The EP Edit

In this episode of The EP Edit, we’re featuring a conversation with Andrea Robinson, NP, and Anish K. Amin, MD, to discuss their Atrial Fibrillation (AFib) and Advanced Cardiac Therapeutics (ACT) Clinics, which are both led by advanced practice providers (APPs), as well as their pharmacist-led antiarrhythmic drug clinic. They offer the APP and physician perspective on this innovative model of care...

In this episode from April 2021, we’re speaking with electrophysiologist Dr. Jason Lappe. Dr. Lappe is going to share his experience in adopting modern workflow technology at his cardiac device clinic in order to support rapid patient growth and an expanding remote care focus. This episode is sponsored by Murj, a cloud-based cardiac device management platform that empowers clinicians and staff to...

In this episode November 2020, we're looking at specific considerations for athletes after COVID-19 infection, including the risk for developing cardiac complications as well as guidance on safe participation in sports after COVID-19 infection. We're joined by Dr. Mustafa Husaini and Dr. Jordan Prutkin, who recently published an article on cardiovascular considerations post-COVID-19 infection in t...

In this episode from September 2020, we're examining the impact that the COVID-19 pandemic has had on clinical cardiac electrophysiology fellowship training and education. We're joined by Dr. John Catanzaro, Assistant Professor of Medicine, Program Director of the Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology Fellowship, and Associate Medical Director of the Electrophysiology Program at the University of Flo...

In this episode from July 2020, we're joined by Dr. Khaldoun Tarakji to discuss the opportunities and challenges associated with the use of wearable technologies in the EP practice. Dr. Tarakji is an electrophysiologist and the Associate Section Head of Cardiac Electrophysiology at the Cleveland Clinic. He is also the founder and director of the Center for Digital Health and Telemedicine for the H...

In this episode from June 2020, we're talking with Amber Seiler, NP, Arrhythmia Services Program Coordinator at Cone Health in Greensboro, North Carolina, about the challenges of building a telehealth program for EP patients during the COVID-19 pandemic, as well as recommendations for reopening EP practices. The interview is by Jodie Elrod, Managing Editor of EP Lab Digest. The podcast was recorde...

In this episode from March 2020, we’re talking with Alejandro Jimenez Restrepo, MD about his work utilizing three-dimensional (3D) printing in cardiac electrophysiology at the University of Maryland School of Medicine in Baltimore. Dr. Restrepo is a cardiac electrophysiologist at the University of Maryland Medical Center and an Assistant Professor of Medicine at the University of Maryland School o...

In this episode from January 2020, we talked with Dr. DaMarcus Baymon and Dr. Christopher Baugh about their strategies for achieving best outcomes for patients with atrial fibrillation (AF or AFib) in the emergency department (ED). Dr. Baymon and Dr. Baugh are from the emergency medicine department at Brigham & Women's Hospital. For more information on this topic, please see their article in E...

In this episode from November 2019, we speak with electrophysiologist Dr. Michael Fradley about the emergence, development and future of cardio-oncology. Dr. Fradley is the Director of the joint USF-Moffitt Cancer Center Cardio-Oncology Program and Associate Professor of Medicine at the University of South Florida, Morsani College of Medicine in Tampa, Florida.

In this episode from October 2019, The EP Edit speaks with Dr. Jose Osorio, medical director of the EP lab at Grandview Medical Center in Birmingham, Alabama, about his techniques for eliminating the use of fluoroscopy in EP procedures. 

In this episode from July 2019, we feature two interviews. The first is with Marco Perez, MD, a cardiac electrophysiologist and director of the Stanford Inherited Cardiac Arrhythmia Clinic, about his work and research in long QT syndrome. Later in the podcast, we speak with Jasmine Wylie, a Family Support and Engagement Advisor at the Sudden Arrhythmia Death Syndromes (SADS) Foundation, about her...

In this episode from July 2019, EP Lab Digest speaks with Sandeep A. Saha, MD, MS to get his perspectives as an early career electrophysiologist on the differences between academic and private practice electrophysiology (EP). He discusses some of the challenges that early career electrophysiologists face, provides helpful tips from his own experience, and shares the advice he received from colleag...

In this episode from May 2019, we’re joined by Dr. Edward J. Schloss, a cardiac electrophysiologist and the Division Chief of Cardiac Electrophysiology at The Christ Hospital in Cincinnati, Ohio. With over 10,500 followers, Dr. Schloss has an active and longstanding account ( @EJSMD ) on Twitter. In this podcast, we asked for his perspectives on how to best navigate the platform, which is very pop...