Team Name:

IOWA PRO-AUTONOMIA

Team Leader Name:

Brian Olshansky, M.D.

Location:

Iowa City, IA

Approach:

Not Yet Public

Affiliation:

University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA

Link:

N/A

Team Leader Bio:

Dr. Olshansky is a cardiac electrophysiologist with over 30 years of experience in cardiology, arrhythmia management and autonomic research. He has a longstanding interest in evaluating autonomic influences in clinical practice and animal models and they apply to the heart and other organ systems. He has studied the effects of unilateral and bilateral vagal nerve stimulation and parasympathetic/sympathetic stimulation in human and animal models of atrial flutter and fibrillation. He is recognized for his expertise in syncope and associated neurocardiogenic syndromes. He contributed substantially to the understanding of autonomic influences in cardiac arrhythmias and in heart failure.