Don Curtis Deno MD

Cardiology

Corporate Research Fellow

409 137th Ln NWAndover, MN 55304
Phone+1 763-754-0442

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Summary

Dr. Don Curtis Deno is a medical scientist and engineer in St. Paul MN and is affiliated with Abbott Laboratories. He received his medical degree from Drexel University College of Medicine, completed an internship in internal medicine and a PostDoc in Surgery and Physiology. He is a licensed physician and works at the intersection of cardiology, electrical engineering, and physiology and is experienced in echocardiography, cardiac arrhythmias, catheter arrhythmia mapping and ablation, electric stimulation therapy, and medical device design.

Education & Training

University of CaliforniaPhD, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, 1991
Albany Medical CenterFellowship, 1981 - 1984
Albany Med Health SystemInternship, Internal Medicine, 1980 - 1981
Drexel University College of MedicineClass of 1980
Rensselaer Polytechnic InstituteMS, Biomedical Engineering, 1976

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Certifications & Licensure

CA State Medical License 1985 - 2027
NY State Medical License 1981 - 2027
MN State Medical License 1999 - 2026
TX State Medical License 1993 - 2026

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

Sr. Assoc. Fellow Abbott Laboratories, 2018

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

23 citations
Reinserting Physiology into Cardiac Mapping Using Omnipolar Electrograms
Karl Magtibay, Andreu Porta-Sánchez, Shouvik Haldar, Don Curtis Deno, Stéphane Massé
Cardiac Electrophysiology Clinics. 2019-09-01
37 citations
Omnipolarity applied to equi-spaced electrode array for ventricular tachycardia substrate mapping.
Andreu Porta-Sánchez, Karl Magtibay, Sachin Nayyar, Abhishek Bhaskaran, Patrick F.H. Lai
Europace. 2019-05-01
74 citations
Orientation-Independent Catheter-Based Characterization of Myocardial Activation
Don Curtis Deno, Ram K. Balachandran, Dennis J. Morgan, Faiz Ahmad, Stéphane Massé
IEEE Transactions on Bio-Medical Engineering. 2017-05-01

Journal Articles

Inert gas transport in parallel compartment lung models with common series deadspace.
Deno, D.C., Stratton, H.H., Dutton, R., and Newell, J.C, Prog. Resp. Res. 16: 252?254
DMA and interrupt driven real-time programming from C and FORTRAN.
Deno, D.C, Micro/Systems Journal 4: 30?41
Acute electromechanical effects of atrioventricular coupled pacing in patients with heart failure.
Freudenberger, R., Aaron, M., Krueger, S., LaBeau, M., Kleckner, K., Klepfer, R.N., (and Deno, D.C.), J Cardiac Failure 14(1): 35-40

Abstracts/Posters

Is there an ideal stability algorithm to distinguish ventricular tachycardia from atrial fibrillation?
Nanthakumar K, Newman D, Paquette M, Deno C, Malden L, Gunderson B, Gilkerson J, Heng D, Greene M, Edwards J, Dorian P, Can J Cardiol;15:143D
A Comprehensive Review of EP Mapping Technologies: EnSite.
Deno, D. Curtis, HRS Core Curriculum Session 127
Electrical coupling between catheter tip and tissue monitors radiofrequency ablation in the atrium.
Sih, H.J., Deno, D.C., Miller, S.P., and Teplitsky, L.R, Heart Rhythm 6(5S): S343

Other

Body-surface mapping system.
Voth, E.J., and Deno, D.C, US2011/0213259
Secure and efficacious therapy delivery for a pacing engine.
Kleckner, K.J., Prieve, K.A., Gillberg, J.M., Zhou, R., Anderson, K.M., Deno, D.C., Zillmer, G.C., Klepfer, R.N., Splett, V.E., Euler, D.E., Mulligan, L.J., Duffin, E...., US 2010/0152804
System and method for assessing coupling between an electrode and tissue.
Deno, D.C., Miller, S.P., Hill, L.C., Malinin, Y., and Sih, H, US 2010/0168735

Grant Support

Carotid Pulse Arrival Time as a Potential Biomarker for Ascending Thoracic Aortic Aneurysm: Proof-of-Concept StudiesUNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA2025–2027

Professional Memberships

American Heart Association - AHA
Member
American Medical Association - AMA
Member
IEEE
Member

Industry Relationships

Sr. Assoc. Fellow, Abbott LaboratriesSenior scientist on technical staff, working to improve medical devices that treat cardiac arrhythmiasDisclosure: Employee of Abbott2006 - Present