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    Mark Blitzer, MD

    Associate Professor of Internal Medicine (Cardiovascular Medicine)
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    Associate Professor of Internal Medicine (Cardiovascular Medicine)

    Biography

    Mark Blitzer, MD, is an Associate Professor of Medicine in the Section of Cardiology at the Yale School of Medicine. As an undergraduate, he received his BAS degree from the University of Pennsylvania in Bio-engineering, graduating Summa Cum Laude, Phi Beta Kappa and first in his Undergraduate Degree Program. He then attended Harvard Medical School followed by Internship and Residency at Harvard’s Brigham and Women's Hospital. He then moved to New York City where he completed his Cardiovascular Medicine and Electrophysiology Fellowship Training at Columbia- Presbyterian Medical Center. Dr. Blitzer then moved to Connecticut where he joined the Arrhythmia Center of Connecticut. He is excited to have recently left private practice to join the Yale Medicine Faculty.

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    Education & Training

    Fellow
    Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center (1999)
    Fellow
    Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center (1997)
    Resident
    Brigham and Women's Hospital (1994)
    Intern
    Brigham and Women's Hospital (1992)
    MD
    Harvard Medical School (1991)
    BAS
    University of Pennsylvania, Bio Engineering (1987)

    Research

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    Yale Co-Authors

    Frequent collaborators of Mark Blitzer's published research.

    Publications

    2014

    2012

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    2001

    Academic Achievements & Community Involvement

    Activities

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      Pharmacology Committee

      2023 - PresentCommitteesCommittee Member
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      Clinical Competency Committee

      2022 - PresentCommitteesCommittee Member
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      Conduction System Pacing Steering Committee

      08/01/2024 - PresentAdvisory BoardsBoard Member
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      Saint Raphael Hospital

      2009 - 2010CommitteesMember
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      Saint Raphael hospital

      2003 - 2008CommitteesMember
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    Honors

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      Connecticut's "Top Doctors", 2021,2022,2023, 2024

      08/01/2023Regional AwardConnecticut Magazine
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      Best Intern Honor

      07/01/1995Hospital System AwardBrigham and Women's Hospital
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      Phi Beta kappa

      06/01/1987National AwardUniversity of Pennsylvania
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      Summa Cum Laude

      06/01/1987Other AwardUniversity of Pennsylvania

    Clinical Care

    Overview

    Mark Blitzer, MD, is a cardiologist and cardiac electrophysiologist, a type of specialist who diagnoses and treats heart rhythm abnormalities, or arrhythmias.

    Dr. Blitzer takes care of patients with a variety of cardiac issues including atrial fibrillation(an irregular and often rapid heart rhythm), cardiomyopathy(disease of the heart muscle), and tachycardia (a too-fast heart rate).

    He utilizes many different treatments in his practice, including implantable cardioverter defibrillators (which detect and stop heart arrhythmias), pacemakers (which send electrical pulses to regulate heartbeats), and catheter ablations. Catheter ablation is a minimally invasive treatment to help patients with arrhythmias.

    Dr. Blitzer is an assistant professor of medicine (cardiology) at Yale School of Medicine.

    Clinical Specialties

    Cardiovascular Medicine; Electrophysiology

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