Professor Sander’s area of expertise are in all aspects of cardiology with a particular interest in electrophysiology.
He performs pacemaker implantation, cardiac defibrillator implantation, cardiac resynchronization, electrophysiology studies and ablation (in particular ablation of atrial fibrillation) and all device follow ups.
Professor Sanders is well regarded and highly respected among his peers and colleagues. He has been recognised with several awards, including:
- Highest Ranked Practitioner from the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) – 2013.
- Scopus Young Australian Medial and Medical Sciences Researcher of the Year – 2010.
Qualifications
1994: MBBS (Hons.), University of Adelaide, SA, Australia
2000: FRACP, Royal Australasian College of Physicians, NSW, Australia
2002: PhD (medicine), University of Melbourne, VIC, Australia
2003: Post-doctoral Fellowship (Cardiology), University of Bordeaux: Bordeaux, France
Personal Appointments
2013-present: Group Leader, Centre for Heart Rhythm Disorders (Heart Health), South Australian Health and Medical Research Institute: Adelaide, SA, Australia
2004-present: Director of Electrophysiology (Cardiology), Royal Adelaide Hospital: Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
2004-present: Director (Centre for Heart Rhythm Disorders), University of Adelaide: Adelaide, SA, Australia
2003-2005: Clinical and Research Associate (Cardiology), Hôpital Cardiologique du Haut-Lévêque: Bordeaux, France
Publications
- Bayturan O, Puri R, Tuzcu EM, Shao M, Wolski K, Schoenhagen P, Kapadia S, Nissen SE, Sanders P, Nicholls SJ. Atrial fibrillation, progression of coronary atherosclerosis and myocardial infarction. European Journal of Preventative Cardiology (In Press).
- 2.Rogers JD, Sanders P, Piorkowski C, Sohail MR, Anand R, Kaplon RE, Stromberg K, Kowal RC. In-office insertion of a miniaturized insertable cardiac monitor: results from the RIO 2 randomized study. Heart Rhythm (In Press).
- 3.Wong CX, Sun MT, Odutayo A, Emdin CA, Mahajan R, Lau DH, Pathak RK, Wong DT, Selvanayagam JB, Sanders P, Clarke R. Associations of Epicardial, Abdominal and Overall Adiposity with Atrial Fibrillation. Circulation Arrhythmia and Electrophysiology (In Press).
- 4.Lau DH, Middeldorp ME, Sanders P. Obesity paradox in atrial fibrillation: a distracting reality or fictitious finding? European Heart Journal (In Press).
- Goette A, Kalman J, Aguinaga L, Akar J, Cabrera JA, Chen SA, Chugh SS, Corradi D, d’Avila A, Dobrev D, Fenelon G, Gonzalez M, Hatem SN, Helm R, Hindricks G, Ho SY, Hoit B, Jalife J, Kim YH, Lip GY, Ma CS, Marcus GM, Murray K, Nogami A, Sanders P, Uribe W, Van Wagoner D, Nattel S. EHRA/HRS/APHRS/SOLAECE expert consensus on Atrial cardiomyopathies: definition, characterization and clinical implications. Europace (In Press).
- 6 Goette A, Kalman J, Aguinaga L, Akar J, Cabrera JA, Chen SA, Chugh SS, Corradi D, d’Avila A, Dobrev D, Fenelon G, Gonzalez M, Hatem SN, Helm R, Hindricks G, Ho SY, Hoit B, Jalife J, Kim YH, Lip GY, Ma CS, Marcus GM, Murray K, Nogami A, Sanders P, Uribe W, Van Wagoner D, Nattel S. EHRA/HRS/APHRS/SOLAECE expert consensus on Atrial cardiomyopathies: definition, characterization and clinical implications. Heart Rhythm (In Press).
- Thanigaimani S, Brooks AG, Kuklik P, Twomey DJ, Franklin S, Noschka E, Chapman D, Pathak RK, Mahajan R, Sanders P, Lau DH. Spatio-temporal characteristics of atrial fibrillation electrograms: a novel marker for arrhythmia stability and termination. Journal of Arrhythmia (In Press).
