Philip Gentlesk, M.D.

Dr. Philip Gentlesk, MD

Dr Gentlesk received his undergraduate degree from Stanford University in Stanford, California in 1991 and his medical degree from Georgetown University in Washington, DC in 1997. He then joined the US Army and completed Internal Medicine residency at Eisenhower Army Medical Center in Augusta, Georgia, Cardiology fellowship at Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Washington, DC and finally Cardiac Electrophysiology fellowship at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

After completion of training in 2004, he served at Brooke Army Medical Center in San Antonio, Texas as a staff Cardiologist and Cardiac Electrophysiologist. As a Lieutenant Colonel, he served as Director of Cardiac Electrophysiology. Additionally, he served in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom as the intensive care medical director for a combat support hospital and senior cardiology consultant for the Iraq combat theater. He deployed a second time as a medical consultant with a combat unit in support of Operation Enduring Freedom in Afghanistan. He was decorated for his service with numerous medals to include the Meritorious Service Medal and the Bronze Star Medal.

He has been involved in medical education to include serving as a core training staff for cardiology fellowship programs and as an Assistant Professor of Medicine with the Uniformed Services University of Health Sciences. He has been active in research with multiple publications in peer reviewed journals on topics to include ablation strategies and outcomes, sudden cardiac death and device based therapy.

After his honorable discharge from the US Army in 2010, he joined Cardiology Consultants, Ltd as a staff Cardiac Electrophysiologist. He is board certified in Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology and Cardiovascular Diseases. He has been recognized as a fellow in the American College of Cardiology and the Heart Rhythm Society. Dr Gentlesk’s area of interest remains in heart rhythm management to include catheter ablation of arrhythmias such as atrial fibrillation, and all facets of cardiac device management.