<p>3 questions</p>
<p>What do these specialists do? One thing I can think is maybe analyzing EKGs.</p>
<p>How much of physics do they use in their daily work? I heard it is substantial.</p>
<p>What’s the process to become an EP? 3 years intern, x years fellowship? I have no idea.</p>
<p>Thanks</p>
<p>Im pretty sure if u dissect the root words in that speciality ull see that electrophyiology is the study of the electric currents in your body with nerve reaction etc throughout ur body… this is what i know of it… also electrophysiology is the study of the electrical properties of biological cells and tissues… it involves measurements of voltage change or electrical current flow on a wide variety of scales from single ion channel proteins to whole tissues and organs mainly the heart…</p>
<p>it is a concentration speciality of the sub speciality of cardiology… as you know cardiology is the study of everything that relates to the heart- ranging from its understanding of it processes to the pathology and study of diseases and genetical malfunctions that affect it…</p>
<p>As far as i know… it the typical route… get you MD… specialize in Cardiology… and then take a 1-2 year internship and im pretty sure a fellowship as well on the concentration in cardiology- in ur case electrophysiology through cardiology… then do residency 4-5 years… i know the idea that for a normal cardiologist, its 4 years med school, 2 year internship (typically, sometimes better opportunities arise)… and 4-5 year residency…</p>
<p>Hope that Helps…</p>
<p>Also, usually after you’ve done residency, these specialists tend to work normal work hours + research most the time… they are similar to neurologists… You’ll be doing lots of clinical trials etc… and will be doing lots of theoretical work… The amount of physics is huge… i’ve heard many electrical engineers tend to do double major in biomechanics because some like the idea of this field… Ull need to have a great basic concept understanding of electrical physics… and you’ll be using that quite a bit along with chemical physics, and hydrostatistics…</p>
<p>Electrophysiologists specialize in treating patients who have problems with the heart’s conducting system. You’d be putting in pacemakers and doing other procedures that fix abnormal rhythms.</p>
<p>To the best of my knowledge, the training involved is:
4 years medical school
3 years internal medicine residency
3 years Cardiology fellowship
1-2 years Electrophysiology fellowship</p>
<p>Post #4 is correct. The physics you need is rapidly internalized and soon becomes instinctive, so it’s not like EP docs are sitting around with proofs and integrals all day.</p>
<p>EP is 1 year…though some places are two, which based off of where these programs are, is probably a research year.</p>
<p>I’ve had patients consulted by EP for things like Atrial Fibrillation, a variety of different heart blocks, and as part of syncope work-ups. They are very useful for helping to interpret complex results from ambulatory heart monitors, and for making the decision on what sort of treatments will be made when an arrythmia has been refractory to first line treatments - pacers, defibrillators, ablations, or further medical managment.</p>