Ken Ellenbogen

Professor and Chair, Division of Cardiology

FHRS MD

Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine, Richmond, VA, US

Expertise

Electrophysiology & Arrhythmia Atrial Fibrillation Catheter Ablation of Cardiac Arrhythmias Ventricular Arrhythmias Atrial Arrhythmias

Biography

Personal History

Prof Kenneth A. Ellenbogen is a full Professor of Medicine (Cardiology) and Director of Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology and Pacing at the Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine.

He is a native of New York and speaks both English and French.^{3, 4}

He is married with three children.

Academic History

Prof Ellenbogen obtained his undergraduate degree from Princeton University in 1976, where he graduated Magna Cum Laude in Biology. He received his MD from the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in 1980, where he also went on to complete his internship and residency training in Internal Medicine.⁵ He did his Cardiology fellowship training at Duke University School of Medicine.^{4, 5} He has Board Certifications in Internal Medicine, Cardiovascular Disease and Cardiac Electrophysiology.

Prof Ellenbogen's academic, clinical and research efforts include an interest in newer, more effective ways to perform ablation and to develop methods for ablation of atrial fibrillation. He is involved in the development of new types of pacemakers and exploring the role of pacemakers in treating congestive heart failure and atrial fibrillation.⁴

Career Overview

At present, Prof Ellenbogen is Chairman of the Division of Cardiology at Pauley Heart Center and Director of Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology and Pacing at both Virginia Commonwealth University and McGuire Veterans Administration Medical Center. He has also held the Hermes A. Kontos, MD Professorship in Cardiology since 2001 and holds the Kimmerling Chair of Cardiology at VCU.^{2, 5}

He has been a member of the MCV Campus faculty since 1986 and achieved the rank of full Professor of Medicine (Cardiology) in 1997. Prof Ellenbogen was also Vice-Chairman of the Division of Cardiology.⁴ Since joining VCU in 1986, Prof Ellenbogen has become recognized as a pioneer of cardiac electrophysiology, internationally recognized for his work focusing on the causes of dysrhythmias and their diagnosis and treatment.¹

He has contributed over 600 articles, reviews, books and book chapters – including over 370 peer-reviewed publications – and has given over 480 presentations around the world.¹ Prof Ellenbogen has a highly successful record of being granted both public and private funding and has served as principal investigator on over 100 funded grants and contracts. Additionally, he has served as the Director of Data and Safety Monitoring Boards for a number of national and international clinical trials.⁴

Prof Ellenbogen is a Fellow of the American College of Cardiology, the Council on Clinical Cardiology and the Council on Circulation of the American Heart Association. He has served as Chairman of the American Heart Association's Committee on Electrocardiography and Arrhythmias, Education Committee of the Heart Rhythm Society, President of the Richmond American Heart Association, Board of Trustees for the Heart Rhythm Society and Director of the Cardiology Advisory Board for the VA medical system.²

Prof Ellenbogen is the editor or co-editor of five textbooks of cardiac electrophysiology and pacing.⁵ He has served as a delegate to the American College of Cardiology, and steering committee member for two important NIH trials, AFFIRM and MOST.²

Career Timeline

1986 - 2005: Physician, Virginia Commonwealth University
2003 - 2009: Vice-Chairman of the Division of Cardiology, MCV Campus
2010 - 2021: Chair of Cardiology, MCV Campus
1997 - Present: Full Professor, Cardiology, MCV Campus
2001 - Present: Hermes A. Kontos, MD Professorship in Cardiology, MCV Campus
Present: Director, Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology and Pacing, MCV Campus

Recognition

2001: MCV Campus Clinician of the Year
2015: Distinguished Teacher Award from the Heart Rhythm Society
2016: Leonard Horowitz Endowed Lectureship, University of Pennsylvania
2018: Martha M. and Harold W. Kimmerling Professor of Cardiology, VCU Health System
2020: Distinguished Mentor Award, VCU School of Medicine
America's Top Doctors: Multiple times
Castle Connolly America's Top Doctors : 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021

Areas of Speciality