CharlesAAthillMDFACC, FHRS
Cardiology • San Diego, CACardiac Electrophysiology
President and Executive Director, San Diego Cardiac Center Medical Group, Chief of Cardiac Electrophysiology, Sharp Memorial Hospital, San Diego
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Office
3131 Berger Ave
Suite 200
San Diego, CA 92123Phone+1 858-244-6800Fax+1 858-244-6909- Is this information wrong?
Summary
- Dr. Charles Athill is a the former the Chief of Cardiology and the current Director of the Cardiac Arrhythmia Service at Sharp Memorial Hospital in San Diego. He is the President and Executive Director of the San Diego Cardiac Center Medical. He graduated magna cum laude from Princeton University in 1987 with an A.B. degree in Molecular Biology. He earned his medical degree from Harvard Medical School in 1991. After graduating from Harvard Medical School, Dr. Athill served as an intern and resident in Internal Medicine at the Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston. Upon completion of his medical training at Massachusetts General Hospital in 1994, he relocated to Southern California where he pursued a Cardiology Fellowship program at Cedars Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles and the University of California at Los Angeles. Dr. Athill was also the recipient of a National Institutes of Health Post-graduate research award. After completing his training in cardiology, Dr. Athill remained at Cedars Sinai to pursue a specialty in cardiac electrophysiology. He has been in the practice of clinical cardiac electrophysiology with the San Diego Cardiac Center and Sharp Memorial Hospital since 1998. He currently serves on the Sharp Memorial Hospital Board of Trustees, the Sharp Foundation Board and Sharp Community Medical Group Board. He has published articles in his field of specialty in peer-reviewed journals including Journal of the American Medical Association, Journal of the American College of Cardiology, Circulation, Circulation Research and Journal of Cardiac Electrophysiology. He is board certified in Cardiology and Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology.
Education & Training
Cedars-Sinai Medical CenterFellowship, Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology, 1997 - 1998- Cedars-Sinai Medical CenterFellowship, Cardiovascular Disease, 1994 - 1997
Massachusetts General HospitalResidency, Internal Medicine, 1991 - 1994
Harvard Medical SchoolClass of 1991
Certifications & Licensure
CA State Medical License 1994 - 2026- American Board of Internal Medicine Cardiovascular Disease
- American Board of Internal Medicine Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology
Awards, Honors, & Recognition
- Fellow Heart Rhythm Society
- Fellow (FACC) American College of Cardiology
Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- Validation of a Deep Learning Algorithm for Continuous, Real-Time Detection of Atrial Fibrillation Using a Wrist-Worn Device in an Ambulatory Environment.Ming-Zher Poh, Anthony J Battisti, Li-Fang Cheng, Janice Lin, Anil Patwardhan, Ganesh S Venkataraman, Charles A Athill, Nimesh S Patel, Chinmay P Patel, Christian E Ma...> ;Journal of the American Heart Association. 2023 Oct 3
- 4 citationsAtrioesophageal Fistula Rates Before and After Adoption of Active Esophageal Cooling During Atrial Fibrillation Ablation.Javier Sanchez, Christopher Woods, Jason Zagrodzky, Jose Nazari, Matthew J Singleton, Amir Schricker, Annie Ruppert, Babette Brumback, Benjamin Jenny, Charles Athill, ...> ;JACC. Clinical Electrophysiology. 2023 Dec 1
- 15 citationsComposite Index Tagging for PVI in Paroxysmal AF: A Prospective, Multicenter Postapproval Study.Luigi Di Biase, George Monir, Daniel Melby, Paul Tabereaux, Harish Manyam, Charles Athill, Craig Delaughter, Anshul Patel, Philip Gentlesk, Christopher Liu, Jeffrey Ar...> ;JACC. Clinical Electrophysiology. 2022 Sep 1
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Journal Articles
- Effect of Catheter Ablation with Vein of Marshall Ethanol Infusion vs Catheter Ablation Alone on Persistent Atrial FibrillationAkash Makkar, Rahul N Doshi, David Delurgio, Charles A Athill, Kenneth A Ellenbogen, Andrea Natale, Jayanthi Koneru, Irakli Giorgberidze, Neal S Kleiman, JAMA
Press Mentions
Best Cardiologists in San DiegoJuly 7th, 2019
Professional Memberships
- Member
- Heart Rhythm SocietyMember
Other Languages
- Spanish
Hospital Affiliations
Tri-City Medical CenterOceanside, California
Sharp Memorial HospitalSan Diego, California
Sharp Chula Vista Medical CenterChula Vista, California
Scripps Memorial Hospital-La JollaLa Jolla, California
Sharp Grossmont HospitalLa Mesa, California
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