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Eric  Prystowsky, MD is director of the Clinical Electrophysiology Laboratory at St. Vincent Hospital, Indianapolis, Indiana, and a consulting professor of medicine at Duke University Medical Center. 

From 1979 to 1986, Dr. Prystowsky was a full-time faculty member at the Indiana University School of Medicine, where he was director of the electrophysiology laboratory. In 1986, he returned to Duke University as professor of medicine and director of Cardiac Arrhythmia Center, before coming back to Indiana to serve in his current capacity.   In addition to coauthoring 2 textbooks, Cardiac Arrhythmias: An Integrated Approach for the Clinician and Clinical Electrophysiology Review, Dr. Prystowsky has also authored over 625 scientific manuscripts and abstracts concerning cardiac arrhythmias.

He is past chairman of the American Heart Association's Committee on Electrocardiography and Electrophysiology.  Dr. Prystowsky is past president of the Heart Rhythm Society and vice-chair of the Heart Rhythm Foundation. He is the chairman of the Test Writing Committee for Clinical Electrophysiology for the American Board of Internal Medicine.  Dr. Prystowsky is the editor-in-chief of The Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology and is also on the editorial boards of 16 journals, including Circulation.