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Curriculum Vitae

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Andrea Natale, M.D.

Executive Medical Director of the Texas Cardiac Arrhythmia Institute at
St. David's Medical Center, Austin, Texas

Consulting Professor, Division of Cardiology, Stanford University,
Palo Alto, California

Senior Medical Director, Electrophysiology and Arrhythmia Services Atrial
Fibrillation and Complex Arrhythmia Program California Pacific Medical Center

Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University,
Cleveland, Ohio

Director, Interventional Electrophysiology, SCRIPPS Clinic, La Jolla, CA
EDUCATION:

07/85 – 06/89 School of Cardiology
Catholic University of the Sacred Heart
Rome, Italy

07/79 – 07/85 Medical School
University of Florence
Italy

POSTDOCTORAL TRAINING:

April/May 1989 Visiting Research Fellow in Cardiology
The Methodist Hospital System, Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, Texas

07/85 – 06/89 Residency in Cardiology
Catholic University of the Sacred Heart
Rome, Italy

07/79 – 07/85 Internship in Medicine
University of Florence
Italy

RESEARCH FELLOWSHIP:

07/92 – 12/93 Clinical Fellow in Cardiology (Electrophysiology),
University of Wisconsin, Sinai Samaritan Medical Center
Milwaukee, Wisconsin

07/91 – 06/92 Clinical Fellow in Cardiology (Electrophysiology),
University of Western Ontario
London, Ontario, Canada

07/89 – 08/90 Research Fellow in Cardiology
University of Western Ontario
London, Ontario, Canada

LICENSURE AND CERTIFICATION:

2010 Florida Medical License (#ME 108024) 08/2010 expires 01/31/13)
2009 Georgia Medical License (#063378) 10/10 expires 10/12
2009 New York Medical License (#255537) 12/03/09 expires 11/11
2009 Colorado Medical License (#48224) 9/17/09 expires 4/30/2013
2008 Texas Medical License (#M9533) expires 8/31/2013

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2001 California Medical License (# C 50726) expires 10/31/2013
2001 Board Certification: American Board of Electrophysiology (#181118)
2000 Board Certification: American Board of Cardiology (#181118)
1999 Board Certification: American Board of Internal Medicine (#181118)
1999 Ohio State Medical License (#35-07-6775-N) expires 04/01/12
1997 Kentucky Medical License (# 33305) 8/20/97 Inactive Status 2/28/03
1993 North Carolina Medical License (#9300774) 11/20/1993 Inactive Status 10/15/04
1993 Wisconsin Medical License (#34255-20) 04/28/1993 Inactive Status 10/31/03
1992 FLEX Exam (Dec. 1, 1992)
1991 ECFMG Certificate (#0-454-173-6)
1991 Ontario Medical License (Registration #64557)
1989 Italian Board of Cardiology (Registration #3032/90/91)
1986 Italian Medical License (Registration #37804)
1985 Italian Board of Medicine (Certificate #1560)

ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS:

04/08 - present Executive Medical Director
Texas Cardiac Arrhythmia Institute
St. David's Medical Center
Austin, Texas

02/08 - present Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine
Case Western Reserve University
Cleveland, Ohio

06/05 – 10/07 Section Head
Electrophysiology and Pacing
Department of Cardiovascular Medicine
Cleveland Clinic Foundation
Cleveland, Ohio

07/05 - present Consulting Professor
Stanford University
Palo Alto, California

06/03 – 06/05 Program Director
EP Fellowship Program
Department of Cardiovascular Medicine
Cleveland Clinic Foundation
Cleveland, Ohio

06/02 – 09/07 Medical Director
Center for Atrial Fibrillation
Cleveland Clinic Foundation
Cleveland, Ohio

05/01 – 06/05 Co-Section Head
Electrophysiology and Pacing
Department of Cardiovascular Medicine
Cleveland Clinic Foundation
Cleveland, Ohio

06/99 – 10/07 Director of Electrophysiology Laboratories
Section of Electrophysiology and Pacing
Department of Cardiovascular Medicine
Cleveland Clinic Foundation
Cleveland, Ohio

07/97 – 07/99 Associate Professor of Medicine
University of Kentucky
Lexington, Kentucky

05/94 – 07/97 Director of Electrophysiology Laboratory
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Durham VA Medical Center
Duke University Medical Center

