People

Education
M.B.Ch.B, MRCP, FHKCP, FHKAM (Medicine)

Expertise
1. Interventional and pharmacological heart rhythm management
2. Cardiac Device Implantation (Transvenous pacemaker, defibrillators, cardiac resynchronization therapy, conduction system pacing, leadless pacemakers)
3. Arrhythmia Ablation (paroxysmal and persistent AF, complex redo procedures, supraventricular arrhythmias, ventricular arrhythmias)

Research Interests
1. Using smart devices to diagnosis and treat arrhythmias
2. Optimizing procedure safety and efficacy for complex ablation procedures
3. Improving procedure safety and efficacy for new generation cardiac implantable devices such as leadless pacemakers and conduction system pacing
4. Applying big data analysis and machine learning to heart rhythm research

Dr Tam graduated from the Chinese University of Hong Kong with Honors. He received his clinical cardiac electrophysiology fellowship training in University of Michigan under Hong Kong Heart Foundation Scholarship. He is currently the Director of Cardiac Electrophysiology in Prince of Wales Hospital, Hong Kong. He is a physician proctor of various ablation platforms and pacemaker devices. His research interest focuses on arrhythmia management, such as device implantation and complex arrhythmia ablation. He is also interested in research on utilization of artificial intelligence to improve the safety and efficacy of cardiac procedures.

1. Tam TK, Cheng YW, Chan JYS, Chan CP, Au ACK, Fan KWS, et al. Aveir VR real-world performance and chronic pacing threshold prediction using mapping and fixation electrical data. Europace. Volume 26, Issue 3, March 2024, doi.org/10.1093/europace/euae051
2. Tam, T. K., Au, A. C., Chan, J. Y., Chan, C. P., Cheung, L. L., Cheng, Y. W, et al. (2024). Personalized cardiac resynchronization therapy guided by real-time electrocardiographic imaging for non-left bundle branch block patients. Heart Rhythm. In Press. doi.org/10.1016/j.hrthm.2024.02.027
3. Tam TK, Lai A, Chan J, Au AC, Chan CP, Cheng SY, Yan BP. Automatic algorithmic driven monitoring of atrioventricular nodal reentrant tachycardia ablation to improve procedural safety. Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine, 2023;10:1212837.
4. Tam TK, Chan AKY, Au CKA, Cheung LL, Chan CP, Chan JYS. Effect of low body mass index in outcome of Micra leadless pacemaker implantation. Journal of the Hong Kong College of Cardiology, 29(2), 43-52., 2022
5. Tam TK, Liang JJ, Ghannam M, et al. Anatomy of the proximal septal vein in patients with focal intramural ventricular arrhythmias. Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology, 2022; 33(5), 966-972.
6. Tam TK, Ghannam M, Liang JJ, et el. Intramural mapping of intramural septal ventricular arrhythmias. Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology, 2022; 33(5), 975-981.
7. Gang Yang, Yongfeng Shao, Weidong Gu, Buqing N, Bing Yang, Fengxiang Zhang, Weizhu Ju, Hongwu Chen, Kai Gu, Mingfang Li, Yu Chen, Haoliang Sun, Tsz Kin Tam, Yanhu W, Minglong Chen Surgical ablation supplemented by ethanol injection for ventricular tachycardia refractory to percutaneous ablation. Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology 32.9 (2021): 2462-2470.
8. Chen C., Tam TK., Sun S., et el. A multicenter randomized controlled trial of a modified Valsalva maneuver for cardioversion of supraventricular tachycardias. The American journal of emergency medicine, 2020 38(6), 1077-1081. doi: 10.1016/j.ajem.2019.158371
9. Tam TK, Chan JYS, Chan CP, Chan KYA, Chan CY. Leadless pacemaker tether failure during recapture attempt leading to device embolization. HeartRhythm Case Reports, 2019; 5(5): 247–250. doi: 10.1016/j.hrcr.2019.01.007.
10. Tam TK, Yuen SM, Chan CP, Chan JYS. The use of a lumenless tip-fixation lead in coronary vein. Europace, 2018; 21(3):474. doi: 10.1093/europace/euy214.