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Anca Chiriac, M.D., Ph.D.

  1. Cardiac Electrophysiologist
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  1. Jacksonville, Florida

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English

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Anca Chiriac, M.D., Ph.D., is a practicing electrophysiologist and Assistant Professor of Medicine at Mayo Clinic in Jacksonville, Florida. She has a passion for teaching and is the Assistant Program Director of the Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology fellowship.

After completing a PhD in Molecular Pharmacology and Experimental Therapies at Mayo Clinic and 4 years as a practicing hospitalist at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota, she moved to Florida and completed her cardiovascular medicine fellowship and electrophysiology fellowship training at Mayo Clinic in Jacksonville, Florida. She is board certified in Cardiovascular Diseases, Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology, and Echocardiography.

She is interested in complex atrial and ventricular arrhythmia ablation in patients with congenital heart diseases and inherited arrhythmia syndromes, and fluoro-minimizing techniques.

She has a background in cardiac regeneration therapy at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota, and her current research involves sudden cardiac death prediction and complex ablation in congenital heart disease.

  1. Atrial fibrillation
  2. Atrial flutter
  3. Conduction system disease
  4. Congenital heart disease
  5. Heart failure
  6. Sudden cardiac arrest
  7. Supraventricular tachycardia
  8. Ventricular fibrillation
  9. Ventricular tachycardia
  10. Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome
  1. Atrial fibrillation ablation
  2. Atrial flutter ablation
  3. Cardiac resynchronization therapy
  4. Echocardiogram
  5. Implantable cardioverter-defibrillator insertion
  6. Pacemaker insertion
  7. SVT ablation
  8. Ventricular tachycardia ablation
  • Complex ablation in congenital heart disease and structural heart disease
  • Ventricular tachycardia ablation
  • Sudden cardiac death prevention
  • Fluoroscopy-free and fluoroscopy-minimizing ablation techniques
  • Conduction system pacing and cardiac resynchronization therapy.
  1. 2022
    SubSpec FellowClinical Cardiac Electrophysio, Programs in Florida, Mayo School of Graduate Medical Education, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine
  2. 2020
    FellowCardiovascular Disease, Programs in Florida, Mayo School of Graduate Medical Education, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine
  3. 2014
    FellowRST Hospital Medicine, Programs in Rochester, Mayo School of Graduate Medical Education, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine
  4. 2014
    FellowMayo Clinic Hospital Internal Medicine
  5. 2013
    ResidencyYale University School of Medicine
  6. 2010
    PhDMolecular Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics, Programs, Mayo Graduate School, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine
  7. 2010
    Predoctoral StudentMolecular Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics, Programs, Mayo Graduate School, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine
  8. 2005
    FellowFloreasca Bucharest Emergency Hospital
  9. 2004
    Fellow - Clinical Pharmacology Fellow in the labCarol Davila University of Medicine and Pharmacy
  10. 2003
    MD - Medical studiesCarol Davilla University of Medicine & Pharmacy, Bucharest, Romania
  11. 2002
    Medical School - I won a competition of medical knowledge and received an Erasmus Scholarship from the European Union to study for 6 months at the University of Wales College of Medicine in Cardiff, United Kigdom. I completed 6 months of clinical rotations (that counted towards my medical school education) between November 2001 and April 2002 at the University Hospital of Wales. University of Wales College of Medicine

Certifications

  1. 2022
    Clinical Cardiac ElectrophysiologyAmerican Board of Internal Medicine
  2. 2020
    Cardiovascular DiseasesAmerican Board of Internal Medicine

Awards and honors

  1. 2010
    Doctorate in Molecular Pharmacology and Experimental Theraputics Mayo Clinic
  2. 2003
    Doctorate in MedicineCarol Davilla University of Medicine & Pharmacy
  3. 2001
    Erasmus Scholarship University of Wales College of Medicine
  4. 1997
    Scholarship for Academic AchievementCarol Davila University of Medicine and Pharmacy

Professional memberships

  1. 2022 - 2023
    Governance Committee MemberHeart Rhythm Society
  2. 2017 - present
    Active MemberAmerican College of Cardiology
  3. 2014 - present
    MemberAmerican Heart Association

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