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     Johnson City, New York 13790-2143
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Education:

B.A., Harpur College,                                                                                                             State University of New York at Binghamton

M.D.,                                                                                                                                                                         Upstate Medical  College,                                                                                                      State University of New York at Syracuse

Postgraduate Training and Fellowship Appointments:

Intern and Resident in Internal Medicine                                                                                     University of Illinois Hospital                                                                                           Chicago, Illinois

Fellow in Cardiovascular Diseases                                                                                        Loyola University Medical Center                                                                                 Maywood, Illinois

Fellow in Cardiac Electrophysiology                                                                                 Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania                                                                                     Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Fellow in Permanent Cardiac Pacing                                                                                       Montefiore Hospital and Medical Center                                                                                 Albert Einstein School of  Medicine                                                                                              Bronx, New York

Specialty Certification:

Diplomate of the National Board of Medical Examiners

American Board of Internal Medicine

American Board of Internal Medicine                                                                            Cardiovascular Diseases

North American Society of Pacing and Electrophysiology,                                                   Special Competency in Cardiac Pacing

American Board of Internal Medicine                                                                                       Critical Care Medicine

American Board of Internal Medicine                                                                                         Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology

American Board of Internal Medicine                                                                                 Interventional Cardiology

Institute for Clinical Evaluation                                                                                          Credentialed in ECG Interpretation

Awards and Honors:

1972-76 New York State Regents Scholarship

1976 Graduation with Outstanding Academic Performance

1979 Knocker's Society Upstate Medical College

1984-85 Associate Chief Fellow in Cardiology

1986-87 Mark C. Lidwill Traveling Fellowship                                                                             North American Society of Pacing and Electrophysiology

1993 Internal Medicine Residents Teaching Award
United Health Services Hospitals

1994 Internal Medicine Residents Teaching Award
United Health Services Hospitals

1997 Harpur College Alumni Award

1997 The Golden Apple Teaching Award
United Health Services Hospitals

1997 The Monsignor Peter J. Owens Volunteer of the Year Award                                       American Heart Association

1998 President's Award for Voluntary Faculty Service
SUNY Health Science Center, Syracuse

2003  Alumni Who Have Made a Difference Award                                                               Union Endicott High School

Memberships in Professional Societies:

Fellow, American College of Physicians
Fellow, American College of Cardiology
Fellow, American Heart Association Council on Clinical Cardiology
Fellow, American College of Chest Physicians
Fellow, Heart Rhythm Society
Fellow, Society for Cardiac Angiography and Interventions

Faculty Appointments:

1981–1983 Instructor in Medicine, University of Illinois
1987–1992 Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine,                                                                    Loyola University Stritch School of Medicine
1992–1995 Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine,                                                             SUNY-Health Science Center, Syracuse
Clinical Campus at Binghamton
1995–2005 Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine                                                                   SUNY-Upstate Medical University at Syracuse
Clinical Campus at Binghamton                                                                                            2005-present Clinical Professor of Medicine,                                                                       SUNY-Upstate Medical University at Syracuse
Clinical Campus at Binghamton        

Administrative and Committee Appointments:

1989–1990 Utilization Review Committee,                                                                            Good Samaritan Hospital

1987–1992 Director of Pacemaker Clinic,                                                                                    Midwest Heart Specialists, LTD

1988–1992 Medical Director, Midwest Heart Research Foundation

1989–1992 Board of Directors, Dupage Chapter, American Heart Association

1990–1992 Chairman, Heart at Work committee, Dupage Chapter, American Heart Association

1990–1992 Affiliate Faculty American Heart Association of Metropolitan Chicago, Advanced Cardiac Life Support

1990–1992 Secretary/Treasurer, American College of Cardiology, Illinois Chapter

1990–1992 Cardiovascular Medical Care Evaluation Committee, Good Samaritan Hospital

1991–1992 Chairman, Special Care Committee, Good Samaritan Hospital

1989– 1998 Proctor, NASPExAM and NASPExAM Examination of Special Competency in Cardiac Pacing

1992–1997 Director, Cardiac Electrophysiology Laboratory, Wilson Memorial Regional Medical Center, United Health Services Hospitals

