Director of the Cardiac Rhythm Device Services at Johns Hopkins Hospital, USA
Director of the Cardiac Rhythm Device Services at Johns Hopkins Hospital, USA
Dr. Charles J. Love, MD is an internationally known electrophysiologist and arrhythmia device specialist.
He graduated from The University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine in 1983, after which he completed his internship and residency training for internal medicine at The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center in Columbus Ohio.
He stayed at O.S.U. for his cardiology and electrophysiology training to become the Director of Cardiac Rhythm Device Services.
His academic career advanced and he achieved promotion to Professor of Medicine. After 30 years at O.S.U., he left to join the New York University Langone Medical Center. He was brought on at the rank of Professor of Medicine and again was charged with managing the cardiac device service.
In 2017, Dr. Love moved to Baltimore Maryland where he is now part of the electrophysiology group at Johns Hopkins Hospital, once again at the rank of Professor of Medicine. He is also Director of Cardiac Rhythm Device Services there as well.
Dr. Love is best known for his work in lead extraction of chronically implanted pacing and defibrillator leads/wires and has been performing these procedures since 1988. As one of the pioneers and top lead extraction experts in the world, in 1994 he was the first cardiologist to use a laser to extract a pacemaker wire. He has participated in numerous clinical trials including new rate response sensor technologies, heart failure therapy devices, heart failure monitoring devices, and new lead extraction devices (“first in man” for the TightRail). He regularly consults with cardiac rhythm device companies, extraction device companies and other biomedical and startup companies regarding the design of new devices and health care technologies. He has presented new technologies to the United States Food and Drug Agency on multiple occasions.
Dr. Love has given hundreds of invited lectures and presented abstracts both nationally and internationally.
Dr. Love is board certified in Internal Medicine, Cardiovascular Medicine, and Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology. He is also board certified as a Cardiac Device Specialist.
He took the pacemaker competency examination in 1991, achieving the highest score on the exam that year.
In 1995 he was then appointed to the examination development committee of the International Board of Heart Rhythm Examiners (formerly NASPExAM, Inc), and since 2004 has served as Chair of the Pacing and Defibrillation Competency Exam as well as President and Chair of the Board of Directors for the organization.
Dr. Love has implanted over 9000 devices and has removed in excess of 3000 pacing and defibrillator leads.