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Michael Sweeney MD

Michael Owen Sweeney MD

Associate Professor, Harvard Medical School; Director, Cardiac Pacing and Implantable Device Therapies, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts

Dr. Michael Sweeney, an electrophysiologist in Boston, Massachusetts, is Associate Professor at Harvard Medical School and Director of Cardiac Pacing and Implantable Device Therapies at Brigham and Women's Hospital. Dr. Sweeney received his medical degree from the University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, and went through residency training at the University of Rochester Medical Center. He completed a fellowship in cardiac electrophysiology, pacing, and defibrillation at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston.

Besides electrophysiology, Dr. Sweeney’s clinical focus is on cardiac resynchronization, implantable cardioverter–defibrillators, and pacemakers.

Recent Contributions to PracticeUpdate:

  1. Increased Incidence of Defibrillator Shocks After Elective Generator Exchange
  2. MY APPROACH to Device Therapy When the Battery Runs Low (Replacement or No Replacement)
  3. Mortality Reduction Related to ICD Programming
  4. A Risk Model for In-Hospital Adverse Events Following ICD Implantation
  5. Trial or Practice, Survival Rates With ICD Vary Little