Timothy K. Knilans, MD
Title
Director, Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology and Pacing
Appointment
Associate Professor of Clinical Pediatrics
Email
timothy.knilans@cchmc.org
Phone
513-636-7269
Fax
513-636-3952
Office Location
Main campus, Outpatient Mason and Outpatient Anderson
Credentials
MD: University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati OH, 1983.
Residency: Cincinnati Children's Hospital, Cincinnati OH 1983-1986.
Fellowship (Pediatric Cardiology): Cincinnati Children's Hospital, Cincinnati OH 1986-1989.
Fellowship (Cardiac Electrophysiology): St. Vincent Hospital, Indianapolis IN 1990-1991.
Fellowship (Pediatric cardiac Electrophysiology): Texas Children's Hospital, Houston TX 1991.
Certification: Pediatrics, 1989 (Recertified 1999); Pediatric Cardiology, 1992 (Recertified 1998).
Awards and Honors
Research
Timothy K. Knilans, MD, has a research interest in cardiac arrest and sudden cardiac death.
Publications, Most Recent
Pelargonio G, Fogel RI, Knilans TK, Prystowsky EN. Late occurrence of heart block after radio frequency ablation of the septal region: clinical follow-up and outcome. J Cardiovasc Electrophysiol 12(1):56-60, 2001.
Wang Z, Li H, Moss AJ, Robinson J, Zareba W, Knilans T, Bowles NE, Towbin JA. Compound heterozygous mutations in KvLQT1 cause Jervell and Lange-Nielsen syndrome. Molecular Genetics and Metabolism 75:308-316, 2002.
Steinberg LA and Knilans TK. Costs and utility of tests in the evaluation of the pediatric patients with syncope. Prog Pediatr Cardiol. 13(2):139-149, August 2001.
Presentations:
North American Society for Pacing and Electrophysiology, Expert Consensus Conference: Catheter Ablation in Children, Adolescents and Patients with Congenital Heart Disease, Natural History of Supraventricular Arrhythmias in the Patient with Structurally Normal Heart, Washington, D.C., May 17, 2000.
North American Society for Pacing and Electrophysiology, Medical Therapy of Neurocardiogenic Syncope, Washington, D.C., May 18, 2000.
North American Society for Pacing and Electrophysiology, Featured Symposium on Sudden Cardiac Death in the Young: Clinical Presentation, Washington, D.C., May 20, 2000.
Pediatric Intensive Care Conference, Ventricular Tachycardia in Pediatric Patients, Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio, June 14, 2000.
Kaplan Cardiology Lectureship, Flecainide: CAST-away or Survivor, Current Concepts in Antiarrhythmic Drug Therapy, Cincinnati, Ohio, September 22, 2000.
Anesthesiology Grand Rounds, University of Cincinnati, I.V. Amiodarone, Is that your Final Answer?, Cincinnati, Ohio, February 21, 2001.
North American Society for Pacing and Electrophysiology, Catheter Ablation of Atrial Tachycardia, Boston, Massachusetts, May 3, 2001.
North American Society for Pacing and Electrophysiology, Catheter Ablation of Atrial Tachycardia in Congenital Heart Disease, San Diego, California, May 8, 2002.
Pediatric Clinic III, Diagnosis and Treatment of Tachycardia in Pediatrics, Cluj, Romania, May 20, 2002.
Sibiu Pediatric Hospital, Diagnosis and Treatment of Tachycardia in Pediatrics, Sibiu, Romania, May 21, 2002.
Children's Hospital of Brasov, Diagnosis and Treatment of Tachycardia in Pediatrics, Brasov, Romania, May 22, 2002.
Children's Hospital of Brasov, Diagnosis and Treatment of Syncope in Pediatrics, Brasov, Romania, May 23, 2002.
Romanian-American Pediatric Symposium, 8th Annual, Diagnosis and Treatment of Tachycardia in Pediatrics, Sinaia, Romania, May 24, 2002.
Romanian-American Pediatric Symposium, 8th Annual, Diagnosis and Treatment of Syncope in Pediatrics, Sinaia, Romania, May 25, 2002.
Professional Organization Memberships
Special Interests
Cardiac electrophysiology and pacing; radio frequency ablation; tilt table testing
Related Areas
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