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Douglas Packer, MD

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Cardiologist, Cardiac Electrophysiology · Intermountain Health

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Region🇺🇸 Murray, UT · West · United StatesSpecialtyClinical Cardiac ElectrophysiologyFocusCardiac Arrhythmias and Treatments+4
Active KOLfindmyKOL type: EliteLatest publication2026Online presenceverified 2026Payments2021–2025NIH funding2026–2026

Douglas Packer is Cardiologist, Cardiac Electrophysiology at Intermountain Health. OpenAlex indexes 553 publications with 53,138 citations (h-index 87); ClinicalTrials.gov lists 9 registered studies with this person as an investigator. By OpenAlex citation count, this profile ranks in the top 1% of Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology profiles in the findmyKOL directory.

Data verified 14 Aug 2026

Overview

Updated 14 Oct 2026

Douglas Packer, MD, is Cardiologist, Cardiac Electrophysiology at Intermountain Health (Intermountain Cardiac Care Clinic / Intermountain Medical Center), Salt Lake City/Murray, UT. The public record shows 553 publications with 53,138 citations (h-index 87), centered on Cardiac Arrhythmias and Treatments, Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes, Cardiac pacing and defibrillation studies. It also documents an investigator role on 9 registered clinical trials, industry payments reported by 8 companies, 1 NIH-funded awards (2026–2026).

  • Most recent indexed publication: 2026 · Circulation. Arrhythmia and electrophysiology
  • Top research focus: Cardiac Arrhythmias and Treatments
  • 9 registered trials on ClinicalTrials.gov
  • Open Payments reporting from 8 companies

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Indications focus

from trials led + research topics
Atrial Fibrillation7 trialsArrhythmias, Cardiac4 trialsTachycardia, Ventricular2 trialsTachycardia2 trialsCardiovascular Diseases1 trialVascular Diseases1 trial

Research focus

OpenAlex concept fingerprint
Cardiac Arrhythmias and TreatmentsAtrial Fibrillation Management and OutcomesCardiac pacing and defibrillation studiesCardiac electrophysiology and arrhythmiasCardiac Imaging and Diagnostics

Drugs & molecules

across trials, industry payments and publications
Multaqgeneric · DronedaroneClinical trials—Industry payments2Publications—

Works with

trial sponsors and companies reporting payments
Biosense Webster, Inc.Clinical trials3Industry payments36Medtronic, Inc.Clinical trials—Industry payments26Impulse Dynamics (USA) Inc.Clinical trials—Industry payments9Medical Device Business Services, Inc.Clinical trials—Industry payments5Abbott LaboratoriesClinical trials—Industry payments3Mayo ClinicClinical trials2Industry payments—Medtronic Cardiac Rhythm and Heart FailureClinical trials2Industry payments—Sanofi-Aventis U.S. LLCClinical trials—Industry payments2Thermedical, Inc.Clinical trials2Industry payments—Boston Scientific CorporationClinical trials—Industry payments1Volta Medical IncClinical trials—Industry payments1

Scholarship

indexed output and impact (OpenAlex)
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553publications

Distinct works indexed by OpenAlex, matched via ORCID; 12 in PubMed.

53,138citations

Total citations across indexed works.

87h-index

Hirsch index (OpenAlex). i10-index 277.

Clinical & industry

trials, payments and federal funding
9clinical trials

Investigator role on registered studies.

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8companies · 2021–2025

Companies reporting payments to CMS. Facts, not judgments.

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1NIH grants · 2026–2026

Federally funded research awards.

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Contact

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Practice address

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Clinical trials

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Listed as an investigator on 9 registered studies on ClinicalTrials.gov. The most recent:

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Industry payments

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8 companies reported payments to CMS in program years 2021–2025. These are public disclosures, not judgments. The latest:

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NIH funding

Updated 14 Oct 2026

1 NIH research award on record, funded 2026–2026 per NIH RePORTER. The latest:

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Publications

Updated 14 Oct 2026

Their five most recent publications, matched to their ORCID record and linked to PubMed.

