Affiliation:
Affiliation:Position Title and Institution: Cardiac Electrophysiologist, Texas Cardiac Arrhythmia Institute Education (Medical School, residency and fellowship): General Cardiology and Cardiac Electrophysiology Fellowships, Tufts-New England Medical Center, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, MA 1999-2003
Clinical/Research interests: Dr Al-Ahmad has participated in research and publication in the area of cardiac electrophysiology both as a primary or co-author of significant numbers of scientific articles as well as co-editor of several books in the field of Electrophysiology.Affiliation:Dr. Di Biase is currently serving as the Senior Researcher at Texas Cardiac Arrhythmia Institute and Associate Professor Department of Medicine (Cardiology) at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine, New York, USA, Montefiore Hospital. The heart of Dr. Di Biase's mission is improving patients care and he believes that it is possible through dedicated clinical practice associated to cutting-edge clinical research. His research is focused on cardiology and electrophysiology with a specific emphasis on catheter ablation of atrial fibrillation and ventricular arrhythmias performed either manually or with robotic catheter navigation as well as on heart failure especially treated with cardiac resynchronization therapy devices.
Affiliation:Executive Medical Director The Kansas City Heart Rhythm Institute (KCHRI) @ HCA MidWest. Board certified electrophysiology expert and practices at Mid-America Cardiology and The University of Kansas Hospital Clinics in Kansas City, KS, USA.
Affiliation:Affiliation: Assistant Professor, Medical College of Wisconsin
Education: J.S.S Medical College, Mysore, India
Research Fellowship: Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School
Internship/Residency: Westchester Medical Center, New York Medical College
Cardiovascular Disease Fellowship: Lehigh Valley Health Network
Electrophysiology Fellowship: Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Email : garg.jalaj@yahoo.com
Affiliation:Position Title and Institution: Associate Head Physician, Director of Cardiac Electrophysiology and Professor, University Hospitals Geneva
Education (Medical School, residency and fellowship): Medical School and Residency - BJ Medical College, Ahmedabad, India; Fellowship in Cardiac Electrophysiology - Hopital Haut-Leveque, Bordeaux -Pessac, France
Positions and Honors (Awards/honors, professional affiliations, leadership roles, editorial work etc): Prix Knoll; Fellowship of the Heart Rhythm Society; Scientific Committee Director for the AF Symposium; On the Editorial Boards of the Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology, European Heart Journal and International Journal of Cardiology; Coordinating Editor, Journal of Interventional Cardiac Electrophysiology.
Clinical/Research interests: Catheter ablation of non paroxysmal AF, catheter ablation of complex atrial tachycardias, pathophysiology of atrial reentrant tachycardias, mapping and ablation technologies
Affiliation:Position Title and Institution: Director, Cardiac Eletrophysiology and Pacing. Center for Atrial Fibrillation. Hospital Pro-Cardiaco (Rio de Janeiro – Brazil)
Education (Medical School, residency and fellowship): Medical School, Residency and Cardiology Fellowship – Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (Brazil), EP Fellowship – Cleveland Clinic Foundation (USA)
Positions and Honors (Awards/honors, professional affiliations, leadership roles, editorial work etc): PhD, FESC, FHRS
Clinical/Research interests: AF Ablation, LAA Occlusion and His Bundle Pacing
Affiliation:Journal of the American College of Cardiology; Ethics Committee, 2014 – Present
Cardiac Arrhythmias Research/Edu Foundation, Inc. (CARE) Scientific Advisory Board , 1998 - Present
Journal of Interventional Cardiac Electrophysiology, 1997 - Present
PACE, 1994 - Present
Clinical Cardiology, 1994 - Present
Cardiostimolazione, 1990 - Present
Editor-in-Chief, Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology, 2004 – 2018
Editor-in-Chief, Medscape CRM.com for WebMD, 2004 - 2012
Affiliation:Director of Clinical Electrophysiology Laboratory, Asklepios Klinik St. Georg, Hamburg, Germany.
Affiliation:Position Title and Institution: Associate Professor of Cardiology, University of Health Sciences, Kocaeli Derince Training and Research Hospital, Kocaeli, Turkey
Education (Medical School, residency and fellowship):
Gazi University, Faculty of Medicine
Residency and Fellowship: Ankara Yuksek Ihtisas Heart-Education and Research Hospital, Ankara, Turkey.
