Post-Doctoral Training
New York University, NY, NY, Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology, Fellowship
New York University, NY, NY, Cardiovascular Disease, Fellowship
Columbia University, New York-Presbyterian Hospital, NY, NY Internal Medicine, Residency
Columbia University, New York-Presbyterian Hospital, NY, NY, Internal Medicine, Internship
Academic Training
New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY, Doctor of Medicine
Boston University, Boston, MA, B.A., magna cum laude, History and International Relations
Board Certifications
American Board of Internal Medicine, Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology
American Board of Internal Medicine, Cardiovascular Disease
Professional Experience
Current:
Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology, Cardiology Associates of Fort Lauderdale, Holy Cross Medical Group
Affiliate Assistant Professor of Medicine, University of Miami
Past:
Weill Cornell Medical College, NY, NY, Instructor in Clinical Medicine
Current Leadership Positions
Medical Director, Electrophysiology Laboratory, Holy Cross Hospital, Fort Lauderdale, FL
Governing Council, Holy Cross Hospital, Fort Lauderdale, FL
Arrhythmia Council, Holy Cross Hospital, Fort Lauderdale, FL
Heart Failure Council, Holy Cross Hospital, Fort Lauderdale, FL
Professional Memberships
Heart Rhythm Society, Fellow
Caducean Society of Greater Fort Lauderdale
Featured Publications:
Lee JJ, Weitz D, Anand R. Holding Area LINQ Trial (HALT). Indian Pacing and Electrophysiology Journal (2017) June; 17(6) :163-166.
Weitz D, et al. The benign nature of mild induced therapeutic hypothermia–induced long QTc, Int. J. Cardiol (2013).
Peñalver JM, Mosca RS, Weitz D, Phoon CK. Anomalous aortic origin of coronary arteries from the opposite sinus: a critical appraisal of risk. BMC Cardiovasc Disord. 2012 Oct 1;12:83.
Weitz D, Weintraub H, Fisher E, Schwartzbard AZ. Fish oil for the treatment of cardiovascular disease. Cardiology in Review 2010. Sep-Oct; 18(5): 258-63.
Weitz D, Bystryn JC. Frequency of shifts with time in the profile of anti-desmoglein antibodies in pemphigus vulgaris. Archives of Dermatology. 2007; 143: 1073.
Swamy N, Head JF, Weitz D, Ray R. Biochemical and preliminary crystallographic characterization of the vitamin D sterol and actin binding by human vitamin D-binding protein. Archives of Biochemistry & Biophysics 2002; 402: 14-23.
Featured Abstracts:
Adkinson B, Pineda K, Schweitzer M, Gandhi P, Weitz D, Anand R. Eosinophilia: a rare cause of chest pain. 24 March 2018, FL Chapter ACP 2018 Annual Residents & Medical Students Meeting. Orlando, Florida.
Lee JJ, Weitz D. Loperamide induced sodium channel poisoning mimicking wide complex arrhythmia, Heart Rhythm Society 37th Annual Scientific Session, May 2016 in San Francisco, CA.
Weitz D, Greet B, Roswell R, Bernstein SA, Berger JS, Holmes DS, Bernstein N, Aizer A, Chinitz L, Keller NM. The benign nature of therapeutic hypothermia-induced long QTc, American Heart Association’s Resuscitation Science Symposium 2011 in Orlando, Florida
Featured Book Chapters:
Lee JJ, Anand R, Weitz D. Chapter 12. CCTA Electrophysiology. Coronary Artery CTA; A Case Based Atlas. 2nd Edition. Springer, 2018.
Swamy N, Weitz D, Coughtron M, Head JF, Ray R. Three-dimensional architecture of the vitamin-D binding protein-G-actin complex. Vitamin D Endocrine System. University of California Press, 2000; 121-124.