Over the last 31 years I have been at Tufts Medical Center for 23 and UTSouthwestern Medical Center for 7. My clinical and research interests intersect. I am a clinician-scientist whose patients and research interest are primarily arrhythmias and sudden cardiac death in various heart conditions.

Atrial fibrillation is the major arrhythmia that electrophysiologists treat and its prevalence is increasing in the US and indeed in the world. As such, it is a major part of my clinical and research activity. Clinically, atrial fibrillation ablations are one of my most common procedures. I particularly enjoy redo ablations although I hope they are redo’s from someone else and not from my prior ablation.

Academically, I have been involved with several studies of atrial fibrillation, speak frequently about atrial fibrillation and have published several articles on atrial fibrillation. Atrial fibrillation in patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy is a particular interest of mine.

In my role as Associate Editor at Circulation I am responsible for handling the bulk of manuscripts on atrial fibrillation. This includes initial review and decision of whether to send out for review, reviewing after external review, and presenting them in our weekly meeting.

My other major focuses have been hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, sudden cardiac death (SCD), and in particular commotio cordis.

I have been on multiple AHA/ACC/HRS Writing Groups. I was on the AHA/ACC writing group on Atrial Fibrillation. I am currently on the Writing Group for ACLS with an anticipated publishing date in 2025.