Dr. David Burkett is a renowned cardiologist based in San Antonio, focusing on cardiac electrophysiology and echocardiography. He is certified by the Texas Medical Board and practices at Cardiology Cardiovascular Associates. Additionally, he serves as an educator at LSU School of Medicine, training future healthcare professionals in cardiology.

1. David Scott Burkett, MD, FACC - Curriculum Vitae
January 2024
LSU VIDEO:
PERSONAL
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▪ Date of Birth: May 25, 1968 (Age 55-yr)
▪ Place of Birth: Johnstown, Pennsylvania
▪ Hometown: San Antonio, Texas
▪ Current Address: 19727 Terra Mont, San Antonio, Texas
78255
▪ Cell Phone: (318) 267 – 8050
▪ E=Mail: DSBMD911@AOL.COM
▪ Marital Status: Divorced
▪ Daughters: Katherine (Age 25-yr), Camille (20-yr), Ella
Scott (19-yr)
▪ Sons: Marshall (17-yr), Benjamin (16-yr)
CURRENT
EMPLOYMENT
POSITIONS
PRIOR ACADEMIC
POSITION
▪ Start Date: July 31, 2023 - Current
▪ Group Private Cardiology Practice with Cardiovascular
Associates of San Antonio
▪ Address: 1123 North Main Ave., Suite 110
San Antonio, Texas 78212
▪ Phone: (210) 225 – 4566
▪ Office Manager: Andrea Westby
▪ Duration: August 2013 – April 30, 2023
▪ Fulltime Assistant Professor of Medicine: LSU School of
Medicine – Shreveport at Ochsner-LSU-Monroe-Louisiana
Campus
▪ Director of Cardiology and the Cardiac / EP Catheterization
Lab
▪ 85% Practicing Internal Medicine, Invasive and Non-Invasive
Cardiology, Cardiac Electrophysiology and Emergency

2. PRIOR PRACTICE
POSITIONS
PRIOR ER
MOONLIGHTING
POSITIONS
Medicine with LSU School of Medicine at
Ochsner-LSU-Monroe-Louisiana Campus
▪ 15% Educating Medicine Residents, Cardiology Fellows, NP’s,
Nurses, and PA’s
▪ Physical Address:
Ochsner-LSU-Monroe Campus (E. A. Conway)
4864 Jackson Street, 5th
Floor Cardiology Department
Monroe, Louisiana 71202
Phone: (318) 330 - 7037 / 7000 / 7626
PRIOR CARDIOLOGY / ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY PRACTICES
▪ Solo Cardiology / Electrophysiology Private Practice
Burkett Heart Clinic
513 Walnut Street
Monroe, La. 71201
DURATION: October 2009 – August 2013
▪ Group Cardiology / Electrophysiology Private Practice with
Father (until his death)
Burkett Cardiovascular Associates
1811 Glenmar Avenue
Monroe, La. 71201
DURATION: July 2004 – September 2009
▪ Prior to joining Academic Medicine with LSU School of
Medicine – Shreveport, I had 9 years of private practice
experience from 7/2004 – 8/2013 consisting of 3,500 patients
serving 3 local Hospitals (North Monroe HCA Hospital, St.
Francis FMOL Medical Center, and Glenwood Regional
Medical Center) and 1 Surgical Center (P&S Surgical Center).
Solo and Group Private Practice Involving Cardiac
Electrophysiology (70%) and General Invasive Cardiology
(30%) in Monroe, Louisiana.
▪ Personal Statement is enclosed at the bottom.
ER MOONLIGHTING PRACTICES (HOSPITAL ADDRESSES ARE
LISTED BELOW IN CREDENTIALING PORTION)

