Dr. Wallace joins St. Vincent Heart Clinic Arkansas as a clinical
cardiac electrophysiologist. He is a native of Hot Springs, AR, and
graduated from Lakeside High School. He earned a Bachelor
of Arts degree in Biology and Religious Studies at Rhodes
College, and at Emory University Medical School, he earned a
Doctorate of Medicine. He was inducted into the Phi Beta
Kappa and Alpha Omega Alpha honor societies in college and
medical school, respectively. Dr. Wallace trained in internal medicine
at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas, and he completed a chief residency year before moving to Duke University Medical Center for cardiology training. While at Duke University, he trained in clinical cardiac electrophysiology for an additional three years. He now serves as an Adjunct Clinical Professor at Duke University.
Dr. Wallace is board certified in Internal Medicine, Cardiovascular Disease, and Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology. He is a member of the American College of Cardiology and Heart Rhythm Society.
He has presented original research at the American Heart Association and Heart Rhythm Society national meetings. He has published original manuscripts in Circulation, Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology, and American Journal of Cardiology, and review articles in Clinical Cardiology, Current Heart Failure Reports, and Cardiovascular Drugs and Therapy.
Dr. Wallace specializes in all aspects of clinical cardiac electrophysiology including implantation and management of pacemakers, defibrillators, and chronic resynchronization therapies (biventricular pacing and defibrillators), as well complex catheter ablations of cardiac arrhythmias. He is trained in catheter ablation of atrial fibrillation (the most common cardiac arrhythmia), atrial flutter, atrial tachycardia, and other supraventricular tachycardias (atrio-ventricular nodal reentry and atrio-ventricular reentry arrhythmias like Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome). He is also proficient in catheter ablation of ventricular tachycardias in structurally normal and impaired ventricles.
He has privileges to practice cardiology and cardiac electrophysiology at St. Vincent Infirmary in Little Rock and Baptist Medical Centers in Little Rock and North Little Rock, and Arkansas Heart Hospital. He currently see's patients at our Kanis office in Little Rock and our office in North Little Rock.
Dr. Wallace is happy to announce the addition of Leah Brazil, ANP to his team of clinical professionals.
Leah graduated from the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences in December 2012 with her masters in Nursing Science.
Prior to completing her advanced nursing degree, Leah worked for five years as a cardiovascular nurse in the
Cardiovascular Intensive Care Unit as well as the Cardiac Catherization and Electrophysiology Labs at Arkansas Heart Hospital.
Leah is board certified in Adult/Gerontology Acute Care. She is a member of the American Association of Critical Care Nurses.
Leah has privileges at St. Vincent Infirmary in Little Rock and Baptist Medical Centers in Little Rock and North Little Rock. She is currently seeing patients at our Kanis office in Little Rock.
To contact Dr. Wallace or Leah Brazil, ANP, please call St. Vincent Heart Clinic Arkansas at (501) 255.6357 for their nurse, Ashley, and their scheduler, Savannah, at (501) 255.6164.