Biography

Dr. Dickfeld serves as assistant professor of medicine in the division of cardiology at the University of Maryland School of Medicine. In addition, he is the chief of the electrophysiology section at the Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Baltimore.
The focus of Dr. Dickfeld’s clinical practice is cardiac electrophysiology, including radiofrequency ablation therapy for atrial fibrillation, supraventricular tachycardia and ventricular tachycardia; implantable cardioverter- defibrillator and pacemaker implantation; and medical management of cardiac arrhythmias. He is certified by the American Board of Internal Medicine, with subspecialty certifications in clinical cardiac electrophysiology and cardiovascular disease.
After receiving both his MD and PhD from the J.W. Goethe Medical School in Germany, Dr. Dickfeld was a resident in cardiovascular diseases at the Technical University of Munich, German Heart Institute. Following this, he came to Duke University Hospital, where he completed his residency in internal medicine. Most recently, Dr. Dickfeld completed both a fellowship in cardiovascular diseases and electrophysiology at Johns Hopkins University.