The 20 Best Cardiac Arrest Doctors Near Me in Palo Alto, CA

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The 20 Best Cardiac Arrest Doctors near Palo Alto, CA

Last Updated: 02/22/2026

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MediFind found 96 doctor with experience in Cardiac Arrest near Palo Alto, CA. Of these, 87 are Experienced, 8 are Advanced and 1 are Distinguished.

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    Paul Heidenreich
    Advanced in Cardiac Arrest
    Advanced in Cardiac Arrest

    Palo Alto VA Medical Center

    3801 Miranda Ave, 
    Palo Alto, CA 
     (2.5 miles away)
    Languages Spoken:
    English

    Paul Heidenreich is a Cardiologist in Palo Alto, California. Dr. Heidenreich is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Cardiac Arrest. His top areas of expertise are Heart Failure, Atrial Fibrillation, Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction (HFpEF), Cardiac Ablation, and Percutaneous Coronary Intervention (PCI).

    Michael Salerno
    Experienced in Cardiac Arrest
    Experienced in Cardiac Arrest

    Stanford Hospital And Clinics

    965 High St, 
    Palo Alto,, CA 
     (0.8 miles away)
    Languages Spoken:
    English

    Dr. Michael Salerno is a cardiologist who cares for hospitalized patients with heart disease. He specializes in heart imaging, including echocardiography (ultrasound of the heart), cardiovascular MRI and CT, and nuclear cardiology (procedures to assess heart function using small amounts of radioactive materials that appear on the images). In his research, Salerno's goal is to develop imaging techniques that improve heart disease diagnosis and treatment. His work has included designing new MRI techniques to quantify heart blood flow, myocardial fibrosis (scarring of the heart muscle) and heart function. He also studies cardiovascular diseases, such as coronary artery disease, heart failure and cardiomyopathy. Salerno earned his medical degree from the University of Virginia, where he also completed a doctorate in biomedical engineering and a master's degree in statistics. He completed a residency in internal medicine at Stanford University. He completed a fellowship in cardiovascular medicine at Duke University and a fellowship in advanced cardiovascular imaging at the University of Virginia. Dr. Salerno is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Cardiac Arrest. His top areas of expertise are Hypertensive Heart Disease, Cardiomyopathy, Pulmonary Hypertension, Percutaneous Coronary Intervention (PCI), and Cardiac Ablation.

    Kenneth Mahaffey
    Experienced in Cardiac Arrest
    Experienced in Cardiac Arrest

    Office

    965 High St, 
    Palo Alto, CA 
     (0.8 miles away)
    Languages Spoken:
    English
    Offers Telehealth

    Kenneth Mahaffey is a Cardiologist in Palo Alto, California. Dr. Mahaffey is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Cardiac Arrest. His top areas of expertise are Atrial Fibrillation, Acute Coronary Syndrome, Peripheral Artery Disease, Percutaneous Coronary Intervention (PCI), and Heart Bypass Surgery.

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    Hadas Shiran
    Experienced in Cardiac Arrest
    Cardiology
    Experienced in Cardiac Arrest
    Cardiology

    Palo Alto - 87 Encina Building (LeVett Building)

    87 Encina Avenue, 
    Palo Alto, CA 
     (0.9 miles away)
    Languages Spoken:
    English
    Accepting New Patients
    Offers Telehealth

    Hadas Shiran is a Cardiologist in Palo Alto, California. Dr. Shiran is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Cardiac Arrest. Her top areas of expertise are Brugada Syndrome, Short QT Syndrome, Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome (POTS), Familial Ventricular Tachycardia, and Pacemaker Implantation. Dr. Shiran is currently accepting new patients.

    Mark Hlatky
    Experienced in Cardiac Arrest
    Cardiology
    Experienced in Cardiac Arrest
    Cardiology

    Office

    2680 Hanover St, 
    Palo Alto, CA 
     (1.7 miles away)
    Languages Spoken:
    English

    Mark Hlatky is a Cardiologist in Palo Alto, California. Dr. Hlatky is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Cardiac Arrest. His top areas of expertise are Coronary Heart Disease, Angina, Ventricular Fibrillation, Heart Bypass Surgery, and Percutaneous Coronary Intervention (PCI).

