Dr. Michael Bernard specializes in electrophysiology and sees patients at Ochsner Medical Center - New Orleans. Dr. Bernard graduated from Emory University in 1997 with degrees in biology and chemistry. He earned his joint medical and graduate degree from the Medical University of South Carolina in Charleston, South Carolina in 2005. He completed a residency in internal medicine at Vanderbilt University Medical Center in 2008. He returned to the Medical University of South Carolina for a cardiology and electrophysiology fellowship that he completed in December 2012. Dr. Bernard treats patients with cardiac arrhythmias and has extensive experience with complex catheter ablations. His clinical interests include cardiac device implantation, complex cardiac ablations, left atrial appendage occlusion and monitoring as well as treatment of cardiac arrhythmias. Research interests include oral anticoagulant strategies for cardiac device implantation, complex ablation procedures and adult congenital heart disease ablations. During his graduate and post-graduate training, Dr. Bernard authored or contributed to over 15 peer-reviewed publications.