Positions and Honors (Awards/honors, professional affiliations, leadership roles, editorial work etc):
Director of Electrophysiology Department
Fellow of EHRA
Fellow of ESC
Editor-in-Chief of Kocaeli Medical Journal
Editorial Board of Medicine Journal
Editorial Board of World Journal of Cardiology
Editorial Board of International Journal of Cardiovascular Academy
Clinical/Research interests:
Atrial Fibrillation Ablation
Cardioneuroablation
Syncope
Affiliation:
Professor Emeritus of Medicine and Special Lecturer, Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons; and, Attending Physician [Emeritus] at The New York Presbyterian Hospital; Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, Section of Electrophysiology.
Dr. Reiffel has been actively involved in teaching, research (including numerous multicenter trials), and clinical practice (clinical cardiology and clinical electrophysiology) for over 4 decades at Columbia. Outside of Columbia, Dr. Reiffel has taught regionally, nationally, and internationally -- having given over 1000 presentations at most major medical institutions in the country and at several lay programs as well and has been a guest on several regional and national medical and TV news programs and webcasts. He has received numerous honors for the quality of his teaching. Dr. Reiffel has also served in advisory capacities re: the FDA and multiple pharmaceutical and medical device companies and has been on the planning committee for the Cardiac Safety Research Consortium. Regarding cardiac arrhythmias, Dr. Reiffel has been involved in developmental/research studies of electrophysiological techniques, antiarrhythmic pharmaceuticals and devices, new anticoagulants, and multiple major multicenter trials. Current research interests include the optimum management of patients with atrial fibrillation and flutter, development of new antiarrhythmic and antithrombotic pharmaceuticals, and the use of implanted cardiac devices for arrhythmia detection. He is a member of the Steering Committee for both the CABANA trial and the ORBIT AF Registries, is the Principle Investigator (PI) for the recently completed REVEAL AF trial, and co-PI for the recently reported HARMONY trial. Dr. Reiffel has published one golf book (RELOAD—the Rules for Mulligan Golf) and two children’s books (illustrated by his four grandchildren: My Goose Got Loose, and Once Upon an Antigmule) and has contributed chapters to the golf book: Playing Without Pain—Medical Advice to golfers Over 50.
Affiliation:Assistant Professor, Sri Jayadeva Institute of Cardiovascular Sciences and Research, Bangalore/Research Collaborator (Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN)
DM (Cardiology)
Fellowship in Clinical EP (Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN)
Fellowship in Advanced Adult Cardiology (Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN)
Ex Assistant Professor in Medicine (Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN)
Affiliation:James R Edgerton, serves as Senior Clinical Scientist in the Department of Epidemiology, Baylor, Scott and White, Dallas, Texas.
He completed a general surgery residency at University of Florida, Gainesville Florida and a cardiothoracic residency at Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina.
He is board certified in both general and cardiothoracic surgery. He is a member of the Society of Thoracic Surgeons (STS) and the American Association of Thoracic Surgery (AATS) and a Fellow in the American College of Surgeons, American College of Cardiology, and the Heart Rhythm Society (HRS).
He holds and has held leadership positions in HRS, STS, AATS, and the International Society for Minimally Invasive Cardiac Surgery. He serves on the editorial boards of Journal of Atrial Fibrillation and Journal of the Heart Surgery Forum. Additionally, he is a reviewer for seven tier one peer reviewed journals.
He maintains an active research program and an international lecture schedule.
His research interests lie in the fields of cardiac arrhythmias and quality assurance.
Affiliation:Professor of Internal Medicine, Cardiovascular Medicine, University of Michigan,
The Cyrus and Jane Farrehi Professor of Cardiovascular Research,
Professor of Molecular & Integrative Physiology,
Co-Director, Center for Arrhythmia Research, University of Michigan.
Affiliation:Professor of Medicine & Radiological Sciences,
Director, UCLA Cardiac Arrhythmia Center & EP Programs,
David Geffen School of Medicine, UCLA.
Affiliation:Professor of Medicine,
Division of Cardiovascular Medicine
Director, CCEP fellowship
UC Davis, CA
Affiliation:Position Title and Institution: Consultant Electrophysiologist, Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital.
Honorary Professor of Cardiology, Faculty of Health and Life Sciences, University of Liverpool
Positions and Honors: Head, Arrhythmia Workstream, Institute of Cardiovascular Medicine and Science.
