Department of Medicine

Cardiovascular Medicine Faculty

Thomas Burkart attended Kalamazoo College as an undergraduate and received his medical training at the Wayne State University School of Medicine in Detroit, Michigan. He completed his internship and residency at the University of Florida. He then completed a fellowship in cardiovascular diseases and an additional year in clinical electrophysiology at the University of Florida. Dr. Burkart practiced electrophysiology at The Heart and Vascular Institute in Clearwater Florida prior to accepting his current position at the University. His present interests are device therapies for heart failure and catheter ablation of arrhythmias.

Training:

Academic Interests:

Dr. Burkart is the Principal Investigator and Co-PI for several implantable device trials and drug trials for the diagnosis and management of cardiac arrhythmias and syncope. He is a clinical instructor for the Adult cardiology and Electrophysiology training programs at the College of Medicine and is an active member of the American College of Cardiology and the Heart Rhythm Society.

Clinical Interests:

Electrophysiology; Arrhythmia and heart failure device implantation; Intracardiac catheter therapy for the treatment of cardiac arrhythmias.

Representative Publications:

1. Burkart TA, Conti JB. Arrhythmias in the pregnant patient: evaluation and management. ACC Current Journal Review, 1999;8(3)41-44.
2. Burkart TA, Curtis AB. Atrial fibrillation: Current and future strategies for management. J Cardiovasc Pharmacol Therapeut, 2000;5:151-160.
3. Associate Editor/Contributor. Cardiac arrhythmias and electrophysiology self-assessment program (Arrhythmia SAP). ACC Foundation, 2005 educational product. CD-ROM/Print/Online.
4. Burkart TA, Scozzaro MJ, Angella FR, Jayaram KN, Gonzalez MD, Conti JB, Curtis AB. Use of adenosine as a diagnostic tool for dual atrioventricular nodal pathways: response of control patients to incremental doses of adenosine. PACE, 2000;23:670.