Vasanth Vedantham, MD, PhD
Associate Professor
Medicine
School of Medicine

CLINICAL INTERESTS: Dr. Vedantham is cardiologist and clinical cardiac electrophysiologist, specializing in treatment of heart rhythm disorders using catheter ablation, pacemaker and defibrillator implantation, and antiarrhythmic medications.

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In addition to treating patients with supraventricular tachycardia, ventricular tachycardia, atrial fibrillation, conduction system disease, cardiac arrest, and syncope, he is particularly interested in inherited arrhythmia syndromes (including long QT syndrome, Brugada syndrome, CPVT, and others) as well as inherited and acquired arrhythmogenic cardiomyopathies, especially cardiac sarcoidosis.

RESEARCH INTERESTS: Dr. Vedantham's research explores the biogenesis of heart rhythm in normal and diseased hearts, with particular interests in sinus node dysfunction, cardiac conduction system disease, and atrial fibrillation. His current focus is on the development and function of pacemaker cells in the sinoatrial node. He has characterized the transcriptome of this rare but critical cell type and identified specific gene regulatory networks active in these cells. His lab is currently focused on building a comprehensive model for development, normal and diseased physiology, and regenerative potential of specialized cells responsible for heart rhythm.

Education & Training

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  • Fellowship Cardiac Electrophysiology University of California, San Francisco 2010
  • Fellowship Cardiology University of California, San Francisco 2008
  • Residency Internal Medicine Brigham and Women's Hospital 2004
  • M.D. School of Medicine Harvard Medical School/M.I.T. 2002
  • PhD Neuroscience Harvard University 2002
  • BS/MS Physics and Biochemistry Yale University 1993

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Grants and Projects

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Publications (80)

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CardiomyopathiesLIM-Homeodomain ProteinsSarcoidosisSinoatrial NodeBiological ClocksBundle of HisCatheter AblationPulmonary VeinsElectrocardiographyTachycardia, Atrioventricular Nodal ReentryAccessory Atrioventricular BundleArrhythmia, SinusHeart RateTachycardia, SinusAtrial Fibrillation

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