Peter Aziz, MD

Appointed
2011

Education & Fellowships

Fellowship - Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Electrophysiology
Philadelphia, PA USA
2011

Fellowship - Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Pediatric Cardiology
Philadelphia, PA USA
2010

Residency - University of Michigan Health System
Pediatrics
Ann Arbor, MI USA
2007

Medical Education - The Ohio State University College of Medicine and Public Health
Columbus, OH USA
2004

Undergraduate - University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, MI USA
2000

Professional Highlights

• Following his fellowship training, Dr. Aziz joined the Cleveland Clinic as a pediatric electrophysiologist. Since joining as a staff physician Dr. Aziz has been awarded Lecturer of the Year consecutively since his appointment. He is active in the training and teaching of medical students, residents and fellows, an activity that continuously inspires him. Recently, Dr. Aziz was appointed the Director of the Sir Magdi Yacoub International Fellowship in Pediatric Cardiology. This program is aimed at providing subspecialty training to international physicians who will return home to provide needed care to under-served pediatric patients with congenital heart disease and inherited arrhythmia disorders.

  Dr. Aziz has been an invited lecturer on several occasions for his expertise in sudden cardiac death and inherited arrhythmias, which continues to be his academic and clinical passion. He is the first and current Director of the Inherited Arrhythmias Clinic, an effort that was proposed, initiated and established through his fervor in managing the channelopathy syndromes. Dr. Aziz looks forward to participating in the ever changing field of electrophysiology and hopes to constantly improve the outcomes of patients with inherited arrhythmia syndromes.

Certifications

• Pediatrics - Pediatric Cardiology
• Internal Medicine - Adult Congenital Heart Disease

Specialty Interests

Abnormal heart rhythms, arrhythmogenic right ventricular dysplasia, heart palpitations, long QT syndrome (LQTS), supraventricular tachycardia, syncope, ventricular tachycardia, Wolff-Parkinson-White Syndrome (WPW), electrophysiology study, radiofrequency ablation, device implantation

Awards & Honors

• Golden Key National Honor Society (University of Michigan) 1998.
• Delta Epsilon Iota Honors Society (University of Michigan) 1999.
• Betty Ford Scholarship Program (Ohio State University College of Medicine) 2001.
• The Steve T Koeff Outstanding Resident Teaching Award (University of Michigan Medical School) 2006-2007.
• Boston Scientific Fellow Scholarship Award 2009.
• Heart Rhythm Society Educational Scholarship, Emerging Electrophysiologist 2009.
• Medtronic Fellow Scholarship Grant 2010-2011.
• CHOP Research Poster Day Award 2011.
• SADS 2011 Young Investigator Award in Clinical and Translational Science 2011.
• Best Lecturer – Awarded by the Pediatric Residents at the Cleveland Clinic 2012-2016.
• Teacher of the Year – Awarded by the Pediatric Residents at the Cleveland Clinic 2014.

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Consulting and/or Speaking. Dr. Aziz receives fees of $5,000 or more per year (or, in rare cases, equity or stock options) as a paid consultant, speaker or as a member of an advisory committee for the following companies:

• Medtronic ATS Medical, Inc.

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