When Dr. Andrew Rudin found himself drowning in workplace stress years ago, the toll was undeniable. The misplaced trust, the pressure, the grind, it all added up. The weight gain followed. For a cardiologist, someone deeply familiar with the mechanics of the human heart, this was more than just a personal struggle. It was a reckoning.
“I didn’t jump on medication. I didn’t schedule a surgery,” he recalls. “I got to the root cause. And that’s what saved me.”
That same philosophy has become the foundation of Rudin’s practice today. He’s not just a board-certified interventional cardiologist-electrophysiologist with decades of clinical experience. He’s not just a wellness advocate either. He is someone who has lived on both sides of the equation, patient and physician, and now walks the fine line between conventional medicine and the fast-growing wellness movement.
Rudin’s specialty lies in treating cardiac arrhythmias, particularly atrial fibrillation, a condition affecting millions of Americans. But despite his expertise in high-tech procedures, Rudin is quick to caution against an overreliance on interventions. “There are hundreds of thousands of unnecessary stent procedures in America every year,” he says. “We’ve had years of data showing elective stents don’t prevent heart attacks or extend life. Yet patients believe they’re lifesaving because that’s how the system is built.”
Instead, Rudin emphasizes the foundations of health: nutrition, movement, and lifestyle change. “Food is medicine, it sounds cliché, but it’s true,” he says. “Cutting sugar, processed foods, and focusing on real, organic nutrition has far greater long-term benefits than most people realize.”
For Rudin, the path forward isn’t about rejecting medicine or championing wellness in isolation; it’s about balance. His approach is both rigorous and open-minded, backed by years of medical training and a willingness to engage with emerging data in wellness and longevity research.
This willingness to “follow the data, not the dogma” is what sets Rudin apart. He acknowledges the limitations of pharmaceutical-driven research, where negative or neutral results often get buried. At the same time, he warns against extremes in the wellness industry, where anecdotes can too easily masquerade as science. “The difference between me and many in wellness is that I’m not an extremist,” he says. “If a patient needs conventional meds, a pacemaker, or ablation, I’ll recommend it. But I’ll also push them to address the underlying drivers of disease, stress, diet, and inactivity. You need both perspectives.”
Central to Rudin’s philosophy is empowering patients to ask better questions and demand better care. He believes too many people accept procedures or prescriptions without truly understanding the data behind them. “I had a patient who thought that she shouldn’t play pickleball because of exertion,” Rudin shares. “That does not make sense. There’s no science for it. Exercise helps almost everyone.”
For him, the solution lies in honest, data-driven conversations, conversations where patients are equipped with knowledge and where doctors are challenged to go beyond band-aid solutions.
Dr. Andrew Rudin’s journey, from stressed professional in need of healing himself, to physician-innovator balancing the best of medicine and wellness, offers a new kind of blueprint. It’s one where longevity isn’t about quick fixes, but about sustainable habits and evidence-based choices.
“Modern medicine alone isn’t working. But wellness without medical grounding can be just as dangerous,” Rudin says. “The future is in walking that line, and making sure patients come away not just treated, but truly healed.”
About Dr. Andrew Rudin
Dr. Andrew Rudin is a board-certified interventional cardiologist-electrophysiologist redefining heart health through a balance of medicine and wellness. Specializing in cardiac arrhythmias, he focuses on addressing root causes rather than quick fixes, emphasizing nutrition, movement and lifestyle. Having faced his own health challenges, Dr. Rudin now champions evidence-based, sustainable habits and data-driven care, empowering patients to move beyond treatment toward lasting healing and long-term heart health. For more information, visit bestheartbeat.com.
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