Walid Saliba, MD
Enriched profileDirector, Electrophysiology Lab; Associate Section Head, Pacing and Electrophysiology Section; Co-Director, Ventricular Arrhythmia Center; Medical Director, Center for Atrial Fibrillation; Staff Cardiologist, Section of Cardiac Electrophysiology and Pacing · Cleveland Clinic
Walid Saliba is Director, Electrophysiology Lab; Associate Section Head, Pacing and Electrophysiology Section; Co-Director, Ventricular Arrhythmia Center; Medical Director, Center for Atrial Fibrillation; Staff Cardiologist, Section of Cardiac Electrophysiology and Pacing at Cleveland Clinic. OpenAlex indexes 545 publications with 20,647 citations (h-index 75); ClinicalTrials.gov lists 6 registered studies with this person as an investigator. By OpenAlex citation count, this profile ranks in the top 5% of Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology profiles in the findmyKOL directory.
Data verified 14 Aug 2026
Overview
Updated 27 Aug 2026
Walid I. Saliba, MD, is Director, Electrophysiology Lab at Cleveland Clinic, Robert and Suzanne Tomsich Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Cleveland, OH. The public record shows 545 publications with 20,647 citations (h-index 75), centered on Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes, Cardiac Arrhythmias and Treatments, Cardiac pacing and defibrillation studies. It also documents an investigator role on 6 registered clinical trials, industry payments reported by 16 companies.
- Most recent indexed publication: 2026 · Europace
- Top research focus: Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes
- 6 registered trials on ClinicalTrials.gov
- Open Payments reporting from 16 companies
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Indications focus
from trials led + research topicsResearch focus
OpenAlex concept fingerprintWorks with
trial sponsors and companies reporting paymentsScholarship
indexed output and impact (OpenAlex)Distinct works indexed by OpenAlex, matched via ORCID; 19 in PubMed.
Total citations across indexed works.
Hirsch index (OpenAlex). i10-index 215.
Clinical & industry
trials, payments and federal fundingFederally funded research awards.
Contact
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Practice address
Telephone
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Sign in to view contact details →Clinical trials
Updated 27 Aug 2026
Listed as an investigator on 6 registered studies on ClinicalTrials.gov. The most recent:
- SIMPLAAFY Clinical Trial
Sponsor: Boston Scientific Corporation
- Intracardiac Echocardiography Guided Watchman Device Implant
Sponsor: The Cleveland Clinic
Industry payments
Updated 27 Aug 2026
16 companies reported payments to CMS in program years 2021–2025. These are public disclosures, not judgments. The latest:
- Boston Scientific CorporationProgram year2025114 payments$182,702openpaymentsdata.cms.gov ↗
- Biosense Webster, Inc.Program year202514 payments
- Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc.Program year20256 payments
Medicare prescribing footprint (2024)
The drugs this prescriber writes for Medicare patients, grouped by drug class and therapeutic area. Every percentage is a share of their total prescribing, so you can see what they prescribe most. These are proportions, not patient counts or dollar amounts. No condition is inferred: the claims record what was prescribed, never why.
Cardiovascular
55.1%Antiarrhythmic32.1%Dofetilide46%Flecainide Acetate40%Amiodarone Hcl14%Part D≥44 patientsBeta blocker20.8%Metoprolol Succinate77%Metoprolol Tartrate24%Part D≥48 patientsBlood & clotting
44.9%Factor Xa inhibitor44.9%Eliquis86%Xarelto14%Part D≥71 patients
Drug classes come from the WHO ATC and U.S. National Library of Medicine (RxClass) classifications; prescribing counts come from the CMS Medicare Part D Prescribers file. Each drug is counted once, under its primary class. Medicare fee-for-service only, so no Medicare Advantage, commercial, or pediatric prescribing is included. CMS publishes this data about 17 months after the fact.
NIH funding
We didn't find any NIH-funded research awards for this person in NIH RePORTER. Why? →
Congress activity
Updated 27 Aug 2026
3 congress contributions (2015–2025) across ASH, ASTRO per OpenAlex. The most recent:
- Distinct predictors of mortality and conduction disease in AL cardiac amyloidosis
ASH Annual Meeting
ASH2025Co-author - Analysis of Cardiac Motion without Respiratory Motion for Cardiac Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy
ASTRO Annual Meeting
ASTRO2018Co-author - A Treatment Planning Study of Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy for Atrial Fibrillation
ASTRO Annual Meeting
ASTRO2015Co-author
Published abstracts are attributed via the same ORCID-disambiguated authorship as publications, so each is DOI-verified. Podium roles (invited talks, session chairs) and oral/poster type are added as program data is confirmed.
Publications
Updated 27 Aug 2026
Their five most recent publications, matched to their ORCID record and linked to PubMed.
- Factors Influencing Lesion Titration in a Monopolar Pulsed-Field Ablation Point Catheter: A Preclinical Study.
Circulation. Arrhythmia and electrophysiology
Article2026 - Real-Time Prediction of Irreversible Lesion Size During Pulsed Field Ablation: Prospective Validation of a Novel Ablation Index Based on Contact Force and Number of Applications in a Swine Beating Heart Model.
Circulation. Arrhythmia and electrophysiology
Article2025
Most-cited works
by citation count (OpenAlex)Network
Updated 27 Aug 2026
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Online presence
Updated 27 Aug 2026
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doximity.com/pub/walid-saliba-md
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Mentions by others
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my.clevelandclinic.org/podcasts/love-your-heart/atrial-fibrillation-with-dr-wazni-and-dr-saliba
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youtube.com/watch
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Background & recognition
Updated 27 Aug 2026
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Education
degrees and training on record- 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 →providers.clevelandclinic.org ↗
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- Board certification
Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology
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Cardiovascular Disease
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Internal Medicine
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Editorial & leadership roles
journal and society appointments- Member
American College of Cardiology
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Heart Rhythm Society (FHRS)
provisionalFound in a cited public source but not yet independently corroborated. Published as a labeled candidate and queued for verification.How we verify →emedevents.com ↗
Media & interviews
press, podcasts and appearances- Panelist
live Q&A "Atrial fibrillation experts from the Cleveland Clinic will answer your afib questions"
2017provisionalFound in a cited public source but not yet independently corroborated. Published as a labeled candidate and queued for verification.How we verify →stopafib.org ↗ - Podcast guest
"Atrial Fibrillation with Dr. Wazni and Dr. Saliba", Cleveland Clinic Love Your Heart podcast
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"Is a Left Atrial Appendage Closure a Good Option to Prevent Stroke for People With AFib?", Cleveland Clinic Love Your Heart podcast
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