Elaine Wan, MD, FACC, FAHA, FHRS
Esther Aboodi Assistant Professor of Cardiology (in Medicine)
Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiology
Elaine Wan, MD, FACC, FAHA, FHRS
Elaine Wan, MD, FACC, FAHA, FHRS, is the Esther Aboodi Associate Professor of Medicine in Cardiology and Cardiac Electrophysiology at Columbia University Medical Center, College of Physicians and Surgeons and attending physician at New York-Presbyterian Hospital. She is trained in Internal Medicine, Clinical Cardiology and is an invasive cardiac electrophysiologist. She performs implantation of cardiac devices including pacemaker and defibrillators, as well as ablation of arrhythmias.
Dr. Wan is a physician-scientist and focuses on development of novel treatments for heart failure and vascular dysfunction. She is a translational researcher also interested in development of innovative imaging modalities to improve ablation delivery. Dr. Wan is a graduate of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
She received her MD from Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons and completed her fellowship in Cardiovascular Diseases and Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology at New York-Presbyterian/Columbia.
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Dr. Wan is interested in the vascular and electrophysiological changes that occur in heart failure and in atrial fibrillation. She conducts clinical research with heart failure patients and also uses murine models of heart failure and atrial fibrillation to elucidate ion channel abnormalities in the vasculature and the heart. Dr. Wan is developing innovative therapies and strategies to treat heart failure and atrial fibrillation.
Dr. Wan is the recipient of the 2016 American College of Cardiology Young Investigator Award in Molecular and Cellular Cardiology (Chicago, IL), 2016 Cardiostim Best Young EP Presentation Award (Nice, France), 2013 Irving Institute Clinical Trials Office Pilot Grant to study vascular dysfunction in patients with heart failure. She was the 2010 President of the American Heart Association Fellows Society of Greater New York. She was also the recipient of the 2008 American Heart Association Women in Clinical Excellence Award.
Education & Training
Undergraduate:1997-2001, Biology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Medical School: 2001-2005, Doctor of Medicine, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons
Internship: 2005-2006, Internal Medicine, Columbia University Medical Center-NY Presbyterian Hospital
Residency: 2006-2008, Internal Medicine, Columbia University Medical Center-NY Presbyterian Hospital
Post-Graduate: 2008-2013, Cardiology and Cardiac Electrophysiology, Columbia University Medical Center-NY Presbyterian Hospital
Board Certifications
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ABIM Internal Medicine
ABIM Cardiovascular Disease
ABIM Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology
National Board of Echocardiography
Clinical Interests
Clinical cardiac electrophysiology including catheter ablation procedures and cardiac implantable devices.
Electrophysiological and vascular changes due to heart failure
Management of atrial fibrillation and ventricular arrhythmias
Cardiovascular disease and arrhythmias in women
Research Interests
Role of vascular ion channels in heart failure.
Endothelial dysfunction due to electrophysiological changes in heart failure.
Biophysics of ablation and novel imaging modalities to improve clinical delivery of ablation lesions
Cardiovascular disease and arrhythmias in women.
Mentor(s)
Dr. Steven Marx
Professor of Medicine
Cardiovascular Fellowship Director
Columbia University Medical Center - NY Presbyterian
Dr. Hasan Garan
Professor of Medicine
Chief, Cardiac Electrophysiology
Division of Cardiology,
Columbia University Medical Center - NY Presbyterian
Area of Expertise
Cardiac Electrophysiology
Electrophysiology-Arrhythmias
Heart Disease and Women
Holter Monitor
Atrial fibrillation
Implant Cardiac Defibrillator
Tachycardia
Diagnostic Electrophysiology Study
Arrhythmia Management
Cardiac Resynchronization
Cardioversion