The Chattanooga Heart Institute

Gregg S. Shander, MD, FACC
Dr. Gregg Shander’s research on the heart’s electrical functions adds a new dimension to the Chattanooga Heart Institute’s renowned electrophysiology expertise. He came to our practice from The Heart Group in Nashville, Tenn.

Dr. Shander earned his doctor of medicine degree at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and completed his internal medicine internship and residency at the University of Chicago Hospital. He performed research involving arrhythmias at the University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands and the University of Chicago. He completed his general cardiology and electrophysiology fellowships at Duke University Medical Center in Durham, North Carolina where he received further training in cardiac pacing and clinical electrophysiology including radiofrequency ablation.

Dr. Shander received the American Heart Association Basic Sciences Research Award from the Chicago Chapter. He has also presented before the American Heart Association’s scientific sessions and at numerous other cardiovascular research symposiums. He has been published in the Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology, the Journal of American Physiology, the Journal of Molecular and Cellular Cardiology, and the supplement to American Heart Association’s journal Circulation.