Vijay Swarup

MD, FACC, FHRS

President, Arizona Cardiovascular Research Foundation
Founder & Course Director, Brain & Heart Symposium

Dr. Vijay Swarup is a nationally recognized cardiac electrophysiologist and translational research leader. He practices at the Arizona Heart Rhythm Center (serving Phoenix, Peoria, Gilbert, and Prescott) and has led the Arizona electrophysiology community since 2002.

He earned his medical degree from the University of Delhi and completed internal medicine residency and a molecular cardiology research fellowship at Saint Louis University. He then pursued a fellowship in cardiovascular disease at Thomas Jefferson University in Philadelphia and clinical cardiac electrophysiology at Loyola University Medical Center / University of Chicago Hospitals.

In Arizona, Dr. Swarup has repeatedly broken ground—among the first in the state to perform epicardial and endocardial 3D mapping–guided ventricular tachycardia ablations, robotic catheter ablations, open irrigated ablations, and left atrial appendage occlusion (LAAO) device implantation. He now leads one of the more substantial AF/VT ablation and LAAO device programs regionally and nationally.

As President of the Arizona Cardiovascular Research Foundation and Director of the Arizona Arrhythmia / Research Centers, Dr. Swarup directs a robust clinical and translational research portfolio (industry-sponsored and investigator-initiated). He holds editorial roles and has been principal investigator on multiple trials evaluating advanced ablation techniques, autonomic modulation, and structural heart devices. His scholarship includes numerous peer-reviewed manuscripts and abstracts presented at HRS, ACC, TCT, and other premier forums.

In 2020, Dr. Swarup co-founded (with Drs. Lemery and Wang) the Brain & Heart Symposium to catalyze interdisciplinary dialogue on how neural circuits, cerebral perfusion, autonomic regulation, and electrophysiology interrelate. Under his leadership, the symposium has grown into a respected platform where neurologists, cardiologists, neuroscientists, and device innovators explore the bidirectional influences between brain and cardiac rhythm, cognitive health, syncope, stroke prevention, and neuromodulation.

Dr. Swarup’s mission ties together his procedural excellence, scientific curiosity, and a vision that the heart’s rhythm cannot be fully understood without the brain’s influence—and vice versa.