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George F. Van Hare, M.D.

Director, The David Goldring Division of Pediatric Cardiology
Louis Larrick Ward Professor of Pediatrics
Director, Pediatric Arrhythmia Service at St. Louis Children's Hospital

Cardiology

Clinical interests: Heart rhythm disorders in children, and in adults with congenital heart disease; radiofrequency catheter ablation and cryoablation; pacemaker and implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD) implantation and follow-up.

Research interests: Multicenter clinical research in pediatric heart rhythm disorders; biology of atrioventricular node reentry; mapping and ablation of post-operative atrial and ventricular tachycardia.

George F. Van Hare, M.D.

Director, The David Goldring Division of Pediatric Cardiology
Louis Larrick Ward Professor of Pediatrics
Director, Pediatric Arrhythmia Service at St. Louis Children's Hospital

Cardiology

Clinical interests: Heart rhythm disorders in children, and in adults with congenital heart disease; radiofrequency catheter ablation and cryoablation; pacemaker and implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD) implantation and follow-up.

Research interests: Multicenter clinical research in pediatric heart rhythm disorders; biology of atrioventricular node reentry; mapping and ablation of post-operative atrial and ventricular tachycardia.

Education

1973-1976 Bates College, Lewiston, Maine: B.S. Chemistry, 1980
1976-1980 University of Connecticut School of Medicine, Farmington, CT: M.D. 1980

1973-1976 Bates College, Lewiston, Maine: B.S. Chemistry, 1980
1976-1980 University of Connecticut School of Medicine, Farmington, CT: M.D. 1980

Training

1980-83 Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH Resident in Pediatrics
1983-84 Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH Chief Resident in Pediatrics
1984-86 Cleveland Metropolitan General Hospital, Cleveland, OH Fellow in General Academic Pediatrics
1986-89 University of California San Francisco Fellow Pediatric Cardiology
1988 University of California San Francisco, Fellow in Adult Electrophysiology
1989 Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX Visiting Fellow in Pediatric Electrophysiology
 

1980-83 Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH Resident in Pediatrics
1983-84 Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH Chief Resident in Pediatrics
1984-86 Cleveland Metropolitan General Hospital, Cleveland, OH Fellow in General Academic Pediatrics
1986-89 University of California San Francisco Fellow Pediatric Cardiology
1988 University of California San Francisco, Fellow in Adult Electrophysiology
1989 Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX Visiting Fellow in Pediatric Electrophysiology
 

Licensure and Board Certification

Licensed in California, Hawaii and Missouri
Board Certifications and Qualifications:
1984 Pediatrics
1986 Pediatric Cardiology
2006 International Board of Heart Rhythm Examiners, Certified Cardiac Device Specialist –Physician

Licensed in California, Hawaii and Missouri
Board Certifications and Qualifications:
1984 Pediatrics
1986 Pediatric Cardiology
2006 International Board of Heart Rhythm Examiners, Certified Cardiac Device Specialist –Physician

Honors

Fellow, American College of Cardiology
Fellow, American Academy of Pediatrics
Fellow, Heart Rhythm Society
Society for Pediatric Research
American Pediatric Society
Immediate Past President, Pediatric and Congenital Electrophysiology Society

Fellow, American College of Cardiology
Fellow, American Academy of Pediatrics
Fellow, Heart Rhythm Society
Society for Pediatric Research
American Pediatric Society
Immediate Past President, Pediatric and Congenital Electrophysiology Society

Selected Publications

Van Hare GF, Javitz H, Carmelli D, Saul JP, Tanel RE, Fischbach PS, Kanter RJ, Schaffer M. Prospective Assessment After Pediatric Cardiac Ablation-Demographics, Medical Profiles, and Initial Outcomes. J Cardiovasc Electrophys 2004; 15: 759-770.

Van Hare GF, Javitz H, Carmelli D, Saul JP, Tanel RE, Fischbach PS, Kanter RJ, Schaffer M. Prospective assessment after pediatric cardiac ablation: Recurrence at 1 year after initially successful ablation of supraventricular tachycardia. Heart Rhythm 2004; 1: 188-196.

Collins KK, Rhee EK, Kirsh JA, Cannnon BC, Fish FA, Dubin AM, Van Hare GF. Cryoablation of accessory pathways in the coronary sinus in young patients: A multicenter study from the Pediatric and Congenital Electrophysiology Society's Working Group on Cryoablation. J Cardiovasc Electrophysiol 2007;18: 592-7.

Van Hare GF, Colan SD, Javitz H, Carmelli D, Knilans T, Schaffer M, Kugler J, Byrum CJ, Saul JP and Participating Members of the Pediatric Electrophysiology Society. Prospective assessment after pediatric cardiac ablation: Fate of intracardiac structure and function, as assessed by serial echocardiography. Am Heart J 2007;153: 815-820.

Van Hare GF, Perry J, Berul CI, Triedman JK. Cost effectiveness of neonatal ECG screening for the long QT syndrome. European Heart Journal 2006; doi: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehl414

 

Complete list of publications via Pubmed search

Van Hare GF, Javitz H, Carmelli D, Saul JP, Tanel RE, Fischbach PS, Kanter RJ, Schaffer M. Prospective Assessment After Pediatric Cardiac Ablation-Demographics, Medical Profiles, and Initial Outcomes. J Cardiovasc Electrophys 2004; 15: 759-770.

Van Hare GF, Javitz H, Carmelli D, Saul JP, Tanel RE, Fischbach PS, Kanter RJ, Schaffer M. Prospective assessment after pediatric cardiac ablation: Recurrence at 1 year after initially successful ablation of supraventricular tachycardia. Heart Rhythm 2004; 1: 188-196.

Collins KK, Rhee EK, Kirsh JA, Cannnon BC, Fish FA, Dubin AM, Van Hare GF. Cryoablation of accessory pathways in the coronary sinus in young patients: A multicenter study from the Pediatric and Congenital Electrophysiology Society's Working Group on Cryoablation. J Cardiovasc Electrophysiol 2007;18: 592-7.

Van Hare GF, Colan SD, Javitz H, Carmelli D, Knilans T, Schaffer M, Kugler J, Byrum CJ, Saul JP and Participating Members of the Pediatric Electrophysiology Society. Prospective assessment after pediatric cardiac ablation: Fate of intracardiac structure and function, as assessed by serial echocardiography. Am Heart J 2007;153: 815-820.

Van Hare GF, Perry J, Berul CI, Triedman JK. Cost effectiveness of neonatal ECG screening for the long QT syndrome. European Heart Journal 2006; doi: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehl414

 

Complete list of publications via Pubmed search

 
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