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Contact Information

317-630-6640
zipes [at] kimail [dot] dmed.iupui.edu.

Experts & Speakers Faculty Profile

Douglas P. Zipes, M.D.

Distinguished Professor Emeritus

Distinguished Professor Emeritus
School of Medicine

Interests:

Wolf-Parkinson-White Syndrome, Marfan Syndrome, research and treatment of cardiac arrhythmias, sudden death in athletes

Education:

  • M.D. at Harvard University, 1964

Background:

Douglas Zipes

Photo by: IU Home Pages

Douglas Zipes is a specialist on the research and treatment of cardiac arrhythmias and a member of a team which developed first cardioverter. He pioneered an alcohol ablation catheterization technique which cures some arrhythmias and is a specialist on Wolf-Parkinson-White, Marfan, and other syndromes. Zipes is a specialist on sudden death in athletes.