Physician Profile

Tristram D. Bahnson, MD

Education:
Medical School:
University of California San Francisco School of Medicine, MD, 1984

Residency:
University of California Davis, 1984-1986
National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 1986-1987

Fellowship:
University of California San Diego, 1989-1992

Clinical Interests/Specialties:
Atrial fibrillation and atrial flutter, mapping and catheter ablation of atrial fibrillation, catheter ablation of supraventricular tachycardia and ventricular tachycardia, supraventricular and ventricular arrhythmias, implantable cardiodefibrillators, permanent cardiac pacing.

Research:
Catheter ablation for atrial fibrillation, catheter ablation for supraventricular tachycardia using new techniques, catheter ablation for ventricular tachycardia, new anti-arrhythmic drugs to treat atrial fibrillation, new anti-arrhythmic drugs to treat ventricular tachycardia, permanent pacemakers to treat atrial fibrillation, risk stratification for and recurrence of atrial fibrillation.

Board Certifications:
Cardiovascular Diseases
Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology
Internal Medicine


Hospital Affiliations:
Duke University Medical Center