Anuj Basil, MD

Anuj Basil, MD

Associate Professor, Medicine, Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University

Associate Professor, Department of Medicine, Section of Cardiology

Program Director, Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology Fellowship, Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University

Specialties

  • Electrophysiology

Treatment Focus

Cardiac Electrophysiology

Clinical Interests
  • Arrhythmia evaluation and management
  • Atrial fibrillation (Afib)
  • Atrial flutter
  • Cardiac catheter ablation
  • Cardiac resynchronization therapy
  • Complex arrhythmia management
  • Electrophysiology (EP) testing
  • His bundle pacing
  • Implantable cardioverter defibrillator
  • Intracardiac echocardiography (ICE)
  • Laser lead extraction
  • Left atrial appendage occlusion (Watchman)
  • Permanent pacemaker implantation
  • Pulmonary vein isolation (PVI)
  • Radiofrequency ablation (RFA)
  • Sudden cardiac death
  • Supraventricular tachycardia (SVT)
  • Syncope (fainting)
  • Ventricular tachycardia
  • Wolff-Parkinson-White Syndrome

Distinctions

Clinical Locations

  • Temple Heart & Vascular Institute
    3509 N. Broad St.
    Boyer Pavilion, 4th Floor
    Philadelphia, PA 19140
    Phone: 800-836-7536
  • Fox Chase Cancer Center
    333 Cottman Avenue
    Philadelphia, PA 19111
    Phone: 888-369-2427

Educational Background

  • MD, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
Training
  • Fellowship, Electrophysiology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA
  • Fellowship, Cardiovascular Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA
  • Residency, Internal Medicine, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA

Certifications

  • American Board of Internal Medicine - Cardiovascular Disease
  • American Board of Internal Medicine - Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology

Memberships

  • Fellow Liaison, Massachusetts Chapter, American Heart Association
  • Residency Steering Committee, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania

Honors & Awards

  • Philadelphia Magazine Top Doctors, 2024

Research Interests

  • Predicting response and identifying candidates for cardiac resynchronization therapy
  • Antibiotic management surrounding CIEO Implantation

Selected Publications

Basil, A., Lubitz, S.A.. Noseworthy, P.A., Reynolds, M.R., Gold, H., Yassa, D., Kramer, D. (2017). Periprocedural Antibiotic Prophylaxis tor Cardiac Implantable Electrical Device Procedures: Results from a Heart Rhylhm Society Surgery. JACC EP. (In press).

Hamilton, R., Patel, S., Lee, E.B., Jackson, E.M., Lopinto, J., Arnold, S,E., Clark. C.M., Basil, A., Shaw, LM., Xie, S.X., Grady, M.S., Trojanowski, J.Q. (2010). Lack of shunt response in suspected idiopathic normal pressure hydrocephalus with Alzheimer disease pathology. Annals of Neurology. 68(4), 535-40.

Heuer, G.G., Stiefel, M.F., Nagpal, S., Basil, A., Smith, D., Zager, E.L (2008). Carotid Endarterectomy under Regional Anesthesia: A Primer for the Uninitiated. Neurosurgery Quarterly 18, 201-206.

Stiefel, M.F., Heuer, G.G., Basil, A.K., Welgele, J.B., Sutton, L.N., Hurst, R,W,, Storm, P.B. (2008), Endovascular and surglcal treatment of ruptured cerebral aneurysms In pediatric patients. Neurosurgery 63(5), 859-866.

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