Philipp Krisai

Privatdozent in Cardiology, Attending Physician Cardiac Electrophysiology, Research Group Lead

Basel, Basel, Switzerland

About

I am an attending interventional cardiac electrophysiologist at the University Heart Center Basel and Privatdozent at the University of Basel, with a clinical focus on the full spectrum of complex catheter ablation and cardiac device therapy. My procedural expertise spans atrial and ventricular ablations — including Vein of Marshall ethanol ablation, cardioneuroablation, and endocardial HOCM ablation — as well as all available ablation modalities (RF, PFA, cryoablation). In device therapy, I specialize in physiological pacing with Conduction System Pacing. I trained for two years at LIRYC Bordeaux under Prof. Haïssaguerre and Prof. Jaïs, where I developed my specialization in advanced electrophysiology. My research program centers on three interconnected themes: the role of inflammation in arrhythmia, the heart-brain interaction in atrial fibrillation, and heart failure prediction and prevention in AF patients. I lead the SNF Ambizione-funded COLECTRO-AF trial (NCT05890664) — a randomized placebo-controlled multicenter study of colchicin for AF recurrence prevention — and serve as local Principal Investigator for several international randomized trials.

Experience

  • Research Group Lead at Departement Klinische Forschung, Universität Basel
    Mar 2024 - Present · 2 yrs 5 mos

    Supported by the SNSF Ambizione Program

  • Universität Basel (8 yrs 9 mos)
    • Privatdozent in Cardiology, Venia docendi
      Nov 2022 - Present · 3 yrs 9 mos

    • Associate Lecturer Cardiology
      Nov 2017 - Oct 2022 · 5 yrs

  • Universitätsspital Basel (USB) (4 yrs 7 mos)
    • Attending Physician Cardiology and Electrophysiology
      Jul 2022 - Present · 4 yrs 1 mo

    • Cardiologist
      Jan 2022 - Jun 2022 · 6 mos

  • Cardiac Electrophysiology Fellow at CHU de Bordeaux, Hôpital Haut-Lévêque
    Jan 2020 - Dec 2021 · 2 yrs

  • Research Fellow at IHU LIRYC
    Jan 2020 - Dec 2021 · 2 yrs

    - Clinical research in new ablation approaches for atrial fibrillation. - Large animal research to investigate the pathophysiology of atrial fibrillation. - Research in new catheter technologies.