Professor Stavros Stavrakis

Dr. Stavrakis is a clinical electrophysiologist and physician scientist at the University of Oklahoma. He is a Professor of Medicine and the Director of Electrophysiology. Having trained and worked with one of the fathers of Electrophysiology, Dr. Jackman, he has been routinely performing complex ablations for the last 15 years. His research has focused on autonomic modulation for the treatment of cardiovascular diseases, in both animals and humans. He has been continuously funded since 2012, from various sources, including the American Heart Association and the NIH. He has published >150 manuscripts over the last 10 years, in prestigious Cardiology journals, including Circulation, Circulation Research and the Journal of the American College of Cardiology. The significance of his work is being increasingly recognized and he has been invited to present in national and international meetings on this topic. He has mentored numerous fellows and junior faculty over the last 15 years.