Dr. Markowitz specializes in treating patients with arrhythmias (abnormal heart rhythms) and provides care in all aspects clinical electrophysiology. This includes the evaluation of patients with the following conditions:
-Supraventricular arrhythmias such as atrial fibrillation, atrial flutter, atrial tachycardia, supraventricular tachycardia, and Wolff Parkinson White syndrome
-Ventricular arrhythmias such as ventricular ectopy (PVCs), ventricular tachycardia, and ventricular fibrillation
-Syncope (fainting)
-Palpitations
-Patients at high risk for sudden cardiac death, such as those with structural heart disease and those with a high-risk congenital condition (e.g., long QT syndrome, hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, Brugada syndrome, etc.)
-Patients with structural heart disease and refractory congestive heart failure
Dr. Markowitz performs the following procedures for management of patients suffering from any of the above conditions:
-Diagnostic electrophysiologic testing
-Radiofrequency and cryoablation ablation for all types of supraventricular and ventricular arrhythmias
-Implantation of pacemakers, defibrillators and cardiac resynchronization devices, and loop recorders
-Laser lead extraction of pacemaker and defibrillator leads
-Electrical cardioversion
-Tilt table testing
A summary of Dr. Markowitz's Education, Training and/or Faculty Appointments is listed as following:
1988 M.D. - Harvard Medical School
1989 Internship, Internal Medicine - The New York Hospital
1992 Residency, Internal Medicine - The New York Hospital
1995 Fellowship, Cardiology - The New York Hospital - CUMC
1996 Fellowship, Cardiac Electrophysiology - The New York Hospital - CUMC
