BehzadB.PavriMD, FACC, FHRS

Cardiology • Philadelphia, PA

Cardiac Electrophysiology

Professor of Medicine, CCEP Fellowship Program Director, Thomas Jefferson University Hospital

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Office
925 Chestnut Street
Mezzanine Floor
Philadelphia, PA 19107
Phone+1 215-955-5050

Fax+1 215-955-7499

Education & Training

Massachusetts General HospitalFellowship, Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology, 1993 - 1994
New York Presbyterian Hospital (Columbia Campus)Fellowship, Cardiovascular Disease, 1990 - 1993
Harlem Hospital CenterResidency, Internal Medicine, 1987 - 1990
Seth G.S. Medical CollegeClass of 1986
University of Bombay; Seth G.S. Medical CollegeM.B.B.S., 1980 - 1984

Certifications & Licensure

PA State Medical License 1994 - 2026
NY State Medical License 1991 - 1994
American Board of Internal Medicine Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

Regional Top Doctor Castle Connolly, 2009-2023
Outstanding EP Teacher Award 2008, 2016
Elected as Honorary Member, Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society, Alpha Chapter of Pennsylvania at Jefferson Medical College, 2013
CMS Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification Allscripts Enterprise EHR, Allscripts, 2012-2013
Red Medicine Teaching award 2011
Dean’s Award for Excellence in Education Jefferson Medical College, 2010
Nominated for Parker J Palmer “Courage to Teach” Award – Finalist ACGME, 2003
Outstanding Teacher of the Year Award Thomas Jefferson University, Cardiovascular Division, 2002
Nominated for Leonard Berwick Teaching Award 2000
Donna K. McCurdy Housestaff Teaching Award voted by Department of Medicine house staff, 1999
Outstanding Teacher Award University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, 1998
Nominated for Robert Dunning Dripps Award for Excellence in Graduate in Medical Education 1996
Merck Faculty Distinguished Teaching Award 1995
Best Teaching Senior Resident Award 1990
Distinction in Preventive and Social Medicine 1985
Fellow (FACC) American College of Cardiology
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Publications & Presentations

PubMed

To the Editor- Alternate interpretation of left bundle branch potential.
Behzad B Pavri
Heart Rhythm. 2024-04-01
1 citations
Ablation Versus Antiarrhythmic Drugs as First-Line Therapy for Treatment-Naive Atrial Fibrillation: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.
Waqas Ullah, Drew Johnson, Abhinav S Nair, Sean J Dikdan, Eitan Frankel
The American Journal of Cardiology. 2024-02-15
Single operator experience, learning curve, outcomes, and insights gained with conduction system pacing.
William Marion, John D Schanz Jr, Sonali Patel, Michael Lawrenz Co, Behzad B Pavri
Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology. 2024-02-01

Journal Articles

Pavri BB, Greenberg HE, Kraft WK, Lazarus N, Lynch JJ, Salata JJ, Bilodeau MT, Regan CP, Stump G, Fan L, Mehta A, Wagner JA, Gutstein DE, Bloomfield D, Circ Arrhythm Electrophysiol, 10/1/2012
Ho RT, Pavri BB, Heart Rhythm, 3/1/2012
Pavri BB, Lokhandwala Y, Kulkarni GV, Shah M, Kantharia BK, Mascarenhas DAN, Ann Intern Med, 1/1/2012
Rodriguez MA, Helms E, Pharm D candidate; Shubert J, Pharm D, RN,BCPS, Pavri BB, J Clin Pharm., 1/1/2011
Mehrotra S, Juneja R, Naik N, Pavri BB, J Cardiovasc Electrophysiol, 1/1/2011
Contractor T, Panicker GK, Pavri BB, Lokhandwala Y, J Clinic & Experiment Cardiol, 1/1/2011
Greenspon AJ, Patel JD, Lau E, Ochoa J, Frisch D, Ho RT, Pavri BB, Kurtz S, J Am Coll Cardiol, 1/1/2011
Pavri BB, Roussillon K, Hsu J, McBride J, Heart Rhythm, 8/1/2010
Pavri BB, Circulation, 1/1/2010
Kurtz SM, Ochoa J, Lau E, Shkolnikov Y, Pavri BB, Frisch D, Greenspon AJ, PACE, 1/1/2010
Whellan DJ, Ousdigian KT, Al-Khatib SM, Pu W, Sarkar S, Porter CB, Pavri BB, O’Connor CM, J Am Coll Cardiol, 1/1/2010
Pavri BB, Circulation, 1/1/2010
Patel U and Pavri BB, Cardiology in Review, 11/1/2009
Pavri BB, Am Heart J, 7/1/2009
Willibaldo O, Patel U, Pavri BB, Lokhandwala Y, PACE, 1/1/2009
Pavri BB, PACE, 1/1/2009
Pavri BB, Am Heart J, 8/1/2008
Pavri BB, PARTNERS HF, Am Heart J, 1/1/2008
Circulation, 1/1/2008
Marhefka GD, Pavri BB, J Cardiovasc Electrophysiol, 1/1/2008
Ho RT, Mark GE, Rhim ES, Pavri BB, Greenspon AJ, Heart Rhythm, 1/1/2008
Ho RT, Rhim ES, Pavri BB, Greenspon AJ, J Cardiovasc Electrophysiol, 1/1/2007
Mark GE, Rhim ES, Feldman AM, Pavri BB, CHF, 1/1/2007
Pavri BB, The DROMOS DR Investigator Group., PACE, 1/1/2006
Pavri BB, Heart Rhythm, 1/1/2006
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Books/Book Chapters

