Pugazhendhi Vijayaraman

Pugazhendhi Vijayaraman has been promoted to chief of clinical electrophysiology for Geisinger. Vijayaraman will oversee integration and growth of services for patients with heart-rhythm disorders across the health system.

A Geisinger provider since 2005, Vijayaraman specializes in cardiac electrophysiology, cardiac ablation and cardiac device implantation. He is world-renowned for his research and clinical expertise in conduction system pacing, which stimulates the heart’s natural electrical conduction system to correct rhythm disorders and has improved patient outcomes.

Vijayaraman served as director of electrophysiology labs for Geisinger’s northeast region and program director of Geisinger’s clinical cardiac electrophysiology fellowship — roles he continues to serve.