3. SPEAKER
EMPLOYMENT
▪ ER Physician: (Full-Time Moonlighting Position with
Schumacher-Group):
HOSPITAL: Ochsner-LSU-Monroe Campus (E. A. Conway)
DURATION: January 2017 – June 2020
▪ ER Physician (Part-Time Moonlighting Position with Concord
Medical Group):
HOSPITAL: Jackson Parish Hospital
DURATION: 2018 – December 2019
▪ ER Physician and ER Director (Moonlighting Position with
Schumacher and then Concord Medical):
HOSPITAL: Morehouse General Hospital
DURATION: 2015 - 2017
▪ ER Physician (Moonlighting Position with E.S.S.)
HOSPITAL: Allen Parish Hospital
DURATION: 2016- 2018
▪ ER Physician (Moonlighting Position with E.S.S.)
HOSPITAL: Richardson Medical Center
DURATION: March 2014 – 2016
TRAVELING EDUCATOR / SPEAKER
▪ United Therapeutics Pharmaceutical Corporation
2018 – June 2020
I travelled the country 1-2 times monthly giving up-to-date
lectures on the diagnosis, treatment, and prognosis of
pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) to fellow physicians,
nurses, PA’s, NP’s, and patients.
CARDIOLOGY
TRAINING
7-1999 to 6-2002
▪ Baylor College of Medicine – Houston, Texas
▪ Under the directorship of Robert Roberts, MD, FACC

4. ▪ Trained with Dr’s. Michael DeBakey, William Zoghbi, Miguel
Quinones, Neal Klieman, Sherif Nagueh, Craig Pratt, Albert
Raizner, William Winters, Christie Ballantyne, John
Mahmarian, and many other well known and respected
cardiologists.
EP
TRAINING
7-2002 to 6-2004
▪ Northwestern University Medical School – Chicago, Illinois
▪ Under the directorship of Alan Kadish, MD, FACC
▪ Trained with Dr’s. Jeffery Goldberger, Pablo Denes, Rod
Passman, Samer Dibs, Erica Engelstein, and Robert Bonow.
▪ Ablations: I was well trained in all types of ablations
(Including atrial fibrillation, ventricular tachycardia, and
3-dimensional electrophysiologic mapping). My specialty is
atrial fibrillation ablations and I perform 4 of these
procedures weekly.
▪ Implant all types of devices (ICD’s, PM’s, Bi-V’s, ILR’s,
SQ-ICD’s).
▪ Trained in laser lead extractions.
▪ Trained in trans-septal punctures and intra-cardiac
ultrasound.
MEDICAL
LICENSURE &
CERTIFICATION
▪ Texas State Medical License (Currently Active): Issued
8-28-1999 and Expires on 11-30-2025.
▪ Texas DPS Registration of Controlled Substances: Issued
7-20-1999 (Currently Inactive as I Resided Outside of Texas
since 2004. I am currently re-applying for it).
▪ Illinois State Medical License: Issued 7-31-2002 (Currently
Inactive as I did not renew it. EXPIRED in 2011)
▪ Illinois Controlled Substance License: (Currently Inactive)
Issued 7-31-2002 and expired 7-31-2005 and cannot be
renewed because I am no longer an Illinois resident.
▪ Louisiana State Medical License: (Currently Inactive): Issued
5-18-2004 and expired on 5-31-2023. I did renew it, but have
elected to renew it and am in the process of renewing it now.
▪ Louisiana Controlled and Dangerous Substances License:
(Currently Inactive) Issued 7-1-2004.

5. ▪ Federal DEA: Issued 10-26-1999.
▪ A.B.I.M. Internal Medicine Boards (Certificate #195621): Valid
1999-2009 (I elected not to recertify in 2009).
▪ A.B.I.M. Cardiovascular Disease Boards: (Certificate
#195621): Issued 2003-2013; Recertified 4-2016 and Valid
Until 12-31-2026. I am enrolled on the ABIM CMP program and
take the yearly CMP test to maintain BC. I last took, and
passed, the 10-2023 CMP Cardiology test.
▪ A.B.I.M. Electrophysiology Board Eligible: (Certificate
#195621)
EDUCATION ▪ Cardiac Electrophysiology Fellow (PGY 7 to PGY 8)
Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
420 East Superior Street
Chicago, Illinois 60611
Phone: (312) 503 – 8194
July 2002 - June 2004
▪ Cardiology Fellowship (PGY 4 to PGY 6)
Baylor College of Medicine
1 Baylor Plaza
Houston, Texas 77030
Phone: (713) 798 – 4951
July 1999 - June 2002
▪ Internal Medicine Internship & Res. (PGY 1 to PGY 3)
Baylor College of Medicine
1 Baylor Plaza
Houston, Texas 77030
Phone: (713) 798 – 4951
June 1996 - June 1999
▪ LSU-HSC School of Medicine Medical School
1901 Perdido Street
New Orleans, Louisiana 70112