1992–1994 Consultant, Systems Users Group, C.R. Bard Electrophysiology

1992–1998 Dean's Committee for Clinical Research

1992–1994 Angioplasty and Electrophysiology Quality Assurance Committee, United Health Services Hospitals

1993–1996 Committee for Clinical Research, United Health Services Hospitals

1993–1997 Critical Care Committee, United Health Services Hospitals

1993–1994 Building Fund Committee, North American Society of Pacing and Electrophysiology

1993–present Broome County Leadership Council, Midstate Region, New York State Affiliate, American Heart Association

1993–1997 Steering Committee, Harpur College Health Professions Mentoring Program

1994–1997 Director of Cardiology, United Health Services Hospitals

1994–1996 Chairman, Section of Cardiology, Quality Assurance Committee

1994–1995 Binghamton University 50th Anniversary Fund Raising Committee

1995–2000  Coordinators/Executive Committee, SUNY-Clinical Campus at Binghamton

1996–2002 Trustee, United Health Services Foundation

1996–1999 President, Broome County Leadership Council, Midstate Region, New York State Affiliate, American Heart Association

1996–2007 Member, Board of Directors, Binghamton University Foundation

1996-1999 President, Broome County Leadership Council,
Midstate Region, New York State Affiliate, American Heart Association

1999–2001 Vice-President, Board of Directors,                                                                      Binghamton University Foundation                                   

1998-1999 Vice-Chair, Department of Medicine                                                                       Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital                                        

2000-2002 Chair Department of Medicine                                                                             Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital                                            

2002-2003 Treasurer of the Medical Staff                                                                                   Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital    

2001-2005 President, Board of Directors                                                                         Binghamton University Foundation                                  

2003- Present  Director of Cardiology                                                                                 United Health Services Hospitals

Consultant Reviewer:

1985–1987 American Heart Journal
1993–2002 Catheterization and Cardiovascular Diagnosis
1993–2002 Pacing and Cardiac Electrophysiology (PACE)                                                          2005-present Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology                                                            2007-present Clinical Cardiology

Investigatorships and Principal Investigatorships:

Bibliography

Original Publications:

Donovick PJ, Burright RG, Sikorsky RD, Stamato NJ, MacLaughlin WW: Cue elimination effects on discrimination behavior of rats with septal lesions. Physiol Behavior 20 (1): 71-78, 1978.

Stamato NJ, O'Connell JC, Murdock DK, Moran JF, Loeb HS, Scanlon PJ: The response of patients with complex ventricular arrhythmias secondary to dilated cardiomyopthy to programmed electrical stimulation. Am Heart J 112 (3): 505-508, 1986.

Almendral JM, Rosenthal ME, Stamato NJ, Marchlinski FE, Buxton AE, Frame LH, Miller JM, Josephson ME: Analysis of the resetting phenomenon in sustained uniform ventricular tachycardia: Incidence and relation to termination. J Amer Coll Cardiol 8: 294-300, 1986.

Almendral JM, Stamato NJ, Rosenthal ME, Marchlinski FE, Buxton AE, Miller JM, Josephson ME: Resetting response patterns during sustained ventricular tachycardia: Relationship to the excitable gap. Circulation 74 (4): 722-730, 1986.

Rosenthal ME, Stamato NJ, Almendral JM, Marchlinski FE, Buxton AE, Miller JM, Josephson ME: Influence of the site of stimulation on the resetting phenomenon in ventricular tachycardia. Am J Cardiol 58: 970-976, 1986.

Stamato NJ, Rosenthal ME, Almendral JM, Josephson ME: The resetting response of ventricular tachycardia to single and double extrastimuli: Implications for an excitable gap. Am J Cardiol 60: 596-601, 1987.

Rosenthal ME, Stamato NJ, Almendral JM, Gottlieb CD, Josephson ME: Resetting of ventricular tachycardia with electrocardiographic fusion: Incidence and significance. Circulation 77: 581-588, 1988.

Rosenthal ME, Stamato NJ, Almendral JM, Gottlieb CD, Josephson ME: Coupling intervals of ventricular extrastimuli causing resetting of sustained ventricular tachycardia secondary to coronary artery disease: Relationship to subsequent termination. Am J Cardiol 61: 770-774, 1988.

