Gregory F. Michaud, M.D. is Chief of the Arrhythmia Service at the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center. Dr. Michaud attended Haverford College in Pennsylvania prior to the University of Maryland School of Medicine. He completed Internal Medicine and Chief Medical residencies at Boston University Medical Center, and a fellowship in Cardiology and Cardiac Electrophysiology at Tufts Medical Center. Dr. Michaud began his career by investigating pacing maneuvers that allow easy diagnosis of arrhythmias in the setting of catheter ablation for supraventricular tachycardia and has broadened this approach to assist ablation operators in more complex arrhythmia cases. He is credited with at least 4 separate pacing maneuvers that are now part of core testing during specialty Board examinations for cardiac electrophysiology.

Dr. Michaud played a pivotal role in developing better ablation strategies for the treatment of atrial fibrillation. These include methods for assessing and improving the quality of radiofrequency ablation lesions, the result of which improves durability of pulmonary vein isolation. He published strategies to optimize lesion delivery by varying the amount of coolant delivered through the tip of the ablation catheter, which may limit damage to structures adjacent to the left atrium.

Dr. Michaud has spoken at national and international academic conferences on his work in arrhythmia diagnosis and treatment and authored or co-authored numerous manuscripts. He is currently a founding board member of the newly formed American Board of Cardiovascular Medicine He was recently elected to the Association of University Cardiologists.