CME Disclosure Policy
The Heart Rhythm Society is committed to the provision of Accredited Continuing Education (formerly known as Continuing Medical Education (CME)) that is balanced, objective, and evidence based. HRS adheres to the Standards for Integrity and Independence in Accredited Continuing Education of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) which require that those individuals in a position to control the content of an educational activity (including, but not limited to, planners, faculty, authors, committee members, content reviewers, editors, and staff) disclose all financial relationships with an ACCME-defined ineligible company* within the 24 months prior to the disclosure.
Any individual who refuses to disclose financial relationships is disqualified from participating in HRS ACE-certified activities. Owners and employees of ACCME-defined ineligible companies may have no role in the planning or implementation of ACE activities without a special written exemption from the HRS Chief Learning Officer that will be granted only in specific circumstances that meet ACCME requirements.
ACCME Definition:
*An ineligible company is one whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients.
Examples of such organizations include:
- Advertising, marketing, or communication firms whose clients are ineligible companies
- Bio-medical startups that have begun a governmental regulatory approval process
- Compounding pharmacies that manufacture proprietary compounds
- Device manufacturers or distributors
- Diagnostic labs that sell proprietary products
- Growers, distributors, manufacturers or sellers of medical foods and dietary supplements
- Manufacturers of health-related wearable products
- Pharmaceutical companies or distributors
- Pharmacy benefit managers
- Reagent manufacturers or sellers
All relevant financial relationships have been mitigated.
Planners:
Peter Aziz, MD, FHRS, CEPS-P
No relevant financial relationships to disclose.
Scott Cox, MS, PAC, CEPS
Honoraria/Speaking/Consulting Fee: ScottCare, Inc.
Emile Daoud, MD, FHRS
Fellowship Support: Biotronik, Medtronic, Biosense Webster, Inc., Boston Scientific, Abbott
Research (Contracted Grants for PIs and Named Investigators Only): Abbott, Biosense Webster, Inc.
Ownership/Partnership/Principal: S4 Medical.
Christopher DeSimone, MD, PhD, FHRS
No relevant financial relationships to disclose.
Michael Lloyd, MD, FHRS
Honoraria/Speaking/Consulting Fee: Boston Scientific, Medtronic.
Emily E. Murtagh, BS, CVT, CEPS, CCDS
No relevant financial relationships to disclose.
Renny Mullins
No relevant financial relationships to disclose.
Hemal Nayak, MD, FHRS
Honoraria/Speaking/Consulting Fee: Pfizer, Inc., Bristol-Myers Squibb, Boston Scientific, Abbott, Spectranetics Corporation, Aziyo Biologics, Sanofi
Research (Contracted Grants for PIs and Named Investigators Only): Philips.
James O'Hara, PhD, PA
Honoraria/Speaking/Consulting Fee: Medtronic, In., Boston Scientific
Laurel Kay Racenet, MSN, FNP, FHRS, CEPS, CCDS
No relevant financial relationships to disclose.
Jill Schaeffer, MSN, CRNP, FHRS, CEPS, CCDS
Honoraria/Speaking/Consulting Fee: CHART Healthcare Academy.
Erica Zado, PAC, FHRS
No relevant financial relationships to disclose.
Faculty:
Michael John Ackerman, MD, PhD
Honoraria/Speaking/Consulting Fee: Medtronic, Boston Scientific, Daiichi Sankyo, UpToDate, Inc., ARMGO Pharma, InVitae, LQT Therapeutics, Abbott, Bristol-Myers Squibb
Research (Contracted Grants for PIs and Named Investigators Only): LQT Therapeutics
Intellectual Property Rights: AliveCor, Anumana, Pfizer, Inc.
Patricia L. Arscott, MS, CGC
Speakers’ Bureau: Ambry Genetics.
Katherine S. Allan, MASC, PhD
No relevant financial relationships to disclose.
Zaid Aziz, MD
Honoraria/Speaking/Consulting Fee: Biotronik.