    Advanced in Cardiac Arrest
    Cardiology
    Advanced in Cardiac Arrest
    Cardiology

    Stanford Hospital And Clinics

    300 Pasteur Dr, 
    Stanford,, CA 
     (1.9 miles away)
    Languages Spoken:
    English
    Offers Telehealth

    Euan Ashley is a Cardiologist in Stanford,, California. Dr. Ashley is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Cardiac Arrest. His top areas of expertise are Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy (HCM), Cardiomyopathy, Familial Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy, Heart Transplant, and Pacemaker Implantation.

    Advanced in Cardiac Arrest
    Advanced in Cardiac Arrest

    Stanford Hospital And Clinics

    300 Pasteur Dr, 
    Stanford,, CA 
     (1.9 miles away)
    Languages Spoken:
    English

    Victor Froelicher is a Cardiologist in Stanford,, California. Dr. Froelicher is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Cardiac Arrest. His top areas of expertise are Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy (HCM), Cardiac Arrest, Heart Block, and Ventricular Fibrillation.

    Advanced in Cardiac Arrest
    Advanced in Cardiac Arrest

    Stanford Hospital And Clinics

    300 Pasteur Dr, 
    Stanford,, CA 
     (1.9 miles away)
    Languages Spoken:
    English

    Abhinav Sharma is a Cardiologist in Stanford,, California. Dr. Sharma is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Cardiac Arrest. His top areas of expertise are Heart Failure, Acute Coronary Syndrome, Heart Attack, Hip Replacement, and Laminectomy.

    Jennifer Tremmel
    Experienced in Cardiac Arrest
    Experienced in Cardiac Arrest

    Stanford Hospital And Clinics

    300 Pasteur Dr, 
    Stanford, CA 
     (1.9 miles away)
    Languages Spoken:
    English
    Offers Telehealth

    Jennifer Tremmel is a Cardiologist in Stanford, California. Dr. Tremmel is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Cardiac Arrest. Her top areas of expertise are Congenital Coronary Artery Malformation, Angina, Spontaneous Coronary Artery Dissection (SCAD), Percutaneous Coronary Intervention (PCI), and Heart Bypass Surgery.

    Karen Friday
    Experienced in Cardiac Arrest
    Cardiology
    Experienced in Cardiac Arrest
    Cardiology

    Stanford Hospital And Clinics

    300 Pasteur Dr, 
    Stanford,, CA 
     (1.9 miles away)
    Languages Spoken:
    English
    Offers Telehealth

    Karen Friday is a Cardiologist in Stanford,, California. Dr. Friday is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Cardiac Arrest. Her top areas of expertise are Inappropriate Sinus Tachycardia (IST), Arrhythmias, Familial Ventricular Tachycardia, and Jervell Lange-Nielsen Syndrome (JLNS).

    Experienced in Cardiac Arrest
    Experienced in Cardiac Arrest

    Office

    965 High St, 
    Palo Alto, CA 
     (0.8 miles away)
    Languages Spoken:
    English
    Offers Telehealth

    Victoria Parikh is a Cardiologist in Palo Alto, California. Dr. Parikh is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Cardiac Arrest. Her top areas of expertise are Cardiomyopathy, Familial Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy, Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy (HCM), Subvalvular Aortic Stenosis, and Pacemaker Implantation.

    Experienced in Cardiac Arrest
    Experienced in Cardiac Arrest

    Stanford Hospital And Clinics

    965 High St, 
    Palo Alto, CA 
     (0.8 miles away)
    Languages Spoken:
    English

    Christiane Haeffele is a Cardiologist in Palo Alto, California. Dr. Haeffele is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Cardiac Arrest. Her top areas of expertise are Mitral Valve Regurgitation, Congenital Heart Disease (CHD), Pulmonary Hypertension, Heart Transplant, and Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement (TAVR).

    Experienced in Cardiac Arrest
    Experienced in Cardiac Arrest

    Stanford Hospital And Clinics

    965 High St, 
    Palo Alto,, CA 
     (0.8 miles away)
    Languages Spoken:
    English
    Offers Telehealth

    Mirela Tuzovic is a Cardiologist in Palo Alto,, California. Dr. Tuzovic is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Cardiac Arrest. Her top areas of expertise are Congenital Contractural Arachnodactyly, Arachnodactyly, Marfan Syndrome, and Char Syndrome.

