Department of Internal Medicine
Cardiovascular Medicine Faculty
Brian Olshansky, M.D.
Professor
Dr. Olshansky's research is in cardiac electrophysiology. Current projects include study of the mechanism of tachycardias, autonomic control of arrhythmias and novel pharmacological and non-pharmacological approaches to arrhythmias.
Clinical projects include:
- New lead technology and new technology for pacemakers and implantable defibrillators
- Device therapy for congestive heart failure
- New mapping technologies to assess arrhythmia mechanisms.
- Etiologies and treatment of syncope.
- Rate control approaches to atrial fibrillation
- Approaches to cost effective arrhythmia management
- Clinical studies in atrial arrhythmias: mechanisms, methods of termination, influence of drugs, need for anticoagulation, benefit of pacing, defibrillation, ablation
- Investigations of new implantable defibrillator systems
- Omega-3 fatty acids in patients with coronary disease
- Arrhythmias in the athlete
- Complementary and alternative medicine in cardiology
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Medical School:
University of Arizona
Residency:
Bellevue and New York
University Hospitals
Fellowship:
The University of Iowa |
Honors, Awards, and Organizations
- Member, American Heart Association
- Member of Central Society for Clinical Research
- Fellow of the American College of Cardiology
- Fellow of the American College of Medicine
- Member of NASPE and the Education Committee
- Who's Who in America-National Registry
- Member of Editorial Board-Journal of the American College of Cardiology, 1996-2000
- Member of Editorial Board for American Heart Journal, 1996-
- Member of Editorial Board for Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology, 1999-
- Member of Editorial Board of The American Journal of Medicine & Sports, 1999-
- Member of Editorial Board of PACE-Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology, 1999-
- Managing Editor, eMedicine.com for Cardiac Arrhythmias, 2000-
- Guest Editor, Disease Management and Clinical Outcomes special issue about Complementary and Alternative Medicine, 2002
- NIH Study Section: National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine, Small Business for 4 years
- Manuscript Reviewer-American Journal of Cardiology, American Journal of Medicine, American Journal of Medical Sciences, Journal of Invasive Cardiac Electrophysiology, American Journal of Physiology, Circulation, American Heart Journal, Journal of the American College of Cardiology, Chest, PACE, Circulation Research, Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation, Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology, Journal of Electrophysiology, Journal of Electrocardiology, Archives of Internal Medicine, Journal of Cardiovascular Research, New England Journal of Medicine, 1981-present
- Fellowship Training Director, Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology
- Best Doctors in America, 2002 and 2003
- Above & Beyond The Call of Duty Award, University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, 2002
- Physician Recognition Award, American Medical Association, 2003
- Member of Editorial Board, Journal of the American College of Cardiology, 7/1/2003 - 6/30/2005.
- Section Editor, Current Cardiology Reports: Antiarrhythmic Drugs Vols. 4, 5, 6, 2003.
- NASPE Education Committee member, WEB Content Subcommittee member, 2003-2004
- Member, Editorial Board, Journal of Geriatric Cardiology Beijing, 2004.
Recent Publications
- Olshansky B, Rosenfeld L, Warner A, Solomon A, O'Neill G, Sharma A, Platia E, Feld G, Akiyama T, Brodsky M, Greene HL and AFFIRM Investigators: The AFFIRM Study: Approaches to Control Rate in Atrial Fibrillation. J Am Coll Cardiol 43:1201-1208, 2004.
- Nerheim P, Birger-Botkin S, Piracha L, Olshansky B: Heart Failure and Sudden Death in Patients with Tachycardia-induced Cardiomyopathy and Recurrent Tachycardia. Circulation 110:247-252, 2004.
- Guo H, Nerheim P, Olshansky B: Irregular Atrial Activation During Atrioventricular Nodal Reentrant Tachycardia: Evidence of an Upper Common Pathway. J Cardiovasc Electrophysiol 14:309-313, 2003.
- Click here for additional publications.
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