Timothy Wm. Smith, DPhil, MD, FACC, FHRS

Associate Professor of Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, Cardiac Electrophysiologist, Barnes-Jewish Hospital, St. Louis, MO

Contact Information:
Washington University School of Medicine
Cardiovascular Division, Campus Box 8086

Education and Training:
1986 BS, Biology, Duke University
1989 D.Phil., Physiology, University of Oxford
1993 M.D., Duke University School of Medicine
1993-1994 Intership/Residency, Internal Medicine, Beth Israel Hospital/Harvard Medical School
1995-2001 Fellowship, Cardiovascular Diseases and Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center/Harvard Medical School
1999-2001 Assistant Professor of Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine, Cardiac Electrophysiologist, Boston Medical Center
2001-2006 Assistant Professor of Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine Cardiac Electrophysiologist, Barnes Jewish Hospital
2006- Present Associate Professor of Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, Cardiac Electrophysiologist, Barnes Jewish Hospital

Honors and Awards:
Overseas Research Scholarship, University of Oxford
Eugene Stead Scholarship, Duke University School of Medicine
American Heart Association Medical Student Research Fellowship

Clinical Expertise:
Cardiac Electrophysiology
Electrocardiogram interpretation
Bradyarrhythmias, including pacemaker implantation and management
Supraventricular tachyarrhythmias, evaluation and management, including catheter procedures for diagnosis (electrophysiology study) and therapy (ablation). 
Ventricular tachyarrhythmias and sudden cardiac death, including risk stratification, pharmacologic therapy.
Implantable Defibrillator (ICD) implantation and management.
Catheter procedures for diagnosis (electrophysiology study) and therapy (ablation).
Atrial fibrillation, evaluation and management, including both pharmacologic and nonpharmacologic therapy.
Cardiac Resynchronization for congestive heart failure. 
Implantation and management of cardiac resynchronization pacemakers/defibrillators

Research Interests: 
Cardiac cellular and tissue electrophysiology and mechanism of arrhythmias.
Treatment of arrhythmias, including pharmacologic therapy, ablation therapy, and implantable device therapy.
Device implantation techniques.
Prevention of Sudden Cardiac Death.

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