Daniel P. Morin MD, MPH

Daniel Morin, MD MPH specializes in cardiac electrophysiology at Ochsner Health and is board-certified in internal medicine, cardiology and clinical cardiac electrophysiology. He graduated with honors and distinction in 1995 from Cornell University in New York, where he earned his Bachelor of Arts in Biochemistry. In 2000, he earned his medical degree from the University of Massachusetts Medical School and his Master of Public Health degree from Harvard University. He then served his internship and residency in internal medicine at Tufts-New England Medical Center in Boston. Dr. Morin went on to complete advanced fellowships in Cardiovascular Disease and Cardiac Electrophysiology at New York-Presbyterian Hospital-Weill Cornell Medical Center in New York City. He is a Fellow of the American College of Cardiology and the Heart Rhythm Society. Dr. Morin's clinical interests are in device therapy for cardiac dysfunction (including cardiac resynchronization therapy) and treatment of cardiac arrhythmias via medical therapy and/or catheter ablation. In addition to his clinical work, Dr. Morin serves as director of electrophysiology research and director of cardiovascular research at Ochsner Health. He heads an active team researching diverse subjects like sudden cardiac arrest, new applications for cardiac resynchronization therapy, the effects of ablation on cardiac contractility and relationships between the environment and cardiac tachyarrhythmias. He has published many peer-reviewed scientific papers, including in prestigious journals such as the New England Journal of Medicine, the Journal of the American College of Cardiology, the European Journal of Cardiology, JAMA Cardiology, and Heart Rhythm. Dr. Morin is deputy editor of Annals of Internal Medicine Clinical Cases. He served as the inaugural online editor of the journal Heart Rhythm for five years, and is associate editor of several other medical journals. In 2020, Dr. Morin was promoted to the academic title of Professor at the University of Queensland, Ochsner Clinical School.