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Dr. Andrea Natale
Executive Medical Director, Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine
Texas Cardiac Arrhythmia Institute at St. David's Medical Center
Austin, Texas, USA

Biography

Prior to his appointment as Executive Medical Director at TCAI, Dr. Natale was Section Head for the Cleveland Clinic's Department of Cardiac Pacing and Electrophysiology and Medical Director of the Atrial Fibrillation Center.

A renowned academician, esteemed mentor, sought after lecturer and highly prolific author, he pioneered a circumferential ultrasound vein-ablation system to correct atrial fibrillation, performing the procedure on the world's first five patients. He developed some of the current catheter-based cures for atrial fibrillation, and was the first cardiac electrophysiologist in the nation to perform percutaneous epicardial radiofrequency ablation. Board certified, has received many recognitions, among which "Best Doctor in America" since 2003.