Daniel Morin

Dr. Daniel P. Morin is a cardiac electrophysiologist and Samuel T. and Elizabeth Webb Reeves Endowed Professor in Arrhythmia Research at the University of California San Francisco. He directs UCSF’s cardiac electrophysiology laboratory. In his research, Morin is interested in a wide variety of heart conditions and treatments. He has investigated predictive factors in sudden cardiac arrest, new applications for cardiac resynchronization therapy (a treatment for heart failure), how the heart’s ability to contract changes after an ablation procedure, and how to improve electrical cardioversion (shocking the heart to correct an irregular heartbeat).
Morin earned his medical degree from the University of Massachusetts Medical School, and his Master of Public Health degree from the Harvard University School of Public Health. He completed a residency in internal medicine at Tufts Medical Center. At New York – Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center, he completed a fellowships in cardiovascular disease and cardiac electrophysiology.
In addition to caring for patients, Morin is dedicated to promoting cardiology research. He is deputy editor of Annals of Internal Medicine: Clinical Cases, and was the first online editor of Heart Rhythm, serving for five years. In addition, he is associate editor of several other medical journals and serves on the Heart Rhythm Society’s Board of Trustees.