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Samer De Oliveira, MD

Samer De Oliveira, MD

  • Clinical Assistant Professor, CWRU School of Medicine
  • Specialty: Cardiology-Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology, Cardiology
  • Location:
    UH Geauga Medical Center
    13207 Ravenna Rd
    Chardon, OH 44024

Biography: Samer De Oliveira, MD

Expertise

  • Atrial Fibrillation
  • Atrial Flutter
  • Cardiac Arrhythmias
  • Cardiac Electrophysiology
  • Defibrillators
  • Device Therapy for Cardiac Arrhythmias
  • Device Therapy for Heart Failure
  • Implantable Devices
  • Pacemakers
  • Radiofrequency Ablation
  • Resynchronization Therapy
  • Supraventricular Tachycardia (SVT)
  • Ventricular Tachycardia

Education

Research Fellowship
Harvard Medical School (2018 - 2019)

Fellowship | Advanced Cardiac Electrophysiology
Advanced Cardiac Electrophysiology - UH Cleveland Medical Center (2012 - 2016)

Fellowship | Electrophysiology
Electrophysiology - Universidad De Barcelona, Facultad De Medicina (2010 - 2011)

Fellowship | Cardiology
Cardiology - Hospital De Base Do Distrito Federal (2009 - 2010)

Residency | Cardiology
Cardiology - Brasília Area Military Hospital (2002 - 2009)

Medical Education
Universidade Gama Filho (2002)

About

Samer De Oliveira, MD, is a clinical cardiac electrophysiologist and cardiologist at University Hospitals Harrington Heart & Vascular Institute.

Dr. De Oliveira earned his medical degree from Gama Filho University in Brazil. He completed an internal medicine residency at the Brazilian Air Force Hospital before completing a second residency in cardiology at the Institute of Cardiovascular Disease in Brazil. Dr. De Oliveira went on to complete five fellowships. His first was in cardiology and clinical arrhythmias at the Base Hospital of the Federal District in Brazil, followed by a clinical cardiac electrophysiology fellowship at the University of Barcelona in Spain. His next two fellowships were completed at University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center in clinical cardiac electrophysiology and advanced cardiac electrophysiology. He finished his postdoctoral training with a research fellowship in cardiology and electrophysiology at Massachusetts General Hospital/Harvard University in Boston.

Dr. De Oliveira’s extensive training allowed him to perform thousands of procedures and participate in designing and conducting multiple clinical research studies. He has special clinical and research interests in the diagnosis and management of atrial fibrillation, including electroanatomic mapping, novel imaging techniques, medical therapies and left atrial appendage closure devices.

Dr. De Oliveira is certified by the International Board of Heart Rhythm Examiners and Heart Rhythm Society as an electrophysiology and cardiac device specialist. He is an active member of national and international professional societies including the Association for Acute Cardiovascular Care, Heart Failure Association and European Society of Cardiology. He served as reviewer for the British Medical Journal and has authored more than 30 peer-reviewed publications, book chapters and abstracts.

Dr. De Oliveira is fluent in English, Portuguese and Spanish.

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