Faculty
Rob MacLeod, PhD
Associate Director, CVRTIAssociate Director, Scientific Computer and Imaging Institute.
Professor of Bioengineering
Associate Chair and Director of Undergraduate Program in Bioengineering
Research Associate Professor of Internal Medicine (Cardiology)
Co-director, NIH NCRR Center for Geometric Modeling, Simulation, and Visualization in Bioelectric Field Problems
University of Utah, CVRTI
95 South 2000 East
Salt Lake City, Utah 84112-5000, USA
Email: contact
Phone: (801) 585-7596
Fax: (801) 581-3128
Web: Home Page
Education
Ph.D., Dalhousie University, Halifax, Canada
Dipl.Ing., Technical University of Graz, Graz, Austria
Dipl.Ing., Technical University of Graz, Graz, Austria
Interests
Electrocardiographic mapping of the heart and body surface
Cardiac electrophysiology in the study of acute ischemia and repolarization abnormalities;
Computational electrophysiology in solving electrocardiographic forward and inverse problems;
Scientific visualization using interactive graphics tools and bioelectric signal processing.
Image based analysis and simulation of cardiac electrophysliogy
Cardiac electrophysiology in the study of acute ischemia and repolarization abnormalities;
Computational electrophysiology in solving electrocardiographic forward and inverse problems;
Scientific visualization using interactive graphics tools and bioelectric signal processing.
Image based analysis and simulation of cardiac electrophysliogy
Collaborations
Nassir Marrouche, Division of Cardiology, University of Utah
Utah Center for Advanced Imaging Research
Dana Brooks, Northeastern University
John Triedman, Harvard University and Childrens Hospital Medical Center, Boston
Tess Saarel, Tom Pilcher, and Mike Puchalski, Cardiology, Primary Childrens Medical Center
Brad Isaacson and Roy Bloebaum, Department of Orthopedics, VA Medical Center, Salt Lake City
Natalia Trayanova, Johns Hopkins University
Elliot McVeigh, Johns Hopkins University
Surgivision Medical, Bard Medical, Boston Scientific, Medtronic, Numira Biosciences
Utah Center for Advanced Imaging Research
Dana Brooks, Northeastern University
John Triedman, Harvard University and Childrens Hospital Medical Center, Boston
Tess Saarel, Tom Pilcher, and Mike Puchalski, Cardiology, Primary Childrens Medical Center
Brad Isaacson and Roy Bloebaum, Department of Orthopedics, VA Medical Center, Salt Lake City
Natalia Trayanova, Johns Hopkins University
Elliot McVeigh, Johns Hopkins University
Surgivision Medical, Bard Medical, Boston Scientific, Medtronic, Numira Biosciences
Selected
Publications
| Badger TJ, Oakes RS, Daccarett M, Burgon NS, Akoum N, Fish EN, Blauer JJ, Rao SN, Adjei-Poku Y, Kholmovski EG, Vijayakumar S, Di Bella EV, MacLeod RS, Marrouche NF. Temporal left atrial lesion formation after ablation of atrial fibrillation. Heart Rhythm. 2009;6(2):161-168 online |
| Oakes RS, Badger TJ, Kholmovski EG, Akoum N, Burgon NS, Fish EN, Blauer JJ, Rao SN, DiBella EV, Segerson NM, Daccarett M, Windfelder J, McGann CJ, Parker D, MacLeod RS, Marrouche NF. Detection and quantification of left atrial structural remodeling with delayed-enhancement magnetic resonance imaging in patients with atrial fibrillation. Circulation. 2009;119(13):1758-1767 online |
| Kornreich F, MacLeod RS, Lux RL. Supplemented standard 12-lead electrocardiogram for optimal diagnosis and reconstruction of significant body surface map patterns. J Electrocardiol. 2008;41(3):251-256 online |
| Sutherland DR, Ni Q, MacLeod RS, Lux RL, Punske BB. Experimental measures of ventricular activation and synchrony. Pacing Clin Electrophysiol. 2008;31(12):1560-1570 online |
| Taccardi B, Punske B, Macchi E, MacLeod R, Ershler P. Epicardial and intramural excitation during ventricular pacing: effect of myocardial structure . Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol. 2008;294(4):H1753-H1766 online |
| Shome S, Lux RL, Punske BB, MacLeod RS. Ischemic preconditioning protects against arrhythmogenesis through maintenance of both active as well as passive electrical properties in ischemic canine hearts. J Electrocardiol. 2007;40(6 Suppl):S150-159 online |
| Wolters CH, Anwander A, Tricoche X, Weinstein DM, Koch MA, MacLeod R. Influence of tissue conductivity anisotropy on EEG/MEG field and return current computation in a realistic head model: a simulation and visualization study using high-resolution finite element modelin. Neuroimage. 2006;30(3):813-826 |
| Yilmaz B, MacLeod R. Generalized training subset selection for statistical estimation of epicardial activation maps from intravenous catheter measurements. Comput Biol Med. 2006:In press |
| Stinstra JG, Hopenfeld B, MacLeod R. On the passive cardiac conductivity. Ann Biomed Eng. 2005;33(12):1743-1751 online |
| Stinstra JG, Shome S, Hopenfeld B, MacLeod R. Modelling passive cardiac conductivity during ischaemia. Med Biol Eng Comput. 2005;43(6):776-782 online |