Clinical/ Research Interests: Atrial Fibrillation, Left atrial Appendage Occlusion
Affiliation:Rajeev K. Pathak, is an Cardiac Electrophysiologist, Clinical Director of Cardiac Electrophysiology & Pacing at the Canberra Hospital and Australian National University, Australia. He completed his residency and advanced training in Cardiology at The Canberra Hospital, before pursuing sub-specialisation in Cardiac Electrophysiology at the Royal Adelaide Hospital. He did his post-doctoral advanced cardiac electrophysiology fellowship at University of Pennsylvania, USA. Dr Pathak has received multiple national and international academic honours and has published widely in the field of cardiac electrophysiology and Atrial fibrillation.
Affiliation:Position Title and Institution: Chair, Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Cleveland Clinic
Education (Medical School, residency and fellowship): Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine (MD, 1988) Johns Hopkins Hospital (1988-1997, General surgery and Cardiothoracic surgery)
Positions and Honors (Awards/honors, professional affiliations, leadership roles, editorial work etc):
Clinical/Research interests: Mitral valve repair, Robotic heart surgery, Left atrial appendage management, Surgical ablation of atrial fibrillation
Affiliation:Position Title and Institution: Cardiology and Cardiac Electrophysiology, Vancouver General Hospital, University of British Columbia
Education (Medical School, residency and fellowship): University of Ottawa, University of British Columbia, Montreal Heart Institute
Positions and Honors (Awards/honors, professional affiliations, leadership roles, editorial work etc):
Director, Electrophysiology, Vancouver General Hospital
Director, Atrial Fibrillation Clinic
Medical Lead, Atrial Fibrillation, British Columbia
Co-Chair, Canadian Cardiovascular Society Atrial Fibrillation Guidelines
Past Chair, Education Committee, Canadian Heart Rhythm Society
Clinical/Research interests:
Atrial fibrillation. Stroke prevention. Ablation. Device therapy. Quality improvement. Health system change.
Affiliation:Associate Professor of Medicine, Faculty of Medical Sciences,
Chief, Department of Cardiology, Hospital de Clinicas, Asuncion National University.
Affiliation:Professor, Director, Stanford Cardiac Arrhythmia Program and Electrophysiology Service.
Affiliation:Royal Adelaide Hospital, Adelide, Australia.
Affiliation:Vice Chairman, Department of Surgery,
John M. Shoenberg Professor of Surgery,
Chief of Cardiac Surgery, Washington University School of Medicine,
St. Louis, Missouri.
Affiliation:Position Title and Institution:
Section Chief, Cardiac Electrophysiology
Director, Cardiac Electrophysiology fellowship program
Associate Professor of Medicine
University of Tennessee Health Science Center
Memphis TN
Education (Medical School, residency and fellowship):
Cardiac Electrophysiology fellowship: Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston MA
Cardiology Fellowship: University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, Iowa City IA
Internal Medicine: University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, Iowa City IA and St Francis Hospital, Evanston IL
Medical school: All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India
Positions and Honors (Awards/honors, professional affiliations, leadership roles, editorial work etc):
Arrhythmia Section Editor, Current Treatment Options Cardiovascular Medicine
Clinical/Research interests:
Atrial Fibrillation
Ventricular Tachycardia
Supraventricular Tachycardia
Syncope
Racial Differences in Arrhythmia, management and outcomes
Affiliation:Vice President AIAC (Italian Society of Pacing and Arrhythmology), Director of AF Center, Senior Electrophysiologist, Cardiology Unit, Cardiovascular Department, Ospedale dell'Angelo, Italy.
Affiliation:Director, EP and Arrhythmia Services, California Pacific Medical Center.
Affiliation:Clinical Professor of Medicine, UMDNJ-RWJ Medical School,
Medical Director, Electrophysiology Research Foundation,
Editor In Chief, Journal of Interventional Cardiac Electrophysiology,
Past President, Heart Rhythm Society.
Affiliation:Director, Electrophysiology Laboratory, The St.Luke′s-Roosevelt Hospital Center, New York,
Associate Professor of Clinical Medicine, Columbia University College of Physicians & Surgeons.
Affiliation:West Hospital, Richmond,VA, USA.
Affiliation:Director, Cardiac Arrhythmia Service,
The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust Professor of Medicine in Cardiac Electrophysiology,
The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust Center for Cardiac Electrophysiology,
The Zena and Michael A. Wiener Cardiovascular Institute,
The Marie-Josée and Henry R. Kravis Center for Cardiovascular Health.
Affiliation:EP Technical Educational Specialist, University of Kansas Hospital.
