A Contemporary Manual of Left Atrial Appendage Closure

Steven J. Filby, MD, is the director of the cardiac catheterization laboratory and program director for the interventional cardiology fellowship training program at University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center.  He is an Associate Professor of Medicine at Case Western Reserve University, School of Medicine. Dr. Filby graduated from Harvard University with honors and obtained his medical degree from Louisiana State University School of Medicine in New Orleans. He completed his internal medicine residency at Stanford University Hospital and cardiology fellowship at University of North Carolina Health Care in Chapel Hill. Dr. Filby then completed a two year advanced fellowship in interventional cardiology, peripheral and structural intervention at the Cleveland Clinic. Dr. Filby is one of the University Hospitals “Distinguished Physician” and has been recognized as one of Cleveland Magazine’s Top Doctors.

Luis Augusto Palma Dallan, MD, PhD, is an interventional cardiologist at the Harrington Heart & Vascular Institute, University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center, OH, USA (2023) and the medical director, catheterization laboratory, UH Samaritan Medical Center, Ashland, OH. He is a Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine. He received his M.D. degree in medicine from Santa Casa de Misericordia de Sao Paulo, Brazil (2003). Fellowship in Cardiology at InCor – HCFMUSP – Heart Institute – Clinical Hospital Medical College – University of Sao Paulo (2008). Specialist in Cardiology conferred by SBC / AMB (2008). Specialist in Internal Medicine conferred by SBCM / AMB (2012). Specialist in Intensive Care conferred by AMIB / AMB (2012). Fellow in Hemodynamic and Interventional Cardiology at InCor – HCFMUSP (2010). Specialist in Hemodynamic and Interventional Cardiology conferred by SBHCI / AMB (2010). Previously assistant physician of Interventional Cardiology Department at InCor – Heart Institute – HCFMUSP. Doctorate – PhD in Cardiology Program, School of Medicine, University of Sao Paulo (2019). Foreign Sandwich-PhD Program – PDSE – CAPES by Case Western Reserve University, University Hospitals, Cleveland Medical Center – Ohio, USA. Post-Doctoral Research in Cardiology at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, Ohio, USA (2020). Professor – Cardio-Pneumology Dept – FMUSP – School of Medicine – University of Sao Paulo (2020). Fellowship in Structural Heart Disease at Harrington Heart Vascular Institute, UH Cleveland Medical Center, Cleveland, OH (2022). 

Mauricio Arruda, MD, is the Director of Clinical Electrophysiology and Pacing at the University Hospitals Harrington Heart & Vascular Institute. He is also director of the Atrial Fibrillation Center.  Dr. Arruda is one of the University Hospitals “Distinguished Physician” and holds the distinguished “John R. Antonucci Master Clinician of Cardiovascular Innovation”. Dr. Arruda is a Professor of Medicine at Case Western Reserve University, School of Medicine.