Ramil Goel

Ramil Goel, MD, FHRS

Clinical Associate Professor And Program Director, EP Fellowship Program

Department: MD-CARDIOLOGY
Business Phone: (352) 548-6000
Business Email: ramil.goel@medicine.ufl.edu

About Ramil Goel

I am Dr. Ramil Goel, a cardiac electrophysiologist at UF Health. I am also an associate professor in the University of Florida College of Medicine Division of Cardiovascular Medicine and the director of the division’s clinical cardiac electrophysiology fellowship program.

I am passionate about cardiac electrophysiology – an area of medicine that focuses on heart rhythm disorders – and I use a patient-centered approach to tailor therapies suited to the unique needs of each patient. As an electrophysiologist, I treat the full range of heart arrhythmias, including slow heart rhythms that require pacemakers and newer forms of pacing that recreate natural activation of the heart. I find the fast heart rhythms of supraventricular tachycardia (SVT) and ventricular tachycardia (VT) to be particularly interesting conditions to treat because the outcomes of patients achieving freedom or near-freedom from debilitating fast heart rhythm disorders are very rewarding.

One aspect of my role at UF Health that I really enjoy is the opportunity to engage in scientific discovery that advances medical care and improves patient outcomes. UF Health electrophysiology is on the leading edge of medical care, and offers new procedures such as left atrial appendage occlusion devices – like the Watchman device – which have emerged as alternatives for patients who cannot take blood thinners for stroke prevention.

I am triple board-certified in cardiovascular diseases, echocardiography, and electrophysiology. I earned my medical degree from the All-India Institute of Medical Sciences in New Delhi, India, where I also completed a non-academic residency in the departments of hematology and cardiothoracic surgery. I went on to attend the State University of New York at Buffalo, where I completed a residency in internal medicine, followed by training as a cardiovascular disease fellow at the Mayo School of Graduate Medical Education in Arizona. I completed my clinical cardiac electrophysiology fellowship at the University of Michigan Hospital and Health System in Ann Arbor, Michigan.

One aspect of my role here at UF Health that is especially satisfying to me is educating the next generation of electrophysiology cardiologists. I am also involved with the education and training of young doctors in India, where my specific skill sets are not easily available. Serving as an educator is my way of contributing to the future of health care here at UF Health and in the country of my birth and early education. On a more personal note, I enjoy cooking – which I find to be a very creative and relaxing activity that brings smiles to my family.

Accomplishments

Dexter S. Levy Housestaff Award for Excellence in Bedside Medicine
2005 · State University of New York at Buffalo

Teaching Profile

Courses Taught
2018
MDC6001 Intro Clin Practice
Teaching Philosophy
As the program director of the clinical cardiac EP fellowship, I regard teaching as a calling as great as patient care. I feel that by teaching scores of students in my best possible way, I can indirectly reach to thousands of patients. Also, similar to patient care, I form a personal connection with and feel invested in the success of my students.

Board Certifications

  • Cardiac Electrophysiology
    American Board of Internal Medicine
  • Cardiovascular Diseases
    American Board of Internal Medicine
  • Echocardiography
    American Society of Echocardiography

Clinical Profile

Specialties
  • Cardiology
  • Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology
Areas of Interest
  • Arrhythmias
  • Atrial fibrillation or flutter
  • Heart disease
  • Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
  • Implantable cardioverter-defibrillator
  • Paroxysmal supraventricular tachycardia (PSVT)
  • Ventricular fibrillation
  • Ventricular tachycardia

Research Profile

Open Researcher and Contributor ID (ORCID)

0000-0002-3340-4744

Areas of Interest
  • Treatment of supraventricular tachycardia
  • Use of cardioverter defibrillators in elderly patients

Publications

2024
Symptomatic sinus bradycardia following laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy: A case series.
HeartRhythm case reports. 10(5):360-365 [DOI] 10.1016/j.hrcr.2024.02.016. [PMID] 38799602.
2024
To the Editor — PVC response atrial-pace triggers more than atrial arrhythmias
Heart Rhythm. 21(10) [DOI] 10.1016/j.hrthm.2024.04.079.
2023
A Case of Right Bundle Branch Block With Changing Axis.
JAMA cardiology. 8(2):202-203 [DOI] 10.1001/jamacardio.2022.4283. [PMID] 36449301.
2023
Explanation of Error in the Clinical Challenge, “A Case of Right Bundle Branch Block With Changing Axis”.
JAMA cardiology. 8(7) [DOI] 10.1001/jamacardio.2023.1119. [PMID] 37223937.
2023
Improvement in sleep apnea immediately after successful premature ventricular complex suppression following ablation
HeartRhythm Case Reports. 9(6):337-340 [DOI] 10.1016/j.hrcr.2023.03.008. [PMID] 37361980.
2022
Abdominal Emergency After Subcutaneous ICD Implantation.
JACC. Case reports. 4(14):847-850 [DOI] 10.1016/j.jaccas.2022.05.006. [PMID] 35912330.
2022
Bradycardia-dependent complete AV block after TAVR
Heart Rhythm. 19(5):868-869 [DOI] 10.1016/j.hrthm.2021.09.017.
2022
Inappropriate Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillator Shocks in a 72-Year-Old Man With Aphasia.
Texas Heart Institute journal. 49(6) [DOI] 10.14503/THIJ-21-7702. [PMID] 36538598.
2022
The ICD calls it VT but points out to a different diagnosis!
Pacing and clinical electrophysiology : PACE. 45(1):145-148 [DOI] 10.1111/pace.14426. [PMID] 34893988.
2022
Why is the patient still symptomatic after myectomy for HCM!
Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology. 45(10):1207-1209 [DOI] 10.1111/pace.14567.
2021
Anti-arrhythmic Drugs—a Review and Comment on Relevance in the Current Era: Part 1
Current Treatment Options in Cardiovascular Medicine. 23(9) [DOI] 10.1007/s11936-021-00940-3.
2021
Antiarrhythmic Agents: a Review and Comment on Relevance in the Current Era—Part 2
Current Treatment Options in Cardiovascular Medicine. 23(10) [DOI] 10.1007/s11936-021-00944-z.
2021
Device Pocket Challenges in Elderly and Thin Individuals.
Cureus. 13(1) [DOI] 10.7759/cureus.12902. [PMID] 33654587.
2021
Do Not Dismiss That Wenckebach.
JAMA internal medicine. 181(11):1507-1508 [DOI] 10.1001/jamainternmed.2021.4031. [PMID] 34491278.
2021
Pneumopericardium Develops After Pacemaker Implantation.
Texas Heart Institute journal. 48(4) [DOI] 10.14503/THIJ-19-7093. [PMID] 34665870.
2020
Predictors of ventricular pacing burden after permanent pacemaker implantation following transcatheter aortic valve replacement.
Clinical cardiology. 43(11):1334-1342 [DOI] 10.1002/clc.23447. [PMID] 32886389.

Education

Fellowship – Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology
2013-2015 · University of Michigan Hospital and Health Systems
Fellowship – Cardiovascular Diseases
2010-2013 · Mayo School of Graduate Medical Education
Residency – Internal Medicine
2002-2005 · State University of New York at Buffalo
Residency – Hematology, Cardiothoracic Surgery
2000-2002 · All-India Institute of Medical Sciences
MBBS
2000 · All-India Institute of Medical Sciences

Contact Details

Phones:
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(352) 548-6000
Emails:
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PO Box 100288
GAINESVILLE FL 32610
Business Street:
1601 SW ARCHER RD
NF/SG VETERANS HEALTH SYSTEM
GAINESVILLE FL 326081135