Course Director
John M. Miller, MD, FHRS
Professor of Medicine
Krannert Institute of Cardiology
Indiana University School of Medicine Indianapolis, IN
Course Co-Directors
Kenneth A. Ellenbogen, MD, FHRS
Professor of Medicine
Director, Cardiac Electrophysiology and Pacemaker Laboratory
Medical College of Virginia
Richmond, VA
Gregory F. Michaud, MD, FHRS
Professor of Medicine
Vanderbilt University Medical School
Chief, Arrhythmia Service
Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Nashville, TN
Course Faculty
Samuel J. Asirvatham, MD, FHRS
Professor of Medicine and of Pediatrics
Vice Chair, Division of Cardiovascular Diseases
Director, Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology Training Program
Mayo Clinic
Rochester, MN
Edward P. Gerstenfeld, MD, FHRS
Professor of Medicine
Chief, Cardiac Electrophysiology and Arrhythmia Service
University of California San Francisco
San Francisco, CA
Barry London, MD, PhD
Professor of Medicine
Chair, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine
Co-Director, Cardiovascular Research Center
University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine
Iowa City, IA
Francis E. Marchlinski, MD, FHRS
Professor of Medicine
University of Pennsylvania Health System
Philadelphia, PA
William M. Miles, MD, FHRS
Professor of Medicine
University of Florida College
Gainesville, FL
Jeanne E. Poole, MD, FHRS
Professor of Medicine
Division of Cardiology
University of Washington
Seattle, WA
William G. Stevenson, MD, FHRS
Professor of Medicine
Vanderbilt University
Vanderbilt University Heart and Vascular Center
Nashville, TN
Gordon F. Tomaselli, MD, FHRS
Professor of Medicine
Michel Mirowski Professor of Cardiology
Chief, Division of Cardiology
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Baltimore, MD
CME Disclosure Policy
The Heart Rhythm Society is committed to the provision of Continuing Medical Education (CME) that is balanced, objective, and evidence-based. The Heart Rhythm Society adheres to the Standards for Commercial Support (SCS) of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) which requires that those individuals in a position to control the content of an educational activity (including planners, faculty, authors, committee members, content reviewers, editors, and staff) disclose all relevant* financial relationships (for self and for individual's spouse/partner) with an ACCME-defined commercial interest** from the preceding 12 months.
Any individual who refuses to disclose financial relationships is disqualified from participating in HRS educational activities. Employees and Owners of ACCME-defined commercial interests may have no role in the planning or implementation of CME activities without a special exception from the HRS Chief Learning Officer that is granted only in specific circumstances that meet stringent ACCME requirements.
ACCME Definitions:
*Relevant financial relationships are financial relationships in any amount, which occurred in the twelve-month period preceding the time that the individual was asked to assume a role controlling content of the CME activity, and which relate to the content of the educational activity, causing a conflict of interest. The ACCME considers financial relationships to create conflicts of interest in CME when individuals have both a financial relationship with a commercial interest and the opportunity to affect the content of CME about the products or services of that commercial interest.
**A commercial interest is any entity producing, marketing, re-selling, or distributing health care goods or services consumed by, or used on, patients. The ACCME does not consider providers of clinical service directly to patients to be commercial interests - unless the provider of clinical service is owned, or controlled by, an ACCME-defined commercial interest.
Speaker disclosures:
Barry London, MD, PhD
Nothing Relevant to Disclose
John M. Miller, MD, FHRS
Consulting Fees/Honoraria: Abbott Electrophysiology/Topera Medical, Biotronik, Boston Scientific Corp., Biosense Webster, Inc., Medtronic, Inc.
Fellowship Support: Medtronic, Inc., Boston Scientific Corp., Biosense Webster, Inc., Biotronik, Inc.
Gordon F. Tomaselli, MD, FHRS
Consultant: Amgen, Scientific Advisory Board
William G. Stevenson, MD
Intellectual Property Rights: Biosense Webster, Inc.
Honoraria/Speaking/Consulting Fee; Abbott
Gregory F. Michaud, MD, FHRS
Nothing Relevant to Disclose
William M Miles, MD, FHRS
EP Fellowship support: Abbott, Biosense-Webster, Biotronik, Boston Scientific, Medtronic
Honoraria/Speaking/Consulting Fee: Medtronic, Inc.
Samuel J. Asirvatham, M.D
Honoraria/Speaking/Consulting Fee: Boston Scientific Corp., BIOTRONIK, Medtronic, Inc., Abbott
Laboratories.
Intellectual Property Rights: AliveCor
Francis E. Marchlinski, MD, FHRS
Honoraria/Speaking/Consulting Fee: Biosense Webster, Inc., Abbott, Boston Scientific Corp., Medtronic, Inc., BIOTRONIK.
Research (Contracted Grants for PIs and Named Investigators only): Medtronic, Inc., Boston Scientific Corp., Biotronik, Abbott, Biosense Webster.
Fellowship Support: BIOTRONIK, Boston Scientific Corp., Medtronic, Inc., Abbott, Biosense Webster.
Jeanne E. Poole, MD, FHRS
Consulting Fees/Honoraria: Boston Scientific, Medtronic
Research (Contracted Grants for PIs and Named Investigators only): Kestra, Inc; Biotronik; AtriCure
Edward Paul Gerstenfeld, MD, FHRS
Consulting Fees/Honoraria: Medtronic, Inc., Boston Scientific Corp., St. Jude Medical, Boehringer Ingelheim.
Stock Options – Rhythm Diagnostic Systems Inc.
Research (Contracted Grants for PIs and Named Investigators only): St. Jude Medical, Biosense Webster, Inc.
Fellowship Support: Medtronic, Inc., Boston Scientific Corp., Biotronik, Biosense Webster, Inc.
Kenneth A. Ellenbogen, MD, FHRS
Consulting Fees/Honoraria: Biosense Webster, Medtronic
Fellowship Support: Boston Scientific, Medtronic, Biotronik, Abbott: Honoraria, Lectures, Consulting.
Peter Aziz, MD
Nothing Relevant to Disclose
Marcie Berger, MD
Nothing Relevant to Disclose
Hiroko Beck, MD, FHRS
Nothing Relevant to disclose
Scott C. Brancato, MD, FHRS
Nothing Relevant to disclose
Scott J. Cox, MS, PAC, CEPS, CCDS
Consulting Fees/Honoraria: ScottCare Inc., Speaker's Bureau; Abbott.
Sandeep K. Goyal, MD, FHRS
Consulting Fees/Honoraria: Biosense Webster, Inc.
HRS staff disclosures:
Laurel Blaydes – Nothing to disclose
Russell Werlinich – Nothing to disclose
Tonia Jones – Nothing to disclose
Almaz Aria – Nothing to disclose
Anne Marie Smith, MBA, PMP – Nothing to disclose
Timothy Gregory – Nothing to disclose
Obse Debela – Nothing to disclose