JorgeERomeroMD- FACC, FHRS(He/Him)

Cardiac Electrophysiology

Director of Arrhythmia & Electrophysiology Research and Associate Director of the Ventricular Arrhythmia Program at Brigham and Women’s Hospital/Harvard Medical School.

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Office
75 Francis Street
Boston, MA 02115
Phone+1 857-307-4000

Fax+1 857-307-1944

Summary

Dr. Romero is an Associate Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School and the Director of Arrhythmia & Electrophysiology Research and Associate Director of the Ventricular Arrhythmia Program at Brigham and Women’s Hospital. He completed his training at recognized academic institutions including Columbia University, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Ronald Regan Medical Center/UCLA and Brigham and Women’s Hospital /Harvard Medical School. Dr. Romero is a quadruple board-certified physician for the American Board of Internal Medicine, Cardiovascular Disease, Cardiac Electrophysiology, and the National Board of Echocardiography.
He has specialized in the treatment of complex arrhythmias, particularly in endocardial-epicardial mapping and catheter ablation of ventricular tachycardia. He has several publications in this field, describing innovative techniques to improve acute and long-term clinical outcomes in these patients. Similarly, Dr. Romero has also specialized in the management of patients with Atrial Fibrillation. He is founded as the co-principal investigator for several initiated-investigator industry trials.
Dr. Romero’s research interests include the treatment of complex arrhythmias, particularly in endocardial-epicardial mapping and catheter ablation of ventricular tachycardia and novel therapeutic interventions for atrial fibrillation. He has authored over 350 publications and 50 book chapters in leading textbooks in the field of Cardiac Electrophysiology particularly on the management and treatment of complex cardiac arrhythmias. He has also been awarded two Young Investigator Awards—one from the American Heart Association and the other from the American Society of Hypertension. He also received The Eric N. Prystowsky Early Career Researcher Award at the Heart Rhythm Society Scientific meeting in 2018 for describing a novel PVC ablation technique. He is a fellow of the American College of Cardiology (FACC

Education & Training

Brigham and Women's Hospital/West Roxbury Veterans Affairs Medical CenterFellowship, Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology, 2015 - 2016
UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine/UCLA Medical CenterFellowship, Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology, 2014 - 2015
Montefiore Medical Center/Albert Einstein College of Medicine (Montefiore)Fellowship, Cardiovascular Disease, 2011 - 2014
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai/Morningside/WestResidency, Internal Medicine, 2008 - 2011
Universidad del Valle Health SciencesClass of 2004

Certifications & Licensure

CA State Medical License 2013 - Present
MA State Medical License 2021 - 2026
NY State Medical License 2016 - 2023
American Board of Internal Medicine Internal Medicine
American Board of Internal Medicine Cardiovascular Disease
American Board of Internal Medicine Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology
National Board of EchocardiographyCardiac Echocardiography

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

Paul Dudley White International Scholar Award American Heart Association Scientific Sessions, 2020
Investigator-initiated research award for US$ 3.200.000 Biosense Webster, 2019
The Eric N. Prystowsky Early Career Researcher Award Heart Rhythm Society Scientific Meeting, 2018
Investigator-initiated research award Medtronic, 2013
Cardiology Fellowship Training Program Director’s Award Montefiore/Albert Einstein College of medicine. New York, NY, 2014
Sixth place out of 3,300 graduated medical students The ECAES Exam
Awarded full scholarship in 2nd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, & 8th Semester Medical School
ACCF/Bristol-Myers Squibb Travel Award American College of Cardiology’s 62nd Annual Scientific Session, American College of Cardiology’s 62nd Annual Scientific Session, San Francisco, CA, 2013
Young investigator award The American Heart Association Scientific Meeting, Los Angeles, California, 2012
Young Investigator Award The American Society of Hypertension 26th Annual Scientific Meeting, New York, NY, 2011
Best poster and oral presentation award St Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital Center fifth Annual Research fair. New York, NY, 2011
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Clinical Trials

