Shephal K. Doshi MD, FACC

Dr. Shephal K. Doshi practices Cardiac Electrophysiology (EP) and management of arrhythmias. He specializes in interventional therapies for arrhythmias, including atrial fibrillation and ventricular tachycardia. He attended college at the University of California, Riverside. He received his Cardiac EP training at the Massachusetts General Hospital and served as a clinical instructor at Harvard Medical School. He joined the Pacific Heart Institute in 2004 and soon became the Director of Cardiac EP and Pacing at Providence, Saint John’s Health Center.

Currently, he remains one of the national PIs and leading experts in alternative therapies to the blood thinner warfarin in patients with atrial fibrillation to reduce their risk of stroke. He is one of the most experienced implanters worldwide of the recently FDA-approved Watchman left atrial appendage occluder. Under his direction, St. Johns Health Center has the largest US experience with this procedure. With this procedure, patients with atrial fibrillation (a heart rhythm disorder) are able to stop their blood thinners.