Ronn E. Tanel, M.D.

Pediatric Cardiology, Director of Pediatric Arrhythmia Center

Dr. Ronn Tanel. a pediatric electrophysiologist, is director of the Pediatric Arrhythmia Center at UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital. He specializes in the treatment of cardiac arrhythmias, or abnormal heart rhythms, in fetuses, infants, children, adolescents and young adults. He also treats children with congenital heart disease who develop arrhythmias. His expertise includes treatments such as radiofrequency catheter ablation, cryoablation, pacemakers and implantable cardioverters-defibrillators. In his research, he focuses on arrhythmias that occur following repair of congenital heart disease and understanding the natural history of arrhythmias in children. He also is interested in the long-term follow-up of children who have undergone catheter ablation therapy.

Tanel earned a medical degree at the University of Miami School of Medicine. He completed a pediatric cardiology fellowship and training in pediatric electrophysiology at Children's Hospital Boston. He is a member of Heart Rhythm Society, Pediatric and Congenital Electrophysiology Society and American Heart Association. Prior to joining UCSF, he was an electrophysiologist at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia from 1998 to 2008.

• See a video about a young football player who is treated by Tanel for a serious heart condition.

• Arrhythmogenic Right Ventricular Cardiomyopathy
• Atrial Fibrillation
• Atrial Flutter
• Atrial Tachycardia
• Brugada Syndrome
• Catecholaminergic Polymorphic Ventricular Tachycardia
• Cryoablation

• Heart Block
• Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy
• Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator
• Implantable Loop Recorder
• Long QT Syndrome
• Pacemaker
• Sinus Node Dysfunction

• Sudden Cardiac Arrest
• Supraventricular Tachycardia
• Syncope
• Ventricular Fibrillation
• Ventricular Tachycardia
• Wolff-Parkinson-White Syndrome