Director, Electrophysiology Fellowship Program
Associate Professor of Medicine

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Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
9th Floor Founders Pavilion
3400 Spruce Street
Philadelphia, PA 19104

Appointments
Contact: (215) 614-1889

Clinical Specialty:

• Cardiovascular Medicine
• Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology

Practice Location:

• Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
• Penn Presbyterian Medical Center

Education:

• MD: State University of New York at Stony Brook
• Residency: Mount Sinai Hospital, New York, NY
• Fellowship: Georgetown University Hospital, Washington, DC
• Postdoctoral Fellowship: Georgetown University Hospital, Washington, DC

Research Interest:

• Trends in ICD Implantation
• Long Term Outcomes in Patients Treated with ICD's
• Non-Invasive Predictors of Cardiac Arrhythmias

Selected Publications:

1. Verdino RJ, Burke MC, Kall JG, Kopp DE, Lin AC, Nerney M, Wilber DJ. Retrograde fast pathway ablation for atrioventricular nodal reenty associated with markedly prolonged PR intervals. Amer J Cardiol 1999;83(3):454-8.
2. Verdino RJ, Teuteberg JJ, Burke MC, Kopp DE, Johnson CT, Lin AC, Alberts M, Kall JG, Wilber DJ. Successful external cardioversion of atrial fibrillation in patients referred to an electrophysiologist for internal cardioversion. Clin Card 2001;24:500-2.
3. Polin, GM, Zado E, Nayak H, Cooper JM, Russo AM, Dixit S, Lin D, Marchlinski FE, Verdino RJ. Proper management of pericardial tamponade as a late complication of implantable cardiac device placement. Amer J Cardiol 2006;98(2):223-5.
4. Mainigi SK, Cooper JM, Russo AM, Nayak H, Lin D, Dixit S, Gerstenfeld EP, Hsia HH, Callans DJ, Marchlinski FE, Verdino RJ. Elevated defibrillation threshold in patients undergoing biventricular defibrillator implantation: Incidence and predictors. Heart Rhythm 2006;3(9):1010-6.
5. Sauer WH, Cooper JM, Lai RW, Verdino RJ. Underestimation of pacing threshold as determined by an automatic pacing threshold algorithm. Pacing Clin Electrophysiol 2006;29(9):1028-30.