About Me
I was born in Brooklyn, so New York is in my blood. I love its excitement and the diverse people at NYU Langone. Given all the talented doctors and the latest technology available in New York City, you have to be the best. Every day I ask myself how I can do a better job of providing high-quality patient care and outcomes.
It’s important to me to know my patients and their families. I take the time to understand the nuances of a person’s heart rhythm disorder, explain treatment options, and assure them that they’re in the right place for optimal therapy. At the Heart Rhythm Center, we follow their progress from the first screenings for arrhythmias to any procedures that need to be performed—and sometimes for years after that.
When I started my training in the 1980s at NYU Langone, I chose to specialize first in interventional cardiology, and then cardiac electrophysiology. For the last 30 years, I’m proud to have built a highly trained cardiac electrophysiology team that cares for our patients 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. We’ve been at the forefront of technical advancements and have contributed to major breakthroughs in treatment for decades.
At NYU Langone, I’ve had the opportunity to research nonsurgical ablation catheters, through which we deliver energy directly to the heart via the tip of a catheter to prevent common as well as life-threatening arrhythmias. Recent advances in catheter design allow ablation to be performed more safely and with higher success rates. Technological cardiac device advancements include sophisticated MRI-compatible pacemakers and implantable defibrillators that can be monitored remotely, regulate irregular heartbeats, or deliver an internal shock to the heart to stop potentially life-threatening arrhythmias.
In February 2014, I was fortunate to lead a team of NYU Langone specialists in implanting—for the first time in the United States—the bullet-sized Micra™ Transcatheter Pacing System, the world’s smallest leadless cardiac pacemaker.
Conditions and Treatments
Conditions
- abnormal heart rhythms
- adult congenital heart disease
- atrial fibrillation & atrial flutter
- atrial flutter
- bradycardia
- brugada syndrome
- cardiac device implant
- cardiac device management
- complication associated with cardiac implant
- congenital heart disease
- dilated cardiomyopathy
- fainting
- heart throbbing
- long qt syndrome
- rapid heartbeat
- sarcoidosis
- supraventricular arrhythmias
- ventricular arrhythmias
- ventricular fibrillation
- ventricular tachycardia
Treatments
- bloodless medicine
- cardiac catheterization
- cardiac lead extraction
- cardiac monitors
- cardiac pacemaker lead
- catheter ablation
- defibrillator implant
- electrophysiology
- pacemaker placement
- permanent pacemaker
Learn more about conditions we treat at NYU Langone:
Adult Congenital Heart Disease , Atrial Fibrillation & Atrial Flutter , Bradycardia , Cardiac Device Management , Sarcoidosis , Supraventricular Arrhythmias , Ventricular ArrhythmiasCredentials
Positions
- Alvin Benjamin and Kenneth Coyle, Sr. Family Professor of Medicine and Cardiac Electrophysiology, Department of Medicine at NYU Grossman School of Medicine
- Clinical Director, Cardiology
- Director, Cardiac Electrophysiology and Heart Rhythm Center
Board Certifications
- American Board of Internal Medicine (Cardiovascular Disease), 1985
- American Board of Internal Medicine - Internal Medicine, 1982
Education and Training
- Fellowship, NYU Medical Center, Cardiology, 1985
- Residency, NYU Medical Center, 1983
- MD from New York University, 1979
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Larry A. Chinitz, MD does not accept insurance.
Locations and Appointments
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Research My Research
Interests
arrhythmia management
Research Interests Timeline
Clinical Trials and Research Studies
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The Fourth Left Atrial Appendage Occlusion Study: (LAAOS-4)
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SMall Annuli Randomized To Evolut or SAPIEN Trial (SMART Trial)
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Assessment of the Safety and Efficacy of a Combined Cardiac Contractility Modulation and Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator Device for Subjects with Heart Failure and Reduced Ejection Fraction
Publications
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Liu, Christopher F; Prasad, Karthik Venkatesh; Moretta, Antonio; Vijayaraman, Pugazhendhi; Zanon, Francesco; Gleva, Marye; De Pooter, Jan; Chinitz, Larry A; ,
Heart rhythm. 2024 Nov ; 21(11):2242-2249
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Junarta, Joey; Qiu, Jessica; Cheng, Austin V; Barbhaiya, Chirag R; Jankelson, Lior; Holmes, Douglas; Kushnir, Alexander; Knotts, Robert J; Yang, Felix; Bernstein, Scott A; Park, David S; Chinitz, Larry A; Aizer, Anthony
Heart rhythm. 2024 Oct 22;
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Hochstadt, Aviram; Barbhaiya, Chirag; Aizer, Anthony; Bernstein, Scott; Cerrone, Marina; Garber, Leonid; Holmes, Douglas; Knotts, Robert J; Kushnir, Alex; Martin, Jacob; Park, David; Spinelli, Michael; Yang, Felix; Chinitz, Larry A; Jankelson, Lior
Journal of the American Heart Association. 2024 Oct 11; e036921