Tom McElderry MD
Cardiac Electrophysiology, Interventional Cardiology
AssociateProfessor, Medicine, University of Alabama School of Medicine
1751 VETERANS DRSTE 200Florence, AL 35630
Overview of Dr. McElderry
Section Chief, Electrophysiology
Dr. McElderry holds the rank of Associate Professor of Medicine at The University of Alabama Birmingham and is the G. Neal Kay Endowed Professor in Clinical Electrophysiology. He received his MD degree from The University of South Carolina. He completed his Internal Medicine Residency at Wake Forrest University Bowman Gray School of Medicine, did his Cardiology Fellowship at The University of Kentucky, and his Cardiac Electrophysiology training at The University of Alabama Birmingham. He then joined the faculty in 2005 and became Section Chief in 2012. Dr. McElderry’s clinical and research interest interests include catheter ablation of atrial and ventricular arrhythmias, pacemakers, implantable cardioverter defibrillators, and device extraction.
Education & Training
University of Alabama Medical CenterFellowship, Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology, 2004 - 2005
University of Kentucky College of MedicineFellowship, Cardiovascular Disease, 2000 - 2003
Wake Forest University Baptist Medical CenterResidency, Internal Medicine, 1997 - 2000
University of South Carolina School of MedicineClass of 1997
Certifications & Licensure
AL State Medical License 2003 - 2025
FL State Medical License 2015 - 2017
KY State Medical License 2000 - 2004
NC State Medical License 1999 - 2001
American Board of Internal Medicine Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology
Awards, Honors, & Recognition
- Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, 2012
- Fellow (HRS) Heart Rhythm Society
- Fellow (FACC) American College of Cardiology
Clinical Trials
- Clinical Evaluation of the Blazer® Open-Irrigated Catheter for Treatment of Type 1 Atrial Flutter Start of enrollment: 2011 Jan 01
- DiamondTemp™ Ablation System for the Treatment of Paroxysmal Atrial Fibrillation Start of enrollment: 2017 Nov 06
- AMBULATE Same Day Discharge Registry Start of enrollment: 2020 Jun 30
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Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- 10 citationsAutonomic Effects of Pulsed Field vs Thermal Ablation for Treating Atrial Fibrillation: Subanalysis of ADVENT.Edward P Gerstenfeld, Moussa Mansour, William Whang, Ramkumar Venkateswaran, John D Harding
JACC. Clinical Electrophysiology. 2024-07-01 - Economic Evaluation of Anesthesiology-Led Cardiac Implantable Electronic Device Service.Ahmed Zaky, Ryan L Melvin, David Benz, James Davies, Vardas Panayotis
Healthcare. 2023-06-27 - 2 citationsComplete Heart Block without Ventricular Escape Secondary to Hyperkalemia Induced by Herbal TeaAmmar A. Hasnie, Omid Baniahmad, Ashita Tolwani, Hugh T. McElderry, Sumanth D. Prabhu
Heartrhythm Case Reports. 2021-11-09
Press Mentions
DiamondTemp Ablation System FDA Approved for AFibFebruary 1st, 2021- FDA Clears Medtronic DiamondTemp Ablation System to Treat Atrial FibrillationJanuary 29th, 2021
- Medtronic’s DiamondTemp Ablation System Receives FDA Approval for Treatment of Atrial FibrillationJanuary 29th, 2021
Professional Memberships
- Fellow
Insurance Accepted
- BCBS Alabama PPO
CIGNA HMO
CIGNA Open Access
CIGNA PPO
First Health PPOHumana ChoiceCare Network PPO
Multiplan PPO
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