As noted, some Heart Rhythm 2008 functions require additional fees: The VT/VF Summit on Wednesday; Mini-Courses (MC) on Wednesday; Meet-the-Experts (ME) and Experts Unplugged (EU) Luncheons on Thursday (below) and Friday; and the American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM) Recertification Prep Course on Saturday.
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Thursday, May 15 Luncheons, 12:15- 1:15 pm
Experts Unplugged
EU01 — Special Session
William Stevenson, MD, FHRS, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, MA
EU02 — Special Session
A. John Camm, MD, FHRS, St. George’s Hospital, London, UK
EU03 — Special Session
Bruce Wilkoff, MD, FHRS, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH
EU04 — Special Session
Eric Prystowsky, MD, FHRS, The Care Group, Indianapolis, IN
Meet the Experts
ME01 — Basic/Translational Science
Personalized Medicine: Running the Gauntlet of Current Views
To Be Announced
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ME02 — Catheter Ablation
Challenges of VT Ablation: Improving the Odds Against the Tough Ones
Chair
Ali Oto, MD, FHRS, Hacettepe University School of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey
Ablation for Hemodynamically Unstable VT
Paolo Della Bella, MD, Centro Cardiologico Monzino, Milano, Italy
Which Patients Can be Successfully Ablated in SR?
Henry H. Hsia, MD, Stanford University, Stanford, CA
Which Patients Require Induction of VT for a Successful Outcome?
Kyoko Soejima, MD, Keio University, Tokyo, Japan
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ME03 — Pedi/Adult Congenital Heart Disease
"Black Box Warnings" and the Pediatric Electrophysiologist
Chair
Christopher S. Snyder, MD, Ochsner for Children, New Orleans, LA
How the Electrophysiologist Counsels Their Cardiology and Primary Care Colleagues Regarding the Use of “Black Box” or “Almost Black Box” Therapies That May Affect the Heart — #1
Dianne L. Atkins, MD, Univ. of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, Iowa City, IA
How the Electrophysiologist Counsels Their Cardiology and Primary Care Colleagues Regarding the Use of “Black Box” or “Almost Black Box” Therapies That May Affect the Heart — #2
Seshadri Balaji, MBBS, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, OR
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ME04 — Devices (Brady, Tachy)
How the Experts Program Devices to Improve Outcomes
Chair
Brian G. Crandall, MD, Utah Heart Clinic, Bountiful, UT
Invited Speaker(s)
Kenneth A. Ellenbogen, MD, FHRS, Medical College of Virginia, Richmond, VA
Charles Swerdlow, MD, FHRS, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA
Leonard I. Ganz, MD, Temple University School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA
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ME05 — Regulatory/Health Pol/Education
Stump the Experts: Case Studies of Expensive Coding Mistakes
Chair
Thomas M. Munger, MD, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN
In the EP Lab
Rajiva Goyal, MD, FDM, PLC, Tarpon Springs, FL
In the Hospital
Bradford C. Sodowick, MD, The Arrhythmia Institute, Newtown, PA
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ME06 — Clinical EP/Pharmacology
Life after Fellowship: It Exists, But What Does the EP Fellow Need to Know to Be Successful?
Chair
Cynthia M. Tracy, MD, George Washington University, Washington, DC
Is It Productive for EP Fellows Interested in a Career in Clinical EP to Pursue Basic Science Training?
Sumeet S. Chugh, MD, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR
How to Prepare for the EP Boards
David E. Haines, MD, FHRS, William Beaumont Hospital, Royal Oak, MI
The Second Most Important Decision in Your Life: Choosing the Right Job in Practice or Academic Medicine
Byron K. Lee, MD, UCSF Cardiac Electrophysiology, San Francisco, CA
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ME07 — Clinical EP/Pharmacology
Bringing the EP World Together on Guidelines and Reimbursement Issues: What Can We Learn From Each Other?
Invited Speaker(s)
- Europe: Josep Brugada, MD, Hospital Clinic De Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
- Asia Pacific: Chu-Pak Lau, MD, FHRS, University of Hong Kong Medicine, Hong Kong, China
- United States: Mark H. Schoenfeld, MD, FHRS, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT
- Africa: Andrzej M. Okreglicki, MBChB, MMed, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa
- Mexico: Manlio Fabio Marquez, MD, Instituto Nacional de Cardiología, Mexico City, Mexico
- India: Kamal K. Sethi, MD, FHRS, Delhi Heart & Lung Institute, New Delhi, India
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ME08 — Regulatory/Health Pol/Education
Monitoring of Devices: Where, When and by Whom?
Chair
John D. Fisher, MD, FHRS, Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, NY
Monitoring from a Hospital Based Center
Jose Joglar, MD, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX
Practice-Based Monitoring
Richard I. Fogel, MD, FHRS, The Care Group, Indianapolis, IN
Remote Monitoring
Lynda E. Rosenfeld, MD, FHRS, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT
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