- Sanders P, Lim HS. Soluble CD40 ligand in atrial fibrillation: time and other confounding factors. Journal of the American College of Cardiology: Clinical Electrophysiology (In Press).
- Nayyar S, Kuklik P, Ganesan AN, Sullivan T, Wilson L, Young GD, Sanders P, Roberts-Thomson KC. Development of time and voltage-domain mapping (VT mapping) to localize ventricular tachycardia channels during sinus rhythm. Circulation, Arrhythmia and Electrophysiology (In Press).
- Gorenek B, Pelliccia A, Benjamin EJ, Boriani G, Crijns HJ, Fogel RI, Van Gelder IC, Halle M, Kudaiberdieva G, Lane DA, Larsen TB, Lip GYH, Lochen ML, Marin F, Niebauer J, Sanders P, Tokgozoglu L, Vos MA, Van Wagoner DR. European Heart Rhythm Association (EHRA) / European Association of Cardiovascular Prevention and Rehabilitation (EACPR) position paper on how to prevent atrial fibrillation endorsed by the Heart Rhythm Society (HRS) and Asia Pacific Heart Rhythm Society (APHRS). European Journal of Preventive Cardiology (In Press).
- Gorenek B, Pelliccia A, Benjamin EJ, Boriani G, Crijns HJ, Fogel RI, Van Gelder IC, Halle M, Kudaiberdieva G, Lane DA, Larsen TB, Lip GYH, Lochen ML, Marin F, Niebauer J, Sanders P, Tokgozoglu L, Vos MA, Van Wagoner DR. European Heart Rhythm Association (EHRA) / European Association of Cardiovascular Prevention and Rehabilitation (EACPR) position paper on how to prevent atrial fibrillation endorsed by the Heart Rhythm Society (HRS) and Asia Pacific Heart Rhythm Society (APHRS). Europace (In Press).
- Goette A, Kalman J, Aguinaga L, Akar J, Cabrera JA, Chen SA, Chugh SS, Corradi D, d’Avila A, Dobrev D, Fenelon G, Gonzalez M, Hatem SN, Helm R, Hindricks G, Ho SY, Hoit B, Jalife J, Kim YH, Lip GY, Ma CS, Marcus GM, Murray K, Nogami A, Sanders P, Uribe W, Van Wagoner D, Nattel S. EHRA/HRS/APHRS/SOLAECE expert consensus on Atrial cardiomyopathies: definition, characterization and clinical implications. Journal of Arrhythmia 2016; 32: 247-278.
- Kalman JM, Sanders P. FIRE or ICE: Cryoablation not inferior, not superior. Nature Reviews in Cardiology 2016; 13: 572-574.
- Elliott AD, Mahajan R, Lau DH, Sanders P. Atrial fibrillation in endurance athletes: from mechanism to management. Cardiology Clinics 2016; 34: 567-578.
- Goette A, Kalman J, Aguinaga L, Akar J, Cabrera JA, Chen SA, Chugh SS, Corradi D, d’Avila A, Dobrev D, Fenelon G, Gonzalez M, Hatem SN, Helm R, Hindricks G, Ho SY, Hoit B, Jalife J, Kim YH, Lip GY, Ma CS, Marcus GM, Murray K, Nogami A, Sanders P, Uribe W, Van Wagoner D, Nattel S. EHRA/HRS/APHRS/SOLAECE expert consensus on Atrial cardiomyopathies: definition, characterization and clinical implications. Journal or Arrhythmia 2016; 32: 247-278.
- Sanders P, Lim HS. Soluable CD40 ligand in atrial fibrillation: time and other confounding factors. Journal of the American College of Cardiology: Clinical Electrophysiology 2016; 2: 633-635.
- Wong GR, Lau DH, Middeldorp ME, Harrington JA, Stolcman S, Wilson L, Twomey DJ, Kumar S, Munawar DA, Khokhar KB, Mahajan R, Sanders P. Feasibility and safety of Reveal Linq insertion in a sterile procedure room versus electrophysiology laboratory. International Journal of Cardiology 2016; 223: 13-17.