6. Phone: (504) 568 – 4007
June 1992 - May 1996
▪ College: Southern Methodist University (SMU) In Dallas, TX
Degree: B.S. in Electrical and Biomedical Engineering
6425 Boaz Lane
Dallas, Texas 75205
Phone: (214) 768 – 2000
August 1986 - May 1992
▪ High School:
John Marshall High School - San Antonio, Texas
September 1983 - May 1986
HONORS &
ACTIVITIES
▪ I was elected the Best Practicing Cardiologist in
Monroe-West Monroe, Louisiana in 2018 (by the public).
▪ I was the first EP Physician in the United States to implant
the newly released MEDTRONIC Bluetooth Bi-Ventricular
AICD in Monroe, LA. On June 2, 2020.
▪ ACTIVE ORGANIZATIONS: AMA, AHA. Fellow of the
American College of Cardiology (FACC), Associate Member of
HRS (Electrophysiology), Member of the American College of
Physicians (ACP), Bexar County Medical Society
▪ INACTIVE / EXPIRED ORGANIZATIONS: Harris County
Medical Society (Houston), Cook County Medical Society
(Chicago), Ouachita Parish Medical Society (Monroe, La)
▪ College: Who’s Who Among American College Students, Pi
Kappa Alpha Fraternity
RESEARCH ▪ I participated in observational research with regards to the
ablation of atrial fibrillation. Throughout my career, I have
developed multiple ways to ablate atrial fibrillation, some
being more successful than others. I have recently submitted
a proposal to the LSU School of Medicine to participate in an
observational study with regards to the successfulness of
various atrial fibrillation ablation techniques. I attended
additional Atrial Fibrillation Ablation Education in 2018 at St.

7. David’s Hospital in Austin, Texas with Dr. Andre Natale and at
Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston, MA.
▪ Observational Research in 2007 - 2008 for CV Therapeutics
(now known as Gilead) regarding Ranexa in the treatment of
atrial dysrhythmias (particularly PAC’s, atrial tachycardia,
and atrial fibrillation). Data was presented to Dr. Bellardinelli
in Palo Alto, California, and forwarded to Utica, New York, for
continuation. This was an independent study I performed
myself without financial gain. I was flown to California to
reveal my results with the company. RANEXA significantly
decreased atrial ectopy in those who took it.
▪ Cardiac Electrophysiology Fellow at Northwestern University
Medical School as a PGY 7 and PGY 8:
▪ Abstract Published: New Ablation Technique for RVOT
Tachycardia Utilizing the Lasso Electrode Catheter
▪ Abstract Published: The Incidence of AVNRT and
Inappropriate ICD Therapies in patients with Implantable
Defibrillators
▪ Case Report: A Rare and Benign Electrophysiologic
Finding: A Right Ventricular Fasciculo-Ventricular
Accessory Pathway
▪ Electrophysiology at Baylor College of Medicine as a PGY 6
Cardiology Fellow:
▪ R&D of a deflectable pulmonary vein ultrasound ablative
catheter for atrial fibrillation. Pulmonary Vein Isolation
with High Frequency Ultrasound Balloon at the University
of Oklahoma under Dr. Shih and Dr. Nakagawa: 2001 –
2002
▪ Supervised by Dr. Hue Teh Shih and performed at the
University of Oklahoma Animal Research laboratory
under Dr. Nakagawa and Dr. Sonny Jackmon
▪ COLLEGE:
● Signal Averaged ECG Research at SMU under Dr. Davilla:
1988 – 1989
● Evoked Potentials Research at SMU under Dr. Davilla:
1989 - 1990
● Co-authored a research project published in the IEEE
Journal entitled, “The Effects of Signal Averaging of
Evoked Potentials to Minimize Data Acquisition.”

