AblationforCardiacArrhythmias near Bethlehem, PA

Biography: Dr Wjasow has been practicing in the specialty of Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology for over 18 years and the former Medical Director of the Electrophysiology Laboratory at St. Francis Medical Center in Trenton, NJ. She is currently the Vice Chair and Member-at-Large in the Dept. of Cardiology at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital at Hamilton. Dr. Wjasow completed an Internal Medicine Residency and Cardiovascular Diseases Fellowship at Temple University Hospital in Philadelphia, and a Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology Fellowship at Lankenau Hospital-Jefferson University Health System. Dr Wjasow has extensive experience and expertise in cardiac device management; the implantation of pacemakers, defibrillators and biventricular devices; ablations (SVT, ischemic and automatic endocardial VT, atrial fibrillation, typical and atypical atrial flutter) and Watchman. She successfully started a complex endocardial ablation program during her time as an Attending Physician at the Atlantic Heart Rhythm Center in Galloway, NJ and has collaborated with CT Surgery towards the goal of building a hybrid endocardial/epicardial AF ablation program. Dr Wjasow is an Assistant Clinical Professor of Medicine and previously the Director of the Electrophysiology Fellowship at Drexel University College of Medicine. Dr. Wjasow is a skilled educator, lecturer and co-investigator in multiple industry and non-industry sponsored trials. She was named Teacher of the Year for 2007 at Deborah Heart & Lung Center.

Biography: Dr. Daniel Frisch, MD is a Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiologist who practices in Philadelphia, PA. He is 52 years old and has been practicing for 25 years. Dr. Daniel Frisch, MD is affiliated with Thomas Jefferson University Hospital.

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Care Philosophy: The Cooper Heart Institute provides world-class, comprehensive, adult-focused cardiovascular programs that include non-invasive, minimally invasive, surgical diagnostic and therapeutic options by a team of world-renowned physicians. The Cooper Heart Institute delivers highly trained physician expertise and access to the most globally advanced technologies in an academic treatment setting.

Biography: Sumeet K. Mainigi, MD is the Chairman of Cardiology and Director of Electrophysiology at Einstein Medical Center. He is also an Associate Professor of Medicine at Jefferson Medical College. He is a leader in the field of electrophysiology in the Philadelphia region and nationally. He has pioneered numerous techniques in the field and was the first physician in Philadelphia to perform ablations without fluoroscopy (x-ray), utilize quadripolar pacing leads for advanced heart failure, contact force sensing catheters for ablation and many other technologies. He helped develop an approach of using 3D Printing to make electrophysiology procedures safer and faster for patients. Dr. Mainigi has presented original research at many national and international scientific meetings and has authored numerous publications, book chapters and review articles in the fields of cardiology and electrophysiology, including a breakthrough catheter ablation study that has changed the way doctors often treat heart failure. This study was profiled in the Philadelphia Magazine Cover Story: ``Miracles: 28 New Ways Philly Doctors Can Save Your Life.`` He also serves on several national committees for the Heart Rhythm Society and American College of Cardiology. He is a well-regarded physician and educator and is the recipient of the following awards: Top Doc, Philadelphia Magazine - 2011 – 2020; Top Doctor Cardiac Electrophysiology, US News & World Report, 2011 – 2018; Top Doctor Under Age of 40 / The Next Generation of Great Philly Docs 2009, Philadelphia Magazine; Einstein Hospital Teaching Award, Einstein Department of Medicine Teaching Award, and Einstein Division of Teaching Award. Dr. Mainigi holds a degree in Biomedical Engineering from Johns Hopkins University. He received his medical degree from New York University (NYU) School of Medicine. He completed his Residency in Internal Medicine, Fellowship in Cardiology, and Fellowship in Cardiac Electrophysiology at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania. He is a Fellow of the Heart Rhythm Society and Fellow of the American College of Cardiology.

Biography: Dr. Kataneh Maleki, MD is a Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiologist who practices in Somerset, NJ. She is 66 years old and has been practicing for 33 years. Dr. Kataneh Maleki, MD is affiliated with Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital.