Dr. Peter Weiss, Director of Ventricular Arrhythmia Management and Robotics at Banner University of Arizona Medical Center in Phoenix, remembers his first cardiac ablation using robotic magnetic navigation like it was yesterday. The procedure was for basal LV PVCs in a patient with HCM post septal myomectomy that could not be corrected with manual irrigated catheters due to poor navigation or with early, non-irrigated RMT. “Success finally came with irrigated RMT, and we have never looked back,” says Dr. Weiss, adding “the case was the first of many difficult ones that have only been successful with Stereotaxis.”

A founding US member of the Society for Cardiac Robotic Navigation, researcher and veteran cardiac EP, Dr. Weiss is a pioneer and key opinion leader in EP robotics. He has traveled around the world sharing his research and expertise in robotics. In 2020 he, and his team at Banner University of Arizona Medical Center, became the first hospital in the US to adopt the Genesis Robotic EP system.

“I am a true believer in this technology for the range of ablation cases,” he says. “For ventricular, it really shines in terms of ease of use, patient safety and a growing literature demonstrating improved outcomes. For AF, the outcomes are comparable, times are the same, and the future of automation may be a game changer that is worth working on.”
Thanks for being an essential advocate and educator of RMT, Dr. Weiss!