Robert W. Battle

Professor of Medicine & Pediatrics, Medicine- Cardiovascular Medicine

Primary Location

Adult Congenital Heart Disease Clinic
1204 W. Main St.
Charlottesville, Virginia 22908

Primary Phone Number

434.243.1000

Fax Number

434.244.7551

[email protected]

Website

http://www.healthsystem.virginia.edu/internet/people/dop/dopDetail.cfm?drid=1789

Bio & Overview

Dr. Battle is a Fellow of the American College of Cardiology. He has received several teaching awards, and is the author or co-author of more than 30 peer-reviewed journal articles, book chapters and scientific abstracts. In addition to his academic appointments, Dr. Battle is the Director of the Adult Congenital Heart Clinic; Team Cardiologist and Director of Sports Cardiology; and Director of the UVa Cardiology Specialty Clinic in Fishersville, VA.

Academic Information

Department: Medicine- Cardiovascular Medicine

Academic Title: Associate Professor

Primary Education

Fellowship, Cardiology, University of Vermontnull
MD, University of Virginianull
Residency, Internal Medicine, University of Vermontnull

Research Interests

Adult Congenital Heart Disease

Selected Publications

Dean PN, Battle RW, Congenital Heart Disease and the Athlete: What We Know and What We Do Not Know., 2016; Cardiology clinics. 34(4) 579-589. PMID: 27692226

Hoyt WJ, Dean PN, Schneider DS, Conaway MR, Kramer CM, Battle RW, Coronary Artery Evaluation by Screening Echocardiogram in Intercollegiate Athletes., 2016; Medicine and science in sports and exercise. () . PMID: 27926615

Hoyt WJ, Dean PN, John AS, Gimple LW, Mistry DJ, Battle RW, Endurance Training on Congenital Valvular Regurgitation: An Athlete Case Series., 2015; Medicine and science in sports and exercise. 48(1) 16-9. PMID: 26225768

Battle RW, Sports Cardiology: A Discipline Emerged., 2015; Clinics in sports medicine. 34(3) xv-xvi. PMID: 26100431

Hoyt WJ, Dean PN, Battle RW, The Historical Perspective of Athletic Sudden Death., 2015; Clinics in sports medicine. 34(3) 571-85. PMID: 26100429

Thomas MJ, Battle RW, Something Old, Something New: Using Family History and Genetic Testing to Diagnose and Manage Athletes with Inherited Cardiovascular Disease., 2015; Clinics in sports medicine. 34(3) 517-37. PMID: 26100426

Statuta S, Mistry DJ, Battle RW, The Impact of Sports Cardiology on the Practice of Primary Care Sports Medicine: Where Were We, Where Are We, Where Are We Headed?, 2015; Clinics in sports medicine. 34(3) 381-90. PMID: 26100416

Battle RW, The heart and vascular tree: reflections on imagery and the practice of cardiology., 2014; The American journal of cardiology. 114(8) 1287-8. PMID: 25175157

Tiouririne M, Baum VC, Battle RW, Arendt KW, Bhatt AB, Case 5--2013: Pregnant patient with uncorrected, undiagnosed total anomalous pulmonary venous return and severe pulmonary hypertension., 2013; Journal of cardiothoracic and vascular anesthesia. 27(5) 1041-7. PMID: 24054189