Hartmann JR, McKeever LS, Bufalino VJ, Marek JC, Brown AS, Goodwin MJ, Colandrea MA, Stamato NJ, Cahill JC, Amirparviz F: A system approach to intravenous thrombolysis in acute myocardial infarction in community hospitals: The influence of paramedics. Clin Cardiol 11: 812-816, 1988.

McKeever LS, Hartmann JR, Bufalino VJ, Marek JC, Brown AS, Goodwin MJ, Stamato NJ, Cahill JM, Colandrea MA, Amirparviz F: Prolonged selective urokinase infusion in totally occluded coronary arteries and bypass grafts: Two case reports. Catheterization and Cardiovascular Diagnosis 15(4): 24-251, 1988.

Stamato NJ, Frame LH, Rosenthal ME, Almendral JM, Gottlieb CD, Josephson ME: Procainamide-induced slowing of ventricular tachycardia with insights from analysis of resetting response patterns. Am J Cardiol 63: 1455-1461, 1989.

McKeever LS, Hartmann JR, Bufalino VJ, Marek JC, Brown AS, Goodwin MJ, Colandrea MA, Stamato NJ, Cahill JM, O'Donnell MJ, Amirparviz F, Enger E: Acute myocardial infarction complicating recanalization of aortocoronary bypass grafts with urokinase therapy. Am J Cardiol 64: 683-685, 1989.

Goodwin MJ, Hartmann JR, McKeever LS, Bufalino VJ, Marek JC, Brown AS, Colandrea MA, Stamato NJ, Cahill JM, O'Donnell MJ, Amirparviz F, Enger E: Safety of intra-aortic balloon counter-pulsation in patients with acute myocardial infarction receiving streptokinase intravenously. Am J Cardiol 64: 937-938, 1989.

Hartmann JR, McKeever LS, Bufalino VJ, Marek JC, Brown AS, Goodwin MJ, Colandrea MA, Stamato NJ, Cahill JM, O'Donnell MJ, Amirparviz F, Enger E: A randomized trial of intravenous streptokinase versus tissue plasminogin activator for the treatment of acute myocardial infarction: Results using an aggressive approach. J Interven Cardiol 3(2): 69-73, 1990.

Gottlieb CD, Rosenthal ME, Stamato NH, Frame LH, Lesh MD, Miller JM, Josephson ME: A quantitative evaluation of refractoriness within a reentrant circuit during ventricular tachycardia. Circulation 82: 1289-1295, 1990.

Hartmann JR, McKeever LS, Stamato NJ, Bufalino VJ, Marek JC, Brown AS, Goodwin MJ, Cahill JM, Enger EL: Recanalization of chronically occluded aortocoronary saphenous vein bypass grafts by extended infusion of urokinase: Initial results and one year follow-up. J Amer Coll Cardiol 18 (6): 1517-1523, 1991.

McKeever LS, O'Donnell MJ, Stamato NJ, Cahill JM, Hartmann JR, Marek JC, Brown AS, Enger EL: The effect of predilatation on coronary angioplasty induced vessel wall injury. Am Heart J 122: 1515-1518, 1991.

Stamato NJ, O'Toole MF, Fetter JG, Enger EL: The safety and efficacy of chronic ventricular pacing at 1.6 volts using steroid eluting lead. PACE 15:248-251, 1992.

The Cardiac Arrhythmia Suppression Trial II Investigators: Effect of the antiarrhythmic agent Moricizine on survival after myocardial infarction. N Engl J Med 327: 227-233, 1992.

Stamato NJ, O'Toole MF, Valguisti E, Enger EL: A technique utilizing a steerable hydrophilic guidewire for permanent pacemaker implantation. PACE 15: 1244-1247, 1992.

Stamato NJ, O'Toole MF, Enger EL: Permanent pacemaker implantation in the cardiac catheterization laboratory versus the operating room: An analysis of hospital charges and complications. PACE 15: 2236-2239, 1992.

