Anna Gelzer earned her veterinary degree in 1992, followed by a doctorate at the University of Bern, Switzerland in 1994. She pursued a small animal internship at UGA, and a residency in cardiology at Cornell (Dipl ACVIM/ECVIM since 1998). In 2010 she habilitated (PhD) at the University of Bern. She taught at Cornell, University of Liverpool, and is currently a full professor at PennVet. She authored over 100 manuscripts, abstracts, and a book on arrhythmias. Her research focus is cardiac electrophysiology and improving arrhythmia management, by way of clinical trials and developing interventional treatment options using catheter ablation.