Future Directions in Electrophysiology: A Case-Based Discussion

Dr. Sengupta is a graduate of Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center School of Medicine and completed residency training in Internal Medicine at Barnes-Jewish Hospital/Washington University in St. Louis. He did his Fellowship training in Cardiology and subsequently Cardiac Electrophysiology at the Cleveland Clinic. 

Dr. Sengupta is board certified in Cardiac Electrophysiology; he specializes in the treatment of arrhythmias and performs procedures including catheter ablation and cardiac rhythm device implantation and management. He is Director of the Joseph F. Novogratz Family Heart Rhythm Center at the Minneapolis Heart Institute Foundation where the mission is to improve care for patients with heart rhythm disorders through innovation and research that advances the field of cardiac electrophysiology.

He is Director of the Minneapolis Heart Institute Genetic Arrhythmia Center and Co-Director of the Cardiac Pacing and Device Clinic at Abbott Northwestern Hospital (ANW). He is involved in educating future cardiologists and physicians as faculty in the Hennepin County Medical Center/MHI Cardiovascular Disease Fellowship and a yearly mentor for MHI summer research interns. 

Recent awards include the Ray Bentdahl MHIF Distinguished Service Award, Distinguished Teaching Award in the Hennepin County Medical Center/MHI Cardiovascular Disease Fellowship, and Rising Star/Top Docs in MPLS. St. Paul Magazine.

Dr. Daniel Melby is Medical Director of the Electrophysiology Lab, with a special interest in and experience performing over 4000 complex catheter ablations for the treatment of fast heart rhythms, particularly atrial fibrillation. He is a recognized expert, speaking nationally on the latest ablation techniques and technology, and has participated in many national research studies of new ablation technology.

Educational institutions

• Cleveland Clinic

Fellowships

• Cleveland Clinic: 2003-2006 Cardiovascular Disease
• Cleveland Clinic: 2006-2008 Cardiac Electrophysiology

"I am interested in the unique aspects of each patient who suffers from cardiac rhythm problems. I do my best to tailor my approach to the individual needs and philosophy of care of each person I see. It is a privilege to help people with heart rhythm problems feel better and be well."

Director Research, MHI East at United Hospital
Associate Professor, Cardiology, University of MN
Associate Member, Graduate Faculty, Biomedical Engineering, University of MN

Dr. Alan Bank has directed the research division and the echo core laboratory at MHI East (formerly UHVC) for over 20 years.  He has been the Principal Investigator in >100 research studies and has published >100 papers.  His clinical interests are heart failure and echocardiography.  His current main research interest is in Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy (CRT).  He has developed a novel noninvasive technology for measuring electrical dyssynchrony in heart failure patients with CRT and has submitted 5 patents on this technology.  He is currently directing several clinical studies utilizing this technology to optimize programming in CRT patients and plans to utilize data from these studies to assist in commercialization of this technology.  Dr. Bank is a founding member and serves on the board of the Joseph F. Novogratz Family Heart Rhythm Center.