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Claudio Schuger, MD, Cardiology, Bloomfield Hills, MI, Henry Ford Hospital

ClaudioD.SchugerMD

Cardiology Bloomfield Hills, MI

Cardiac Electrophysiology

Adjunct Professor of Medicine, University of Rochester

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Education & Training

  • Detroit Medical Center/Wayne State University
    Detroit Medical Center/Wayne State UniversityFellowship, Cardiovascular Disease, 1987 - 1990
  • University of Buenos Aires
    University of Buenos AiresClass of 1977

Certifications & Licensure

  • MI State Medical License
    MI State Medical License 1989 - 2026
  • MA State Medical License
    MA State Medical License 1991 - 2022
  • WI State Medical License
    WI State Medical License 1988 - 2015
  • American Board of Internal Medicine Cardiovascular Disease
  • American Board of Internal Medicine Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

  • America's Top Doctors Castle Connolly, 2002-2014, 2016-2019
  • Top Docs Castle & Connolly, 2004-2014
  • Fellow (FHRS) Heart Rhythm Society, 2011
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Clinical Trials

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

Journal Articles

  • Effectiveness of High Rate and Delayed Detection ICD Programming by Race: A MADIT‐RIT Sub‐Study  
    Marc Lahiri, Samir Saba, Claudio Schuger, Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology
  • Effect of defibrillation threshold testing on heart failure hospitalization or death in the Multicenter Automatic Defibrillator Implantation Trial—Cardiac Resynchroniz...  
    Aktas MK, Huang DT, Daubert JP, Schuger CD, Heart Rhythm, 1/1/2013
  • A clinical trial of ICD programming  
    Moss AJ, Schuger C, Daubert JP, N Engl J Med, 1/1/2013
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Books/Book Chapters

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Abstracts/Posters

  • Shocks and ATPs on Anxiety and Quality of Life: A MADIT-RIT sub-study.
    Perini Paoletti P, Kutyifa V, Veazie P, Schuger CD, Zareba W, McNitt S, Padeletti L, Moss AJ, Cardiostim, Nice, France, 1/1/2014
  • Reduction in Appropriate ICD Therapy with Prolonged Detection for Ventricular Tachycardia in the 200-250 BPM Range: Results from MADIT-RIT.
    Medina A, Kutyifa V, Goldenberg I, Schuger CD, Daubert J, McNitt S, Zareba W, Moss AJ, Heart Rhythm, 1/1/2014
  • High rate of ventricular arrhythmias in women with peripartum cardiomyopathy and implanted cardioverter defibrillator.
    Zunino MEDB, Schuger C, Lahiri M, J Am Coll Cardiol, 1/1/2014
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Lectures

  • Session: Predicting and Avoiding VT/VF (Invited Speaker) 
    Invited Speaker - 6/18/2014
  • ICD Leads: Performance and Reliability (Abstract Commentator) 
    San Francisco, CA - 5/7/2014
  • Session: How to Identify ICD Leads and Systems That Will Not Deliver Shocks (Lecturer) 
    San Francisco, CA - 5/7/2014
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Other

  • Method for Transvenous Ablation of Cardiac Electrically Conductive Tissue by Laser Photocoagulation. 
    Schuger CD, U.S. Patent #5,140,987
    8/25/1992

Press Mentions

  • Merican Heart Association/American College of Physicians Ask Force on Clinical Competence and Training
    Merican Heart Association/American College of Physicians Ask Force on Clinical Competence and TrainingOctober 3rd, 2006
  • acc/aha Clinical Competence Statement
    acc/aha Clinical Competence StatementSeptember 20th, 2019

Professional Memberships

Other Languages

  • Spanish

Hospital Affiliations