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Most-cited works

by citation count (OpenAlex)
  1. 01
    Amiodarone or an Implantable Cardioverter–Defibrillator for Congestive Heart Failure
    6,532 citations2005
    doi.org ↗
  2. 02
    Updated Worldwide Survey on the Methods, Efficacy, and Safety of Catheter Ablation for Human Atrial Fibrillation
    2,866 citations2009
    doi.org ↗
  3. 03
    2017 HRS/EHRA/ECAS/APHRS/SOLAECE expert consensus statement on catheter and surgical ablation of atrial fibrillation
    2,732 citations2017
    doi.org ↗
  4. 04
    2012 HRS/EHRA/ECAS Expert Consensus Statement on Catheter and Surgical Ablation of Atrial Fibrillation: Recommendations for Patient Selection, Procedural Techniques, Patient Management and Follow-up, Definitions, Endpoints, and Research Trial Design: A report of the Heart Rhythm Society (HRS) Task Force on Catheter and Surgical Ablation of Atrial Fibrillation. Developed in partnership with the European Heart Rhythm Association (EHRA), a registered branch of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC) and the European Cardiac Arrhythmia Society (ECAS); and in collaboration with the American College of Cardiology (ACC), American Heart Association (AHA), the Asia Pacific Heart Rhythm Society (APHRS), and the Society of Thoracic Surgeons (STS). Endorsed by the governing bodies of the American College of Cardiology Foundation, the American Heart Association, the European Cardiac Arrhythmia Society, the European Heart Rhythm Association, the Society of Thoracic Surgeons, the Asia Pacific Heart Rhythm Society, and the Heart Rhythm Society
    2,722 citations2012
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  5. 05
    HRS/EHRA/ECAS Expert Consensus Statement on Catheter and Surgical Ablation of Atrial Fibrillation: Recommendations for Personnel, Policy, Procedures and Follow-Up
    1,718 citations2007
    doi.org ↗
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Network

Updated 14 Oct 2026

The people this person publishes with most, by number of co-authored papers. Names link to their own profile when we have one.

Samuel J. Asirvatham116Paul A. Friedman100Thomas M. Munger93Kristi H. Monahan73Susan B. Johnson67Maryam E. Rettmann64Stephen C. Hammill53T. Jared Bunch53David O. Hodge53Yong‐Mei Cha41David R. Holmes41Hugh Calkins35Andrea Natale35Daniel B. Mark34H. Immo Lehmann34Peter A. Noseworthy32Jeanne E. Poole31Siva K. Mulpuru30Suraj Kapa30Francis E. Marchlinski27Bernard J. Gersh27Win-Kuang Shen26David J. Wilber25A. Deisher25Eric N. Prystowsky24Kerry L. Lee23Christopher J. McLeod23Atsushi Suzuki23Kay D. Parker23Laura K. Newman22Riccardo Cappato22Gerhard Hindricks21Jon J. Kruse21Ammar M. Killu21Gust H. Bardy20Atul Verma20David E. Haines20Tristram D. Bahnson20Hiroki Konishi19Lawrence D. German19

Online presence

Updated 14 Oct 2026

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Owned accounts

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  • ResearchGate

    researchgate.net/scientific-contributions/Douglas-Packer-2013826058

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  • Instagram

    instagram.com/intermountainhearthealth/reel/C7Xfr0sSFeF

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  • YouTube

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  • YouTube

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  • YouTube

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Background & recognition

Updated 14 Oct 2026

Credentials, appointments and honors, newest first, each linked to the public source it came from.

Education

degrees and training on record
  • Fellowship

    Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology, Duke Graduate Medical Education

    1985
    verifiedCorroborated by findmyKOL. We matched this record across two or more independent public sources (or a verified ORCID / NPI identifier bridge) before attributing it to this person.How we verify →doctors.intermountainhealth.org ↗
  • Board Certified

    Cardiovascular Disease, American Board of Internal Medicine

    1985
    provisionalFound in a cited public source but not yet independently corroborated. Published as a labeled candidate and queued for verification.How we verify →doctors.intermountainhealth.org ↗
  • Residency

    Internal Medicine, Duke University School of Medicine

    1983
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  • Board Certified

    Internal Medicine, American Board of Internal Medicine

    1983
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  • MD

    University of Utah

    1980
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Editorial & leadership roles

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Awards & honors

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Secondary affiliations

appointments beyond the home institution
  • Former John M. Nasseff

    Sr. Professor in Cardiovascular Diseases and Director, Translational Electrophysiology Research Laboratory, Mayo Clinic Rochester, MN (prior primary appointment, now historical/secondary)

    verifiedCorroborated by findmyKOL. We matched this record across two or more independent public sources (or a verified ORCID / NPI identifier bridge) before attributing it to this person.How we verify →getinrhythm.com ↗
  • Hospital affiliations: Riverton Hospital

    Alta View Hospital, Intermountain Medical Center, LDS Hospital (UT)

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Media & interviews

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