Joe DiMaggio Children's Hospital

Dr. Young is well-known nationally and internationally for his work in cardiac electrophysiology. He is a pioneer in ablation therapy in children, having performed more than 1,100 cases with outstanding outcomes. Prior to joining Joe DiMaggio Children's Hospital, he directed the pediatric electrophysiology and pediatric cardiology divisions at the University of Miami.

After earning his Bachelor of Medicine degree from National Taiwan University School of Medicine, Dr. Young received his Master of Public Health degree from Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in Baltimore, Maryland. He completed two fellowships at the University of Miami School of Medicine, one in pediatric cardiology and the other in pediatric cardiac electrophysiology.

He holds memberships in the American Academy of Pediatrics, American College of Cardiology, Adult Congenital Heart Association and Heart Rhythm Society. Dr. Young has been named Fellow of the Heart Rhythm Society (FHRS), which is the highest distinction awarded by the organization. Additionally, he was awarded the title of Master of the American Academy of Cardiology (MAAC). He is also a certified cardiac device specialist.

Dr. Young has lectured and published extensively about pediatric cardiac arrhythmias, including mapping and ablation, and sudden cardiac death in children. He is regularly recognized in the "Best Doctors in America" list.

Recent Articles, Books and Monographs

1. Lee PC, Young ML: Las arritmias cardiacas en las cardiopatias congenitas. In Elizari MV and Chiale PA: Arritmias Cardiacas, Fundamentos celulares y moleculares, diagnostico y tratameinto. 2nd Edition, Editorial Medica Panamericana. 2003, p. 917-930.

2. Chandar JS, Tamer DF, Young ML. Surgical outcome in Ebstein's anomaly. In Moller JH (ed): Surgery of Congenital Heart Disease: Pediatric Cardiac Care Consortium 1984-1985. Armonk, NY, Futura Publishing Co., 1998.

3. Wolff GW, Young ML, Tamer DF: "Syncope-diagnosis and management," in Deal BJ, Wolff GW and Gelband H, ed., Current Concepts in Diagnosis and Management of Arrhythmias in Infants and Children, Futura Publishing Co., 1998, p 223.

4. Young ML, Wolff GW: "Supraventricular Tachycardia-diagnosis and management", in Deal BJ, Wolff GW and Gelband H, ed., Current Concepts in Diagnosis and Management of Arrhythmias in Infants and Children, Futura Publishing Co., 1998, p 89.

Juried or Refereed Journal Articles or Exhibitions

1. Hwang HK, Rusconi P, Rosenkrnaz E, Young ML. Focal Atrial Tachycardia Originating from the Donor Superior Vena Cava after Bicaval Orthotopic Heart Transplantation. PACE 2010 (in print).

2. Villafane J, Young ML, Maury P, Wolpert C, Antonen O, Hamilton R, Kannankeril PJ, Fischbach PS. Short QT syndrome in a pediatric patient. Pediatric Cardiology 2009; 30:846-850.

3. Hwang HK, Wolff GS, Sun FJ, Young ML: The Most Common Site of Success and Its Predictors in Radiofrequency Catheter Ablation of the Slow Atrioventricular Nodal Pathway in Children. PACE 2008; 31:1300-6.

4. Young ML. New techniques of mapping and ablation for tachyarrhythmias in children. Modern Cardiology 2008; 4:1-11.

5. Ratnasamy C, Rossique-Gonzalez M, Young ML: Pharmacological therapy in children with atrioventricular reentry: Which drug? Current Pharmacological Design, 2008; 14: 753-781.

6. Ratnasamy C, Khan D, Wolff GS, Young ML. Clinical and electrophysiological characteristics of fasciculoventricular fibers in children. International J Cardiology. 2008; 123: 57-262.