Dr. Romain Pariaut received his veterinary degree from the Veterinary School in Lyon, which was followed by a rotating internship in 2000 and an emergency and critical care internship in 2001. He was an instructor in emergency and critical care when he got the opportunity to pursue a 3-year residency in cardiology at Cornell University. He obtained board certification from the American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine (Cardiology) in 2005 and the European College of Veterinary Internal Medicine in 2006.

He was an assistant and then associate professor of Cardiology at Louisiana State University until joining Cornell University in 2015. His primary focus is arrhythmia diagnosis and treatment, and interventional cardiology.