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MELISSA R. ROBINSON, MD, FHRS, FACC, MD, FHRS, FACC
Clinical Associate Professor

University of Washington Medical Center

1959 NE Pacific Street
Campus Box 356422
Seattle, WA 98195-6422

EDUCATION AND TRAINING

Electrophysiology Fellowship, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, 2010
Cardiology Fellowship, University of California, Davis, 2008
Internal Medicine Residency, University of California, Davis, 2004
MD, University of California, San Francisco, 2001
BA, Political Economy of Industrialized Societies, University of California, Berkeley, 1997

BOARD CERTIFICATION

American Board of Internal Medicine, Certification in Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology, 2010
American Board of Internal Medicine, Certification in Cardiovascular Disease, 2008
American Board of Internal Medicine, Certification in Internal Medicine, 2004

AREAS OF CLINICAL EXPERTISE

Ventricular Tachycardia Ablation and Management
Atrial Fibrillation Ablation and Management
Arrhythmias in Adult Congenital Heart Disease
Arrhythmias in Pregnancy
Electrophysiology
Rhythm Device Implantation and Management
Syncope

SPECIAL ACCOMPLISHMENTS

University of Pennsylvania Fellow Teaching Award, 2010
Alpha Omega Alpha, Medical Honor Society, 2006

CURRENT RESEARCH INTERESTS

Selected Publications

Leong-Sit, P, Robinson MR, Zado E, Callans D, Garcia F, Lin D, Dixit S, Bala R, Riley M, Hutchinson M, Cooper J, Gerstenfeld E, Marchlinski F. Inducibility of Atrial Fibrillation and Flutter Following Pulmonary Vein Ablation. E-published ahead of print, Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology, 2013.

Frankel DS, Mountantonakis SE, Zado ES, Anter E, Bala R, Cooper JM, Deo R, Dixit S, Epstein AE, Garcia FC, Gerstenfeld EP, Hutchinson MD, Lin D, Patel VV, Riley MP, Robinson MR, Tzou WS, Verdino RJ, Callans DJ, Marchlinski FE. Noninvasive programmed ventricular stimulation early after ventricular tachycardia ablation to predict risk of late recurrence. J Am Coll Cardiology. 2012 24;59(17):1529-35 .

Gunst M, Matsushima K, Sperry J, Ghaemmaghami V, Robinson MR, O’Keeffe T, Friese R, Frankel H. Focused bedside echocardiography in the surgical intensive care unit: comparison of 3 methods to estimate cardiac index. J Intensive Care Med. 2011;26(4):255-260.

Dixit, S, Lavi, N, Robinson MR, Riley MP, Callans DJ, Marchlinski FE, Lin D. “Noncontact Electroanatomic Mapping to Characterize Typical Atrial Flutter: Participation of Right Atrial Posterior Wall in the Reentrant Circuit.” Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology, 2010;22(4):422-430.

Frankel D, Mountantonakis S, Robinson M, Zado E, Marchlinski F. “Ventricular Tachycardia Ablation Remains a Treatment of Last Resort in Structural Heart Disease: Argument of Earlier Intervention.” Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology, 2011;22(10):1123-28.