Jeffrey Smietana, MD

Jeffrey Smietana, MD

Assistant Professor, Medicine, Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University

Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine, Section of Cardiology, Fox Chase Cancer Center

Specialties

  • Electrophysiology

Treatment Focus

Cardiac Electrophysiology
 
Clinical Interests
  • Arrhythmia diagnosis, management and treatment
  • Atrial fibrillation and atrial flutter
  • Catheter ablation
  • Cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT)
  • Cardioversions
  • Conduction system pacing
  • Electrophysiology testing
  • Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
  • Intracardiac echocardiography (ICE)
  • Implantable cardiac defibrillator (ICD) implantation and management
  • Implantable rhythm monitor
  • Inappropriate sinus tachycardia (IST)
  • Laser lead extraction
  • Left atrial appendage occlusion (Watchman)
  • Pacemaker implantation and management
  • Palpitations
  • Postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome (POTS)
  • PVC ablation
  • Radiofrequency ablation
  • Rhythm monitoring and arrhythmia detection
  • Syncope (fainting)
  • Supraventricular tachycardia (SVT)
  • Sudden cardiac death
  • Ventricular tachycardia
  • Wolff-Parkinson-White Syndrome
  • Voltage mapping

Clinical Locations

  • Temple Heart & Vascular Institute
    3509 N. Broad St.
    Boyer Pavilion, 4th Floor
    Philadelphia, PA 19140
    Phone: 800-836-7536
  • Temple Cardiology at Jeanes Campus
    7600 Central Avenue
    Heart & Surgery Center, Suite 100
    Philadelphia, PA 19111
    Phone: 800-836-7536
  • Fox Chase Cancer Center
    333 Cottman Avenue
    Philadelphia, PA 19111
    Phone: 888-369-2427

Educational Background

  • MD, Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, LA
Training
  • Fellowship, Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
  • Fellowship, Cardiovascular Disease, Mount Sinai Hospital, New York, NY
  • Residency, Medicine, Mount Sinai Hospital, New York, NY

Certifications

  • American Board of Internal Medicine - Internal Medicine
  • American Board of Internal Medicine - Cardiovascular Disease
  • American Board of Internal Medicine - Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology

Memberships

  • American College of Cardiology
  • Heart Rhythm Society

Honors & Awards

  • Humanism in Medicine Award, Arnold P. Gold Foundation

Selected Publications

Digital Bibliography

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