Roy Chung, MD

Roy Chung, MD, is a specialist in heart rhythm disorders in the Section of Cardiac Electrophysiology and Pacing, Robert and Suzanne Tomsich Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Sydell and Arnold Miller Family Heart, Vascular & Thoracic Institute. He sees patients at Cleveland Clinic Richard E. Jacobs Health Center in Avon.

Specialty Interests: Implantation of pacemakers and implantable cardioverter defibrillators (ICDs), ablation of atrial fibrillation, ventricular tachycardia, Wolff Parkinson White syndrome and supraventricular tachycardia

Number of Patients Treated: Physicians in the Section of Cardiac Electrophysiology and Pacing performed approximately 4,000 electrophysiology procedures in 2015. Dr. Chung has performed more than 300 pacemaker and ICD implantations, 140 supraventricular tachycardia/ ventricular tachycardia ablations, 160 atrial fibrillation ablations in the past two years.

Success Rates: Electrophysiology treatment at Cleveland Clinic for patients with ventricular arrhythmias (abnormal rapid heart rhythm originating in the heart’s lower chambers) completely eliminates the arrhythmia in nearly 80 percent of patients and eliminates at least one arrhythmia in 15 percent of patients with multiple arrhythmias.

Cleveland Clinic’s complication rate for pacemaker and ICD implantation is 0.87. This compares with an all-hospital 90th percentile complication rate of 1.1, according to the National Cardiovascular Data Registry® ICD Registry™.

You can view detailed information about the number of patients and outcomes for patients treated by specialists in the Section of Cardiac Electrophysiology and Pacing at http://my.clevelandclinic.org/heart/about-heart-vascular-institute/treatment-outcomes.aspx.

Education and Training: Dr. Chung earned his medical degree from University College Cork, Ireland. He completed an internship and residency at Cork University Hospital system.  After relocating to the United States, Dr. Chung completed an internal medicine residency at Case Western Reserve University (Metrohealth), Cleveland, and spent two years on the staff of MetroHealth Medical Center, Cleveland. He joined the Cleveland Clinic Department of Cardiovascular Medicine as associate staff in 2009 and then completed his subspecialty training with fellowships in cardiovascular medicine at Cleveland Clinic, Weston, Fla., and cardiac electrophysiology at Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland. He was appointed to the Cleveland Clinic staff in 2016.

Publications and Speaking: Dr. Chung has co-authored scientific papers in peer-reviewed medical journals and several textbook chapters about electrophysiology. He also has presented at national meetings of the American College of Cardiology and the American Heart Association.

About Dr. Chung: “I consider it a privilege to serve patients by managing their complicated heart rhythm disorders.  Such conditions can be frustrating to patients and doctors.  We commit ourselves to excellence and offer various options that we customize for each individual.”

Leisure Activities: In his leisure time, Dr. Chung enjoys spending time with his family and biking.