Christopher John McLeod MD

Adult Congenital Heart Disease, Cardiac Electrophysiology

Associate Professor, Mayo Medical School

4500 San Pablo Rd SJacksonville, FL 32224
Phone+1 904-953-2000

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Summary

Hot Topics - Atrial arrhythmias in adults with congenital heart disease - Mayo C

Christopher J. McLeod, M.B., Ch.B., Ph.D., cardiac electrophysiologist at Mayo Clinic, discusses atrial arrhythmias as one of the most common symptoms presentin

Congenital Heart Disease Arrhythmias March to Their Own Beat - Mayo Clinic

Bryan C. Cannon, M.D., and Christopher J. McLeod, M.B., Ch.B., Ph.D., electrophysiologists at Mayo Clinic's campus in Rochester, Minnesota, discuss atrial and v

Assessing and Managing Stroke Risk in Adult Congenital Heart Disease - Mayo Clin

Mayo Clinic cardiologists Naser M. Ammash, M.D. and Christopher J. McLeod, M.B., Ch.B., Ph.D., discuss how to assess stroke risk in patients with adult congenit

Hot Topics - Ventricular arrhythmias and sudden death in adults with congenital

Christopher J. McLeod, M.B., Ch.B., Ph.D., cardiac electrophysiologist at Mayo Clinic, reviews the importance of detecting ventricular arrhythmias in adult pati

Education & Training

University of Cape Town / National Institutes of HealthPh.D., 2003
Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science (Rochester)Fellowship, Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology, 2010 - 2011
Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science (Rochester)Fellowship, Cardiovascular Disease, 2007 - 2010
Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science (Rochester)Residency, Internal Medicine, 2005 - 2008
University of Cape Town Faculty of MedicineClass of 1996

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Certifications & Licensure

FL State Medical License 2017 - 2027
MN State Medical License 2007 - 2026
American Board of Internal Medicine Cardiovascular Disease
American Board of Internal Medicine Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

CMS Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification Centricity Enterprise (CE), GE Healthcare, 2014-2017
CMS Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification Centricity Patient Online, GE Healthcare, 2014-2017
CMS Meaningful Use Stage 2 Certification Mayo Clinic Electronic Notes, Mayo Clinic, 2014-2017

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

Estimating Heart Failure Health Status From Multimodal Wearables: Implementation of a Feature-Engineering Framework for KCCQ-12 Prediction.
Christopher J McLeod, Charles Bruce, Kuldeep Singh Rajput, Joseph S Ross, Sy Jackie Lou Velarde
Mayo Clinic Proceedings. Digital Health. 2026-12-01
Feasibility, Safety, and Efficacy of Pulsed Field Ablation for Ventricular Arrhythmias: Insights From a Large Health System Registry in the United States.
Narut Prasitlumkum, Juan F Rodriguez-Riascos, Hema Vemulapalli, Aakash Somappa, Camilo A Estrada-Vargas
Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology. 2026-09-15
4 citations
Novel insights into the substrate involved in maintenance of ventricular fibrillation: results from continuous multipolar mapping in a canine model.
Fatima M Ezzeddine, Robert C Ward, Zhi Jiang, Jason A Tri, Kolade Agboola
Journal of Interventional Cardiac Electrophysiology. 2026-08-01

Journal Articles

Outcomes of Atrial Arrhythmia Radiofrequency Catheter Ablation in Patients with Ebstein’s Anomaly
Douglas L Packer, Htin Aung, Christopher J McLeod, Abdalla Hassan, Samuel J Asirvatham, EP Europace
Device therapy in adult congenital heart disease
McLeod CJ, Asirvatham SJ, Warnes CA, Ammash NM, Expert Rev Med Devices, 7/1/2010
Intercommissural Lead Placement into a Right Ventricular Coronary Sinus-Utility of Intracardiac Echo Guidance
McLeod CJ, Ammash NM, Asirvatham SJ, Pacing Clin Electrophysiol, 3/29/2010

Books/Book Chapters

Mayo Clinic cardiology: concise textbook
Chapter: Arrhythmias in congenital heart disease
Page 302 - 306McLeod CJ, Brady PAEditors: Murphy JG; et al.Mayo Clinic Scientific Press, Rochester, NYEdition 4th,2013
Mayo Clinic cardiology: concise textbook
Chapter: Intracardiac electrophysiology tracings
Page 372 - 382Madhavan M, McLeod CJ, Packer DL, Asirvatham SJEditors: Murphy JG; et al.Mayo Clinic Scientific Press, Rochester, NYEdition 4th,2013

Abstracts/Posters

Impact of potassium flux during therapeutic hypothermia on ventricular arrhythmogenesis
Mirzoyev SA, McLeod CJ, Bunch TJ, Bell MR, White RD, Heart Rhythm, 10/1/2009
Differential outcome of cardiac resynchronization therapy in ischemic cardiomyopathy and idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy
McLeod CJ, Shen WK, Rea RF, Friedman PA, Hayes DL, Wokhlu A, Webster TL, Wiste HJ, Bradley DJ, Hammill SC, Cha YM, Heart Rhythm, 5/1/2009
Method of pacing does not affect the recurrence of syncope in carotid sinus syndrome
McLeod CJ, Trusty JM, Jenkins SM, Rea RF, Cha YM, Espinosa RA, Friedman PA, Shen WK, Heart Rhythm, 1/1/2009

Lectures

Sudden Death: The Role of the Ambulatory ECG and Electrophysiology study. Methods of Risk Stratification in ACHD
1/1/2009
Cardiovascular Risk Reduction for on-demand learning on theheart.org
1/1/2009
Method of pacing does not affect the recurrence of syncope in carotid sinus syndrome
1/1/2009

Other

Atrial arrhythmias (including AV block) in congenital heart disease
McLeod CJ, Connolly HM, Asirvatham S
http://www.uptodate.com/contents/atrial-arrhythmias-including-av-block-in-congenital-heart-disease
UpToDate, Wolters Kluwer Health - 2013-04-10

Press Mentions

BioSig to Host Presentations from Physician Users of Its Signal Processing System for Arrhythmia Care During the Annual Heart Rhythm 2021 ConventionJuly 20th, 2021
Clinical Practice Guideline: Full Text 2020 ACC/AHA Guideline for the Management of Patients with Valvular Heart Disease: A Report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Joint Committee on Clinical Practice GuidelinesDecember 17th, 2020
FDA Clears Biofourmis' Software for ECG-Based Arrhythmia DetectionMay 2nd, 2019