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Kenneth Ellenbogen, MD, Cardiology, Richmond, VA

Kenneth A Ellenbogen MD

Cardiac Electrophysiology


Director, Division of Electrophysiology and Cardiac Pacing VCU School of Medicine Kimmerling Professor of Cardiology

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  • 1250 E Marshall StInternal MedicinecardiologyRichmond, VA 23298

  • Phone+1 804-828-7565

  • Fax+1 804-828-6082

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Education & Training

  • Duke University Hospital
    Duke University HospitalFellowship, Cardiovascular Disease, 1983 - 1986
  • Johns Hopkins University
    Johns Hopkins UniversityResidency, Internal Medicine, 1980 - 1983
  • Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
    Johns Hopkins University School of MedicineClass of 1980
  • Princeton University
    Princeton UniversityB.S., Biology, Magna Cum Laude, 1973 - 1976

Certifications & Licensure

  • VA State Medical License
    VA State Medical License 1987 - 2028
  • NC State Medical License
    NC State Medical License 1983 - 2027
  • FL State Medical License
    FL State Medical License 1990 - 1994
  • MD State Medical License
    MD State Medical License 1982 - 1986
  • Internal Medicine
    American Board of Internal Medicine Internal Medicine
  • Cardiovascular Disease
    American Board of Internal Medicine Cardiovascular Disease
  • Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology
    American Board of Internal Medicine Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

  • CMS Meaningful Use Stage 2 Certification PowerChart (eRx), Cerner Corporation, 2013-2017
  • CMS Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification PowerChart, FirstNet, HealthSentry and P2 Sentinel, Cerner Corporation, 2013-2017
  • CMS Meaningful Use Stage 2 Certification HealtheLife and FirstNet, Cerner Corporation, 2013-2017

Clinical Trials

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

Journal Articles

  • Effect of Catheter Ablation with Vein of Marshall Ethanol Infusion vs Catheter Ablation Alone on Persistent Atrial Fibrillation  
    Akash Makkar, Rahul N Doshi, David Delurgio, Charles A Athill, Kenneth A Ellenbogen, Andrea Natale, Jayanthi Koneru, Irakli Giorgberidze, Neal S Kleiman, JAMA
  • Risk Score Model for Predicting Complications in Patients Undergoing Ventricular Tachycardia Ablation: Insights from the National Inpatient Sample Database  
    Kenneth A Ellenbogen, Aditya Saini, Jayanthi N Koneru, EP Europace
  • Permanent His Bundle pacing for cafrdiac resynchronization therapy in patients with heart failure and right bundle branch block  
    Sharma PS, Naperkowski A, Bauch TD, Chan JYS, Arnold AD, Whinnett ZI, Ellenbogen KA, Vijayaraman P, Circculation Arrhythmia and Electrophysiology, 1/1/2018

Books/Book Chapters

Abstracts/Posters

  • A Novel, Simple and Accurate Method for Assessment of HIS Bundle Pacing Morphology Using Near Field and Far Field Device Electrograms.
    Saini A, Serafini NJ, Campbell S, Waugh WB, Zimberg R, Sheldon TJ, Kron J, Kalahasty G, Padala SK, Trohman RG, Shepard RK, Koneru JN, Ellenbogen KA, Sharma PS, Heart Rhythm, 1/1/2018
  • Atrial Fibrillation Repeatedly Induced by Automatic Threshold Testing.
    Larsen T, Sargent D, Huizar JF, Tan AY, Ellenbogen KA, Kaszala K, Heart Rhythm, 1/1/2018
  • Cardiac Resyncronization Therapy Utilizing Permanent HIS Bundle Pacing in Patients with Right Bundle Branch Block and Left Ventricular Systolic Dysfunction.
    Vijayaraman P, Sharma PS, Naperkowski A, Chan JYS, Ellenbogen KA, Heart Rhythm, 1/1/2018

Lectures

  • Update on Atrial Fibrillation 
    Multiple Dates and Locations - 1/16/2018
  • Hemodynamics Effects of His bundle Pacing. 
    New York, NY - 1/12/2018
  • How often must extrapulmonary vein foci be ablated for successful treatment of atrial fibrillation? 
    Boston, MA - 1/11/2018

Other

  • Interventricular electrical delay is predictive of response to cardiac resynchronization therapy. 
    Gold MR, Singh JP, Ellenbogen KA, Yu Y, Wold N, Meyer TE, Birgersdoter-Green U, JACCEP
    1/18/2016
  • Minimizing right ventricular pacing with a new pacing algorithm for implantable pacemakers and defibrillators: ADI mode. 
    Ellenbogen KA, EP Lab Digest
    1/1/2006
  • Atrial fibrillation ablation: State of the art. 
    Kenigsberg DN, Ellenbogen KA
    http://www.incirculation.net/24174
    1/1/2006

Authored Content

  • Summary of Persistent AF Ablation with Contact-Force-Sensing Catheter: The Prospective Multicenter PRECEPT TrialJuly 2020
  • Summary of Persistent AF Ablation with Contact-Force-Sensing Catheter: The Prospective Multicenter PRECEPT TrialJuly 2020
  • His Bundle Pacing the Holy Grail of Pacing?May 2018

Press Mentions

  • Cardiology Groups Share New Recommendations for Performing Safe, Effective Cardiac Ablations in ASCs
    Cardiology Groups Share New Recommendations for Performing Safe, Effective Cardiac Ablations in ASCsNovember 25th, 2025
  • CMS to Cover Cardiac Ablations Performed in ASCs—Cardiology Group Calls It a ‘Tremendous Victory’
    CMS to Cover Cardiac Ablations Performed in ASCs—Cardiology Group Calls It a ‘Tremendous Victory’November 24th, 2025
  • Mental Disorders Following Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillator Therapy: Incidence and Prognostic Implications in a Nationwide Cohort Study | JACC: Clinical Electrophysiology
    Mental Disorders Following Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillator Therapy: Incidence and Prognostic Implications in a Nationwide Cohort Study | JACC: Clinical ElectrophysiologyNovember 7th, 2025

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  • French

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