Founder

HRDx was founded in 2022 by Dr. Ziad F. Issa, who serves as the President and Chief Executive Officer.

Dr. Issa received his medical degree from the University of Jordan, and completed Internal Medicine Residency, Cardiology Fellowship, and Cardiac Electrophysiology Fellowship at Indiana University, Indianapolis, IN. Dr. Issa also completed Master of Medical Management (MMM) degree from Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA.

Dr. Issa has been practicing clinical cardiac electrophysiology at the Prairie Heart Institute of Illinois since 2005, and he has a vast experience in all aspects of the diagnosis and management of cardiac arrhythmias. He currently serves as the Associate Medical Director of Prairie Cardiovascular, the Executive Director of Cardiac Electrophysiology at Prairie Heart Institute of Illinois, and the Medical Director of the Cardiac Electrophysiology Laboratory at HSHS St. John’s Hospital, Springfield, Illinois. 

Dr. Issa is the Lead Author of the textbook “Clinical Arrhythmology and Electrophysiology: A Companion to Braunwald’s Heart Disease.” This book is currently in its third edition, and it has been translated to 3 foreign languages (Chinese, Polish, and Russian). Over the last decade, this textbook has been a major resource for all trainees in the field of cardiac electrophysiology in the USA and throughout the world.