Dr Dhanunjaya Lakkireddy is the Medical Director at Kansas City Heart Rhythm Institute and a Professor of Medicine at the University of Missouri, Columbia. As a trained cardiologist he specialises in the research and education of electrophysiology. He is a Chairman of the ACC Electrophysiology Council as well as a member of the Program Committee in the Heart Rhythm Society.
Dr Lakkireddy has received multiple awards and recognitions, including the Professional Leader of the Year from the Asian Chamber of Commerce, Prevention Magazine Integrative Medicine Award, and Ingram's Heroes in Health Care Award.
He continues to serve as the principal investigator for clinical trials and has published more than 350 articles in the field of electrophysiology. Alongside writing articles, Dr. Lakkireddy is the Editor-in-Chief for the Journal of Atrial Fibrillation, Deputy Editor for the Journal of Interventional Electrophysiology, and editorial board member and reviewer for more than 30 scientific publications including the American Heart Journal, American Journal of Cardiology, Clinical Cardiology, Heart Rhythm Journal, and the Journal of Interventional Cardiac Electrophysiology.
His research interests include atrial fibrillation, inflammatory cardiomyopathy and ventricular arrhythmias, left atrial appendage, cardiac dysautonomias, and hybrid ablation techniques.
