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Albert L. Waldo, MD, FACC is the Walter H. Pritchard Professor of Cardiology, Professor of Medicine, and Professor of Biomedical Engineering at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, OH. He is also Associate Chief of Cardiology for Academic Affairs at University Hospitals Case Medical Center. Dr. Waldo received his MD from the State University of New York College of Medicine and completed post-doctoral fellowships in cardiology and cardiac electrophysiology at Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center in New York City. He is a founding member and Past President of the North American Society of Pacing and Electrophysiology (NASPE), now called the Heart Rhythm Society (HRS), and has served as President of the Cardiac Electrophysiology Society. He is a fellow of the American College of Cardiology (Past President of the Ohio Chapter), the American College of Chest Physicians, the American Heart Association, the American College of Physicians, and HRS. He is a member of the American Society for Clinical Investigation, the Association of American Physicians, the Association of University Cardiologists, and the American Physiological Society, among others.
Dr. Waldo's research in the field of cardiac arrhythmias is well known. He has more than 600 publications and, in 1997, one of his articles ("Demonstration of the mechanism of transient entrainment of ventricular tachycardia with rapid atrial pacing" in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology) was selected by the ACC as one of 14 Historical Articles (influential articles previously published in ACC Journals) as part of the College's 50th Anniversary Commemoration. In 1997, he received the Distinguished Scientist Award from NASPE and, in 2009, he received the Distinguished Scientist Award (Translational Domain) from the ACC.
He has received The William Dock Master Teacher Award in Medicine from his Alma Mater, an Award for Achievements in Clinical and Experimental Cardiology from The Foundation Hartsvrienden RESCAR of The Netherlands, the Outstanding Achievement Award from the European Cardiac Arrhythmias Society, the Founders Lectureship Award from HRS, and the Michel Mirowski, MD Award of Excellence in the Field of Clinical Cardiology and Electrophysiology.
