Robert M. Berne (April 22, 1918 – October 4, 2001) was a heart specialist[1] and a medical educator whose textbooks were used by generations of physicians[2] Berne was recognized widely for his seminal research contributions on the role of adenosine in the blood flow to the heart.
[2] Berne was the Editor in Chief of Circulation Research, a publication of the American Heart Association from 1970 to 1975.
[3] The National Academies Press called Berne "an acclaimed authority in the field of cardiovascular physiology".
[7] At the end of the war he took up a residency in Internal Medicine at Mount Sinai with the focus on cardiology.
[1] Berne joined the physiology faculty of Western Reserve University in Cleveland in 1949, and remained in that position for 17 years.