Apixaban During Atrial Fibrillation Catheter Ablation: Comparison to Vitamin K Antagonist Therapy Start of enrollment: 2014 Dec 01
Completed
Phase 4
aMAZE Study: LAA Ligation Adjunctive to PVI for Persistent or Longstanding Persistent Atrial Fibrillation Start of enrollment: 2015 Sep 01
Active, not recruiting
Not Applicable
Comparison of Anticoagulation With Left Atrial Appendage Closure After AF Ablation Start of enrollment: 2019 May 20
Active, not recruiting
Not Applicable
Posterior Wall And Left Atrial Appendage Empiric Electrical Isolation for Non-Paroxysmal Atrial Fibrillation Start of enrollment: 2020 Jan 16
Terminated
Not Applicable
Comparison of Ventricular Tachycardia Ablation Strategies in Patients With Ischemic Cardiomyopathy Start of enrollment: 2023 Jan 01
Withdrawn
Early Phase 1
MyoVista wavECG Clinical Validation Study Versus Low e' on Echocardiogram Start of enrollment: 2021 May 10
Active, not recruiting
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Publications & Presentations

PubMed

4 citations
Real-world data of radiofrequency catheter ablation in paroxysmal atrial fibrillation: Short- and long-term clinical outcomes from the prospective multicenter REAL-AF ...
Jose Osorio, Andres F Miranda-Arboleda, Alejandro Velasco, Allyson L Varley, Anil Rajendra
Heart Rhythm. 2024-11-01
Pattern Recognition and Inductive-Deductive Reasoning: 2 Cornerstones of Electrocardiogram Teaching.
Shyla Gupta, Parm Khakh, Andres F Miranda-Arboleda, Jorge E Romero, Ana C Berni
The Canadian Journal of Cardiology. 2024-11-01
Dual operator percutaneous epicardial access to minimize needle pericardial dwell time: A modified SAFER epicardial approach.
Jorge E Romero, Carlos D Matos, Usha B Tedrow, Carolina Hoyos, Mohamed Gabr
Heart Rhythm. 2024-11-01

Books/Book Chapters

Color Atlas and Synopsis of Electrophysiology.
Chapter: 19. Ventricular Tachycardia & Cardiac Anatomy: Aortic Cusp.
Jorge Romero, MD, Luigi Di Biase , MD, PhD, FACC, FHRS, Pasquale Santangeli, MD, Alessandro Paoletti Perini, MD, Francesco Santoro, MD, Rong Bai, MD, J. David Burkhard...Editors: Emile G. Daoud, MD; Steven J. Kalbfleisch, MD; William T. Abraham..McGraw-Hill, , USA.2015
Ventricular Tachycardia Ablation: A Practical Guide.
Chapter: 36. Catheter Ablation of Ventricular Fibrillation in Ischemic Cardiomyopathy.
Jorge Romero, MD; Luigi Di Biase, MD, PhD; Pasquale Santangeli, MD; Alessandro Paoletti Perini, MD; Francesco Santoro, MD; Srijoy Mahapatra, MD; John David Burkhardt, ...Editors: Srijoy Mahapatra, MD, Francis Marchlinski, MD, Andrea Natale, MD, Kalyanam Shivkumar, MD..Cardiotext Publishing, LLC. , Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA.2014

