Dr. Pugazhendhi Vijayaraman

Pugazhendhi Vijayaraman, MD, FACC, FHRS, is a cardiologist and clinical cardiac electrophysiologist specializing in cardiovascular disease and heart rhythm care. He serves as System Chief of Clinical Electrophysiology for Geisinger Health System and System Director of Cardiac Electrophysiology at Geisinger Heart Institute, with additional leadership in Geisinger’s electrophysiology laboratories and fellowship training program. His clinical focus includes physiologic and conduction system pacing, interventional electrophysiology procedures such as ablation and cardiac device implantation, and comprehensive cardiac rhythm management. Dr. Vijayaraman is internationally recognized for research centered on physiologic pacing, cardiac resynchronization strategies, and innovation in electrophysiology procedures and devices. His leadership has helped establish Geisinger as a major referral and training center in electrophysiology. Among his honors are Geisinger’s Henry Hood Award for Clinical and Research Excellence and the EPIC Award, and he has played a key role in expanding electrophysiology services, facilities, and physician education across the system. He earned his medical degree from Madurai Medical College in India and completed cardiology residency training at Madurai Medical College and the Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research. He went on to complete an internal medicine residency at Jacobi Medical Center/Albert Einstein College of Medicine, followed by fellowships in cardiovascular disease and clinical cardiac electrophysiology at Albert Einstein College of Medicine/Montefiore Medical Center.