06/86 – 07/91 Director of Electrophysiology Laboratory
Head of Cardiovascular Physiopathology Section
Italian Air Force – Aerospace Research Centre
Department of Medicine
Rome, Italy
(Address: CENTRO STUDI E RICERCHE - Reparto Medicina (DASRS) –
AEROPORTO PRATICA DI MARE, ROMA, ITALY
Telephone No. (6) 9108464-49866537)

TEACHING RESPONSIBILITIES:

Milwaukee Sinai Samaritan Medical Center 1993 - 1994
"Introduction to Cardiology" for Internal Medicine Residents
Durham Duke University 1994 - 1997
"Introduction to Clinical Medicine" for 2nd Year Medical Students
Durham Duke University 1994 - 1997
Teaching and Supervision of Fellows in Cardiology and Cardiac Electrophysiology
Lexington University of Kentucky 1997 - 1999
Teaching and Supervision of Fellows in Cardiology
Cleveland Cleveland Clinic Foundation 1999 - 2006
Teaching and Supervision of Fellows in Cardiology and Electrophysiology

AWARDS and HONORS:

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2011 Dr. Andrea Natale Inaugurates the International Arrhythmia Center at Fundación
CardioInfantil in Bogota, Colombia July 7-10, 2011.

2011 Fundación Cardioinfantil Instituto De Cardiologia Award in Grateful Appreciation of His
Contribution to the Consolidation of the International Arrhythmia Center ―Andrea Natale‖
and His Scientific Work for Patient Health. Colombia, Bogota July 9, 2011.

2011 Dr. Andrea Natale elected to the Heart Rhythm Society Board of Trustees. May 6, 2011.

2011-12 Dr. Andrea Natale nominated among the ―The Best Doctors in America 2011-2012‖.

2009 Texas Cardiac Arrhythmia Institute at St. Davids Medical Center received The Bury +
Partners Innovation Award 2009. Austin, Texas.

2009 Dr. Andrea Natale on the ‗Best Doctors‖ list in January 2009 issue of Austin Monthly
Magazine. Austin, Texas.

2003-08 Dr. Andrea Natale nominated among the ―Best Doctors‖ in America.

2007 Dr. Andrea Natale named ―Cleveland Top Doc‖ in June 2007 issue of Northern Ohio Live.
Cleveland, Ohio.

2006 Dr. Andrea Natale named ―Best Doctors in America‖ featured in Cleveland Magazine.
Cleveland, Ohio.

2005 Bakken Heart-Brain Institute Research Project ―Cardiac Consequences of Subarachnoid
Hemorrhage‖ – The Cleveland Clinic Bakken Heart-Brain Institute. Cleveland, Ohio.

2005 Dr. Andrea Natale named ―Cleveland Top Doc‖ featured in Northern Ohio Live. Cleveland,
Ohio.

2005 Dr. Andrea Natale named ―Best Doctors in America‖ featured in Cleveland Magazine.
Cleveland, Ohio.

2005 Innovator Award for Innovation in the Development of Direct Pericardial Delivery of
Biological Therapeutic Agents – The Cleveland Clinic Foundation. Cleveland, Ohio.

2005 Supervisor for Jennifer E. Cummings, M.D. – Recipient of the Cleveland Clinic Advanced
Fellowship Award. Cleveland, Ohio.

2004 Dr. Andrea Natale named ―Cleveland Top Doc‖ featured in Northern Ohio Live. Cleveland,
Ohio.

2004 Dr. Andrea Natale named ―Best Doctors in America‖ featured in Cleveland Magazine.
Cleveland, Ohio

2004 Supervisor for Oussama M. Wazni, M.D. – Recipient of the Cleveland Clinic Foundation
Cardiology Fellowship Award. Cleveland, Ohio

2004 Supervisor for Atul Verma, M.D. – Recipient of the Cleveland Clinic Foundation Advanced
Fellowship Award. Cleveland, Ohio.
2004 Supervisor for Oussama M. Wazni, M.D. – American College of Cardiology Finalist Young
Investigator Award. Cleveland, Ohio.

2004 Innovator Award for Innovation in the Development of Antibody-directed Specific Delivery
of Antiarrhythmic Drugs – The Cleveland Clinic Foundation. Cleveland, Ohio.

