Professor of Medicine
Co-Director, Cardiac Arrhythmia and Syncope Center
Specialties: Cardiology, cardiac electrophysiology
Medical School: University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba
Residency: University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba
Fellowship: Duke University Medical School, Durham, North Carolina
Clinical Interests: Evaluation and care of patients with syncope and heart rhythm disturbances. For more than 15 years I have directed an annual CME course addressing these issues for both physicians and nurses.
Research Interests: Syncope, cardiac rhythm management
Professional Organizations: American Heart Association (established investigator); past president of the North American Society for Pacing and Electrophysiology (NASPE); past president, American Heart Association-Minnesota Affiliate; American College of Cardiology (Fellow); Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada (Fellow); Council of Presidents of NASPE
Associate editor, Journal of Interventional Electrophysiology (JICE); editorial board member, Journal of the American College of Cardiology (JACC); Europace, and the American Journal of Cardiology (AJC)
Recent Publications:
Benditt DG, Goldstein MA. Cardiology patient page. Fainting. Circulation 2002; 106(9):1048-1050.
Benditt DG, Ermis C, Padanilam B, Samniah N, Sakaguchi S. Catecholamine response during hemodynamically stable upright posture in individuals with and without tilt-table induced vasovagal syncope. Europace 2003; 25(1): 65-70.
Ermis C, Zhu AX, Sinha S, Iskos D, Sakaguchi S, Lurie KG, Benditt DG. Efficacy of biphasic waveform cardioversion for atrial fibrillation and atrial flutter compared with conventional monophasic waveforms. Am J Card 2002; 90(8): 891-892.
Voelckel WG, Lurie KG, McKnite S, Zielinski T, Lindstrom P, Peterson C, Wenz V, Lindner KH, Benditt D. Effects of epinephrine and vasopressin in a piglet model of prolonged ventricular fibrillation and cardiopulmonary resuscitation. Crit Car Med 2002; 30(5):957-962.
Benditt DG, Brignole M. Syncope: is a diagnosis a diagnosis? J Am Coll Cardiol 2003; 41:791-794.
Ermis C, Zadeii G, Zhu AX, Fabian W, Collins J, Lurie KG, Sakaguchi S, Benditt DG. Improved survival of cardiac transplantation candidates with implantable cardioverter defibrillator therapy: Role of beta-blocker or amiodarone treatment. J Cardiovasc Electrophysiol June 2003, 14:578-583.
Domanski MJ, Zipes DP, Benditt DG, Camm AJ, Exner DV, Ezekowitz MD, Greene HL, Lesh MD, Miller JM, Pratt CM, Saksena S, Scheinman MM, Singh BN, Tracy CM, Waldo AL, North American Society of Pacing and Electrophysiology. Central clinical research issues in electrophysiology: report of the NASPE Committee. Pacing and Clin Electrophys 2001; 24:526-534.
Brignole M, Alboni P, Benditt D, Bergfeldt L, Blanc JJ, Bloch Thomsen PE, van Dijk JC, Fitzpatrick A, Hohnloser S, Janousek J, Kapoor W, Kenny RA, Kulakowski P, Moya A, Raviele A, Sutton R, Theodorakis G, Wieling W. Task Force on Syncope, European Society of Cardiology. Guidelines on management (diagnosis and treatment) of syncope. Eur Heart J 2001; 22(15):1256-1306.
Benditt DG. Syncope. In. Textbook of Cardiovascular Medicine, Second Edition (Topol EJ, ed.) Philadelphia, PA, Lippincott-Raven Publishers, p. 1529-1546, 2002.
Benditt DG. Which syncope patients should be evaluated and treated in hospital, and which can be managed as outpatients? In. The evaluation and treatment of syncope. (eds. Benditt DG, Blanc JJ, Brignole M, Sutton R) Elmsford, NY, Futura/Blackwell Publishing, p. 51-54, 2003.
Benditt DG, Blank JJ. Specific causes of syncope: their evaluation and treatment strategies. In. The evaluation and treatment of syncope. (eds. Benditt DG, Blanc JJ, Brignole M, Sutton R) Elmsford, NY, Futura/Blackwell Publishing, p. 115-122, 2003.