8. PRIOR HOSPITAL
CREDENTIALING
▪ ER Physician Moonlighting Positions
1. Morehouse General Hospital
323 W. Walnut Avenue
Bastrop, Louisiana 71220
Phone: (318) 283 – 3600
2. Allen Parish Hospital
108 Sixth Avenue
Kinder, LA 70648
Phone: (337) 738 – 2527
3. Richardson Medical Center
254 LA – 3048
Rayville, Louisiana 71269
Phone: (318) 728 - 4181
4. Jackson Parish Hospital
165 Beech Springs Road
Jonesboro, Louisiana 71251
Phone: (318) 259 – 4435
5. Ochsner-LSU-Monroe Campus (E. A. Conway)
4864 Jackson Street
Monroe, Louisiana 71202
Phone: (318) 330 - 7037 / 7000 / 7626
▪ Cardiology / Electrophysiology / Internal Medicine Positions
while in Private Practice
1. HCA North Monroe Hospital (No Longer in Business)
3421 Medical Park Drive
Monroe, La. 71203
DURATION: July 2004 – July 2007
*** This Hospital was sold to Saint Francis Hospital System
in 2007. I only practiced at this hospital from July 2004 to
July 2007. When it was sold to SFMC, I then joined the
SFMC downtown hospital as well.
2. St. Francis North Monroe Hospital (No Longer in Business)

9. 3421 Medical Park Drive
Monroe, La. 71203
DURATION: July 2007 – July 2009
*** This Hospital (the above one sold) went to ER only
services in 2009, so I no longer served this hospital after
inpatient services were discontinued by the SFMC
organization. It permanently closed in September 2021.
3. St. Francis Medical Center Monroe (Downtown Campus)
309 Jackson Street
Monroe, La. 71201
Phone: (318) 966-4000
DURATION: July 2007 - March 2012
*** I joined this downtown hospital after they purchased the
HCA North Monroe Hospital. I left it when I joined LSU
School of Medicine as an Assistant Professor as I only
attended the academic hospital and NOT private
hospitals.
4. Glenwood Regional Medical Center
503 McMillan Road
West Monroe, La. 71291
Phone: (318) 329-4200
DURATION: October 2009 - March 2012
*** I joined this hospital in 10-2009 after I entered into
private SOLO practice after my father became ill. I left it
when I joined LSU School of Medicine as an Assistant
Professor as I only attended the academic hospital and
NOT private hospitals.
5. P&S Surgical Center – Monroe
312 Grammont Street
Monroe, La. 71201
Phone: (318) 388-4040
DURATION: July 2007 - March 2012
*** I joined this facility in 2007 after joining SFMC downtown
as it was a facility connected to SFMC and it was a
physician owned facility. I was an investor in this facility
as well. I sold my stock and left it when I joined LSU
School of Medicine as an Assistant Professor as I only
attended the academic hospital and NOT private
hospitals.

10. PRIOR
MOONLIGHTING
POSITIONS
DURING MY
CARDIOLOGY / EP
TRAINING
▪ Cardiology / Electrophysiology / Internal Medicine Positions
while in Academic Medicine Practice
1. Ochsner-LSU-Monroe Campus (E. A. Conway)
4864 Jackson Street
Monroe, La. 71202
Phone: (318) 330 - 7037 / 7000 / 7626
DURATION: August 2013 – April 30, 2023
▪ Evanston Northwestern Hospital
2650 Ridge Avenue
Evanston, IL 60201
Phone: (847) 570 - 5020
*** This was a weekend moonlighting position I performed
during my EP Fellowship at Northwestern University in
Chicago, Illinois. I was an admitting cardiology physician that
also attended to the ER, ICU, and CCU.
DURATION: November 2002 - June 2004
▪ Glenbrook Northwestern Hospital
2100 Pfingsten Road
Glenview, IL 60025
Phone: (847) 657 - 5800
*** This was a weekend moonlighting position I performed
during my EP Fellowship at Northwestern University in
Chicago, Illinois. I was an admitting cardiology physician that
also attended to the ER, ICU, and CCU.
DURATION: November 2002 - June 2004
▪ Northwestern Memorial Hospital
251 East Huron Street
Chicago, IL 60611
Phone: (312) 926 - 2000
*** This was a weekend moonlighting position I performed
during my EP Fellowship at Northwestern University in
Chicago, Illinois. I was an admitting cardiology physician that
also attended to the ER, ICU, and CCU.

