Elizabeth V. (Tess) Saarel, MD

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Elizabeth V. (Tess) Saarel, MDAcademic appointment: Assistant Professor (Clinical) of Pediatrics, University of Utah

Administrative appointments: None to date.

Clinical expertise: Treatment of cardiac rhythm disorders in children and adults with congenital heart disease.

Research interests: Diagnosis and treatment of cardiac arrhythmias in children and adults with congenital heart disease; cardiac pacing and defibrillator therapies for treatment of arrhythmias and heart failure in children and adults with congenital heart disease.

Education: BA Biology – Princeton University, Princeton, NJ; MD – University of California, Los Angeles School of Medicine, L.A., CA.

Residency: Pediatrics – Rainbow Babies & Children’s Hospital, Cleveland, OH

Fellowship: Pediatric Cardiology – University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI; Pediatric Electrophysiology Fellowship – University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI

Board Certification: American Board of Pediatrics, General Pediatrics 1995; American Board of Pediatrics, Pediatric Cardiology 2004

Selected Publications:

  1. Transtelephonic electrocardiographic monitors for evaluation of children and adolescents with suspected a rrhythmias. Saarel EV, Stefanelli CB, Fischbach PS, Serwer GA, Rosenthal A, Dick M 2nd.Pediatrics, 2004, Feb. 113(2) 248-51.
  2. Radiofrequency Ablation for Supraventricular Tachycardia in Children </=15 kg Is Safe and Effective. Aiyagari R, Saarel EV, Etheridge SP, Bradley DJ, Dick M 2nd, Fischbach PS. Pediatr Cardiol 2005 Sep 1; [Epub ahead of print].
  3. Fischbach PS, Saarel EV, Dick M 2nd. Transient atrioventricular conduction block with cryoablation following normal cryomapping. Heart Rhythm. 2004 Nov;1(5):554
  4. Horenstein MS, Saarel E, Dick M, Karpawich PP. Reversible symptomatic dilated cardiomyopathy in older children and young adolescents due to primary non-sinus supraventricular tachyarrhythmias. Pediatr Cardiol. 2003 May-Jun; 24(3):274-9. Epub 2003 Jan 28.