Andrew D. Beaser, MD
No relevant financial relationships to disclose.
Richard George Bennet, MBChB
No relevant financial relationships to disclose.
David Bradley, MD, FHRS, CEPS-P
No relevant financial relationships to disclose.
Michele Brignole, MD
No relevant financial relationships to disclose.
Melissa R. Brown, PAC, FHRS, CCDS
No relevant financial relationships to disclose.
Kristen B. Campbell, PharmD
Honoraria/Speaking/Consulting Fee: Wolters Kluver
Santabhanu Chakrabarti, MBBS, MD, CCT, FHRS
Research (Contracted Grants for PIs and Named Investigators Only): Medtronic, Inc., Abbott Medical
Christopher C. Cheung, MD, MPH
No relevant financial relationships to disclose.
Mitchell I. Cohen, MD, FHRS, CCDS, CEPS-P
No relevant financial relationships to disclose.
Scott Cox, MS, PAC, CEPS
Honoraria/Speaking/Consulting Fee: ScottCare, Inc.
Ryan Cunnane, MD
Honoraria/Speaking/Consulting Fee: Medtronic, Boston Scientific, Biotronik, Abbott, Philips, Spectranetics.
Brianna Davies, BS, MS, CGC
No relevant financial relationships to disclose.
Brynn E. Dechert-Crooks, APN, FHRS, CCDS
No relevant financial relationships to disclose.
Stefanie Driesenga, MS, PA
No relevant financial relationships to disclose.
L. Lee Eckhardt, MD, FHRS
Honoraria/Speaking/Consulting Fee: UpToDate, Inc.
Arthur Fedorowski, MD, PhD
Honoraria/Speaking/Consulting Fee: Medtronic, Biotronik.
Erin Flatley, BSN, MSN, NP
No relevant financial relationships to disclose.
Alessio Gasparetti, MD
No relevant financial relationships to disclose.
Edward P. Gerstenfeld, MD, FHRS
Honoraria/Speaking/Consulting Fee: Biosense Webster, Inc., Medtronic, Abbott, Boston Scientific
Research (Contracted Grants for PIs and Named Investigators Only): Biosense Webster, Inc., Farapulse.
Rakesh Gopinathannair, MA, MD, FHRS
Honoraria/Speaking/Consulting Fee: Sanofi, Abbott, Boston Scientific, Biosense Webster, Inc., Zoll Medical Corporation, Pfizer, Inc., Academy for Continued Healthcare Learning.
Nicole Haupert, NP
No relevant financial relationships to disclose.
Robert Hipp, MBA, MS, PA
Honoraria/Speaking/Consulting Fee: BioTelemetry, Inc., Medtronic, Inc.
Reginald T. Ho, MD, FHRS
Honoraria/Speaking/Consulting Fee: Abbott, Boston Scientific.
Sharon M. Holloway, ACNP
No relevant financial relationships to disclose.
Dania Kallas, MS, BC
No relevant financial relationships to disclose.
Elizabeth S. Kaufman, MD, FHRS
No relevant financial relationships to disclose.
Genusa Ketheeswaranathan
No relevant financial relationships to disclose.
Andrew D. Krahn, MD, FHRS
Honoraria/Speaking/Consulting Fee: Medtronic, Inc.
Zachary Laksman, MD, MS
Honoraria/Speaking/Consulting Fee: Boehringer Ingelheim, Bayer Healthcare Parmaceuticals, Servier, Boston Scientific
Research (Contracted Grants for PIs and Named Investigators Only): Abbott
Miguel A. Leal, MD, FHRS
No relevant financial relationships to disclose.
Hyun Joo Lee, MBA, CCDS
No relevant financial relationships to disclose.
Krystina B. Lewis, PhD, RN
Honoraria/Speaking/Consulting Fee: Canadian Heart Rhythm Society
Research (Contracted Grants for PIs and Named Investigators Only): