In today’s episode I have the honor of sharing the microphone with one of the founders (or godfathers if you will) of cardiac electrophysiology, Dr. Melvin Scheinman.
Dr. Scheinman is originally from the northeast- growing up in Brooklyn New York. He was awarded a scholarship to Johns Hopkins University where he graduated first in his class. He attended medical school at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine. His residency was completed at the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill and his cardiology fellowship at UCSF.
He is probably most well known for being the first to ever perform a catheter ablation in 1981 at UCSF. He was also the director of the Cardiac Arrhythmia Genomics Clinic at UCSF. References to his many incredible accomplishments and awards will be available below.
It was an honor to work with Dr. Scheinman during his last year in clinical practice at UCSF Health. He is truly one of a kind and he is held in the highest regard by his patients and colleagues. The intent of this interview was to share with others some of the beautiful heart (pun intended) that he has for patient care.
I want his patients to know they were genuinely cared for, his colleagues to know the value they brought to him, and everyone else that there are in fact brilliant clinicians with the kindest hearts hoping to make a difference. Dr. Scheinman continues to make a difference. I know that my practice and my care for patients will always carry a piece of his influence. May we all be more like Dr. Scheinman.
Follow along with show notes below-Links in italics for easy identification.
Dr. Melvin Scheinman: https://www.ucsfhealth.org/providers/dr-melvin-scheinman
12:31 Louis Welt: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2595171/pdf/yjbm00150-0007.pdf
13:22 Peritoneal dialysis https://www.mayoclinic.org/tests-procedures/peritoneal-dialysis/about/pac-20384725
14:00 Yeshiva https://www.chabad.org/library/article_cdo/aid/4407857/jewish/What-Is-a-Yeshiva.htm
25:54 Hypertensive crisis: https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/high-blood-pressure/expert-answers/hypertensive-crisis/faq-20058491
Blood pressure parameters: https://www.heart.org/en/health-topics/high-blood-pressure/understanding-blood-pressure-readings
25:57 Pacemaker: https://www.ucsfhealth.org/treatments/pacemaker
30:38 Statin Use for the Primary Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease in Adults US Preventive Services Task Force Recommendation Statement https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2795521
31:16 American Heart Association (AHA) article about statin intolerance: https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.114.013189#:~:text=As%20the%20name%20suggests%2C%20statin,sufficiently%20abnormal%20to%20cause%20concern.
32:15 Direct Oral Anticoagulant (DOAC) (Eliquis/Xarelto/Pradaxa)
34:12 Atrial fibrillation https://www.ucsfhealth.org/conditions/atrial-fibrillation
A lecture by Dr. Greg Marcus from UCSF on atrial fibrillation for the interested layperson with mention of Dr. Scheinman:
34:51 Palliative care: https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/articles/22850-palliative-care
35:13 Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome or WPW https://www.ucsfhealth.org/conditions/wolff-parkinson-white-syndrome
36:02 The First ablation:
https://www.heartrhythmjournal.com/article/S1547-5271(24)00230-3/pdf
https://ucsfhealthcardiology.ucsf.edu/history-af-ablation
https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.117.027956
38:15 Radiofrequency ablation (RFA) https://www.ucsfhealth.org/treatments/catheter-ablation
https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/treatments/17401-pulmonary-vein-isolation-ablation
39:41 SFGATE article on Booker Pullen https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/johnson/article/Tribute-to-cardiac-pioneer-2756296.php
40:44 Heart failure: https://www.ucsfhealth.org/conditions/heart-failure
41:11 UCSF cardiovascular genetics program: https://www.ucsfhealth.org/clinics/cardiovascular-genetics-program
41:28 Arrhythmogenic Right Ventricular Cardiomyopathy (ARVC): https://ucsfhealthcardiology.ucsf.edu/patient-care/clinical-services/electrophysiology-and-arrhythmias/patients/arrhythmogenic-right
42:00 Vasanth Vedantham: https://www.ucsfhealth.org/providers/dr-vasanth-vedantham
44:29 Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM or HOCM): https://www.heart.org/en/health-topics/cardiomyopathy/what-is-cardiomyopathy-in-adults/hypertrophic-cardiomyopathy
45:02 Long QT https://www.ucsfhealth.org/conditions/long-qt-syndrome
Implanted cardioverter defibrillator (ICD): https://www.ucsfhealth.org/treatments/implantable-cardioverter-defibrillator
Music: Andrew Couch
Edited and Produced by: Andrew Couch and Nadja Wlasiuk
