Charles Berul, MD, is division chief of Cardiology and co-director of the Children's National Heart Institute. He earned his bachelor's and Master’s degrees in biology from Bucknell University and doctor of medicine from University of Maryland. Dr. Berul completed residency in pediatrics at Yale, followed by fellowship training in pediatric cardiology and electrophysiology at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia. Dr. Berul was the director of the Pacemaker Program at Children’s Hospital Boston, Harvard Medical School until moving to Children’s National in 2009. Dr. Berul is a tenured professor of Pediatrics and Bioengineering at George Washington University School of Medicine. Dr. Berul is a fellow of the Heart Rhythm Society, the American Academy of Pediatrics, American College of Cardiology, Society for Pediatric Research, and the American Heart Association. Dr. Berul has over 300 publications and is an invited speaker nationally and internationally in the area of pediatric cardiac electrophysiology.