Sanford Health welcomes Antony Chu, MD, to the cardiology team

BEMIDJI, Minn. - Sanford Health in Bemidji welcomes Antony Chu, MD, to the cardiology team at the Sanford Bemidji Heart and Vascular Center.

Dr. Antony Chu is a graduate of Yale University School of Medicine and completed his medical training in Internal Medicine, Clinical Cardiology and Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology at the University of Pennsylvania. Dr. Chu is a board-certified physician specializing in clinical cardiac electrophysiology which involves management of the electrical disorders of the heart. Dr. Chu evaluates, diagnoses, and treats cardiac arrhythmias (abnormal heart rhythms) using state-of-the-art medical and device therapy, as well as minimally invasive surgical approaches.

Dr. Chu surgically implants cardiac device therapies such as transvenous cardiac pacemakers and implantable cardioverter defibrillators (ICD). In addition, Dr. Chu performs minimally invasive cardiac ablations for treatment of cardiac arrhythmias.

Dr. Chu is a board certified clinical cardiac electrophysiologist who offers therapies to treat many cardiac arrhythmia conditions including, atrial fibrillation, atrial flutter, syncope, bradycardia, long QT syndrome, sudden cardiac arrest, supraventricular tachycardia, atrial tachycardia, Inappropriate sinus tachycardia, AV nodal re-entrant tachycardia, Wolff-Parkinson-White (WPW) syndrome, Ventricular tachycardia, Premature ventricular complexes, Cardiac arrhythmias related to hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, Inherited cardiac channelopathies (e.g. RV dysplasia, Brugada). Diagnostic testing and Therapies that Dr. Chu performs include interpretation of cardiac electrocardiograms (ECG or EKG), intracardiac echocardiogram interpretation, invasive cardiac electrophysiology studies, interpretation of signal average ECG, electrical cardioversion, cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT), conduction system based pacing, implantable Endovascular and subcutaneous ICD therapy, leadless cardiac pacing and cardiac ablation.

Dr. Chu and his team will work closely with you to make sure you understand your treatment options and provide clinical therapies tailored to your unique individual needs. Dr. Chu is dedicated to providing an optimized and comprehensive care plan for you and your family.

To learn more about Dr. Chu, visit sanfordhealth.org.

About Sanford Health

Sanford Health, the largest rural health system in the United States, is dedicated to transforming the health care experience and providing access to world-class health care in America's heartland. Headquartered in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, the organization serves more than one million patients and 220,000 health plan members across 250,000 square miles. The integrated health system has 47 medical centers, 2,800 Sanford physicians and advanced practice providers, 170 clinical investigators and research scientists, more than 200 Good Samaritan Society senior care locations and world clinics in 8 countries around the globe. Learn more about Sanford Health's commitment to shaping the future of rural health care across the lifespan at sanfordhealth.org or Sanford Health News.