    Experienced in Cardiac Arrest
    Experienced in Cardiac Arrest

    Office

    870 Quarry Rd, 
    Palo Alto,, CA 
     (1.6 miles away)
    Languages Spoken:
    English

    Daniel Gerber is a Cardiologist in Palo Alto,, California. Dr. Gerber is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Cardiac Arrest. His top areas of expertise are Cardiogenic Shock, Cardiac Tamponade, Heart Failure, and Pulmonary Edema.

    Experienced in Cardiac Arrest
    Pediatric Cardiology
    Experienced in Cardiac Arrest
    Pediatric Cardiology

    Lucile Packard Children's Hospital Stanford

    725 Welch Rd, 
    Palo Alto, CA 
     (1.8 miles away)
    Languages Spoken:
    English

    Anne Dubin is a Pediatric Cardiologist in Palo Alto, California. Dr. Dubin is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Cardiac Arrest. Her top areas of expertise are Wolff-Parkinson-White Syndrome, Congenital Heart Block, Congenital Heart Disease (CHD), Cardiac Ablation, and Heart Transplant.

    Experienced in Cardiac Arrest
    Pediatric Cardiology
    Experienced in Cardiac Arrest
    Pediatric Cardiology

    Lucile Packard Children's Hospital Stanford

    725 Welch Rd, 
    Palo Alto, CA 
     (1.8 miles away)
    Languages Spoken:
    English

    Beth Kaufman is a Pediatric Cardiologist in Palo Alto, California. Dr. Kaufman is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Cardiac Arrest. Her top areas of expertise are Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy, Cardiomyopathy, Dilated Cardiomyopathy (DCM), Becker Muscular Dystrophy, and Heart Transplant.

    Experienced in Cardiac Arrest
    Pediatric Cardiology
    Experienced in Cardiac Arrest
    Pediatric Cardiology

    Lucile Packard Children's Hospital Stanford

    725 Welch Rd, 
    Palo Alto,, CA 
     (1.8 miles away)
    Languages Spoken:
    English

    Heather Giacone is a Pediatric Cardiologist in Palo Alto,, California. Dr. Giacone is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Cardiac Arrest. Her top areas of expertise are Williams Syndrome, Tetralogy of Fallot, Wolff-Parkinson-White Syndrome, Dextrocardia with Situs Inversus, and Pacemaker Implantation.

    Experienced in Cardiac Arrest
    Pediatric Cardiology
    Experienced in Cardiac Arrest
    Pediatric Cardiology

    Lucile Packard Children's Hospital Stanford

    725 Welch Rd, 
    Palo Alto, CA 
     (1.8 miles away)
    Languages Spoken:
    English

    Mark Chubb is a Pediatric Cardiologist in Palo Alto, California. Dr. Chubb is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Cardiac Arrest. His top areas of expertise are Tetralogy of Fallot, Williams Syndrome, Wolff-Parkinson-White Syndrome, Dextrocardia with Situs Inversus, and Pacemaker Implantation.

    Experienced in Cardiac Arrest
    Pediatric Cardiology
    Experienced in Cardiac Arrest
    Pediatric Cardiology

    Lucile Packard Children's Hospital Stanford

    725 Welch Rd, 
    Palo Alto,, CA 
     (1.8 miles away)
    Languages Spoken:
    English

    William Goodyer is a Pediatric Cardiologist in Palo Alto,, California. Dr. Goodyer is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Cardiac Arrest. His top areas of expertise are Tetralogy of Fallot, Congenital Heart Disease (CHD), Wolff-Parkinson-White Syndrome, and Congenital Heart Block.

    Experienced in Cardiac Arrest
    Pediatric Cardiology
    Experienced in Cardiac Arrest
    Pediatric Cardiology

    Lucile Packard Children's Hospital Stanford

    725 Welch Rd, 
    Palo Alto,, CA 
     (1.8 miles away)
    Languages Spoken:
    English

    Sushma Reddy is a Pediatric Cardiologist in Palo Alto,, California. Dr. Reddy is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Cardiac Arrest. Her top areas of expertise are Tetralogy of Fallot, Heart Failure, Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome (HLHS), Heart Transplant, and Cardiac Ablation.

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    Last Updated: 02/22/2026

    What is the definition of Cardiac Arrest?

    Cardiac arrest occurs when the heart suddenly stops beating. When this happens, blood flow to the brain and the rest of the body also stops. Cardiac arrest is a medical emergency. If it is not treated within a few minutes, cardiac arrest most often causes death.

    When should I see a Cardiac Arrest doctor near Palo Alto, CA?