Abstracts/Posters

Single Procedure Success Rate Of Radiofrequency Catheter Ablation Of Persistent Atrial Fibrillation Results From A Prospective, Multicentre, Observational Registry.
Domenico Giovanni Della Rocca, Luigi Di Biase, Nicola Tarantino, Chintan Trivedi, Mohamed Bassiouny, Amin Al-Ahmad, Sanghamitra Mohanty, Ghulam Murtaza, Krishna Akella..., Journal of American College of Cardiology, Volume 75: Issue 11: 509, 3/2020
Electrical Isolation Versus Focal Ablation Of The Coronary Sinus In Patients With Persistent Atrial Fibrillation.
Domenico Giovanni Della Rocca, Luigi Di Biase, Sanghamitra Mohanty, Chintan Trivedi, Nicola Tarantino, Rodney Horton, Mohamed Bassiouny, Amin Al-Ahmad, Krishna Akella,..., Journal of American College of Cardiology, Volume 75: Issue 11: 281., 3/2020
Transcatheter Leak Occlusion With Endovascular Coils Following Left Atrial Appendage Closure.
Domenico Giovanni Della Rocca, Rodney Horton, Sanghamitra Mohanty, Luigi Di Biase, Nicola Tarantino, Mohamed Bassiouny, Amin Al-Ahmad, John Burkhardt, Carola Gianni, G..., Journal of American College of Cardiology, Volume 75: Issue 11: 1134., 3/2020
Incidence Of Left Ventricle Summit/Intramural Premature Ventricular Contractions Requiring. Advanced Mapping And Ablation Techniques.
Luigi Di Biase, MD, PhD, FHRS, David F. Briceno, MD, Ghaliah Almohani, Isabella Alviz, Chintan G. Trivedi, MD, MPH, FHRS, Sanghamitra Mohanty, MBBS, MD, MS, FHRS, Kavi..., Heart Rhythm., Volume 17: issue 5, supplement S546 D-PO05-189, 2020
Clinical Outcomes Of Pace-Mapping Of idiopathic Premature Ventricular Contractions (PVCs) In Patients With Low Pvc Burden.
Luigi Di Biase, MD, PhD, FHRS, David F. Briceno, MD, Isabella Alviz, Kavisha Patel, MD, Sanghamitra Mohanty, MBBS, MD, MS, FHRS, Chintan G. Trivedi, MD, MPH, FHRS, Sau..., Heart Rhythm., Volume 17: issue 5, supplement S523 D-PO05-139., 2020
Role Of Empirical Cavotricuspid Isthmus Ablation In Atrial Fibrillation Patients With Or Without History Of Atrial Flutter: A Systematic Review And Meta-Analysis.
Jorge Romero, MD, FHRS, David F. Briceno, MD, Dhanunjaya R. Lakkireddy, MD, FHRS, Mohamed Gabr, Kavisha Patel, MD, Isabella Alviz, Juan C. Diaz, MD, Chintan G. Trivedi..., Heart Rhythm, Volume 17: issue 5, supplement S523 D-PO05-139., 2020
Use Of A Novel Septal Occluder Device For Left Atrial Appendage Closure In Patients With Postsurgical And Post-Lariat Leaks Or Anatomies Unsuitable For Conventional Pe...
Mohamed A. Bassiouny, MBChB, MD, Domenico G. Della Rocca, MD, Rodney P. Horton, MD, FHRS, Nicola Tarantino, MD, Ghulam Murtaza, Krishna Akella, BA, DO, Chintan G. Triv..., Heart Rhythm, Volume 17: issue 5, supplement S431 D-PO04-135., 2020
Improved Survival In Patients With Atrial Fibrillation And Heart Failure With Reduced Ejection Fraction Undergoing Catheter Ablation Compared To Medical Treatment: A M...
Isabella Alviz, Luigi Di Biase, MD, PhD, FHRS, David F. Briceno, MD, Kavisha Patel, MD, Juan C. Diaz, MD, Mohamed Gabr, Saul Rios, Alejandro Velasco, MD, CCDS, Chintan..., Heart Rhythm., Volume 17: issue 5, supplement S366 D-PO03-201., 2020
Safety And Effectiveness Of Left Atrial Appendage Occlusion In Patients With Chronic Kidney Disease.
Domenico G. Della Rocca, MD, Christoffel J. van Niekerk, MD, Thomas Gilhofer, Grace Ha, Nicola Tarantino, MD, Gabriele D’Ambrosio, Gwen Janczyk, Jennifer Galvin, PA, G..., Heart Rhythm, Volume 17: issue 5, supplement S 278 D-PO02-212, 2020
