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Dr. Kenneth M Riff
Position: Vice President, Data Strategy and Clinical Research
Organization: Medtronic
Office Address
7000 Central Ave
Minneapolis, MN 55432
Home Address
900 Old Crystal Bay Road
Wayzata, MN 55391
Office Phone: 763-505-8960
Home Phone: <Information Not Provided>
Mobile Phone: <Information Not Provided>
Email Address: ken.riff@medtronic.com
Educational Background
He received his BS in Physics from the University of Michigan in 1973, MD from the University of California at San Francisco in 1977, and MS Electrical Engineering from the University of Colorado in 1988. He completed a residency in internal medicine at the University of Colorado, and is a graduate of the Stanford Executive Institute for the Management of High Technology Companies and Dartmouth’s Tuck Executive Program. He holds nine patents in the field of implantable medical devices.
Brief Biography
Kenneth M Riff MD, FACP, MSEE is Vice President of Data Strategies and Clinical Research in the Patient Management Group at Medtronic, Inc., in Minneapolis. In this group, which is developing instrumentation and systems for remote monitoring of implantable devices, he is responsible for developing product and clinical applications that utilize the unique database created by these follow-up systems. Having joined Medtronic in 1988, Riff has managed a variety of research and venture organizations.
In addition, Dr. Riff is the Executive Director of the newly formed Heart Brain Center at North Hawaii Community Hospital in Kamuela, Hawaii. Dr. Riff came to Hawaii in August 2003, on an Archibald Bush Foundation Medical Fellowship to study and design innovative and community-based healthcare systems. He has been responsible for developing and implementing an overall strategy to make North Hawaii a center of excellence for cardiovascular medicine. He is one of the five members of the Steering Committee of the Earl and Doris Bakken Heart-Brain Institute at Cleveland Clinic, and he is responsible for managing the affiliation between Cleveland Clinic and North Hawaii Community Hospital. He serves as course director for INMD 7577: Integrative Healing in Hawaii.
Prior to joining Medtronic, Riff practiced hospital-based internal medicine in Denver. He received his BS in Physics from the University of Michigan in 1973, MD from the University of California at San Francisco in 1977, and MS Electrical Engineering from the University of Colorado in 1988. He completed a residency in internal medicine at the University of Colorado, and is a graduate of the Stanford Executive Institute for the Management of High Technology Companies and Dartmouth’s Tuck Executive Program. He holds nine patents in the field of implantable medical devices.
Teaching Areas
Integrative Medicine
Research Interests
Blended Medicine: High-tech, high-touch, healing environments
Heart-Brain Interactions
Mind-Body Medicine
Selected Publications
RIFF K. Monitoring Applications of Pacemaker Sensors. In Ellenbogen K, Wilkoff B, Kay N (Eds): Textbook of Cardiac Pacing and Defibrillation, WB Saunders, 2nd Edition, c. 2000.
Peterson M., Price D., Williams T., Jensen N., RIFF K., Sutton R. Short AV Interval VDD Pacing Does Not Prevent Tilt Induced Vasovagal Syncope in Patients with Cardioinhibitory Vasovagal Syncope. PACE 1994; 17:882-91.
Sheldon R., and RIFF K. High Power, Low Frequency Heart Rate Changes During Presyncope Elicited by Isoproterenol - Tilt Table Testing (Abstract). JACC 1993; 21(2):112A.
Leitch J., Arnold M., Klein G., Yee R., RIFF K. Should a VVIR Pacemaker Increase the Heart Rate with Standing? PACE 1992; 15:288-294.
Sheldon R., and RIFF K. Changes in Heart Rate Variability During Fainting. CHAOS 1991; 1(3):257-264.
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