speaker

Jose Joglar

MD

Medicine

Internal Medicine, Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology

Jose Joglar, M.D., is a Professor in the Department of Internal Medicine at UT Southwestern Medical Center. He heads the arrhythmia program for UT Southwestern, and he holds the Elizabeth Thaxton Page and Ellis Batten Page Professorship in Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology Research. After earning his medical degree at the University of Puerto Rico’s School of Medicine, Dr. Joglar completed his residency in internal medicine, a fellowship in cardiology, and a fellowship in clinical cardiology electrophysiology at UT Southwestern. He is now the director of the Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology Program, the Electrophysiology Laboratory and Device Clinic, and the Invasive Cardiac Laboratories (Cath and EP Labs).

Dr. Joglar conducts research in defibrillator medicine and leads his team in a variety of clinical trials for new devices and drugs to treat heart rhythm problems. A widely published author and editor, Dr. Joglar serve on the editorial board of the Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology and reviews articles for the New England Journal of Medicine, Heart Rhythm Society Journal, American Heart Journal, American Journal of Cardiology, and Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology. He is a member of the Dallas County Medical Society, and he is a Fellow of the Heart Rhythm Society, the American Heart Association (AHA), and the American College of Cardiology (ACC). In 2014 he served on the writing committee for the AHA Guidelines of Cardiac Arrest in Pregnancy and is co-chair of the AHA/ACC Guidelines for Supraventricular Tachycardia.