A Handbook of Syncope: A Concise Clinical Approach
Pavri BBJaypee Brothers, PhiladelphiaEdition 1st,2013
Chapter: Ablation in the Left Atrium: The Role of Pre-Ablation CTA Imaging
Pavri BBEditors: Halpern E.ThiemeEdition 2nd ,2011
Chapter: Bradyarrhythmias
Pavri BB, Koka, AEditors: Mather P..Jones and Bartlett Learning2011
Chapter: Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy
Pavri BB, Feldman AMEditors: A. Feldman.Blackwell Publishing Limited2010
Chapter: Use of Devices with both cardiac resynchronization and cardioverter-defibrillator capabilities
Feldman AM, Ho RT and Pavri BBEditors: St. John Sutton M, Bax JJ, Jessup M, Schalij MJ.Informa Healthcare, UK2007
Chapter: Antiarrhythmic drugs during implantable cardioverter defibrillator followup: Drug selection and potential adverse interactions, Chapter 29
Page 177 - 182Marchlinski FE, Hsia H, Rosso A, Callans D, Verdino R, Kocovic D, Pavri BB, Zado E, Patel V, Ashar M, Toluie K, Dixit S, Rho R, Dias DEditors: Santini M.CEPI – AIM Group, Rome, Italy2000
Chapter: Post-operative Management of the ICD Patient
Pavri BB, Reiffel, J.A.Editors: Spotnitz H..R. G. Landis, Austin, TX1993
Chapter: Management of Patients with Hemodynamically Stable Ventricular Tachycardia in the Setting of Structural Heart Disease
Pavri BB, Levi SEditors: A. E. Borger van der Burg.
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Abstracts/Posters

Simlote P, Shah RR, Pavri BB, 18th World Congress on Heart Disease, International Academy of Cardiology. Vancouver BC, Canada, 7/1/2013
Greenspon AJ, Patel JD, Lau E, Ochoa JA, Frisch DR, Ho RT, Pavri BB, Kurtz SM, Heart Rhythm, Denver, Colorado, 1/1/2013
Varma N, Michalski J, Pavri BB, Heart Rhythm, For the TRUST Investigators. Denver, Colorado, 1/1/2013
Patel JD, Kurtz S, Lau E, Ochoa J, Pavri BB, Ho RT, Frisch DR, Greenspon AJ, Heart Rhythm, Denver, Colorado, 1/1/2013
Okabe T, Chandra A, Natan SR, Adams S, Sendecki JA, McCarey MM, Ho RT, Pavri, BB, Greenspon AG, Frisch DR, Presented at the ACC Mid-Atlantic conference, 11/1/2012
Chhabra SK, Greenspon AJ, Pavri BB, Frisch DR, Ho RT, Heart Rhythm, 5/1/2012
Yin A, Ho RT, Frisch D, Greenspon AJ, Pavri BB, The Journal of Heart Diseases, 1/1/2012
Yin A, Ho RT, Frisch D, Greenspon AJ, Pavri BB, International Society of Cardiology Meetings 2012, Vancouver, 1/1/2012
Pavri BB, Holcomb R, Gleva M, Chung M, Mela T, UslanD, Gottipaty V, Shinn T, Borge R, Mitchell K, Poole JE, Euro Soc Cardiol meetings, Paris, 7/1/2011
Varma N, Pavri BB, Michalski J, Stambler B, For the TRUST Investigators. Euro Soc Cardiol meetings, Paris, 7/1/2011
Varma N, Pavri BB, Michalski J, Stambler B, For the TRUST Investigators. Euro Soc Cardiol meetings, Paris, 7/1/2011
Varma N, Pavri BB, Michalski J, Stambler B, For the TRUST Investigators. Europace Meetings, Madrid, 6/1/2011
Varma N, Pavri BB, Michalski J, Stambler B, For the TRUST Investigators. Europace Meetings, Madrid, 6/1/2011
Hanzlik J, Patel J, Kurtz S, Pavri BB, Greenspon AJ, Ochoa J, Bioengineering Conference (NEBEC), 2011 IEEE 37th Annual Northeast, 4/1/2011
Stopper M, Li J, Beshai J, Pavri BB, Circulation, 1/1/2011
Hanzlik J, Patel J, Ochoa J, Pavri BB, Greenspon AJ, Kurtz S, Biomedical Engineering Society Annual Meeting, Hartford, CT, 1/1/2011
Stopper M, Li J, Beshai J, Pavri BB, 1/1/2011
Parwani P, Frisch D, Pavri BB, International Society of Cardiology Meetings 2010, Vancouver., 1/1/2010
Ortman M, Mark G, Rhim E, Patel U, Ojeda W, Greenspon AJ, Ho RT, Frisch D, Pavri BB, Society of Cardiology Meetings 2010, Vancouver., 1/1/2010
Pavri BB, Kulkarni G, Lokhandwala Y, Kantharia BK, Mascarenhas D, Circ, 1/1/2010
Pavri BB, Ho RT, Lau E, Zhao K, Kurtz SM, Heart Rhythm, 1/1/2009
Kumar S, Chabbra S, Pavri BB, Heart Rhythm, 1/1/2009
Natan SR, Dasgupta A, Adams S, Diamond M, Pavri BB, Greenspon AJ, Whellan DJ, Presented at ACC 2009., 1/1/2009
Natan SR, Habib M, Athappan G, Immordino L, Pavri BB, Whellan DJ, Orlov M, Presented at ACC 2009., 1/1/2009
Hillis MB, Natan SR, Popescu A, Frisch DR, Greenspon AJ, Pavri BB, Heart Rhythm, 1/1/2008
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Lectures

