Overview

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Dr. Kamp is a practicing cardiologist and Professor of Medicine and Physiology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, School of Medicine and Public Health.

He also serves as Co-Director of the UW Stem Cell and Regenerative Medicine Center.

Dr. Kamp's research program explores the basic mechanisms controlling the electrical activity of the heart and cardioregenerative medicine.

CDI's cardiomyocyte product lines are based upon work begun in Dr. Kamp's laboratory at the UW.

Dr. Kamp, in collaboration with Dr. Thomson, provided one of the first descriptions and characterizations of cardiomyocytes derived from human embryonic stem cells.

Dr. Kamp holds both an MD and PhD in pharmacology and physiological sciences from the University of Chicago.

He trained in Internal Medicine and Cardiovascular Medicine at Johns Hopkins University.