Biographical Sketch
Thomas Dresing, MD, is a staff cardiologist in the Robert and Suzanne Tomsich Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Section of Electrophysiology and Pacing, in the Sydell and Arnold Miller Family Heart & Vascular Institute at Cleveland Clinic. He specializes in cardiac electrophysiology, catheter ablation therapy and cardiac device therapy. Dr. Dresing is certified as Diplomate by the American Board of Internal Medicine in cardiovascular disease and internal medicine.
Born in Cleveland, Ohio, Dr. Dresing received his undergraduate degree from Dartmouth College in Hanover, N.H., and his medical degree from the University of Alabama School of Medicine in Birmingham. He completed his residency at the University of Minnesota Hospital and Clinic in Minneapolis, becoming Chief Resident in Internal Medicine. He received two consecutive fellowships from Cleveland Clinic in cardiology and in cardiac electrophysiology, where he became Chief Fellow. Dr. Dresing received an advanced training clinical fellowship from the North American Society for Pacing and Electrophysiology in 2001-2002.
Prior to his 2006 appointment to the Cleveland Clinic as a staff cardiologist, Dr. Dresing was an electrophysiologist with a Cleveland-based private practice with privileges at the following Cleveland area hospitals: Fairview, Lakewood, Lutheran, St. John Westshore, and Southwest General Health Center.
Dr. Dresing’s clinical research interests are focused on electrophysiologic contributions to the management of advanced heart failure, the etiology and management of tachyarrhythmias, inherited and idiopathic ventricular tachycardias and electrocardiography.
He has addressed medical symposia and conferences including the American College of Cardiology and the North American Society of Pacing and Electrophysiology on his specialty interests and topics related to his research. He has authored or co-authored book chapters, journal articles, and abstracts on his clinical experience and research studies. In his leisure time, Dr. Dresing enjoys skiing, golf and spending time with his wife and two children.
Specialty Interests
cardiac electrophysiology, catheter ablation therapy, cardiac device therapy
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