Affiliation:George Lynn Cross Research Professor,
Co-Founder ans Senior Scientific Advisor
Heart Rhythm Institute, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center.
Affiliation:Dr. Deering is a cardiac electrophysiologist at the Piedmont Heart Institute in Atlanta where he also serves as Chief of the Arrhythmia Center, Chairman of the Clinical Centers for Excellence and Chief Quality Officer. He has served in a variety of volunteer roles for the Heart Rhythm Society and presently serves as president. His research and clinical interests are focused on defining and implementing quality initiatives in electrophysiology and cardiovascular medicine. He has served as a speaker and moderator at national and international electrophysiology and cardiology meetings; has authored and co-authored numerous publications addressing cardiac arrhythmia and cardiovascular quality issues; participates in a number of cardiac electrophysiology arrhythmia research projects and serves as a reviewer for multiple cardiac electrophysiology and general cardiac journals. Dr. Deering earned his medical degree from Yale University School of Medicine. He completed his residency at the Yale-New Haven Hospital, his cardiology fellowship training at Boston University Medical Center and his cardiac electrophysiology fellowship at Tufts New England Medical Center. He has previously been a Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine at Yale University School of Medicine and at present is a Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine at the Medical College of Georgia and the Mark E. Silverman, M.D. Educational Chair.
Affiliation:Antonio Raviele is the President and Scientific Secretariat of Venice Arrhythmias – the worldwide-known workshop he actually created back in 1989. He is also the President of ALFA – ALiance to Fight Atrial fibrillation – and President of the Scientific Committee of FIGHT AF! the awareness campaign against atrial fibrillation that debuted in 2011. He has been the author of the first implant of transvenous defibrillator in Italy. Antonio Raviele has always played key roles within many among the most important cardiology associations and societies – such as ECAS, ESC and HRS – while also providing fundamental contributions as the member of several task forces on related topics. He isn’t only the author of more than 200 peer-review publications on many aspects of cardiac arrhythmias, but also the editor and supervisor of several books on arrhythmology. Besides, he’s a reviewer and member of the Editorial Board of some among the most renowned field journals, such as the JACC, EHJ, HR, JCE, Europace, PACE, JICE, JAF, JCM, GIC.
Affiliation:Edmond Cronin is a Cardiac Electrophysiologist and Associate Professor at the Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University, Philadelphia. A native of Ireland, Dr Cronin received his medical degree with honors from University College Cork, and completed his electrophysiology training at Cleveland Clinic. His clinical interests include ventricular tachycardia ablation, atrial fibrillation ablation, conduction system pacing, and transvenous lead extraction. Dr Cronin is the author or co-author of more than 50 peer-reviewed articles and book chapters, presents frequently at national and international meetings, and serves as a reviewer for several medical journals. His research focusses on ablation of ventricular arrhythmias and transvenous lead extraction outcomes, along with serving as an investigator in several multicenter clinical trials. Dr Cronin is a Fellow of the Heart Rhythm Society, and currently sits on its Scientific and Clinical Documents Committee. He is a member of the American Heart Association, American College of Cardiology, European Society of Cardiology, European Heart Rhythm Association, Irish Cardiac Society, and the Royal College of Physicians of Ireland. He is also an avid, but not terribly fast, runner.
Affiliation:Dr. Koruth received his cardiac electrophysiology training at Massachusetts General Hospital and then completed a research fellowship at Mt Sinai Medical Center, New York. He completed his medical training at Christian Medical College, Punjab, India. He is currently an Assistant Professor of Medicine at the Leona M. And Harry B. Helmsley Electrophysiology center at Mt Sinai Medical Center, New York. His clinical practice and range of interest encompasses all aspects of clinical electrophysiology with a particular focus in catheter ablation. He is the Director of the Experimental laboratory at Mt Sinai Medical Center where he works to explore new approaches to catheter ablation and mapping.
Affiliation:Title: Associate Professor of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, Cardiac Electrophysiology, University of California Los Angeles / VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System
Education:
Fellowship: Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology, VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System / UCLA, 2005-2006
Fellowship: Cardiovascular Disease, VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System / UCLA, 2002-2005
Residency: Internal Medicine, Cedars Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, 2000-2002
Internship: Santa Clara Valley Medical Center, 1998-1999
Medical School: Medical College of Wisconsin, 1994-1998
Undergraduate: University of California, San Diego. Bachelor of Science, Biology, 1990-1994
Bio sketch:
Janet K. Han, MD is an Associate Professor of Medicine in the Division of Cardiology at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, and the Associate Program Director of the Fellowship in Cardiovascular Diseases at the University of California Los Angeles / VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System campus. She serves as the Director of the Cardiac Intensive Care Unit, Assistant Director of the Cardiology Arrhythmia Service, and is the lead cardiologist of the Anticoagulation Committee at the VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System. She is a Fellow of the American College of Cardiology, a member of the ACC Digital Strategies Committee, a Fellow of the Heart Rhythm Society, and holds leadership responsibilities in the HRS Women in Electrophysiology Community.
