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Frederick Arthur Ehlert, MD

Cardiovascular Disease
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Specialties
Cardiovascular Disease, Internal Medicine, Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology, more

Locations and Appointments


ColumbiaDoctors - Midtown

51 West 51st Street
New York, NY 10019
US
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Insurances Accepted


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    NY Signature
    Aetna Signature Administrators
    Student Health
    Essential Plan
    EPO
    POS
    PPO
    Great West (National)
    Select Care (Exchange)
    HMO
    Vytra
    Medicare Managed Care
    Local 1199
    Railroad
    Traditional Medicare
    Multiplan
    Columbia University Employee Plan
    Oxford Liberty
    Compass (Exchange)
    Empire Plan
    Oxford Freedom
    Oxford HMO
    SelectHealth
    Special Needs
    World Trade Center Health Plan
    NY Signature
    Aetna Signature Administrators
    Student Health
    Essential Plan
    EPO
    POS
    PPO
    Great West (National)
    Select Care (Exchange)
    HMO
    Vytra
    Medicare Managed Care
    Local 1199
    Railroad
    Traditional Medicare
    Multiplan
    Columbia University Employee Plan
    Oxford Liberty
    Compass (Exchange)
    Empire Plan
    Oxford Freedom
    Oxford HMO
    SelectHealth
    Special Needs
    World Trade Center Health Plan

About Frederick Arthur Ehlert, MD


Frederick A. Ehlert, MD, is a cardiac electrophysiologist at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia University Medical Center.


Dr. Ehlert's areas of expertise include sudden cardiac death, pacemaker and defibrillator therapy and chronic device and lead extraction and revisions. He has authored over 40 peer-reviewed papers, reviews, and book chapters in electrophysiology and presented his original research at scientific meetings.


Dr. Ehlert graduated from Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons in New York City, he completed his internship and residency training in internal medicine at St. Luke's-Roosevelt, and his cardiology and electrophysiology fellowship training at Northwestern Memorial Hospital in Chicago.


Dr. Ehlert has been on the Columbia faculty since 1993, and became the Program Director of the Electrophysiology Fellowship at Columbia in 2006. Dr. Ehlert is Director of Physician Development for Columbia HeartSource, establishing its electrophysiology Quality Assurance practices.


Board Certifications

  • Cardiovascular Disease
  • Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology
  • Internal Medicine

Specialties & Expertise

  • Arrhythmia
  • Atrial Fibrillation
  • Cardioversion
  • Electrophysiology
  • Electrophysiology-Arrhythmias
  • Holter Monitor
  • Implant Cardiac Defibrillator
  • Pacemakers
  • Permanent Pacemakers
  • Syncope
  • Tachycardia

Education

  • Fellowship: Northwestern University Hospital
  • Medical School: Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons
  • Residency: St. Lukes Roosevelt Hospital

Leadership, Titles & Positions

  • Associate Professor of Medicine at CUMC
  • Director of Physician Development, Columbia HeartSource

Hospital Affiliations

  • NewYork-Presbyterian / Columbia University Irving Medical Center

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