Dr. James
Reiss, a specialist in cardiac rhythm disorders,
was a faculty member in the Division of
Cardiology at Oregon Health and Science
University (OHSU) prior to joining Southwest
Washington Cardiology in February of 2005. He
completed medical school in 1995 and internal
medicine residency in 1998, both at the
University of Washington in Seattle.
Before
beginning cardiology training he spent nearly a
year as the director of the American Medical
Center in St. Petersburg, Russia.
Dr. Reiss completed fellowships in general
cardiology (2002) and clinical cardiac
electrophysiology (2003) at OHSU. He was also
awarded a Masters Degree in Public Health in
2003 at OHSU. He remains a clinical assistant
professor of medicine in the division of
cardiology at OHSU.
Dr. Reiss's area of expertise is
cardiac arrhythmia, which involves all aspects
of heart rhythm disorders including those
requiring pacemakers, defibrillators,
electrophysiology studies and ablations. He is
fluent in Russian and has a personal interest in
Russian culture. |
