Edward Michael Powers, MD

Dr. Powers is the co-director of cardiac rhythm device services and co-director of lead management. His areas of expertise include cardiac rhythm devices, lead extraction, arrhythmia ablation, and left atrial appendage closure (Watchman). Dr. Powers attended the University of Pennsylvania and worked as a journalist and completed an MBA before attending Vanderbilt University School of Medicine. He then trained in medicine at Duke University Medical Center before heading to the University of Iowa Hospital for general cardiology training. Dr. Powers spent two years studying animal models of autonomic dysfunction and the impact on cardiac regulation in the Irani research lab at Iowa. Dr. Powers then returned to Vanderbilt University Medical Center for an advanced fellowship in Cardiac Electrophysiology. After training, he returned to the University of Iowa Hospital. In his time at University of Iowa, he led the lead management program, which he transformed into one of the largest centers in the nation. Dr. Powers is on the editorial board for the Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology and reviews articles for several other cardiology journals. He is a part of the standard setting program for the American Board of Internal Medicine Electrophysiology collaborative maintenance pathway. He has given many invited lectures, generally focusing on cardiac devices and lead extraction. He has also published 21 peer reviewed research papers with a focus on cardiac devices and arrhythmias.