Short And Long-Term Clinical Outcomes Of Left Atrial Appendage Electrical Isolation In Patients With Non-Paroxysmal Atrial Fibrillation: A Systematic Review And Metaan...
Jorge Romero, MD, FHRS, David F. Briceno, MD, Kavisha Patel, MD, Mohamed Gabr, Chintan G. Trivedi, MD, MPH, FHRS, Sanghamitra Mohanty, MBBS, MD, MS, FHRS, Isabella Alv..., Heart Rhythm, Volume 17: issue 5, supplement S 264 D-PO02-178, 2020
Benefit Of Empirical Posterior Wall Isolation And Left Atrial Appendage Electrical Isolation In Patients With Non-Paroxysmal Atrial Fibrillation: A Propensity Score Ma...
Jorge Romero, MD, FHRS, David F. Briceno, MD, Isabella Alviz, Kavisha Patel, MD, Juan C. Diaz, MD, Saul Rios, Mohamed Gabr, Alejandro Velasco, MD, CCDS, Nicola Taranti..., Heart Rhythm, Volume 17: issue 5, supplement S247 D-PO02-136., 2020
Empirical Posterior Wall Isolation In Patients With Non-Paroxysmal Atrial Fibrillation: A Multicenter Propensity Score-Matched Study,
Luigi Di Biase, MD, PhD, FHRS, David F. Briceno, MD, Isabella Alviz, Juan C. Diaz, MD, Kavisha Patel, MD, Chintan G. Trivedi, MD, MPH, FHRS, Sanghamitra Mohanty, MBBS,..., Heart Rhythm., Volume 17: issue 5, supplement S127 D-PO02-128., 2020
Endocardial Left Atrial Appendage Isolation: Impact Of Ablation Technique On The Risk Of In-Situ Thrombus Formation, Systemic Thromboembolization And Hemodynamics.
Dhanunjaya R. Lakkireddy, MD, FHRS, Mohit K. Turagam, MD, Rakesh Gopinathannair, MA, MD, FHRS, Jie Cheng, MD, PhD, FHRS, Luigi Di Biase, MD, PhD, FHRS, Jorge Romero, M..., Heart Rhythm, Volume 17: issue 5, supplement S157 D-PO01-16., 2020
Lower Rate Of Device Related Thrombosis In Watchman Patients Undergoing An Antithrombotic Strategy Based On Genetic Assessment Of Clopidogrel Metabolism.
Domenico G. Della Rocca, MD, Rodney P. Horton, MD, FHRS, Luigi Di Biase, MD, PhD, FHRS, Carola Gianni, Ghulam Murtaza, Krishna Akella, BA, DO, Sanghamitra Mohanty, MBB..., Heart Rhythm., Volume 17: issue 5, supplement S75 D-AB28-06., 2020
Is It Necessary To Wear Surgical Caps And Masks During Atrial Fibrillation Ablation? Reexamining The Evidence Behind A Traditional Infection-Control Practice.
Kavisha Patel, MD, Chintan G. Trivedi, MD, MPH, FHRS, David F. Briceno, MD, Jorge Romero, MD, FHRS, Domenico G. Della Rocca, MD, Keke Young, MD, Nicola Tarantino, MD, ..., Heart Rhythm., Volume 17: issue 5, supplement S60 D-AB23-02., 2020
Is Transesophageal Echocardiography Necessary In Patients Undergoing Atrial Fibrillation Ablation On An Uninterrupted Direct Oral Anticoagulant Regimen?
Kavisha Patel, MD, Chintan G. Trivedi, MD, MPH, FHRS, David F. Briceno, MD, Jorge Romero, MD, FHRS, Dhanunjaya R Lakkireddy, MD, FHRS, Rakesh Gopinathannair, MA, MD, F..., Heart Rhythm., Volume 17: issue 5, supplement S60 D-AB23-01., 2020
Safety And Feasibility Of Leadless Pacemaker For Cardio Inhibitory Vasovagal Syncope.
Mohit K. Turagam, MD, Ghulam Murtaza, Krishna Akella, BA, DO, Donita Atkins, BS, BSN, RN, Jalaj Garg, MD, Rakesh Gopinathannair, MA, MD, FHRS, Peter H. Park, MD, FHRS,..., Heart Rhythm., Volume 17: issue 5, supplement S17 D-AB07-01., 2020
Show less Authors Transcatheter Leak Occlusion With Endovascular Coils Following Left Atrial Appendage Closure.
Domenico G Della Rocca, Rodney Horton, Luigi Di Biase, Nicola Tarantino, Jorge Romero, Carola Gianni, CHINTAN G TRIVEDI, Sanghamitra Mohanty, G Joseph Gallingho..., Circulation, Volume142: A17230., 2020
Clinical Outcomes of Catheter Ablation for Left Ventricular Summit/intramural Premature Ventricular Contractions Comparing Conventional vs. Fluoroless Techniques.
