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Personal History
EDUCATION and TRAINING1959 - 1963: B.A., Columbia University, New York City
1963 - 1967: M.D., Chicago Medical School, Chicago, IL
1967 - 1968: Internship, University of Southern California, Los Angeles County General Hospital, Los Angeles, CA
1968 - 1969: Residency: Michael Reese Hospital, Chicago, IL
1971 - 1972: ResidencyGeorge Washington University Hospital (Residency), Washington, DC
1972 - 1974: Caridiology Fellowship, University of California San Francisco, Mount Zion Hospital, San Francisco, CA
CERTIFICATION
1973: American Board of Internal Medicine
1975: American Board of Internal Medicine Cardiovascular Subspecialty Exam
Research Interests
Major clinical interests include cardiac arrhythmias, antiarrhythmic drugs, cardiac arrhythmia ablation, cardiac pacemakers and implantable cardioverter defibrillators, acute myocardial infarction, and Preventive Cardiology/Cardiac Rehabilitation.
Major research interests include cardiac arrhythmias, sudden cardiac death, antiarrhythmic devices, chronobiology and chronotherapeutics of cardiac arrhythmias and acute cardiac events.
Publications
Recent Refereed Articles
Books and Chapters
Scheinman MM, Peters RW: Clinical and electropharmacologic characteristics of patients with bundle branch block. In Cardiac Pacing. Edited by N. El - Sherif and P. Samet. Grune and Stratton, New York, 1980.
Goldschlager N, Scheinman MM, and Peters RW: Atrioventricular intraventricular block in patients with acute myocardial infarction. In Coronary Care. Edited by Karliner JS and Gregoratos G. Churchill Livingston, New York, 1981, Chapter 18, pp 425-448.
Scheinman MM, Peters RW, Sauve MJ, Desai JM, Abbott JA: Clinical Significance of HV interval in patients with chronic bundle branch block and the role of permanent pacemaker insertion. In: Cardiac Electrophysiology Today, Academic Press, 1982.
Peters RW, Scheinman MM, Sauve MJ, Williams K, Desai J, Abbott J, Cogan J: Bundle branch block: Anatomic electrophysiologic and clinical correlates. In Cardiology Update. (Ed. E. Rapport), Elsevier, North Holland New York, 1983 pp 219-240.
Morady F, Peters RW, Scheinman MM: Bradyarrhythmias and bundle branch block. In Medical Emergencies (Ed. M. Scheinman), Saunders, Philadelphia, 1984, Chapter 7, pp 135-151.
Peters RW, Scheinman MM: Anatomic and electrophysiologic aspects of fascicular block. In Cardiac Arrhythmias: From Diagnosis to Therapy. (Ed M. Scheinman and Samuel Levy), Futura, Mt. Kisco, New York, 1984, Chapter 7, pp 137-165.
Peters RW, Scheinman MM: Bundle branch block and atrioventricular conduction disturbances. In Cardiology (Eds Parmley WW, Chatterjee K. JB Lippincott Company, Philadelphia , 1988. Volume 1, Chapter 68 pp 1-22.
Peters RW, Scheinman MM: Bundle branch block and atrioventricular conduction disturbances. In Cardiology: An Illustrated Text/Reference. (Eds. W.W. Parmley, Chatterjee) JB Lippincott Company, Kansas City, 1991. Volume 1, Chapter 48 pp 111-127.
Peters RW: Pacemaker techniques for managements of supraventricular tachycardia In Cardiac Preexcitation Syndromes: Origins, evaluation and treatment. (Ed. D.C. Benditt, D.W. Benson, Jr.) Kluwer Academic Publishers, Norwell, Massachusetts, 1986, Chapter 23, pp 481-490.
Peters RW: Heart Block in acute Myocardial Infarction. In Modern Coronary Care, (Ed G. Francis and J. Alpert) Little, Brown and Company, Boston, 1995, Chapter 10, pp 177-192.
Peters RW: Effect of Beta-Blockers on Circadian Variation of Sudden Cardiac Death In Survivors of Myocardial Infarction. In Beta-Blockers and Cardiac Arrhythmia (Ed. P. Deedwania) Marcel Dekker, Inc., N.Y. 1992, Chapter 7, pp 151-164.
Ellenbogen KA, Peters RW: Indications for permanent and temporary cardiac pacing In Principles of Cardiac Pacing (Ed K. Ellenbogen) Blackwell Scientific Publications, Cambridge, MA 1996, 2nd Edition, Chapter 1, pp 1-36.
Gold MR, Peters RW: Tachycardias In Conn's Current Therapy (Ed R.E Rakel) WB Saunders Company, Philadelphia, 1995 pp 236-241.
Peters, RW: Circadian rhythm of sudden cardiac death. In: Circadian Rhythms of Cardiovascular Disorders (Ed P. Deedwania) Futura Publishing Company, Armonk, N.Y. 1997, Chapter 8, pp147-162.
Gold MR, Peters, RW: Pacing in heart failure. In: Clinical Cardiac Pacing (Ed K Ellenbogen, G Neal Kay, B Wilkoff) WB Saunders Company, Philadelphia, 2000, Chapter 20, pp 497-507.
Peters RW, Gold MR. Bradyarrhythmias and indications for pacing – new and emerging. In: Management of Cardiac Arrhythmias (Ed L Ganz) Humana Press, Totowa, New Jersey 2002, Chapter 11, pp163-182.
Peters RW, Ellenbogen KA. Indications for permanent and temporary cardiac pacing. In: Cardiac Pacing 3rd Edition (Ed K Ellenbogen) Blackwell Scientific Publications, Cambridge, MA, 2001, Chapter 1 pp 1-47.
Gold MR, Peters RW. How great is the arrhythmic risk for heart failure patients and does resynchronization therapy modify it. In: Cardiac Arrhythmias 2001 (Ed A Raviele), Springer, Milan, Italy 2001, pp 151-156.
Peters RW, Gold MR. Permanent pacemakers and antiarrhythmic devices. In: Irwin and Rippe’s Intensive Care Medicine, 5th Edition, Silverchair Science & Communications, Charlottesville, VA. (In Press).
Gold MR, Peters RW. Newer applications of pacemakers. In: Cardiac Electrophysiology: From Cell to Bedside. 4th Edition (Ed Zipes DP) W B Saunders, Philadelphia. 2004, Chapter 110, pp1011-1017.
Peters RW, Gold MR. Heart Block. In: Conn’s Current Therapy 2005 (Eds Rakel RE, Bopes ET) Elsevier Saunders 2005, pp 349-353.
Pugazhendhi P, Peters RW, Ellenbogen KA. Indications for permanent and temporary cardiac pacing. In: Cardiac Pacing, 4th edition (Ed K Ellenbogen), Blackwell Scientific Publications, Cambridge, MA 2005, chapter 1, pp 1-46.
Peters RW, Pugazhendhi, P, Ellenbogen KA. Indications for permanent and temporary cardiac pacing. In Cardiac Pacing 5th edition (Ed K Ellenbogen), Blackwell Scientific Publications, Cambridge, MA 2008, (In Press).
Peters RW, Gold MR. Newer applications of pacemakers. In: Cardiac Electrophysiology: From Cell to Bedside. 5th Edition (Ed Zipes DP) WB Saunders, Philadelphia (in Press).