ProfessorMedicine Attending Physician, University of Washington Medical CenterFaculty Information Biography Dr. Patton is an electrophysiologist in the Division of Cardiology. Her clinical interests include diagnosis and management of heart rhythm disorders such as rapid or slow rhythms; evaluation for individuals at risk for cardiac arrest; implantation and management of cardiovascular implantable devices (pacemaker, implantable defibrillator, and biventricuar pacemaker-defibrillator); and ablation for supraventricular and ventricular tachycardias and Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome. She earned her bachelor's degree from the University Chicago, and her medical degree from Oregon Health Sciences University. She completed an internal medicine residency, cardiology fellowship, and electrophysiology fellowship at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston. During her cardiology fellowship, she did research on the genetics of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy in the Seidman laboratory at the Brigham and Women's Hospital. She came to the University of Washington as an assistant professor in 2004. She is board certified in internal medicine, cardiovascular disease, and clinical cardiac electrophysiology. Dr. Patton believes in ensuring each patient feels listened to, and can act as a partner in making medical decisions. Her personal interests include reading, hiking, learning to throw to be able to pitch to small children, and cooking for friends. Education & Training: Clinical Fellowship in Cardiology and ElectrophysiologyBrigham and Women's Hospital, Massachusetts General HospitalBoston, MA1998-2004 Research Fellowship in CardiologyMassachusetts General Hospital Seidman Lab (Genetics), Brigham and Women's HospitalBoston, MA2000-2002 Residency in Internal MedicineMassachusetts General HospitalBoston, MA1998 MDOregon Health Sciences UniversityPortland, OR1995 BAUniversity of ChicagoChicago, IL1991 Honors: Chair, American Heart Association Fellow and Electrocardiogram and Arrhythmias Committee2016-2018 Best Doctors in America2004-NOW FDA Circulatory System Devices Panel Committee Member American Council of Graduate Medical Education Internal Medicine Review Committee Member American College of Cardiology Fellow and Electrophysiology Section Council Member American Heart Association Fellow and Electrocardiogram and Arrhythmias Committee Member Heart Rhythm Society Fellow and Scientific and Clinical Documents Committee Member American Board of Internal Medicine Cardiovascular Specialty Board Member Alpha Omega Alpha, Medical Honor Society1994 Contact Mailing Address: University of Washington Medical Center 1959 NE Pacific Street Box 356422 Seattle, WA 98195-6422 Non-Clinical Administrative Support Contact: Lori Joubert ljoubert@cardiology.washington.edu For appointments or other clinical matters, please contact the Heart Institute. Research & Clinical Interests Research Interests: Cardiovascular Implanted Electronic Devices: Management, Extraction, Communication Inherited Arrhythmia Disorders Use of Simulation in Patient Care Teaching: Feedback, Simulation, 3D Printing Arrhythmia: Epidemiology and Genetics of Atrial Fibrillation Stroke and Sudden Death Risk prediction of sudden cardiac death; the epidemiology of atrial fibrillation: lifecourse risk factors, racial differences, genetics, and risk prediction Cardiovascular implanted electronic devices (CIEDs) in young adults Genetics, pharmacotherapy, cardiac rhythm devices in athletes Clinical Interests: Arrhythmia Diagnosis and Management Electrophysiology Cardiac Pacemaker and Defibrillator Implantation and Management, Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy, CIED, Lead Extraction Ablation Management of Cardiac Implantable Electronic Devices; Inherited Arrhythmia Disorders Publications PubMed: PubMed Bibliography
