Larry A. Chinitz MD

Dr. Larry A. Chinitz is the Benjamin and Coyle Family Professor of Medicine and Cardiac Electrophysiology, Director of Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology and the NYU Heart Rhythm Center and Clinical Director, Leon H. Charney Division of Cardiology, New York University School of Medicine.

Dr. Chinitz graduated Phi Beta Kappa and summa cum laude with a B.A. in Biology from NYU and then received his M.D. with distinction in Internal Medicine and AOA from NYU School of Medicine. He completed his internal medicine residency in the Bellevue/VA/NYU program, was named senior chief medical resident, and then completed the NYU Cardiology Fellowship. Dr. Chinitz subsequently spent an additional year as a visiting fellow on the Electrophysiology service at Montefiore Medical Center.

Since joining the NYU faculty in 1982, Dr. Chinitz has played an enormously important role in furthering clinical, educational, and research missions in Cardiology, the Department of Medicine, and the NYU Medical Center. He established the Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology program and pioneered Radio Frequency Ablation. As a Center of Excellence for catheter-based treatment of Atrial Fibrillation, the Heart Rhythm Center Cardiac EP program provides top-quality cardiac rhythm management, cutting-edge research, and world-renowned training programs. Unparalleled in the area the program has evolved into one of the premier international programs.