EKG Primer: Your Companion On the Cardiology Rotation

Dr. Samir Saba (BE 1989, MD 1993) received his Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering in 1985 from the American University of Beirut and his Medical degree in 1993 from the same institution. He then finished his training in Internal Medicine (1993-1996), in Cardiolovascular Diseases (1996-1999), and in Cardiac Electrophysiology (1999-2000) all at the Tufts University - New England Medical Center in Boston, Massachusetts, prior to joining the faculty of the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center as an Assistant Professor of Medicine in the field of Cardiac Electrophysiology. Starting in 2005, Dr. Saba was appointed chief of the Cardiac Electrophysiology section and director of the cardiac electrophysiology laboratories at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center. He was promoted to Associate Professor of Medicine and of Clinical and Translational Science in 2009. He was granted tenure by the University of Pittsburgh in August 2014 and promoted to Associate Chief of Cardiology for clincial affairs in 2015. He is currently a fellow of the American College of Cardiology and of the Heart Rhythm Society.