Saksena S, and the PCD Investigator Group: Clinical outcome of patients with malignant ventricular tachyarrhythmias and a multiprogrammable implantable cardioverter-defibrillator implanted with or without thoracotomy: An International multicenter study. J Am Coll Cardiol 23: 1521-1530, 1994.

Scheinman MM and the Intravenous Amiodarone Multicenter Investigators Group: Dose-Ranging Study of Intravenous Amiodarone in patients with Life-Threatening Ventricular Tachyarrhythmias. Circulation 92: 3264-3272, 1995.

Stamato NJ, Eddy SL, Whiting DJ: Transient complete heart block during radiofrequency ablation of a left lateral bypass tract. PACE 19: 1351-1354, 1996.

The Antiarrhythmics versus Implantable Defibrillators (AVID) Investigators. A Comparison of Antiarrhythmic-Drug Therapy with Implantable Defibrillators in Patients Resuscitated from Near-Fatal Ventricular Arrhythmias. N Engl J Med 337: 1576-83, 1997.

Buxton AE, Hafley GE, Lehmann MH, Gold M, O’Toole M, Tang A, Coromilas J, Hook B, Stamato NJ, Lee KL: Prediction of Sustained Ventricular Tachycardia Inducible by Programmed Stimulation in Patients with Coronary Artery Disease Utility of Clinical Variables. Circulation. 99:1843-1850, 1999.

Malkin RA, Herre JM, McGowen L, Tenzer MM, Onufer JR, Stamato NJ, Wood M, Berstein RC: A four-shock Bayesian up-down estimator of the 80% effective defibrillation dose. J Cardiovasc Electrophysiol, 10(7):973-80, 1999.

Wyse DG, Love JC, Yao Q, Carlson MD, Cassidy P, Greene LH, Martins JB, Ocampo C, Raitt MH, Schron E, Stamato NJ, Olarte A and the AVID Investigators:  Atrial Fibrillation: A Risk Factor for Increased Mortality – An AVID Registry Analysis.  Journal of Interventional Cardiac Electrophysiology 5,267-273 2001.

Collins AT, Comeno CA, Stamato NJ:  Patterns of Use of Nicotine and Alcohol in Patients with Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillators versus Coronary Artery Heart Disease Patients. HeartWeb Vol. 5, No. 7 February 2001.     http://www.heartweb.org/heartweb/0301/p0001.htm

Russo AM, Hafley GE, Lee KL, Stamato NJ, Lehmann MH, Page RL, Kus T,  Buxton AE and the MUSTT Investigators: Racial Differences in Outcome in the Multicenter Unsustained Tachycardia Trial (MUSTT)  A Comparison of Whites versus Blacks. Circulation  2003; 108:67-72 .

Russo AM, Stamato NJ, Lehmann MH, Hafley, GE, Lee, KL, Pieper K, Buxton AE, and the MUSTT Investigators: Influence of Gender on Arrhythmia Characteristics and Outcome in the Multicenter UnSustained Tachycardia Trial.  Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology 15 (9):  993-998, 2004.  

Levy R, DellaValle A, Atav AS , Rehman A, Sklar AH, Stamato NJ . The Relationship Between Glomerular Filtration Rate and Survival in Patients Treated with an Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator. Clinical Cardiology (in press 2007).

Abstracts:

Stamato NJ, Rosenthal ME, Almendral JM, Josephson ME: Comparison of the resetting response to single and double extrastimuli in ventricular tachycardia: Implications for an excitable gap. J Amer Coll Cardiol 7 (2): 156A, 1996.

Stamato NJ, Rosenthal ME, Almendral JM, Josephson ME: Procainamide induced slowing of ventricular tachycardia: Insights from analysis of resetting response patterns. Circulation 74 (II): 313, 1986.

Rosenthal ME, Stamato NJ, Almendral JM, Miller JM, Marchlinski FE, Buxton AE, Josephson ME: Determinates of the resetting phenomenon in ventricular tachycardia: Importance of pacing site. PACE 9 (2): 281, 1986.

Almendral JM, Rosenthal ME, Stamato NJ, Josephson ME: Comparison of resetting and termination of ventricular tachycardia with programmed extrastimuli. J Amer Coll Cardiol 7 (2): 243A, 1986.

