Dr. Elaine Wan is the Esther Aboodi Associate Professor of Medicine in Cardiology and Cardiac Electrophysiology at Columbia University Medical Center, College of Physicians and Surgeons and serves as the Director of Electrophysiology Research. 

Dr. Wan is a physician-scientist and focuses on development of novel imaging modalities including mitochondrial dysfunction imaging, 3D panoramic optical mapping, and ultrasound imaging to understand the mechanisms which cause arrhythmias such as atrial and ventricular fibrillation, as well as atrial and ventricular tachycardia. Her seminal work as led to preclinical and now a NIH funded clinical trial to investigate the role of preprocedural imaging to predict arrhythmic mechanism in humans. Dr. Wan is a graduate of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. She received her medical degree from Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons and completed her fellowship in Cardiovascular Diseases and Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology at NewYork-Presbyterian/Columbia. She is trained in Internal Medicine, Clinical Cardiology and is an invasive cardiac electrophysiologist

Dr. Wan has been the Chairperson for the NIH Study Section of Imaging Technology Development and is the Chairperson-elect for the American Heart Association Committee on Arrhythmia and Electrophysiology. She on the Board of Trustees of the Heart Rhythm Society. Dr. Wan is the recipient of 2 NIH NHLBI R01s, K08 Mentored Career Development Award, NIH NHLBI R03 Small Grant Program. She is also a recipient of the American Heart Association Scientist Development Grant, and has received grant support from the Foundation of Gender Specific Medicine, Columbia University Louis V. Gerstner Jr. Scholars Program, and Columbia University Provost's Grants Program for Junior Faculty who Contribute to the Diversity Goals of the University. She has published over 150 manuscripts in high impact journals such as Nature Medicine, Circulation, Science Translational Medicine, Circulation Research, Journal of Clinical Investigation and Journal of American College of Cardiology. She has written 3 book chapters and given invited talks around the world.

As Director of Electrophysiology Research at Columbia University, she has led efforts and clinical trials investigating heart failure and arrhythmias using advanced methodologies. She has extensive experience in molecular biology, and cellular physiology. Her work bridges basic cellular electrophysiology and clinical cardiac expertise, fostering bench-to-bedside translational research. She has contributed to significant advancements in medical research, supported by 10 million dollars of competitive extramural scientific grants. She has run over 20 clinical trials and has been national PI in 3 trials. She has published over 120 papers and has an h-index of 38.