Jorge Romero; Juan Carlos Diaz; Isabella Alviz; David Briceno; Chintan Trivedi; Sanghamitra Mohanty, Alejandro Velasco; Kavisha Patel; Domenico Giovanni Della Rocca, D..., Circulation, Volume142: A16072., 2020
Local Anesthesia Using the “Tumescent Technique” versus General Anesthesia for Subcutaneous-implantable Cardioverter Defibirllator Implantation: Description of a Novel...
Jorge Romero, Juan Diaz, Isabella Alviz, David Briceno, Chintan Trivedi; Sanghamitra Mohanty, Kavisha Patel, Dommenico Della Rocca David Burkhardt, Amin Al-ahmad, G Ga..., Circulation, Volume 142: A16068, 2020
Chlorhexidine Irrigation Without Capsulectomy After Device and Lead Extraction in Patients With Cardiac Implantable Device Infection.
Juan C Diaz; Jorge Romero, Jorge E Velasquez, Colombia; Julián M Aristizábal; William Uribe, Oriana Bastidas, Isabella Alviz, Luigi Di Biase,; Mauricio Duque, Circulation., Volume 142: A15746., 2020
Non-Fluoroscopic Catheter Ablation Of PVC: Results From A Multicenter Study.
40. Ricardo Avendano, Luis Cerna, Luigi Di Biase, Rodney Horton, Sanghamitra Mohanty, Chintan Trivedi, Andrea Nataleand Jorge Romero., Journal of American College of Cardiology, Volume 73: Issue 9:336., 4/2019
Is It Safe to Discontinue Oral Anticoagulation After Catheter Ablation Of Atrial Fibrillation? A Systematic Review And Meta-Analysis.
Roberto Cerrud-Rodriguez, Jorge Romero, Mario Garcia, Andrea Natale and Luigi Di Biase., Journal of American College of Cardiology, Volume 73: Issue 9:328., 2019
Prevalence Of Epicardial Substrate After Endocardial Homogenization And No Inducibility In VT Patients With Ischemic Cardiomyopathy.
Andrea Natale M, Sanghamitra Mohanty,MD, Chintan G. Trivedi, MD, Jorge Romero, MD, FHRS, Luigi Di Biase, MD, PhD, FHRS, J. David Burkhardt, MD, Ghaliah Al-Mohani, MD,..., Heart Rhythm, Volume 16:S297., 2019
Posterior Wall Isolation As An Adjunctive Therapy To Pulmonary Vein Isolation Reduces Recurrence Of All Atrial Arrhythmias- A Systematic Review And Meta-Analysis.
Florentino Lupercio M, Andrew Y. Lin, MD, Omar M. Aldaas, MD, Jorge Romero, MD, FHRS, Kurt S. Hoffmayer, MD, PharmD, Frederick T. Han, MD, FHRS, Gordon Ho, MD, David E..., Heart Rhythm Journal, Volume 16:S380., 2019
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Authored Content

Benefit of Uninterrupted DOACs vs. VKA During CA of AFJanuary 2020
Benefit of Uninterrupted DOACs vs. VKA During CA of AFibJanuary 2020

Press Mentions

Explore JACC Science Presented at Heart Rhythm 2023May 19th, 2023
New Risk Factors, Better Treatments for AFib: What to KnowMay 4th, 2023
When the Price of Lyme Disease Was a Young Mom's HeartJanuary 10th, 2020
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Grant Support

The PLEA Trial-Investigator Initiated Research GrantBiosense Webster2019–2026
Risk Stratification for Sudden Cardiac Death after Acute Myocardial Infarction by Measuring Volume Scar with Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Imaging. Can this Measure Predict Ejection Fraction at 40 days and the need for early AICD Implantation?Medtronic US2013

Research History

Fundamentals of Clinical Research MethodsAlbert Einstein College of Medicine, Michael F. Price Center for Genetic & Translational Medicine, Harold & Muriel Block Research Pavilion, New York, NY2013 - 2013
The Metabolic Effects of Exenatide on Islet Transplant Recipients with Graft Dysfunction.Diabetes Research Institute/Pancreatic Islet Transplantation Division at the University of Miami School of Medicine, Florida2007 - 2007