
Charles A Athill MD FACC, FHRS
Cardiac Electrophysiology
President and Executive Director, San Diego Cardiac Center Medical Group, Chief of Cardiac Electrophysiology, Sharp Memorial Hospital, San Diego
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3131 Berger AveSuite 200San Diego, CA 92123
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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
Mass General Brigham/Massachusetts General HospitalResidency, Internal Medicine, 1991 - 1994
Harvard Medical SchoolClass of 1991
Certifications & Licensure
CA State Medical License 1994 - 2028
American Board of Internal Medicine Cardiovascular Disease
American Board of Internal Medicine Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology
Awards, Honors, & Recognition
- Fellow Heart Rhythm Society
- CMS Meaningful Use Stage 2 Certification MedInformatix Complete EHR, MedInformatix, 2012, 2014-2017
- CMS Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification MedInformatix, MedInformatix, 2012, 2014-2017
Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- Pulsed field ablation using a large-tip focal contact force-sensing catheter with 3-dimensional mapping integration: 12-Month outcomes from the OMNY-AF pilot phase.Dinesh Sharma, Moussa Mansour, Aneesh Tolat, Mark Metzl, Christopher Liu
Heart Rhythm O2. 2026-05-01 - 1 citationsReal-world strategies for pulsed field ablation using a variable-loop circular catheter: a compendium of best practices from early adopters.Luigi Di Biase, Brett Gidney, Kousik Krishnan, Arfaat Khan, Jason Zagrodzky
Journal of Interventional Cardiac Electrophysiology. 2026-01-23 - 105 citationsPulsed Field Ablation to Treat Paroxysmal Atrial Fibrillation: Safety and Effectiveness in the AdmIRE Pivotal Trial.Vivek Y Reddy, Hugh Calkins, Moussa Mansour, Oussama Wazni, Luigi Di Biase
Circulation. 2024-10-08
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
San Diego’s Top Doctors: The Annual List, 2026October 1st, 2026
Best Cardiologists in San DiegoJuly 7th, 2019
Professional Memberships
- Member
- Heart Rhythm SocietyMember
Other Languages
- Spanish
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