Biography

Khaldoun Tarakji, MD, MPH, is a staff physician in the Section of Electrophysiology and Pacing in the Robert and Suzanne Tomsich Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Sydell and Arnold Miller Family Heart & Vascular Institute. Dr Tarakji also holds an academic appointment as an Assistant Professor of Medicine at the Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine. He is board-certified in Internal Medicine, Cardiovascular Medicine, Nuclear Cardiology and Clinical Electrophysiology. His specialty areas include catheter ablation for complex atrial and ventricular arrhythmias including pulmonary vein isolation for the treatment of atrial fibrillation. He also specializes in device therapy including implantation and extraction of pacemakers, defibrillators (ICDs), and biventricular pacemakers and defibrillators.

Dr. Tarakji has been at the Clevelnad Clinic since 2000. After completing his residency in Internal Medicine, he completed a fellowship in Cardiovascular Medicine, followed by a fellowship in Electrophysiology, all at the Cleveland Clinic. In his last year of his fellowship he served as Chief Fellow in Electrophysiology Fellowship Program. During his residency and fellowship he was the recipient of many awards including the Ohio ACC chapter fellows research award in 2006, the Cardiothoracic Annual Research award in 2006, the Cash Memorial Award for clinical research in 2007, and the Irving Dawson Award For Clinical Excellence in 2009 in the department of Cardiovascular Medicine at the Cleveland Clinic. In 2010 he received a Master's degree in Public Health from Cleveland State University.

Dr. Tarakji is principal investigator of many research studies focusing on management of atrial and ventricular arrhythmias, novel methods in monitoring patients with atrial fibrillation using smart phone technology, and device related infection and its management. He has authored and co-authored many articles in leading scientific journals including Circulation, Journal of American Medical Association (JAMA), Journal of the American College of Cardiology, and Heart Rhythm and has authored many book chapters in medical textbooks. He has been an invited speaker at many national meetings and educational symposia including the American College of Cardiology and Heart Rhythm Society Annual meetings. He has served as a reviewer for multiple medical journals including Pace and Europace.

Dr. Tarakji is a member of the the American College of Cardiology, a fellow of the Heart Rhythm Society and the Honor Society for Collegiate Schools of Business. In his Leisure time, Dr. Tarakji also enjoys photography, biking, and spending time with his wife and two daughters.