2003/2004 Supervisor for Atul Verma, M.D. – Recipient of the Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada
Research Fellowship Award.

2003 Supervisor for Oussama M. Wazni, M.D. – Recipient NASPE Clinical Fellow Young
Scientist Award.

2003 Supervisor for Eduardo Saad, M.D. – Recipient of the Cleveland Clinic Foundation
Advanced Fellow Award. Cleveland, Ohio.

1994 American College of Cardiology Travel Award.

1993 North American Society of Pacing and Electrophysiology Travel Award.

1989 School of Cardiology, Summa Cum Laude (Catholic University, Rome, Italy).

1985 M.D. Summa Cum Laude (University of Florence, Italy).

MEMBERSHIPS:

FESC with the European Society of Cardiology Feb., 2010
Texas Medical Association – 2008 - present
American Medical Association – 2005 present
FACC with the American College of Cardiology - 2006 - present
American Heart Association - Jul 2003 – present
FHRS with the Heart Rhythm Society -
Heart Rhythm Society Member – Mar 2006 - present
Italian College of Physicians
Italian Society of Cardiology
Ontario College of Physicians and Surgeons – Aug 1991 – Oct 2006

EDITORIAL BOARD:

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Member of the Scientific Committee of the International Magazine of Health
Emergencies "OPLITAI"
Reviewer – PACE, The Official Journal of the North American Society of Pacing and Electrophysiology
Reviewer – Journal of the American College of Cardiology
Reviewer – American Journal of Cardiology
Reviewer – Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology
Reviewer – American Heart Journal
Reviewer – Circulation
Reviewer – Journal of Electrocardiology
Member of the Editorial Board of the Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology (2002 - Present)
Member of the Editorial Board of the EP Lab Digest (2005 - Present)
Associate Editor of the Journal of Interventional Cardiac Electrophysiology (2005 - Present)
Member of the Editorial Board and Advisory Committee of the Japanese Journal of Cardiac Arrhythmia
(2005 - Present)
Member of the Editorial Board of the Journal of the American College of Cardiology (2005 - Present)
Guest Editor for Journal of Interventional Cardiac Electrophysiology: Special Issue Novel Technologies in
The Interventional Electrophysiology Laboratory: Volume 13, Supplement 1, August 2005
Guest Editor for Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology: Proceedings from Coburg AF Meeting: 2003; 26.
Member of the Editorial Board of Advances in Arrhythmias (A) (2007 – Present)
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Founding Editorial Board Member - The Journal of Innovations in Cardiac Rhythm Management (April
2010 – Present)
Heart Rhythm Society Editorial Board (Nov. 2010 – Nov. 2011).
Founding Editorial Board Member of The Journal of Innovations in Cardiac Rhythm Management (2011)
Editorial Board Member of World Journal of Cardiology (2009 – Present)
Editorial Board Member of Journal of Geriatric Cardiology (2011)
Associate-Editor-in-Chief Journal of Geriatric Cardiology (Apr. 2011)
Editorial Board Member of American Journal of Cardiovascular Disease (Mar. 2011)

HRS COMMITTEE ACTIVITIES:

HRS Leadership Retreat March 19-20, 2011 Washington, DC
Dr. Andrea Natale nominated to the Heart Rhythm Society Board of Trustees. May 6, 2011.
HRS Member of Relationships with Industry Task Force (Sept. 2010 – April 2011)
HRS Member of the Reimbursement and Regulatory Affairs Subcommittee (May 2009 - May 2011)
HRS Atrial Fibrillation Consensus Statement Committee (2006 - 2007)
HRS FDA Task Force on Atrial Fibrillation (2006)
HRS Founders Member – Chairman Level (2005)
HRS Founders Member (2004)
HRS Annual Meeting Program Committee Member (2005, 2007-08)

PATENTS:

NO. EP 1 356 780 for Ablation Device, June 14, 2006

OTHER PROFESSIONAL AND ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS:

