Nitish Badhwar MD FACC, FAHA, FHRS
Cardiac Electrophysiology
Professor, Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine
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300 Pasteur DrStanford, CA 94305
Phone+1 650-723-4000
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Summary
- Dr. Nitish Badhwar is a cardiologist specializing in cardiac electrophysiology, located in Stanford, CA. He completed his education in medicine and cardiology through fellowships at the University of California (San Francisco) and Louisiana State University, following his residency in internal medicine at New York-Presbyterian/Queens. He serves as an attending physician at Stanford Health Care and has expertise in cardiac electrophysiology, atrial fibrillation, heart failure, systolic heart failure, and arrhythmias. His research contributions include several publications on cardiac electrophysiology topics and participation in clinical trials such as the aMAZE Study and Catheter Ablation vs Anti-arrhythmic Drug Therapy for Atrial Fibrillation Trial. Dr. Badhwar has been recognized as a Fellow by the American Heart Association and other prestigious organizations.
Education & Training
University of California (San Francisco)Fellowship, Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology, 2001 - 2003
Louisiana State UniversityFellowship, Cardiovascular Disease, 1999 - 2001
New York-Presbyterian/QueensResidency, Internal Medicine, 1993 - 1997
Maulana Azad Medical CollegeClass of 1993
Certifications & Licensure
CA State Medical License 2001 - 2026
LA State Medical License 1999 - 2001
CT State Medical License 1997 - 1999
PA State Medical License 1997 - 1998
American Board of Internal Medicine Cardiovascular Disease- American Board of Internal Medicine Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology
Awards, Honors, & Recognition
- Fellow (FAHA) AHA, 2021
- Fellow (FHRS) Heart Rhythm Society
- CMS Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification EpicCare Ambulatory EMR, Epic Systems Corporation, 2012-2013
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Clinical Trials
- Catheter Ablation vs Anti-arrhythmic Drug Therapy for Atrial Fibrillation Trial Start of enrollment: 2009 Nov 13
- The HOLIDAY (HOw ALcohol InDuces Atrial TachYarrhythmias) Study Start of enrollment: 2012 Sep 01
- aMAZE Study: LAA Ligation Adjunctive to PVI for Persistent or Longstanding Persistent Atrial Fibrillation Start of enrollment: 2015 Sep 01
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Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- Dual Epicardial and Endocardial Procedure (DEEP) for Persistent or Longstanding Persistent Atrial Fibrillation.Kenneth A Ellenbogen, Ali Khoynezhad, Mark La Meir, Carlo de Asmundis, Jayanthi N Koneru
Circulation. Arrhythmia and Electrophysiology. 2025-10-01 - Ventricular Intramyocardial Navigation for Tachycardia Ablation Guided by Electrograms (VINTAGE): Initial Human Experience.Neal K Bhatia, Rim N Halaby, Christopher G Bruce, Anand D Shah, Nitish Badhwar
JACC. Clinical Electrophysiology. 2025-10-01 - Concurrent validity testing of the patient perspective of arrhythmia questionnaire.Kathryn A Wood, Yutong Jin, Robert T Krafty, Jameze H James, Sivaraman K Iyer
Health and Quality of Life Outcomes. 2025-06-07
Journal Articles
- Surface ECG and Intracardiac Spectral Measures Predict Atrial Fibrillation Recurrence After Catheter AblationByron Lee, Nitish Badhwar, Vasanth Vedantham, Tomos E Walters, Randall Lee, Edward P Gerstenfeld, Gregory M Marcus, Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology
Press Mentions
Subxiphoid Hybrid Epicardial-Endocardial Atrial Fibrillation Ablation and LAA Ligation Initial Sub-X Hybrid MAZE Registry ResultsSeptember 16th, 2020
Therapy for Abnormal Heartbeats May Cause Brain InjuryJanuary 24th, 2017
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