Stamato NJ, Rosenthal ME, Gottlieb CD, Almendral JM, Josephson ME: Resetting response patterns in ventricular tachycardia before and after procainamide: Implications for the mechanism of tachycardia rate slowing. PACE 10 (2): 431, 1987.

Stamato NJ, Rosenthal ME, Almendral JM, Gottlieb CD, Josephson ME: Amiodarone induced slowing of ventricular tachycardia: Insights from analysis of resetting response patterns. J Amer Coll Cardiol 9(2): 48A, 1987.

Rosenthal ME, Stamato NJ, Almendral JM, Josephson ME: Relationship between resetting and termination of sustained ventricular tachycardia: Implications for antitachycardia pacing. J Amer Coll Cardiol 9(2): 167A, 1987.

Rosenthal ME, Stamato NJ, Almendral JM, Gottlieb CD, Josephson ME: Resetting of ventricular tachycardia with electrocardiographic fusion: Incidence and significance. J Amer Coll Cardiol 9(2): 153A, 1987.

Gottlieb CD, Rosenthal ME, Stamato NJ, Lesh M, Almendral JM, Josephson ME: The slope of the resetting response curve predicts termination with extrastimuli in ventricular tachycardia. Circulation 76(4): 219, 1987.

Stamato NJ, Josephson ME: Are posteroseptal bypass tracts longer than left lateral bypass tracts? PACE 12(1): 685, 1989.

Fetter JG, Stamato NJ, Enger EL: Delays during pacemaker voltage programming changes can result in erroneous threshold estimations. PACE 13: 525, 1990.

Stamato NJ, Haghighat A, Enger EL, Wenerski J: Analysis of P wave characteristics in patients with prior atrial fibrillation compared to matched controls: Use of signal averaging. PACE 14: 748, 1991.

Stamato NJ, Wenerski J, Enger EL: Signal average electrocardiograpy does not predict findings at electrophysiologic study in high risk patients with nonsustained ventricular tachycardia and healed myocardial infarction. PACE 14: 748, 1991.

Stamato NJ, O'Toole MF, Enger EL: Permanent pacemaker implantation: Differences in hospital charges when implantation is performed in the operating room versus the cardiac catheterization laboratory. PACE 15(2): 509, 1992.

O'Toole MF, Roberts S, Bauman, Nazari J, Stamato NJ, Pham T: Does the response to esmolol during tilt table testing predict efficacy of oral therapy? Chest 102(2): 212S, 1992.

Bernstein RC, Raymond LJ, Onufer JR, Stamato NJ, Wood MA, Ellenbogen KA, Tenzer MM, Malkin RA, Herre JM: Factors Influencing Biphasic ED 80 Defibrillation Threshold Determination. PACE 18(II): 872, 1995.

O'Toole M, Fetter C, Nora M, Shanks J, Rauh RA, Stamato NJ, Use of passive atrial leads after open heart surgery. PACE 18(9 part II): 1777, 1995.

Shin H-T, Wyse DG, Rizo-Patron C, Stamato NJ, Daubert JP, Lancaster S, Renfroe EG, Connors N, Pacifico A, Crevey B, Jennings C, Whiting D, Yao Q, The AVID Investigators: Regional Differences in Utilization of Implantable Cardioverter/defibrillators - An Antiarrhythmics Versus Implantable defibrillators (AVID) Registry Study.  J Amer Coll Cardiol 31(2): 435A, 1998.

Wyse DG, Love JC, Yao Q, Carlson MD, Cassidy P, Greene HL, Martins JB, Ocampo C, Raitt MH, Schron EB, Stamato NJ:  Atrial Fibrillation: A Risk Factor for Increased Mortality in Patients with Ventricular Tachyarrthmias – An AVID Registry Analysis.  Circulation 98 (17) I-633, 1998.

 Tullo NG, Stamato NJ, Reiter M, Reiffel J, Goldner B, Bigger JT, Rosenberg Y, Whiting D, Graham-Renfroe E, Ledingham RB, Hallstrom A, AVID Investigators: Prior Antiarrhythmic Drug Use Does Not Predict Survival but Does Affect Impact of Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillators: Analysis of the Antiarrhythmics Versus Implantable Defibrillators (AVID) Study.  Circulation 100(18) I-570, 1999.