She is currently the Social Media Editor of the Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology, and she serves as reviewer for Heart Rhythm Case Reports, the Journal of the American College of Cardiology, as well as JACC: Clinical Electrophysiology. Her clinical and research interests include complex arrhythmia care of the veteran population, including catheter ablation and device implantation, anticoagulation in special populations, and the emerging intersection of digital health, social media and education.
Research and Publications: Please see CV.
Affiliation:Position Title and Institution: Director of Cardiac Electrophysiology, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, University of Missouri-Columbia, MO
Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO
Education (Medical School, residency and fellowship):
Fellowship: Cardiac Electrophysiology at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, MD
Fellowship: Cardiology at Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, LA
Residency: Internal Medicine at Harbor Hospital Center (affiliation of University of Maryland), Baltimore, MD
Master of Public Health: Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD
Diploma in Program in Clinical Effectiveness: Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA
M.D. (Internal Medicine): Harbor Hospital Center, University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD
M.D. (Internal Medicine): Maulana Azad Medical College, New Delhi, Delhi University, India
MBBS (Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery): Maulana Azad Medical College, New Delhi, India
Positions and Honors (Awards/honors, professional affiliations, leadership roles, editorial work etc):
Chief Fellow, Cardiac Electrophysiology: Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, MD – 07/01/10- 06/30/11.
Second Position Award: New England Electrophysiology Physicians Society Fellows Abstract Competition, April 2010, Boston, MA.
Fellow of the year: Department of Cardiology, Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, LA – 2007-2008.
Chief Medical Resident: Harbor Hospital Center, Baltimore, MD – 2001-2002.
National Talent Search Examination Scholar: Government of India – 1985-1996.
Clinical/Research interests: Low fluoroscopic radiofrequency ablation
Intraoperative anticoagulation management for atrial fibrillation ablation
Cardiac translational proteins and inflammatory mediators in atrial fibrillation
Affiliation:Current affiliation and position
Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine
Director, Lead Extraction Program
Co-Director, Clinical Research Program
Research and Clinical Interests
Complex ablation and lead management including lead extraction techniques.
Affiliation:Affiliation: Kansas City Heart Rhythm Institute.
Education: Medical School: Dow Medical College, Karachi, Pakistan, Residency: AMITA Health Saint Joseph Hospital, Chicago.
Clinical/Research Interests: AF Ablation, LAA occlusion devices, VT, ICD
Affiliation:Affiliation: Kansas City Heart Rhythm Institute.
Education: Medical School: University of Missouri-Kansas City. Combined BA/MD, 2010-2017.
Residency: Internal Medicine, University of Louisville, Graduated June 2021
Clinical/Research Interests: Cardiology, Electrophysiology
Affiliation:Professor of Medicine. Department of Cardiology, Beijing Anzhen Hospital, Capital Medical University Beijing, China National Clinical Research Center for Cardiovascular Diseases.
Position Title and Institution:Associate Professor of Medicine, Division of Cardiology-Section of Electrophysiology. Emory University School of Medicine
Education (Medical School, residency and fellowship):
Medical School: American University of Beirut
Residency: Emory University School of Medicine
Chief Medical Residency: Emory University of School of Medicine
Cardiology Fellowship: Emory University School of Medicine
Electrophysiology Fellowship: Emory University School of Medicine
Positions and Honors (Awards/honors, professional affiliations, leadership roles, editorial work etc):
Awards Honors: Alpha Omega Alpha Medical Honor Society
Editorial Board: Journal of Geriatric Cardiology Journal of Atrial Fibrillation
Professional Affiliation:Fellow of Heart Rhythm Society Fellow of American College of Cardiology
Clinical/Research interests:
Leadless Pacemakers
Subcutaneous ICDs
Siva Korlakunta MS.
Sudha Bommana M.Sc.,M.phil.,CCRP.
Kay Ryschon Ph.D.
Prabhaker Gangasani Ph.D.
Anil Kumar M.C.A
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