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CONTACT US:
Office of Alumni Relations and Development
Eberly College of Science
The Pennsylvania State University
430 Joab L. Thomas Building
University Park, PA 16802
Phone: 1-800-297-1429  or
(814) 863-8454
Fax: (814) 863-5354

Penn State's Distinguished Alumni Award

The Distinguished Alumni Award is the highest honor The Pennsylvania State University bestows upon an outstanding alumnus/a. The award salutes the achievements of outstanding alumni whose “personal lives, professional achievements, and community service exemplify the objectives of their Alma Mater.”

Eric N. Prystowsky , ‘69 B.S. Micrb, was selected as a 2007 Distinguished Alumni by the Board of Trustees. After graduating from Penn State, Prystowsky did his internal medical training at Mount Sinai Hospital in New York City. He trained in cardiology and clinical electrophysiology at Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina. From 1979 to 1986, he was a full-time faculty member at the Indiana University School of Medicine where he directed the electrophysiology laboratory.

In 1989, Prystowsky returned to Duke University as professor of medicine and director of the Cardiac Arrhythmia Center. Prystowsky is currently Director, Clinical Electrophysiology Laboratory at St. Vincent Hospital, Indianapolis, Indiana and consulting professor of medicine at Duke University Medical Center. He has co-authored two textbooks, Cardiac Arrhythmias: An Integrated Approach for the Clinician and Clinical Electrophysiology Review with Dr. George Klein. He has authored over 570 scientific manuscripts and abstracts concerning cardiac arrhythmias.

For a list of additional Penn State's Distinguished Alumni Award recipients and an explanation of how you can nominate a Penn State alumnius/a for this title, please visit the Alumni Association's Distinguished Alumni Awards page.

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