St. David's HealthCare

St. David’s HealthCare is one of the largest hospital systems in Texas and Austin’s fourth largest employer, operating six hospitals, four ambulatory surgery centers and multiple outpatient clinics throughout Central Texas.

St. David’s HealthCare has a long history of serving the residents of Central Texas with exceptional medical care.  Our 6,200 employees touch over 270,000 lives each year with a spirit of warmth and personal pride.

Visit our main website at www.StDavids.com

St. David's Georgetown (512) 943-3000
St. David's North Austin (512) 901-1000
St. David's Round Rock (512) 341-1000
St. David's Medical Center (512) 476-7111
St. David's South Austin (512) 447-2211
St. David's Rehabilitation Hospital (512) 544-5100

Andrea Natale, M.D., F.A.C.C., F.H.R.S.

Dr. Andrea Natale, MD

Andrea Natale, M.D., F.A.C.C., F.H.R.S., Executive Medical Director, Texas Cardiac Arrhythmia Institute at St. David’s Medical Center

Patients from around the world seek treatment from Dr. Natale. A recognized leader in the field of electrophysiology, Dr. Natale, who is a native of Italy, is a dedicated clinician, academician and researcher.

Prior to the establishment of Texas Cardiovascular Arrhythmia Institute at St. David’s Medical Center, Dr. Natale was a member of the Cardiovascular Medicine Department at the Cleveland Clinic from 1999 to 2007, serving most recently as section head for the Department of Cardiac Pacing and Electrophysiology and as medical director for the Cleveland Clinic’s Center for Atrial Fibrillation. In 2006, Dr. Natale was named to the Food and Drug Administration's Task Force on Atrial Fibrillation and received a patent for a device used to treat Atrial Fibrillation.

Dr. Natale has served as a professor at a variety of prestigious universities, including Duke University and Stanford University. He has been an invited lecturer at more than 200 symposiums and conferences around the world, and is the author or co-author of hundreds of published articles on pacing and electrophysiology. In addition to serving on the editorial boards of numerous medical journals, he is editor-in-chief of the Journal of Atrial Fibrillation.

M.D. News - Dr. Andrea NataleDr. Natale’s greatest reward is restoring his patients to a life free of cardiac arrhythmia. He pioneered a circumferential ultrasound vein-ablation system to correct atrial fibrillation and performed the procedure on the world’s first five patients. He also developed some of the current catheter-based cures for atrial fibrillation, and was the first electrophysiologist in the nation to perform percutaneous epicardial radiofrequency ablation, which is a treatment for people who fail conventional ablation.

A dedicated researcher, Dr. Natale focuses on innovative advances in the treatment of atrial fibrillation. His goal is to benefit patient care through technologies such as robotic devices and specialized ablation catheters.

Education

  • M.D., University of Florence Medical School, Florence, Italy
  • Catholic University School of Cardiology, Rome, Italy
  • Residency (Cardiology), Methodist Hospital, Baylor College, Houston, Texas
  • Fellowship (Cardiology and Electrophysiology), University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada and University of Wisconsin, Sinai Samaritan Medical Center, Milwaukee, WI

Board Certification

  • American Board of Internal Medicine (Internal Medicine, Cardiovascular Disease and Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology)

Recognition

  • Bakken Heart-Brain Research Award
  • Cleveland Clinic Innovator of the Year, 2004, 2005, 2006

Memberships

  • American Medical Association
  • Heart Rhythm Society
  • American College of Cardiology
  • American Heart Association
  • Texas Medical Association
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