11. PRIOR CO-OPT
JOBS I
PERFORMED
DURING MY SMU
COLLEGE
ENEGINERRING
EDUCATION
DURATION: November 2002 - June 2004
▪ Ben Taub County Hospital ER Attending Physician
1504 Taub Loop
Houston, Texas 77030
Phone: (713) 873 - 2000 or (713) 873 - 2675
Supervisor: Janice Zimmerman, MD
*** This was a weekend moonlighting position I performed
during my Cardiology Fellowship at Baylor College of
Medicine in Houston, Texas. I was an admitting internal
medicine physician that also attended to the ER, ICU, and
CCU. I supervised the Baylor medical house staff.
DURATION: October 1999 - June 2002
▪ The Methodist Hospital CCU
6565 Fannin Street, F1003
Houston, Texas 77030
Phone: (713) 441 – 5650
Supervisor: Craig Pratt, MD
DURATION: October 1999 - June 2002
*** This was a weekend moonlighting position I performed
during my Cardiology Fellowship at Baylor College of
Medicine in Houston, Texas. I was an admitting and attending
CCU physician. I performed acute coronary care
management, ventilator management, hemodynamic
management (invasive and noninvasive), and emergent
cardiac catheterization.
▪ Houston Cardiology Associates
6560 Fannin, Suite #1654
Houston, Texas 77030
Phone: (713) 790 – 0841
Supervisor: Mark Hausknecht, MD
*** This was a weekend moonlighting position I performed
during my Cardiology Fellowship at Baylor College of
Medicine in Houston, Texas. I was an admitting cardiology
physician who admitted, consulted, and rounded on cardiac
patients for this group of 8 private practice cardiologists.
General patient load of 45 inpatients and 10-15 ER
consultations per weekend.

12. DURATION: December 1999 - June 2002
▪ Baylor University Medical Center: Biomedical Services
3500 Gaston Avenue
Dallas, Texas 75246
Phone: (214) 820-0111
DURATION: September 1991 - August 1992
*** During my college at SMU, I co-opted every other semester
and alternated working a semester and going to college a
semester. I was employed in my field of studies (electrical
and biomedical engineering).
I performed quality and safety assurance checks / repair of
medical equipment. I also performed R&D of devices to
enhance the quality of life, independence, and productivity of
persons with disabilities.
▪ LTV Missiles and Electronics (Governmental Contractor)
Grand Prairie, Texas
DURATION: August 1989 – December 1989 and January 1989
– May 1989
*** During my college at SMU, I co-opted every other semester
and alternated working a semester and going to college a
semester. I was employed in my field of studies (electrical
and biomedical engineering).
RESPONSIBILITIES:
1. Software Quality Assurance
2. Computer programming in FORTRAN, C, ADA, Pascal, and
Cobalt
3. Governmental security clearance
4. Troubleshooting software on the Stealth Aircraft fighter’s
electronic system.
CURRENT PRACTICE: When I completed my electrophysiology fellowship, I
was offered a position in Houston, Texas, with the group that I moonlit for
during my cardiology fellowship. My father was a solo practicing
interventional cardiologist in Monroe, Louisiana, and I elected to join him

