Rakesh Gopinathannair, MD

Dr. Rakesh Gopinathannair, MD, MA, FAHA, FACC, FHRS, is a board-certified, fellowship-trained cardiologist specializing in clinical cardiac electrophysiology with the Kansas City Heart Rhythm Institute, part of the HCA Midwest Heart and Vascular Institute. He currently serves as Director of Cardiac Electrophysiology Laboratories at the Kansas City Heart Rhythm Institute as well as the EP Medical Director at Research Medical Center.

He is a Professor of Medicine at the University of Missouri-Columbia and an Adjunct Associate Professor of Medicine at the University of Louisville School of Medicine. Dr. Gopinathannair currently is the Chairman for the Heart Rhythm Society (HRS) Communications Committee, Vice-Chair for the American Heart Association (AHA) national Electrocardiography and Arrhythmias Committee, and is a member of the ACC EP Leadership Council.

He also serves as Associate Editor for the Journal of Atrial Fibrillation and as Section Editor for Circulation Arrhythmia &Electrophysiology and Heart Rhythm Case Reports. Dr. Gopinathannair has served as content peer-reviewer for AHA/ACC/HRS and AHRQ guidelines, Writing Committee Chair for AHA Scientific Statements, and currently serve as a peer-reviewer for leading cardiovascular journals such as JACC, European Heart Journal, Heart Rhythm, JACC EP, Circulation Research, JAHA and Circulation: Arrhythmia and Electrophysiology, among others.

Dr. Gopinathannair served as Chair of the National Electrophysiology Clinical Standards Committee for Catholic Health Initiatives from 2013-2016, a large national healthcare organization with 97 hospitals across the country, and have been instrumental in developing EP clinical standards and quality metrics across this large healthcare network.