Invited to serve as Co-Chairman of the Oral Original Contribution Session at the American College
of Cardiology 46th Annual Scientific Session (Newer therapy for Atrial Fibrillation) Anaheim, CA –
1997.
Invited to serve as Abstract Grader at the American College of Cardiology Meeting
(Supraventricular Arrhythmias - Clinical Electrophysiology) – 1997.
Invited to serve as Abstract Grader at the North American Society of Pacing and
Electrophysiology Meeting (NASPE) San Diego, CA - 1998.
Invited to serve as Chair of Core Curriculum on ―Advances in Ventricular Defibrillation‖ during the
annual meeting of the North American Society of Pacing and Electrophysiology (NAPSE) – 1998.
Invited to serve as Chairman of the Symposium ―Atrial Fibrillation – State of the Art‖ at the 11th
International Congress Cardiostim. Nice, France – 1998.
Invited to serve as Abstract Grader at the North American Society of Pacing and Electrophysiology
meeting (NASPE) Toronto, Canada – 1999.
Invited to serve as Abstract Grader at the XIth World Symposium on Cardiac Pacing and
Electrophysiology, Berlin, Germany – 1999.
Invited as Speaker at Luncheon Panel: Arrhythmias in Athletes during the annual American
College of Cardiology Meeting. Anaheim, Calif – 2000.
Invited to serve as Abstract Grader at the North American Society of Pacing and Electrophysiology
Meeting (NASPE), Washington, District of Columbia – 2000.
Invited to serve as Abstract Grader at the American Heart Association Meeting – 2000.
Invited to serve as Speaker for the Clinical Tutorial Session at NASPE titled, ―Troubleshooting in
Complex Ablations‖ with the first live ablation case broadcast done from The Cleveland Clinic
Foundation, Washington, District of Columbia – 2000.
Invited to serve as Chair for the Symposium ―Atrial fibrillation: invasive therapies,‖ Rome, Italy –
2000.
Invited to serve as Abstract Grader for the North American Society of Pacing and Electrophysiology
(NASPE) meeting in New Orleans, Los Angeles – 2001.
Invited to serve as Abstract Grader for the American Heart Association (AHA) meeting in Anaheim,
California – 2001.

