Dr. Paul Friedman is a Professor of Medicine and the Norman Blane & Billie Jean Harty Chair, Mayo Clinic Department of Cardiovascular Medicine Honoring Robert L. Frye, M.D. at Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota. He is ABIM board certified in cardiovascular medicine and cardiac electrophysiology, and is an active participant in the MOC process.
Previously, Dr. Friedman served as Director of the Cardiac Implantable Device Lab, Mayo Clinic. He is a trained electrical engineer, with deep experience in innovation (> 40 patents issued, named Minnesota Top Inventor), and scientific research (> 250 scientific original publications). He is a committed educator, serving as a director for 5 national and international meetings, editor of 7 textbooks, and author of over 60 book chapters. He is a frequent visiting professor and lecturer at educational meetings.
Dr. Friedman received his BA in Plan II liberal arts and BS in Electrical Engineering from the University of Texas at Austin. He received his medical degree from Stanford University, and trained in internal medicine at the University of Washington, Seattle (internship) and Stanford University. He trained in cardiovascular medicine and cardiac electrophysiology at Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN.
Interests:
•Atrial fibrillation management, including medications, remotemonitoring, medications, ablation, and left atrial appendageclosure
•Ventricular arrhythmia management (PVCs, VT)
•Medical and ablative management of SVTs
•Complex cardiac ablation, atrial and ventricular arrhythmia
•Cardiac device insertion, including leadless pacemaker, Hisbundle pacing, and subcutaneous defibrillator
•Interventional procedures (venoplasty, snaring) forpacemaker, ICD, and resynchronization device placement
•Percutaneous epicardial access for complex ablation andappendage closure
•Implantable device extraction
•Artificial intelligence in medicine
•Remote monitoring
