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Walid Saliba, M.D.

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Appointed: 1999
Gender: Male
Languages: Arabic
English
French
Cardiovascular Medicine
Phone:(216) 444-6810
Location:Cleveland Clinic Main Campus
Mail Code J2-2
9500 Euclid Avenue
Cleveland, OH 44195
 
 
Biographical Sketch

Walid Saliba, MD, is Director of the Electrophysiology Lab and a Staff Cardiologist in the Section of Cardiac Electrophysiology and Pacing in the Department of Cardiovascular Medicine at Cleveland Clinic. He is board-certified in cardiac electrophysiology, cardiovascular disease and internal medicine. Dr. Saliba is trained in all aspects of clinical cardiac electrophysiology and pacing, including catheter ablation of various arrhythmias, implantation of cardiac pacemakers and defibrillators and extraction of implanted pacemaker and ICD leads using laser technology.

A native of Lebanon, Dr. Saliba did his undergraduate work at the American University of Beirut, graduating with Distinction and a degree in physics. He continued at the American University where he made the Dean’s Honor List during his medical studies and earned his medical degree. He is fluent in English, French and Arabic. He moved to the United States where he completed an internship and residency program in internal medicine at Duke University Medical Center in Durham, N.C., before receiving a fellowship in cardiology from Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, Texas.

Prior to joining Cleveland Clinic in 1998, Dr. Saliba was Medical Director of the Cardiac Rehabilitation Center and Medical Director of the Cardiopulmonary Laboratory of Jones Memorial Hospital in Wellsville, N.Y., where he worked as a Staff Cardiologist. Cleveland Clinic awarded him a fellowship in the subspecialty of cardiac electrophysiology, and he was appointed to Cleveland Clinic as a Staff Cardiologist and Cardiac Electrophysiologist in 1999.

Dr. Saliba’s research has focused on topics related to new treatments for atrial fibrillation, and pacemaker and defibrillator performance. He has been an invited lecturer at many national meetings and symposia, presenting on topics related to new therapies and ablation of atrial fibrillation, pacemaker implant techniques including biventricular systems, arresting arrhythmia and sudden cardiac death. He has authored or co-authored articles in leading scientific journals such as Circulation, Journal of the American College of Cardiology, the American Journal of Cardiology, Cardiovascular Electrophysiology Review and the Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology.

Dr. Saliba is a member of the Heart Rhythm Society and the American College of Cardiology.

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Education & Fellowships
Medical School:American University of Beirut Faculty of Medicine, New York, NY
 
Internship:American University of Beirut Medical Center, Internal Medicine, Beirut, Lebanon
Residency:Duke University Medical Center, Internal Medicine, Durham, NC
Fellowship:Cleveland Clinic, Cardiac Electrophysiology, Cleveland, OH
Fellowship:Baylor College of Medicine, Cardiology, Houston, TX
Other Education:(Undergraduate) American University of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon
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Certifications

Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology

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Specialty Interests
Atrial fibrillation ablation, ablation of ventricular arrhythmias, biventricular ICD and pacemaker implants and extractions.
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Professional Memberships
  • American College of Cardiology
  • Heart Rhythm Society
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Industry Relationships
Cleveland Clinic physicians and scientists may collaborate with the pharmaceutical or medical device industries to help develop medical breakthroughs or provide medical education about recent trends. The collaborations are reviewed as part of the Cleveland Clinic’s procedures. The Cleveland Clinic publicly discloses payments to its physicians and scientists for speaking and consulting of $5,000 or more per year, and any equity, royalties, and fiduciary relationships in companies with which they collaborate. In publicly disclosing this information, the Cleveland Clinic tries to provide information as accurately as possible about its doctors’ connections with industry and those of their immediate family members. As of 8/1/2008, Dr. Saliba has reported the financial relationships with the companies listed below. Patients should feel free to contact their doctor about any of the relationships and how the relationships are overseen by the Cleveland Clinic. To learn more about the Cleveland Clinic’s policies on collaborations with industry and innovation management, go to our Integrity in Innovation page.

Consulting.  Dr. Saliba receives fees of $5,000 or more per year as a paid consultant or speaker for the following companies:
  • Biosense Webster, Inc.
  • Boston Scientific Corporation
  • Johnson & Johnson Company
  • Medtronic, Inc.
  • St. Jude Medical, Inc.
  • Sterotaxis, Inc.
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