise
Training (HF-ACTION).
Keteyian and his wife currently live
in Oxford, Michigan.
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