Andrea Natale, MD

  • Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology
  • Cardiovascular Disease
Andrea Natale, MD
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Scripps Clinic John R. Anderson V Medical Pavilion
9898 Genesee Ave
La Jolla, CA 92037
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Expertise

Cardiovascular DiseaseClinical Cardiac Electrophysiology

Hospital Affiliations

Languages

  • Italian
  • English

Biography

Andrea Natale, MD, is a world recognized leader in the field of electrophysiology who specializes in the use of percutaneous catheter ablation to treat complex atrial fibrillation. He pioneered a circumferential ultrasound vein-ablation system used to correct atrial fibrillation, performing the world’s first five procedures. He was the nation’s first electrophysiologist to perform percutaneous epicardial radiofrequency ablation, a treatment for patients who fail conventional ablation.


Dr. Natale was the head of cardiovascular physiopathology at the Italian Air Force’s Aerospace Research Centre and served as director of the electrophysiology laboratory at Duke University and director of the electrophysiology program at the University of Kentucky, Lexington. He also headed the cardiac electrophysiology section at Cleveland Clinic in Cleveland, Ohio.


Dr. Natale’s greatest professional reward is restoring his patient’s lives free of cardiac arrhythmias. In his spare time he enjoys skiing and playing tennis. Dr. Natale also speaks Italian.

Medical Education

Universita Degli Studi Di Firenze, MD, 1985

Internships

Universita Degli Studi Di Firenze, Internal Medicine, 1986

Residencies

Universita Catholica Del Sacro Cuere, Cardiovascular Disease, 1989

Fellowships

University of Wisconsin, Electrophysiology, 1993University of Western Ontario, Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology, 1992University of Western Ontario, Cardiovascular Disease, 1990

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