Dr. Nicholas Tullo has been caring for patients with fainting and syncope since 1982. As a cardiac electrophysiologist, he specializes in the treatment of heart rhythm disorders and maintains extensive experience in the evaluation and management of patients with autonomic conditions such as POTS and other forms of dysautonomia.
Training and Early Career
Dr. Tullo is a graduate of the Bronx High School of Science and earned his B.S. degree from Fordham University. He attended medical school at SUNY Upstate Medical Center in Syracuse, NY. He then completed his residency in Internal Medicine at North Shore University Hospital in Manhasset, NY, followed by a fellowship in Cardiovascular Disease at Bridgeport Hospital in Bridgeport, CT. He completed his training in Cardiac Electrophysiology at Albert Einstein College of Medicine in the Bronx, NY, and at Newark Beth Israel Medical Center in Newark, NJ.
Electrophysiology Leadership
Dr. Tullo practiced electrophysiology at Newark Beth Israel Medical Center and at the General Hospital in Passaic, NJ for three years before accepting a position as Director of the Cardiac Electrophysiology and Pacemaker Service at Saint Joseph's Regional Medical Center in Paterson, NJ. He spent 12 years at St. Joseph's, followed by three years with the Chattanooga Heart Institute before settling in West Orange, NJ with Consultants In Cardiology.
He continues his practice of cardiac electrophysiology there and created the New Jersey Center for Fainting to provide a center of excellence for patients with syncope and autonomic dysfunction. On February 24, 2014, Dr. Tullo became the first electrophysiologist in the Northeastern United States to implant the miniaturized insertable cardiac monitor, the Medtronic Reveal LINQ, at St. Barnabas Medical Center. In 2025 he was named Medical Director of the EKG Reading Panel at Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center in Livingston, NJ.
Research and Teaching
Dr. Tullo has participated in numerous multicenter research studies, and his work has been published in several professional journals. He regularly lectures to physicians, nurses, and technicians at St. Barnabas Medical Center in Livingston, NJ, where he currently practices.
He has received the "Excellence in Caring" award from St. Barnabas and was voted a "Top Doc" in New Jersey in 2012, an honor featured in New Jersey Monthly. In 2013 he completed a physician-initiated clinical research project involving implantable cardiac monitors (ICM), studying the optimal implant depth in patients undergoing ICM insertion.
In May of 2014 he was selected by the faculty, resident physicians, and medical students at St. Barnabas Medical Center to receive the prestigious Harvey E. Nussbaum Golden Apple Award for Excellence in Teaching. Most recently, he authored a textbook chapter on cardiac arrhythmias aimed at nurse practitioners, which will be published in 2026.
Advocacy for Syncope and Dysautonomia
In October of 2011 Dr. Tullo was named National Spokesperson for the public awareness campaign "Take Fainting to Heart", sponsored by Medtronic, Inc. and the international patient advocacy organization STARS.ORG. He was invited to serve on the Board of Medical Advisors of STARS and continues to support their work in raising awareness of syncope and related disorders.
He also serves as Medical Advisor to the Dysautonomia Information Network.