Organized by Jefferson Medical Students for area High School students - 1/1/2013
Meet the Experts Luncheon , Heart Rhythm Society 2013 meetings (Denver, CO) - 1/1/2013
Core Curriculum , Heart Rhythm Society 2013 meetings (Denver, CO) - 1/1/2013
Mini Board Review – Preparing for the EP IBHRE Exam , Heart Rhythm Society 2013 meetings (Denver, CO - 1/1/2013
Cardiology Grand Rounds, TJUH - 1/1/2013
Family Medicine Grand Rounds, TJUH - 1/1/2013
Indian College of Cardiology meetings, Trivandrum, India - 1/1/2013
Heart Rhythm Society 2012 meetings, Boston - 1/1/2012
I-HRS, Hyderabad, India - 1/1/2012
Mid-Atlantic Fellows Conference, Washington, DC - 1/1/2012
Camden, NJ - 1/1/2012
For Industry Field Representatives, Austin, TX - 1/1/2012
Philadelphia Cardiology Fellows Program - 1/1/2012
Organized by Jefferson Medical Students for area High School students - 1/1/2012
Mid-Atlantic Fellows Conference, Baltimore, MD - 1/1/2012
Teleconference in Hyderabad, India - 1/1/2011
Crozer-Chester Hospital, Department of Medicine Grand Rounds - 1/1/2011
Paoli Hospital, Department of Medicine Grand Rounds - 1/1/2011
Thomas Jefferson University, Department of Medicine Noon Resident Conference - 1/1/2011
ACC 2011 , New Orleans - 1/1/2011
Heart Rhythm Society 2011 meetings, San Francisco - 1/1/2011
Philadelphia Cardiology Fellows Program - 1/1/2011
Thomas Jefferson Medical School (systems Review) for 1st Year Medical 2011 Students - 1/1/2010
Invited as Keynote Speaker and Co-Chairman for ISECON 2010, Mumbai, India - 1/1/2010
Jefferson Alumni Reunion Atrial Fibrillation Symposium - 1/1/2010
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Other

Varma N, Pavri BB, Stambler B, Michalski J
Europace doi:10.1093/europace/eus410
Ho RT, Frisch DR, Pavri BB, Levi SA, Greenspon AJ
doi: 10.1161/CIRCEP.113.000187

Authored Content

Ethical Issues in Cardiovascular Medicine edited by David M. Zientek, Mark J. CherryNovember 2021
Behavior of the PR interval with increasing heart rate in patients with COVID-19September 2020
Handbook of Syncope: A Concise, Clinical ApproachMarch 2014

Press Mentions

How Pro Bono Work Can Turn Ordinary Cardiologists into Global CitizensMay 10th, 2017
Researchers Find Increase in Infection Rates in Patients with Cardiac Electrophysiological DevicesAugust 22nd, 2011
New thinners have revolutionized arrhythmia treatment: Exper .. Read more at: http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/46150276.cms?utm_source=contentofinterest&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=cppstJanuary 31st, 2022
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