    There are various reasons why you may want to see a specialist, such as: 

    • Your primary care provider recommends it. 
    • Your condition requires expert knowledge and specialized care. 
    • Your symptoms persist or worsen despite treatment. 
    • You need specialized testing or procedures. 
    • You want a second opinion.  

    What should I consider when choosing a Cardiac Arrest doctor near Palo Alto, CA?

    It’s important to see a provider with expertise in your specific condition. Each provider profile in MediFind’s doctor database includes information on which conditions they treat, years of experience, research contributions, languages spoken, insurance plans accepted, and more.  

    How does MediFind rank Cardiac Arrest doctors near Palo Alto, CA?

    MediFind’s rankings are based on a variety of data sources, such as the number of articles a doctor has published in medical journals, participation in clinical trials and industry conferences, as well as the number of patients that provider sees for a given condition. Note that MediFind’s provider database is not based on user reviews, and providers do not pay to be included in the database. 

    What types of insurance are accepted by Cardiac Arrest doctors near Palo Alto, CA?

    Most profiles in MediFind’s doctor database include a list of insurance plans accepted by that provider. However, it’s a good idea to contact the provider’s office to make sure they still accept your insurance, then doublecheck by contacting your insurance plan to confirm they’re in network. 

    How can I book an appointment online with a Cardiac Arrest doctor near Palo Alto, CA?

    MediFind offers direct scheduling for certain providers using the “Request Appointment” button on that provider’s profile. If the schedule option is not available for a provider, tap the red “Show Phone Number” button on their profile to get their contact information. If you prefer to find providers who offer online scheduling, select “Schedules online” under the “Availability” category of the filter feature on the left side of the Cardiac Arrest doctor search results page. 

    Why is it important to get a second opinion from a different Cardiac Arrest doctor?

    Second opinions are an opportunity to confirm a diagnosis and its root cause, learn about alternative treatment options, or simply gain peace of mind. Many people, especially those with serious diagnoses, get second opinions so they can understand all their options and make informed decisions, so don’t hesitate to get one if you have any doubts or need more information or clarification regarding your care. Note that some insurance plans require second opinions, while others don’t cover second opinions, so be sure to confirm with your insurance provider first.   

    How can I prepare for my appointment with a Cardiac Arrest doctor near Palo Alto, CA?

    Prepare for your appointment by gathering the following items: 

    • Copies of medical records (dating back at least one year) 
    • Your medical history, including illnesses, medical conditions, surgeries, and other doctors you see 
    • Family history of disease 
    • List of current prescription drugs, over-the-counter medicines, vitamins, and herbal remedies or supplements including names and doses 
    • Allergies to medications, food, latex, insects, etc.  
    • List of questions and concerns 
    • Your insurance card 

    You might also contact the provider’s office to see if they offer transportation or childcare services or if you’re allowed to bring a loved one for support or to take notes during your visit. 

    What questions should I ask my Cardiac Arrest doctor?

    Here are some sample questions: 

    • Can you explain in simple terms what this condition is and how it’s treated? 
    • What symptoms or side effects should I watch for? 
    • What tests will be involved, and when can I expect results? 
    • Are there other specialists I need to see? 
    • What’s the best way to reach you if I have follow-up questions? 

    How can I learn about the latest clinical trials and research advances my Cardiac Arrest doctor may know about?

    MediFind’s Clinical Trials tool asks you a series of questions to help you narrow down your search by health condition, age, gender, location, how far you’re willing to travel, and more. Each question you answer filters down the number of trials until you find the ones that are most relevant to you. 

    MediFind’s Latest Advances tool features summaries of recent articles published in medical journals. We use cutting-edge technology to scour medical publication databases for the latest research advancements on any given condition, then we simplify this information in a way that’s useful and easy to understand. 

    Can I filter my search to show male or female Cardiac Arrest doctors near Palo Alto, CA?

    Look for the filter feature on the left side of the Cardiac Arrest doctor search results page. Select “Female” or “Male” under the “Gender” category to search for female or male providers exclusively. If the “Any” option is selected, it will pull results for both male and female providers. 

    Can I filter my search to find a Cardiac Arrest doctor that offers video calls?

    Look for the filter feature on the left-side of the Cardiac Arrest doctor search results page. Select “Offers telehealth visits” under the Availability category to search for providers who offer virtual appointments (video calls). 

    Reviewed on: 11/11/24  

    By: MediFind Medical Staff 

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