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Dr Hugh Calkins is Professor of Medicine and Director of Electrophysiology at the Johns Hopkins Medical Institution in Baltimore, US. Read More... He has clinical and research interests in the treatment of cardiac arrhythmias with catheter ablation, the evaluation and management of atrial fibrillation and syncope, and the study of arrhythmogenic right ventricular dysplasia. He has certifications from the American Board of Internal Medicine in Cardiovascular Disease (1989), Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology (1992) and Internal Medicine (1986).

Dr. Calkins has over 38 years of experience in the medical field. He is a member of the editorial boards of several major medical journals. He is a former member of the American Board of Internal Medicine Electrophysiology Boards Test Writing Committee. Dr Calkins is a fellow of the American College of Cardiology, the American Heart Association, and the Heart Rhythm Society. He led the 2007, 2012, and 2017 Consensus Documents on AF Ablation. Dr Calkins is also a past president of the Heart Rhythm Society and was elected to be a member of the Miler Coulsen Academy of Clinical Excellence in 2014. Read Less