- Sanders P, Lau DH. Mortality paradox in obesity and atrial fibrillation: true clinical phenomenon or red herring in AF care. Journal of the American College of Cardiology: Clinical Electrophysiology 2016; 2: 364-366.
- Lim HS, Denis A, Middeldorp ME, Lau DH, Mahajan R, Derval N, Albenque JP, Boveda S, Zellerhoff S, Yamashita S, Berte B, Mahida S, Komatsu Y, Daly M, Jesel L, Pomier C, Meillet V, Dubois R, Amraoui S, Shah A, Sacher F, Cochet H, Hocini M, Jais P, Sanders P, Haissaguerre M. Persistent atrial fibrillation from the onset: a specific subgroup of patients with biatrial substrate involvement and poorer clinical outcome. Journal of the American College of Cardiology: Clinical Electrophysiology 2016; 2: 129-139.
- Sanders P, Pathak RK. My approach to obese patients with heart disease. Trends in Cardiovascular Medicine 2016; 26: 581-582.
- Dekker LR, Pokushalov E, Sanders P, Lindborg KA, Maus B, Pürerfellner H. Continious cardiac monitoring around atrial fibrillation ablation: insights on clinical classifications and endpoints. Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology 2016; 39: 805-813.
- Ganesan AN, Chew DP, Hartshorne T, Selvanayagam JB, Aylward PE, Sanders P, McGavigan AD. The impact of atrial fibrillation type on the risk of thromboembolism, mortality and bleeding: a systematic review and meta-analysis. European Heart Journal 2016; 37: 1591-1602.
- Lau DH, Schotten U, Mahajan R, Antic NA, Hatem SN, Pathak RK, Hendriks JM, Kalman JM, Sanders P. Novel mechanisms in the pathogenesis of atrial fibrillation: practical applications. European Heart Journal 2016; 37: 1573-1581.
- Nalliah CJ, Sanders P, Kottkamp H, Kalman JM. The role of obesity in atrial fibrillation. European Heart Journal 2016; 37: 1565-1572.
- Neo M, Morris DG, Kuklik P, Lau DH, Dimitri H, Lim WW, Sanders P, Saint DA. Simultaneous conduction mapping and intracellular membrane potential recording in isolated atria. Canadian Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology 2016; 94: 563-569.
- Lip GY, Heinzel FR, Gaita F, Juanatey JR, Le Heuzey JY, Potpara T, Svendsen JH, Vos MA, Anker SD, Coats AJ, Haverkamp W, Manolis AS, Chung MK, Sanders P, Pieske B, Gorenek B, Lane D, Boriani G, Linde C, Hindricks G, Tsutsui H, Homma S, Brownstein S, Nielsen JC, Lainscak M, Crespo-Leiro M, Piepoli M, Seferovic P. Savelieva I. European Heart Rhythm Association/Heart Failure Association joint consensus document on arrhythmias in heart failure. Endorsed by the Heart Rhythm Society and the Asia Pacific Heart Rhythm Society. Europace 2016; 18: 12-36.
- Sharma G, Salahuddin S, Sanders P, Gupta H, Gulati G, Jagia P, Bahl VK. Inadequacy of fluoroscopy and electrocardiogram in predicting septal position in RVOT pacing – validation with cardiac computed tomography. Indian Heart Journal 2016; 68: 174-180.
- Gallagher C, Hendriks JML, Mahajan R, Middeldorp ME, Elliott AD, Pathak RK, Sanders P, Lau DH. Lifestyle management to prevent and treat atrial fibrillation. Expert Review of Cardiovascular Therapy 2016; 14: 799-809.
- Nalliah CJ, Sanders P, Kalman JM. Obstructive sleep apnea treatment and atrial fibrillation: a need for definitive evidence. Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology 2016; 27: 1001-1010.
- Elliott AD, Pathak RK, Mahajan R, Lau DH, Sanders P. Benefit of exercise in atrial fibrillation: diastolic function matters. Journal of the American College of Cardiology 2016; 67: 1258-1259.