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Meet the Heart Doctor: Cardiology

Ali Massumi, MD Director, Center for Cardiac Arrhythmias and Electrophysiology, THI 6624 Fannin, Suite 2480 Houston, TX 77030 713-529-5530;  FAX 713-791-1786

Hospital affiliation:
St. Luke's Episcopal Hospital.

Academic appointment:
Clinical Professor of Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine.

Medical school:
Tehran University; Baylor College of Medicine.

Specialty training:
Millard Fillmore Hospital (Buffalo, NY); St. Luke's Episcopal Hospital; Duke University; Baylor College of Medicine.

Certification:
American Board of Internal Medicine (Cardiovascular Disease, Cardiac Electrophysiology).

Specialty interests:
Arrhythmia diagnosis and management, radiofrequency catheter ablation, internal defibrillators and pacemakers, interventional cardiology, mitral valvuloplasty (balloon).

Professional Philosophy and Interests:
Dr. Massumi is an interventional cardiologist and electrophysiologist specializing in cardiac rhythm disorders, radiofrequency catheter ablation of cardiac arrhythmias, defibrillators, pacemakers, coronary interventions, and mitral valve balloon valvuloplasty. 

His titles include Director of the Center for Cardiac Arrhythmias and  Electrophysiology, St. Luke's Episcopal Hospital; Clinical Professor of Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine; and Program Director, Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology, St. Luke's Episcopal Hospital.

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Updated December 2010