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Organizer and Program Director, ―Electrophysiology 2001: New Technologies in the Diagnosis and
Treatment of Complex Arrhythmias‖ (AHA) meeting, Anaheim, California – 2001.
Invited to serve as Program Presenter for the American College of Cardiology (ACC) meeting in
Atlanta, Georgia – 2002.
Invited to serve as Abstract Grader for the North American Society of Pacing and Electrophysiology
(NASPE) meeting in San Diego, California – 2002.
Invited to Chair Abstract Session ―Catheter Ablation I: Technical Advances‖ at the North American
Society of Pacing and Electrophysiology Meeting (NASPE), San Diego, California – 2002.
Invited to Co-chair Atrial Fibrillation (Part II), ―Safety and Long-Term Efficacy of Techniques for
PV Isolation‖ at Cardiostim, Nice, France – 2002.
Invited to Co-chair Scope Session ―Mapping and Ablation of Complex Arrhythmias‖ at XXIV
Congress of the European Society of Cardiology Meeting in Berlin, Germany – 2002.
Invited to Co-chair the Free Paper Session ―Catheter Ablation of Supraventricular and Ventricular
Tachyarrhythmias‖ at the X International Symposium on Progress in Clinical Pacing in Rome, Italy
– 2002.
Invited to serve as Abstract Grader of the American Heart Association (AHA) annual meeting in
Chicago, Illinois – 2002.
Invited to serve as Committee Member/Abstract Grader for the XII World Congress on Cardiac
Pacing and Electrophysiology in Hong Kong, China – 2003.
Invited to Co-Chair the ―Meet the Experts‖ Session for the 52nd Annual American College of
Cardiology (ACC) Scientific Session in Chicago, Illinois – 2003.
Invited to serve as Abstract Grader and Faculty Member for the 24th Annual Scientific Sessions of
the North American Society of Pacing and Electrophysiology (NASPE), Washington, District of
Columbia – 2003.
Organizer and Co-Program Director, Atrial Fibrillation Summit, sponsored by The Cleveland Clinic
Foundation, Cleveland, Ohio – 2003.
Invited to serve as Abstract Grader of the American Heart Association (AHA) annual meeting in
Orlando, Florida – 2003.
Invited to Co-Chair the ―Meet the Experts‖ Session for the 53rd Annual American College of
Cardiology (ACC) Scientific Session in New Orleans, Los Angeles – 2004.
Invited to serve as Program Committee Member for the 25th Annual Scientific Sessions of the North
American Society of Pacing and Electrophysiology (NASPE), San Francisco, California – 2004.
Invited to serve as Abstract Grader and Faculty Member for the 25th Annual Scientific Sessions of
the North American Society of Pacing and Electrophysiology (NASPE), San Francisco, California –
2004.
Invited to serve as Abstract Grader of the American Heart Association (AHA) annual meeting in
New Orleans, Los Angeles – 2004.
Invited to serve as Abstract Grader and Faculty Member for the European Cardiac Arrhythmia
Society annual meeting in Marseille, France – 2005.
Invited to serve as Abstract Grader and Faculty Member for the 26th Annual Scientific Sessions of
the North American Society of Pacing and Electrophysiology (Heart Rhythm Society), New Orleans,
Los Angeles – 2005.
Invited to serve as Program Committee Member for the Biosense Webster Focus Group, Boston, and
Massachusetts – 2005.
Invited to serve as a Faculty Committee Member for Physician Advisory Board (PAB), Boston,
Massachusetts – 2005.
Invited to serve as a Faculty Committee Member for the 10th Atrial Fibrillation Symposium, Boston,
Massachusetts – 2005.
Invited to serve as a Faculty Committee Member for the International Meeting on Atrial Fibrillation,
Bologna – 2005.
Invited to serve as a Faculty Committee Member for the Atrial Fibrillation and Ventricular
Arrhythmia Management, Aspen, Colorado – 2005.
Invited to serve as a Faculty Program Committee Member and Chairman for the VeniceArrhythmias,
Venice – 2005.
Invited to serve as a Faculty Program Committee Member for the EP in Aspen III, Southern
Colorado – 2005.
Invited to serve as Program Committee Member for the 26th Annual Scientific Sessions of the North
American Society of Pacing and Electrophysiology (Heart Rhythm Society) – New Orleans, LA -
2005.
Invited to serve as Abstract Grader of the American Heart Association (AHA) annual meeting in
Dallas, Texas – 2005.
Invited to serve as Guest Editor for the Journal of Interventional Cardiac Electrophysiology: Special
Issue Novel Technologies in the Interventional Electrophysiology Laboratory: Volume 13,
Supplement 1 – 2005.
Invited to serve as Abstract Grader and Faculty Member for the 27th Annual Scientific Sessions of
the North American Society of Pacing and Electrophysiology (Heart Rhythm Society), Boston,
Massachusetts – 2006.
Invited to serve as Abstract Grader and Faculty Member of the American College of North Carolina
– 2006.
Invited to serve as Course Director EP Fellows Winter Symposium Miami, Florida - February 2007.
Invited to serve as Abstract Reviewer for the ACC.07, 56th Annual Scientific Session, New Orleans,
LA - 2007.
Invited to serve as Program Chairman, Co-Moderator, Speaker: Heart Rhythm 28th Annual
Scientific Sessions. Denver, Colorado – 2007.
Member: Safety Committee for the FDA for the Optimizer System Study DSMB Meeting July
20th, 2007.
Invited to serve as Co-President, Faculty Program Committee Member and Chairman for the
VeniceArrhythmias, Venice – 2007.
Invited to serve as Abstract Reviewer for the ACC.08, 57th Annual Scientific Session, Orlando,
FL - 2008.
Invited to serve as Abstract Grader and Faculty Member for the 29th Annual Scientific Sessions of
the North American Society of Pacing and Electrophysiology (Heart Rhythm Society).
Invited to serve as Program Committee Member for the 29th Annual Scientific Sessions of the North
American Society of Pacing and Electrophysiology (Heart Rhythm Society) - 2008
Invited to serve as Abstract Reviewer for The Heart Rhythm Society's 30th Annual Scientific
Sessions. Boston, MA - 2009.
Invited to serve as Abstract Reviewer for European Society of Cardiology Congress, Barcelona,
Spain - 2009.
Invited to serve as Co-President, Faculty Program Committee Member and Chairman for the
VeniceArrhythmias, Venice, IT - 2009.
Invited to serve as Abstract Reviewer for The American Heart Association Scientific Sessions,
Orlando, FL - 2009.

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