“Board Certified Clinical Cardiology and Clinical Electrophysiology”
Professional Status
President and founder of Florida Electrophysiology Associates
Founder and Director of the Electrophysiology department at JFK Hospital, Atlantis from 1997 – Present
Education
Undergraduate – Cornell University College of Arts and Sciences, Ithaca, New York
Medical School – New York University School of Medicine
Internship – Straight Medicine Type, Dept. of Internal Medicine, University of Michigan Medical Center
Residency in Internal Medicine – University of Michigan Medical Center
Fellowship in Cardiology – Cardiology, Emory University School of Medicine
Fellowship in Electrophysiology – Emory University Medical Center, Department of Cardiology, Division of Cardiac Electrophysiology
Board Certifications
1989 – Internal Medicine
1996, 2006 – Cardiovascular Disease
1997, 2006 – Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology
Awards
- First Prize, Scientific Program Award, Best Poster, Basic Science Section, The American College of Physicians Regional Meeting
- First Prize, Scientific Program Award, Best Poster, Basic Science Section, The American College of Physicians Regional Meeting Fellow American College of Cardiology
- Young Investigator Award, American Heart Association, Scientific Conference on Functional and Structural Mechanisms of Vascular Control
- American Federation for Clinical Research Henry Christian Award, AFCR Annual Meeting, Baltimore, MD, 5/92.
- The Emory University Upjohn Award for Excellence in Cardiovascular Research, 3/93
Academic Appointments
- Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine Division of Biomedical Sciences
- University of Miami / Florida Atlantic University School of Medicine Cardiac Physiology Course Instructor Section
Hospital Appointments
- Active Staff, JFK Medical Center, Atlantis, FL, (2/99 – Present)
- Active Staff Delray Medical Center, Delray Beach, FL (7/98-present)
- Active Staff Bethesda Medical Center, Boynton Beach, FL (5/99-present)
- Active Staff Lawnwood Medical Center, Ft. Pierce, FL
- Active Staff North West Medical Center, Margate, FL
- Active Staff Westside Medical Center, Plantation, FL
- Active Staff Martin Memorial, Hobe Sound, FL
Publications / Book Chapters
Over 33+ Publications and Abstracts
Over 74+ Book Chapters
Research
41 + Current and Recent Clinical Trials
United States Patents
5+
Procedures Performed
Cardiac Catheterization and Angiography • Transthoracic Echocardiography • Transesophageal Echocardiography • Intra-aortic Balloon Counterpulsation Device Insertion • Exercise Stress Testing • Holter Monitoring • Right Heart Catheterization and Swan-Ganz Insertion • Temporary Pacemaker Insertion • Permanent Single and Dual Chamber Pacemaker Insertion • Ventricular Programmed Stimulation • A-V Nodal Ablation • A-V Nodal Modification, including Nodal Reentrant Tachycardia Ablation • Accessory Pathway and other Reciprocating Tachycardia Ablation(s) • Atrial Flutter/Tachycardia Ablation • Transvenous and Sub-Cutaneous Patch Automatic Implantable Cardiac Defibrillator Insertions • Trans-Septal puncture of the Fossa-Ovale • Bi-ventricular Pacing for both ICDs and Pacers, Focal Atrial fibrillation Ablations, Coronary Sinus venography, Pulmonary Vein Venography, Epicardial venous and myocardial mapping, Pacemaker/Defibrillator electrosurgical lead extractions, Electro-anatomical Mapping, Intra-cardiac ultrasonography, Veno-atrial isolation procedures for atrial fibrillation, Electroanatomical ablations of atrial fibrillation • Cryo-Ablation • WATCHMAN FLX Left Atrial Appendage (LAAC) Device
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