George Van Hare , M.D.
Clinical Professor of Pediatrics UCSF
Director, Pediatric Arrhythmia Center at UCSF and Stanford

• Academic Biography
• Medical Center Biography
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Academic Biography

George F. Van Hare, M.D., is director of the Pediatric Arrhythmia Center at UCSF and Stanford, and splits his time between the two campuses. He did his cardiology fellowship at the University of California San Francisco, with additional training in electrophysiology at UCSF and the Texas Children's Hospital. At the Pediatric Arrhythmia Center, children with heart rhythm disorders are cared for, and all diagnostic and therapeutic modalities are available. These include out-patient and in-patient consultations, ECG/Holter/event recording, pacemaker follow-up, exercise studies, electrophysiologic studies, radiofrequency and cryoablation, and implantation of pacemakers and implantable cardioverter-defibrillators.

Dr. Van Hare has a long-standing interest in post-operative arrhythmias, and in particular, the application of new technology for characterization, mapping, and successful ablation of these arrhythmias in the electrophysiology laboratory. In particular, the pediatric electrophysiology laboratory is exploring the use of electroanatomic mapping and cooled-tip ablation in the mapping and ablation of intra-atrial reentry tachycardia.

Dr. Van Hare's other focus is in the organization and performance of multi-center prospective studies of children with heart rhythm disorders. He was the principal investigator of an NIH-funded study entitled "Prospective Assessment after Pediatric Cardiac Ablation (PAPCA)" and directs the Pediatric Catheter Ablation Registry, which currently involves >40 pediatric centers in North America. He also is interested in the developmental features of atrioventricular node reentry in children, as a window on the basic etiology of the arrhythmia.

Recent Publications

Only selected publications are listed below. Click on the icon to the left for a complete listing of publications available on Pub Med.

• Collins KK, Dubin AM, Chiesa NA, et al. Cryoablation versus radiofrequency ablation for treatment of pediatric atrioventricular nodal reentrant tachycardia: Initial experience with 4-mm cryocatheter. Heart Rhythm. May 2006;3(5):564-570.
  
  
• Dubin AM, Cuneo BF, Strasburger JF, et al. Congenital junctional ectopic tachycardia and congenital complete atrioventricular block: a shared etiology? Heart Rhythm. Mar 2005;2(3):313-315.
  
  
• Dubin AM, Feinstein JA, Reddy VM, et al. Electrical resynchronization: a novel therapy for the failing right ventricle. Circulation. May 13 2003;107(18):2287-2289.
  
  
• McDaniel GM, Van Hare GF. Catheter ablation in children and adolescents. Heart Rhythm. Jan 2006;3(1):95-101.
  
  
• Van Hare GF. Entrainment in the age of three-dimensional computer mapping. J Cardiovasc Electrophysiol. Jan 2003;14(1):62-64.
  
  
• Van Hare GF, Javitz H, Carmelli D, et al. Prospective assessment after pediatric cardiac ablation: recurrence at 1 year after initially successful ablation of supraventricular tachycardia. Heart Rhythm. Jul 2004;1(2):188-196.
  
  
• Van Hare GF, Javitz H, Carmelli D, et al. Prospective assessment after pediatric cardiac ablation: demographics, medical profiles, and initial outcomes. J Cardiovasc Electrophysiol. Jul 2004;15(7):759-770.