Dr. Ellenbogen is Kimmerling Professor of Cardiology and Director of Electrophysiology and Pacing at the Virginia Commonwealth University Health System in Richmond, Virginia. He earned his medical degree from The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, and completed his residency in internal medicine at The Johns Hopkins Hospital and his fellowship in cardiology at Duke University Medical Center. Dr. Ellenbogen served as Editor of the Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology and on the editorial board of Circulation: Arrhythmia and Electrophysiology. He currently serves as an Editor of  JACC: Clinical Electrophysiology and on the Editorial Board of the American Heart Journal. He has published more than 450 original peer reviewed articles, 240 editorials, review articles and book chapters, and the editor/author of more than 7 textbooks and monographs in the field of electrophysiology and pacing. The Heart Rhythm Society has honored Kenneth A. Ellenbogen, M.D., with its Distinguished Teacher Award and he served as Director of the Board Review Course for 6 years. He currently serves on the Heart Rhythm Board of Trustees and is a former President of the Heart Rhythm Society.