Barbara Natterson-Horowitz
Barbara Natterson-Horowitz is a Visiting Professor in the Department of Human Evolutionary Biology at Harvard University.[1] She is a cardiologist and Professor of Medicine in the Division of Cardiology at University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA).[2] She is a New York Times bestselling author of the book Zoobiquity - ISBN 9780307477439, co-authored with Kathryn Bowers.[3][4] The book makes the case for a cross-species approach to medicine which includes veterinary and evolutionary perspectives.[5]
Education
Natterson-Horowitz earned her Bachelor’s and master's degrees from Harvard University. She earned her medical degree from the University of California, San Francisco.[6] She went on to complete internal medicine and psychiatry residencies at the University of California, Los Angeles where she served as chief resident in both departments. Her postgraduate training included a fellowship in cardiovascular medicine (1992-1995) at the UCLA Division of Cardiology followed by advanced training in heart failure and cardiac imaging.[7]
Career
Natterson-Horowitz has practiced cardiology at UCLA Medical Center for more than twenty years, served as Director of Imaging at the UCLA Cardiac Arrhythmia Center, and taught courses at UCLA.[8][9] She is a Professor of Medicine in the Division of Cardiology at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, and a Professor in the UCLA Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology. She is Co-Director of the Evolutionary Medicine Program at UCLA, and both a cardiovascular consultant and a member of the Medical Advisory Board for the Los Angeles Zoo.[2]. Since 2017, she is a Visiting Professor in the Department of Human Evolutionary Biology at Harvard University.[10]
In 2005, her role as cardiovascular consultant to the Los Angeles Zoo required her consult on an emperor tamarin experiencing heart failure. During her examination of the tamarin, a veterinarian warned her to avoid capture myopathy, an unfamiliar term to Natterson-Horowitz. Upon researching the term, Natterson-Horowitz discovered its likeness to the human condition of Takotsubo cardiomyopathy and set out to discover more parallels between animal and human health.[9] Peter Lehmann reviewed her book Zoobiquity for readers in Germany, especially for psychiatric patients, and emphasized Natterson-Horowitz’ and Bowers’ reference to capture myopathy, which – according to the authors – may threaten agitated psychiatric patients in restraints in psychiatric wards, who can therefore die of heart failure, too.[11]
Natterson-Horowitz’s research led her to co-author the 2012 New York Times Bestseller Zoobiquity, which advocates for a cross-species approach to healthcare, highlighting the many afflictions that plague both humans and animals.[12]
Natterson-Horowitz has signed as a producer on a television drama based on Zoobiquity. Fox gave the series a pilot order in January 2016.[13]
In 2011, Natterson-Horowitz founded the Zoobiquity Conference to bring together leaders from human and animal medicine for discussions about diseases afflicting both populations. The 6th annual Zoobiquity Conference is scheduled for April 2, 2016 in Philadelphia, PA.[14][needs update]
She also started a research initiative partnering UCLA medical students with UC Davis veterinary students for discussions of mutual healthcare interest.[15]
Other publications
Natterson-Horowitz has published academic research in medical journals such as Emerging Infectious Diseases, Echocardiography, The American Journal of Cardiology, and Circulation.[16]
Her other published writing has appeared in media such as Newsweek, The New York Times, The Guardian, Wall Street Journal, Nature, Scientific American, and New Scientist.[17][18][12][19] Her September 2014 TED talk on species-spanning healthcare has received over a million views.[2]
Personal life
Natterson-Horowitz is married to Zach Horowitz, the former CEO of Universal Music Publishing Group. The couple has two children.[19][20][21]
References
- ^ "Dr. Barbara Natterson-Horowitz". Faculty profile - Harvard University.
- ^ a b c "What Veternarians Know That Doctors Don’t" TED
- ^ Murphy, Kate. "Catching up with Barbara Natterson-Horowitz". The New York Times. Retrieved May 11, 2013.
- ^ "Dr. Barbara Natterson-Horowitz". Penguin Random House - Speakers Bureau.
- ^ Rosen, Dennis. "'Zoobiquity' by Barbara Natterson-Horowitz and Kathryn Bowers". Boston Globe. Retrieved July 9, 2012.
- ^ "Author profile - Barbara Natterson-Horowitz". Penguin Random House.
- ^ "Barbara Natterson"
- ^ "Barbara Natterson-Horowitz M.D." Archived March 10, 2016, at the Wayback Machine Psychology Today
- ^ a b Zimmer, Carl "‘Zoobiquity’: What Animals Can Teach Us About Our Health" The Daily Beast
- ^ https://heb.fas.harvard.edu/people/barbara-natterson-horowitz
- ^ Lehmann, Peter: Der Mensch als Tier – Über Parallelen beim Herztod in zoologischer Gefangenschaft und in der Psychiatrie, in: Rundbrief des Bundesverbands Psychiatrie-Erfahrener (Germany), 2015, No. 3, pp. 12-13
- ^ a b Cite error: The named reference
Horowitzwas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ Litteton, Cynthia "Medical Procedural ‘Zoobiquity’ Lands Pilot Order From Fox" Variety
- ^ "Conference"
- ^ "New Zoobiquity Initiative Conference Cross Disciplines" Veterinary Practice News
- ^ "PubMed" PubMed
- ^ Marshall, Michael "Growing up next to a secret nuclear facility" New Scientist
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
Dianewas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ a b Natterson-Horowitz, Barbara and Bowers, Kathryn "Our Animal Natures" New York Times
- ^ "Zach Horowitz Steps Down as Chairman/CEO Universal Music Publishing Group" Billboard
- ^ "October 22, 2013: "Writing Zoobiquity" with Dr. Barbara Natterson-Horowitz and Kathryn Bowers" UCI
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