Victor Froelicher, MD

Clinical Focus

• Cardiology (Heart)
• Cardiovascular Medicine

Administrative Appointments

• Cardiologist, Sportsmedicine (1992 - present)
• Staff Cardiologist, PA Veterans Affairs Med Ctr (1992 - present)

Honors and Awards

• Best Doctor US and Silicon Valley, BEST Doctor, Inc (1995-)

Professional Education

Graduate & Fellowship Program Affiliations

• Medicine

Community & International Work

• Clinical Lab, Oaxaco 

Web Site Links

• CP Research Exercise Physiology Lab

Research Interests

Computerized ECG and clinical data management; exercise Physiology including expired gas analysis; the effect of chronic and acute exercise on the heart; digitalrecording of biological signals; prognostic and diagnostic use of exercise testing; development of Expert Medical System software and educational tools.

Publications

• Electrocardiographic predictors of atrial fibrillation. Perez MV, Dewey FE, Marcus R, Ashley EA, Al-Ahmad AA, Wang PJ, Froelicher VF. Am Heart J. 2009; 158 (4): 622-8
• Adding an electrocardiogram to the pre-participation examination in competitive athletes: a systematic review. Perez M, Fonda H, Le VV, Mitiku T, Ray J, Freeman JV, Ashley E, Froelicher VF. Curr Probl Cardiol. 2009; 34 (12): 586-662
• Cardiorespiratory fitness and mortality in diabetic men with and without cardiovascular disease. McAuley P, Myers J, Emerson B, Oliveira RB, Blue CL, Pittsley J, Froelicher VF. Diabetes Res Clin Pract. 2009; 85 (3): e30-3
• Fitness and fatness as mortality predictors in healthy older men: the veterans exercise testing study. McAuley P, Pittsley J, Myers J, Abella J, Froelicher VF. J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci. 2009; 64 (6): 695-9
• Added value of a resting ECG neural network that predicts cardiovascular mortality. Perez MV, Dewey FE, Tan SY, Myers J, Froelicher VF. Ann Noninvasive Electrocardiol. 2009; 14 (1): 26-34