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Paul A. Iaizzo, PhD FHRS, is a Professor in the Departments of Surgery, Integrative Biology & Physiology and the Carlson School of Management, at the University of Minnesota. He also serves on the graduate faculties in Biomedical Engineering, Neuroscience, Integrative Biology & Physiology, Biological Science, Bioinformatics and Computational Biology and Mechanical Engineering. He is the Director of the Malignant Hyperthermia Diagnostic Center and Medtronic Professor of Visible Heart®️ Research. Additionally, he is the Associate Director and Medtronic Chair of the Institute for Engineering in Medicine, also at the University of Minnesota. He earned both MS and PhD degrees (Focus: Physiology/Neurophysiology) from the University of Minnesota.
In 2002, he was acknowledged as a “Distinguished University Teaching Professor”. Since 1990, he has trained over 200 graduate students, postdoctoral fellows, and medical students in his laboratories. Dr. Iaizzo, has authored more than 290 original articles, over 100 book chapters, edited 5 books, and is on numerous patents related to medical devices. In 2012, he was named to College of Fellows of the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE) for "outstanding contributions to research and education in translational systems physiology and cardiovascular engineering". In 2015 he was named a Fellow of the Heart Rhythm Society and in 2016 was made a Senior Fellow of IEEE. In 2023, he was inducted into the “Academy for Excellence in the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning” within the U’s Medical School.
Research interests
To learn more about Dr. Iaizzo’s research, please visit the Visible Heart Laboratories website.
His main research focus is translational systems physiology, where his research group does a broad range of studies. The Visible Heart®️ Laboratories are well known for their multimodal imaging techniques of functional cardiac anatomies and device testing within large mammalian hearts, including human: see the Atlas of Human Cardiac Anatomy (http://www.vhlab.umn.edu/atlas/). Other research areas include: cardiac pacing and ablation, muscle pathophysiology and biophysical properties, thermoregulation, black bear hibernation, 3D computational modeling and printing and educational uses of virtual reality.
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
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SDG 16 Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions
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Organ banking for transplant-kidney cryopreservation by vitrification and novel nanowarming technology
Bischof, J. C. (PI), Finger, E. B. (PI), Iaizzo, P. A. (PI) & Adams, A. B. (CoI)
NIH NATL INST OF DIABETES/DIG/KIDNEY DIS
4/14/23 → 3/31/27
Project: Research project
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ATP-Bio: NSF Engineering Research Center for Advanced Technologies for the Preservation of Biological Systems (ATP-Bio)
Bischof, J. C. (PI), Toner, M. (CoPI), Aguilar, G. (CoPI), Healy, K. E. (CoPI), Uygun, K. (Key Personnel), Burger, A. A. (Project Manager), Wolf, S. M. (Key Personnel), Roehrig, G. H. (Key Personnel), Heremans, C. (Coordinator), McAlpine, M. (Key Personnel), Mangolini, L. (Key Personnel), Uygun, B. E. (Key Personnel), Finger, E. B. (Key Personnel), Garwood, M. (Key Personnel), Dames, C. (Key Personnel), Powell-Palm, M. J. (Key Personnel), Franklin, R. R. (Key Personnel), Singh, B. N. (Key Personnel), Yin, Y. (Key Personnel), Usta, O. B. (Key Personnel), Rubinsky, B. (Key Personnel), Tessier, S. N. (Key Personnel), Sandlin, R. D. (Key Personnel), Kangas, J. R. (Key Personnel), Iaizzo, P. A. (Key Personnel), Irimia, D. (Key Personnel), Ogle, B. M. (Key Personnel), Stadler, B. J. (Key Personnel), Bangalore Kodandaramaiah, S. (Key Personnel), Aksan, A. (Key Personnel) & Rabin, Y. (Key Personnel)
9/1/20 → 8/31/30
Project: Research and Outreach Center
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CT scans of a pig heart with and without a transcatheter
Iaizzo, P. A. (PI)
3/1/97 → 4/30/30
Project: Research project
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Neural tissue cryo-susceptibility
Bischof, J. C. (PI) & Iaizzo, P. A. (CoI)
MEDICAL IMMERSION TECHNOLOGY (MIT) SARL
4/1/19 → 12/14/21
Project: Research project
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How Have Black Bears Responded to Diminished Natural Foo
Iaizzo, P. A. (PI)
MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCE
7/5/18 → 8/31/18
Project: Research project
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A Digital Atlas and Innovative Virtual Reality Application - “CHD 360”: for the Enhanced Understanding of Congenital Heart Defects
Muneton, K., Wethington, M., Niehaus, S., Buyck, D. & Iaizzo, P. A., 2026, Proceedings of the 2026 Design of Medical Devices Conference, DMD 2026. American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), V001T02A001. (Proceedings of the 2026 Design of Medical Devices Conference, DMD 2026).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution
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Anatomic complexities of the human right ventricle: Considerations for clinical practice in the electrophysiology laboratory
Brigham, R. C., Villar-Mead, J. P., Laske, T. G., Szili-Torok, T., Bagwe, S., Pannone, L., de Asmundis, C. & Iaizzo, P. A., Feb 2026, In: Heart Rhythm O2. 7, 2, p. 404-413 10 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review
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CONTRAST-ENHANCED MICRO-COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY IMAGING OF FIBER REMODELING IN HUMAN HEARTS WITH A HISTORY OF A MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION
Wethington, A., Duong, N. C., Isabel, T. & Iaizzo, P. A., 2026, Proceedings of the 2026 Design of Medical Devices Conference, DMD 2026. American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), V001T02A008. (Proceedings of the 2026 Design of Medical Devices Conference, DMD 2026).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution
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Electrophysiological characterization of the Bachmann bundle region using 3D electroanatomical mapping and peak frequency analysis during pacemaker lead implantation
Overeinder, I., Pannone, L., Eltsov, I., Duong, N. C., Laviola, D., Doundoulakis, I., Della Rocca, D. G., Calburean, P. A., Pašara, V., Carmagnola, L., Sattin, T., Canovi, L., Sorgente, A., Del Monte, A., Talevi, G., Bala, G., Almorad, A., Ströker, E., Sieira, J. & Gharaviri, A. & 6 others, , 2026, (Accepted/In press) In: Journal of Interventional Cardiac Electrophysiology.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Extended reality in medical physiology education: opportunities, challenges, and future directions
Buyck, D., Wethington, M., Wethington, A., Gorbaty, B. & Iaizzo, P. A., Sep 2026, In: Current Opinion in Physiology. 49, 100969.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review
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Supporting data for "3D printed patient-specific aortic root models with internal sensors for minimally invasive applications"
Haghiashtiani, G., Qiu, K., Zhingre Sanchez, J. D., Fuenning, Z. J., Nair, P., Ahlberg, S. E., Iaizzo, P. A. & McAlpine, M., Data Repository for the University of Minnesota, 2020
DOI: 10.13020/xjv7-s394, http://hdl.handle.net/11299/213919
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How surgeons learned to operate on beating hearts
7/9/20
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