Dr. Lee L. Eckhardt is the Gary and Marie Weiner Professor of Cardiovascular Research and a faculty member in the Division of Cardiovascular Medicine within the Department of Medicine. As an electrophysiologist, Dr. Eckhardt treats a wide variety of arrhythmia conditions particularly conditions that cause ventricular arrhythmia or sudden death. She is an expert in inherited arrhythmia conditions and directs both clinical and basic science arrhythmia research projects related to these interests with an overarching goal of prevention of sudden cardiac death (SCD). She is co-director of the UW Health Inherited Arrhythmia Clinic and the Cardiac Arrest Prevention Program. Dr. Eckhardt serves as the Vice President of the Cardiac Electrophysiology Society (2020-2022) and the Heart Rhythm Society Fellowship Committee. She is an editorial board member of the Heart Rhythm Society Journal, Heart Rhythm Care Reports Journal and JACC: Clinical Electrophysiology.