This is the first in a series of short (less than 5minutes), educational videos designed for patients and their care providers to develop a thorough understanding of pacemakers. Lecture 1 The Basics of Heart Anatomy and Conduction System introduces the core concepts of heart function necessary to understand the role of pacemakers in the management of heart disease.
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Lecture 2: Reasons for Pacemaker Implantation
Lecture 3: What are Pacemakers and How Do They Work?
Lecture 4: Preoperative Workup and Evaluation
Lecture 5: Meeting the Implanting Physician
Lecture 6: The Implant Procedure
Lecture 7: Possible Complications of Pacemaker Implantation
Lecture 8: Post-operative Care of the Pacemaker Patient (The First Month)
Lecture 9: Long-Term Care and Follow-up of the Pacemaker Patient
Lecture 10: What are Pacemaker Device Recalls/Advisories/Alerts?
Dr. Williams obtained his undergraduate degree with a double major in Biomedical and Electrical Engineering at Vanderbilt University. He was then awarded a Keck Fellowship for graduate school at the University of Pittsburgh where he obtained his Master’s degree in Bioengineering.
Dr. Williams went on to obtain his medical degree at Drexel University in Philadelphia and completed 5 years of Fellowship training in both Cardiovascular Diseases and Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center.
His unique background and extensive knowledge of both engineering and cardiology have earned Dr. Williams many accolades in both clinical and academic settings. He’s published over 20 manuscripts and abstracts in the field of cardiology/electrophysiology and has received awards from both the American College of Cardiology Foundation and the National Institutes of Health.
Dr. Williams started in the Invasive Electrophysiology Laboratory at The Good Samaritan Hospital in 2008 and the Heart Rhythm Center published outcomes on pacemaker and defibrillator implantations as well as the safety and efficacy of high frequency jet ventilation during EP studies with ablation under his direction. He is Chair of the Quality Committee at the Florida Chapter of the American College of Cardiology.
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