AREAS OF EXPERTISE

▹ Rhythm management, Heart failure management, Risk factor identification and prevention of Sudden Cardiac death caused by structural heart disease and genetic abnormalities.

▹ Implantation and management of Pacemakers ( single and multiple leads ) + Defibrillators ( trans venous and Subcutaneous ) + loop recorders.

▹ Transesophageal Echocardiogram

▹ Cardioversions

▹ Ablation of specific Rhythm abnormalities.

▹ Evaluation and medical management of Coronary Artery Disease, Hypertension, Lipid Abnormalities, syncope and dizziness due to rhythm abnormalities and/or autonomic dysfunction.

▹ Risk stratification and primary prevention of potentially life threatening cardiovascular diseases.

CURRENT HOSPITAL AFFILIATION

Hoag Memorial Hospital
Newport Beach and Irvine, CA

EDUCATION

Central High School in Phoenix, AZ in 1977
Queens College in Queens, New York in 1981
Upstate Medical Center Medical School in Syracuse, New York in 1985

▹ Residency training in Internal Medicine at Booth Memorial Hospital, Affiliate of Albert Einstein School of Medicine in NY in 1985-1988; followed by a year of Chief Residency in 1988-1989.

▹ Cardiology fellowship training at Kaiser Hospital in Los Angeles in 1989-1992.

▹ Electrophysiology fellowship training at Wadsworth VA/ UCLA in Los Angeles in 1992-1993.

BOAR Certified in

• Internal Medicine
• Cardiovascular Diseases
• Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology

Member of HEART RHYTHM SOCIETY for electrophysiologists.