Electrophysiology

The mission of the Electrophysiology section is to improve the care of patients by providing state-of-the-art and patient-oriented diagnosis and treatment of heart rhythm disorders, while maintaining a regional, national, and international leadership role in advancing cardiac arrhythmia research, education, and health care delivery standards.

Section Leadership

Francis E. Marchlinski, MD
Director of Electrophysiology, University of Pennsylvania Health System
Director of Electrophysiology Laboratory, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
Richard T. and Angela Clark President's Distinguished Professor

• Carolyn Siwinski
  Assistant to Francis Marchlinski, MD

Section Faculty and Staff

• Jeffrey Arkles, MD
  Assistant Professor of Medicine at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
  
  • Linda Pentz
    Assistant to Jeffrey Arkles, MD
• David Callans, MD
  Associate Director, Electrophysiology, University of Pennsylvania Health System
  Professor of Medicine at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
  
  • Kim Mayo
    Assistant to David Callans, MD
• Rajat Deo, MD, MTR
  Associate Professor of Medicine at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
  • Shakia Williams
    Assistant to Rajat Deo, MD, MTR
• Sanjay Dixit, MD
  Director, Electrophysiology, Philadelphia VA Medical Center
  Professor of Medicine at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania and the Veteran's Administration Medical Center
  
  • Maria Mercado
    Assistant to Sanjay Dixit, MD
• Andrew E. Epstein, MD
  Professor of Medicine at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania and the Veteran's Administration Medical Center
  
  • Linda Pentz
    Assistant to Andrew Epstein, MD
• David Frankel, MD
  co-Director, Fellowship Program
  Associate Professor of Medicine
  
  • Amelia Kuriger
    Assistant to David Frankel, MD
• Fermin C. Garcia, MD
  Director, Electrophysiology Laboratory, Pennsylvania Hospital
  Co-Director, Ventircular Tachycardia Center
  Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine
  • Sandra Camacho
    Assistant to Fermin Garcia, MD
• Gustavo S. Guandalini, MD
  Instructor of Medicine
• Matthew Craig Hyman, MD, PHD
  Assistant Professor of Medicine at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
  
  • Ryan Shute
    Assistant to Matthew Craig Hyman, MD, PhD
• Ramanan Kumareswaran, MD
  Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine
  
  • Kamala Thompson
    Assistant to Ramanan Kumareswaran, MD
• David Lin, MD
  Director, Remote Monitoring
  Associate Professor of Medicine at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
  
  • Christine Evans
    Assistant to David Lin, MD
• Saman Nazarian, MD, PhD
  Associate Professor of Medicine
  
  • Linda Pentz
    Assistant to Saman Nazarian, MD, PhD
• Michael Riley, MD, PhD
  Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine
  
  • Shakia Williams
    Assistant to Michael Riley, MD, PhD
• Pasquale Santangeli, MD, PhD
  Co-Director, Ventricular Tachycardia Center
  Associate Professor of Medicine at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
  
  • Kamala Thompson
    Assistant to Pasquale Santangeli, MD, PhD
• Greg Supple, MD
  Co-Director, Ventircular Tachycardia Center
  co-Director, Fellowship Program
  Associate Professor of Clinical Medicine
  • Jennifer Glover
    Assistant to Greg Supple, MD
• Robert Schaller, DO
  Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine
  
  • Maria Mercado
    Assistant to Robert Schaller, DO
• Cory Tschabrunn, PhD
  Director, Translational Electrophysiology Laboratory
  Research Assistant Professor
• Katie Anne Walsh, MD
  Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine
  • Nancy Joyce
    Assistant to Katie Walsh, MD

Electrophysiology Resources

• Penn Cardiac Electrophysiology 
• Penn Cardiac Arrhythmia Team
• International Symposium on Ventricular Arrhythmias
• Heart Rhythm Society