13. instead. I have second guessed this decision all my life. I loved my father and
family, and desperately wanted to work with him. Also, my ex-wife is from
Monroe, Louisiana. Therefore, I relocated to Monroe, Louisiana, were there
was no full-time electrophysiologist in the community. I was in partnership
with my father (Burkett Cardiovascular Associates) in Monroe, Louisiana, from
7-2004 to 9-2009. I started the EP program at both the HCA Hospital in North
Monroe as well as at the P&S Surgical Center in downtown Monroe, Louisiana.
My father became ill with Leukemia and underwent a bone marrow transplant.
He was unable to practice medicine after developing some complications and
was confined to a wheelchair. I then established a solo private cardiology /
electrophysiology practice (Burkett Heart Clinic) in October of 2009 and had
about 3,500 patients. Due to the location of Monroe, Louisiana, I drew patients
from Arkansas, Louisiana, and Mississippi. I desired only to practice EP when
finishing fellowship; however, it would have been difficult to survive and
support my family in the small town of Monroe. Thus, I began practicing
general cardiology as well and have been performing cardiac caths, nuclear
stress tests, echocardiograms, peripheral angiograms, etc. since 2005.
Despite the hardships, I established a strong practice in Monroe, Louisiana. I
perform about 5 AFIB ablations weekly (WACA, linear lines of conduction
block, and PV isolation approach). AFIB ablations are my passion. I perform VT
ablations (ischemic and non-ischemic) of both the re-entry and focal type. I
ablate isolated PAC’s and PVC’s as well. I implant probably 5-10 devices
(especially Bi-V PPM’s / ICD’s) weekly. I implanted the first 3 Boston Scientific
SQ-ICD’s in North Louisiana when they were released. I was the first United
States physician to implant the newly released MEDTRONIC Bi-ventricular ICD
having smart phone capabilities (June 2, 2020). I was voted the #1
Cardiologist in Monroe / West Monroe (out of a total of 10) in 2018 by the city’s
population. I am not bragging, but this did occur.
I had a strong referral from other parts of the region and not just Monroe.
Basically, I ablate anything and everything, but only via an endocardial
approach (I do not ablate epicardially as I was not trained in it). I am trained
to do laser lead extractions but have not done them in 10 years as the
hospitals in Monroe would not purchase the equipment. I also perform about
10-15 heart caths weekly, interpret 40 nuclear stress tests weekly, and read
about 100 echocardiograms (TTE) weekly. I do not perform TEE’s. I have no
problem taking general cardiology call, as I currently do it daily. I desire to
train in the implantation of the Watchmen device, which is the left atrial
appendage occluder. Training has been offered to me by Boston Scientific
when desired.
My father became quite ill with leukemia in 2009 and I inherited his practice
on top of my current practice. I made an attempt to cover 2 hospitals and a
surgical center by myself. I was able to do this for two years, until I reached
my limit. I was on call 24 – 7 and never home. I just could not take it anymore
as I had no call coverage. I elected to close my private practice and I
accepted an academic position with LSU School of Medicine - Shreveport at
the Monroe Campus (E. A. Conway Hospital, which is now known as Ochsner –
LSU - Monroe). At that time, they did not have a cardiac catheterization /
electrophysiology lab. We opened our lab in 2015 and I started a cardiology /
electrophysiology program once again at this institution. We became very
successful and then opened our Hybrid lab in 2019.

14. I was an Assistant Professor and Chief of Cardiology / Electrophysiology at
Ochsner - LSU – Shreveport - Monroe Campus (formerly University Health -
Monroe and prior to that was E. A. Conway Hospital). I continued to see my
private patients at this facility, as well as educate the residents and run a
medicine/cardiology team. Given the fact that I had 5 children to support, and
academic pay was not quite enough, I began moonlighting with 3 different ER
companies since 2013. I have worked for Schumacher Group, E.S.S., and
Concord Medical performing ER work at 6 Louisiana hospitals. I was also
employed by United Therapeutics Pharmaceutical Corporation and served as a
physician-nurse-patient educator in the field of Pulmonary Arterial
Hypertension. I traveled the United States giving educational lectures 1-2
times monthly. I do treat pulmonary hypertension as well.
After the death of my father (2012) and sister (2015), I lost my immediate
family that lived in Monroe. I divorced in January 2022 and have elected to
return to my home state of Texas. I have joined the Cardiovascular Associates
of San Antonio and will complete my Cardiology / Electrophysiology career in
San Antonio, Texas. It was just time to return home, and I am excited to return
to Texas medicine.

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