Dr. Michael J Mirro is a physician, clinical professor, and researcher. He earned an accelerated degree from Loyola University in Chicago and an M.D. from the Indiana University School of Medicine. He completed an internship and a residency in internal medicine, a clinical cardiology fellowship, and a cardiac electrophysiology research fellowship, all at the IUSM. He subsequently earned board certification in internal medicine, cardiovascular disease, cardiac electrophysiology, and geriatrics. He is a Certified Cardiac Device Specialist (IBHRE)

He joined Parkview Health in Fort Wayne in 1981, moving there from the University of Iowa where he was an assistant professor of medicine. While at Iowa he established a cardiac electrophysiology program and was active in both basic and clinical research. Before retiring from active practice at Parkview in 2014, he was a long-time partner in the Parkview Physicians Group with a clinical focus of caring for patients with heart rhythm disorders.

He is currently a SVP: Chief Academic Research Officer at Parkview Health and the Director of the Mirro Center for Research and Innovation at Parkview where he specializes in clinical research in cardiac electrophysiology and health informatics. He is also co-director of the Midwest Alliance for Health Education where he was a founding board member. He is a Trustee of Indiana University (Term: 2014-2023/President of Board 2017-2021).

Dr. Mirro is a Fellow of the American College of Physicians, the American Heart Association, the Heart Rhythm Society and the American College of Chest Physicians. He is also a fellow of the American College of Cardiology (ACC) where he has been a member of the Board of Trustees and Management Board is currently a member of the National Cardiovascular Data Registry, an organization focused on institutional quality improvement. Dr Mirro continues to be actively engaged with the ACC as well as the Heart Rhythm Society (HRS) on numerous work groups focused on quality improvement, physician performance and Informatics. Dr Mirro is past chair of both ACC and HRS Informatics Work Groups and recently testified before the US Senate HELP Committee 907/23/2016) on “Data Blocking” representing the ACC. He is an active in the American Medical Informatics Association. He has conducted numerous clinical research studies (Principal Investigator on over 100 trials) and has served as a member of institutional review boards for several hospitals. He is a past board member of Indiana University Hospital and Parkview Health System. He remains active academically with teaching medical students as a Clinical Professor of Medicine at Indiana University and has published over 50 scientific article/book chapters. He also serves as an Adjunct Professor of Bioinformatics.

Dr. Mirro received an honorary Doctor of Science degree from Indiana University. He has been honored with the designation of Sagamore of the Wabash by the Governor of Indiana (1999 and 2024) and Distinguished Hoosier by the State Legislature. He is past Chairman of the Greater Fort Wayne Chamber of Commerce and the Founding Board Chair of the Northeast Indiana Innovation Center (Technology Incubator). He is a member of the advisory boards of the Indiana University School of Informatics and the Indiana University Presidential Economic Development Cabinet. Dr Mirro has been past president of the Fort Wayne Medical Society and in the past served as Treasurer for the Indiana State Medical Association. He has been a member of the board of advisors of Centerfield Capital Partners, a Founding Director of Tower Bank, a Founding General Partner of the Paladin Global Ventures Life Science Fund, the Ballard Emerging Life Sciences Fund and a past board member of Medical Informatics Engineering.

Currently, Dr Mirro serves on the Board of Zorion Medical (Bioabstorbable Cardiac Stent) and advisor/consultant with Lync Health Partners (Nashville). Now serving as a Scientific Advisor for Murj, iRhythm and Story Health (Medical Technology companies located SF Bay) area as well as Kilele Health (Digital Health products). He is Medical Director of VisCardia and Inovise Medical both are early-stage Heart Failure Device companies located in Portland, OR.