  Russo AM, Stamato NJ, Pieper KS: Gender Differences in the Multicenter Unsustained Tachycardia Trial.  Circulation 100(18) I-657, 1999.

Russo AM, Hafley GE, Lee KL, Stamato N, Lehman M, Page RL, Kus T, Batsford W, Rubin D, Buxton AE, and the MUSTT Investigators.  Lower ICD use in Minorities Results in worse Outcomes: Racial/Cultural Variations in the Multicenter Unsustained Tachycardia Trial. Circulation 102(18) I-674, 2000. 

Reviews and Chapters:

Stamato NJ, Josephson ME: When and how to manage premature ventricular contractions. J Critical Illness 1(6): 41-48, 1986.

Stamato NJ, Marchlinski FE: Role of Holter monitors in the management of patients with ventricular tachycardia treated with amiodarone. Clinical Progress in Electrophysiology and Pacing 4(5): 395-401, 1986.

Stamato NJ, Josephson ME: Invasive electrophysiologic studies in the evaluation and treatment of patients with ventricular arrhythmias. In Kapoor AS (ed): Interventional Cardiology. New York: Springer-Verlag, pp 119-132, 1989.

Iverson WR, Hartmann JR, Foy BK, Stamato NJ: AICDs spark hope for cardiac care. J Emerg Med Ser (JEMS) 14(9): 36-40, 1989.

Stamato NJ: The safety and efficacy of programming low output settings with steroid eluting leads. Medtronic News 21(1): 29-31, 1992.

Hartmann JR, Armirparviz F, McKeever LS, Stamato NJ, Enger EL: Recanalization of chronically occluded saphenous vein aortocoronary bypass grafts: The role of thrombolysis. Primary Cardiology 19(3): 19-31, 1993.

Stamato NJ, Doerner LJ, De Simone RJ: Your EP Study: The Quest for Knowledge. Patient teaching video tape. Bard electrophysiology, 1993.

Buxton AE, Fisher JD, Josephson ME, Lee KL, Pryor DB, Prystowsky EN, Simson MB, DiCarlo L, Echt DS, Packer D, Greer GS, Talajic M and the MUSTT Investigators: Prevention of Sudden Cardiac Death in patients with coronary artery disease: The Multicenter Unsustained Tachycardia Trial (MUSTT). Progress in Cardiovascular Disease 36(3): 215-226, 1993.

Case Reports and Letters:

Stamato NJ, O'Connell JB, Subramainian R, Scanlon PJ: The diagnosis of endocardial fibroelastosis made by endomyocardial biopsy in an adult with dilated cardiomyopthy. Am Heart J 109(4): 119-220, 1985.

Rosenthal ME, Stamato NJ, Marchlinski FE, Josephson ME: Noninvasive cardiac pacing for termination of sustained uniform ventricular tachycardia. Am J Cardiol 58(6): 561-562, 1986.

LaBarre TR, Stamato NJ, Hwang MH, Jacobs WR, Stephanides L, Scanlon PJ: Left atrial appendage aneurysm with associated anomalous pulmonary venous drainage. Am Heart J 114(5): 1243-1245, 1987.

Stamato NJ, Cahill JM, Goodwin MJ, Winters G: Cardiac amyloidosis causing ventricular tachycardia: Diagnosis made by endomyocardial biopsy. Chest 96(6): 1431-1433, 1989.

Stamato NJ, Goodwin MJ, Foy BF: Diagnosis of coronary sinus diverticulum in Wolff-Parkinson-White Syndrome using coronary angiography. PACE 12 1589-1591, 1989.

McKeever LS, Marek J, Stamato NJ: Emergency operation after failed angioplasty. (Letter to the Editor) Journal of Throracic and Cardiovascular Surgery 98: 151, 1989.

Stamato NJ, Eddy SL, Rawoof SA, Whiting DJ, Cunningham JR, Song J: Sensing of a Transcutaneous Nerve stimulator by an ICD Device. Heart Web. On the internet at: http://webaxis.com/heartweb/ June 28, 1996.