Our Mission
We thrive to make our comprehensive study guide accurate, well-vetted, and easy to use for cardiology fellows and cardiologists so that they have access to all the information they need to feel confident and well-informed when diagnosing and treating CV diseases. This website has evolved from a CV Board Review tool to also be a curriculum of what one needs to know as a “state-of-the-art” well-trained cardiologist.
Meet Our Founder
James H O'Keefe, MD, FACC
Cardiologist James H O’Keefe, MD, FACC is the Medical Director of the Cardio Wellness Center and Co-Director of the Cardiometabolic Center of Excellence at Saint Luke’s Mid America Heart Institute, and Professor of Medicine at the University of Missouri-Kansas City. His postgraduate training included cardiology fellowship and internal medicine residency at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota. He has authored more than 500 peer-reviewed articles, which have been cited over 40,000 times in medical literature.
Dr. O’Keefe created the first iteration of the ECG study guide while preparing for his Cardiology Boards as a cardiology fellow at the Mayo Clinic in 1985 – 1988. Since then, he and his colleagues have been updating and perfecting the criteria for correctly scoring unknown ECGs. Over the past few years, we expanded the O’Keefe ECG & CV Board Review to become the most comprehensive and definitive study guide designed to help physicians excel on the CV Boards.
Meet Our Contributors
O'Keefe ECG & CV Board Review is made possible by our incredible team of contributors.
Medical Contributors
Talal Asif
MD
Talal Asif, MD is a board-certified, fellowship-trained cardiologist with Saint Luke’s Cardiovascular Consultants. His clinical interests include ECG interpretation and advanced cardiac imaging. He is passionate about case-based cardiovascular education, integrating ECG and imaging findings to promote high-quality, evidence-based medical learning.
Stephen C. Hammill
MD, FACC
Emeritus Professor of Cardiology at the Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota. Past President of Heart Rhythm Society and one of the world’s leading authorities on ECG interpretation and electrophysiology.
Preetham Gunta
MD
Preetham Gunta is a General Cardiology Fellow at the Medical College of Wisconsin. He has a special interest in advanced cardiac imaging which is the focus of his research. He gathers captivating ECGs and echocardiograms from the clinical cases he encounters daily.
Dany Jacob
MD, FACC
Interventional Cardiologist at Saint Luke’s Mid America Heart Institute. He did fellowships in Cardiology and Interventional Cardiology at the University of Missouri-Kansas City. Dr. Jacob is an expert in ECG interpretation, has published articles on athletic ECG screening criteria, and implications of T-wave inversion.
Noel Torres-Acosta
MD
Dr. Torres-Acosta is a cardiologist currently practicing in Cookeville, Tennessee. He initially trained as a Fellow in Preventive Cardiology at Saint Luke’s Mid America Heart Institute / University of Missouri-Kansas City before completing his Fellowship in Cardiology at University of Kansas Medical Center. Noel is instrumental in the data entry, tracing optimization, and quality control for the ECGs and interpretations.
Sanjaya K. Gupta
MD, FACC
Cardiac Electrophysiologist at Saint Luke’s Mid-America Heart Institute. He did fellowships in Cardiology and Electrophysiology at the University of Michigan. He is Medical Director of Telemetry, and Program Director of the Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology Fellowship Program at University of Missouri, Kansas City. Dr. Gupta is an expert in the diagnosis and treatment of heart rhythm disorders.
Evan O'Keefe
MD
Dr. O'Keefe is a Cardiovacular Fellow at Saint Luke’s Mid-America Heart Institute with particular interests in cardiac imaging, outcomes research, disease prevention, nutrition, and aging.
Technology Contributors
Patrick Glynn
Software Engineering Lead
Software Engineer in charge of all technical aspects of the O'Keefe ECG & CV Board Review platform.
Rebecca Viale-Tony
Lead Branding & UX/UI Designer
Rebecca led the brand refresh for O’Keefe ECG & CV Board Review and designed the user interface for the updated website. Drawing on her expertise in UX strategy, she provided key consultation to create a seamless, modern, and visually engaging experience for all who utilize the site.