Dr. Joseph Aaron Blatt, MD

Basic capabilities are missing from most MDs. For an EP Cardiologist, in general, one hopes to find a person familiar with the specific Pacemaker implanted, so the data collected & stored on the device can be analyzed. Out of 5 EPs and 3+ years, this MD was the only capable of doing without a tech to interrogate the device. How reassuring for the Medtronic PM I have. If we assume that extracting the data can be substituted for by a tech since it is unlikely one person will know the software and User Interface of every PM, the interpretation of the data becomes the next hurdle. This MD excelled, in rapidly pulling the necessary data, and then analyzing the AFIB event frequency, magnitude, discussing, and drawing conclusions. A further step would perhaps be to evaluate the surgical skills of an EP, for a particular procedure, in my case Ablation, which we luckily concluded is not necessary at this time. In this category, he met our criteria of having done hundreds of… such procedures, and was articulate about the complexities & uncertainties of surgery. A crucial next step is the prevention of the progression of AFIBs to the point of Ablation surgery. Here again, Joseph Blatt zeroed in on Apnea as being a contributing force, leading us to research for more detailed information and pursue with different specialists, as the human body is pretty complicated. We got lucky after 3 duds, 1 good, and 1 excellent EPs.