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Anuj Basil, MD
Associate Professor, Medicine, Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University
Associate Professor, Department of Medicine, Section of Cardiology
Program Director, Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology Fellowship, Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University
Specialties
- Electrophysiology
Treatment Focus
Cardiac Electrophysiology
Clinical Interests
- Arrhythmia evaluation and management
- Atrial fibrillation (Afib)
- Atrial flutter
- Cardiac catheter ablation
- Cardiac resynchronization therapy
- Complex arrhythmia management
- Electrophysiology (EP) testing
- His bundle pacing
- Implantable cardioverter defibrillator
- Intracardiac echocardiography (ICE)
- Laser lead extraction
- Left atrial appendage occlusion (Watchman)
- Permanent pacemaker implantation
- Pulmonary vein isolation (PVI)
- Radiofrequency ablation (RFA)
- Sudden cardiac death
- Supraventricular tachycardia (SVT)
- Syncope (fainting)
- Ventricular tachycardia
- Wolff-Parkinson-White Syndrome
Distinctions
Clinical Locations
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Temple Heart & Vascular Institute3509 N. Broad St.
Boyer Pavilion, 4th Floor
Philadelphia, PA 19140
Phone: 800-836-7536
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Fox Chase Cancer Center333 Cottman Avenue
Philadelphia, PA 19111
Phone: 888-369-2427
Educational Background
- MD, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
Training
- Fellowship, Electrophysiology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA
- Fellowship, Cardiovascular Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA
- Residency, Internal Medicine, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
Certifications
- American Board of Internal Medicine - Cardiovascular Disease
- American Board of Internal Medicine - Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology
Memberships
- Fellow Liaison, Massachusetts Chapter, American Heart Association
- Residency Steering Committee, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
Honors & Awards
- Philadelphia Magazine Top Doctors, 2024
Research Interests
- Predicting response and identifying candidates for cardiac resynchronization therapy
- Antibiotic management surrounding CIEO Implantation
Selected Publications
Basil, A., Lubitz, S.A.. Noseworthy, P.A., Reynolds, M.R., Gold, H., Yassa, D., Kramer, D. (2017). Periprocedural Antibiotic Prophylaxis tor Cardiac Implantable Electrical Device Procedures: Results from a Heart Rhylhm Society Surgery. JACC EP. (In press).
Hamilton, R., Patel, S., Lee, E.B., Jackson, E.M., Lopinto, J., Arnold, S,E., Clark. C.M., Basil, A., Shaw, LM., Xie, S.X., Grady, M.S., Trojanowski, J.Q. (2010). Lack of shunt response in suspected idiopathic normal pressure hydrocephalus with Alzheimer disease pathology. Annals of Neurology. 68(4), 535-40.
Heuer, G.G., Stiefel, M.F., Nagpal, S., Basil, A., Smith, D., Zager, E.L (2008). Carotid Endarterectomy under Regional Anesthesia: A Primer for the Uninitiated. Neurosurgery Quarterly 18, 201-206.
Stiefel, M.F., Heuer, G.G., Basil, A.K., Welgele, J.B., Sutton, L.N., Hurst, R,W,, Storm, P.B. (2008), Endovascular and surglcal treatment of ruptured cerebral aneurysms In pediatric patients. Neurosurgery 63(5), 859-866.
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