Dr. Robert Schaller

Robert D. Schaller, DO, MS, FHRS, is a cardiac electrophysiologist and Professor of Clinical Medicine in Cardiovascular Medicine at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania. He serves as an attending physician at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, where his clinical practice focuses on complex arrhythmia care, cardiac device management and lead extraction, and catheter-based electrophysiology procedures. His research interests center on cardiac rhythm management, device lead extraction, and conduction system pacing. At Penn Medicine, Dr. Schaller serves as Director of the Penn Medicine Device Lead Management Program, Director of the Penn Cardiac Electrophysiology Clinical EP Research Program – Device Trials, and Co-Director of the EP Clinical Research Program. He also serves as Radiation Oncology and Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Physician Liaison and is a Fellow of the Heart Rhythm Society. Dr. Schaller earned his Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine from Nova Southeastern University College of Osteopathic Medicine and also holds a Master of Science in Health Service Administration from Nova Southeastern University College of Business Administration. He completed his internal medicine residency and cardiology fellowship at Lenox Hill Hospital, followed by fellowships in clinical cardiac electrophysiology at UMass Memorial Medical Center and the University of Pennsylvania Health System.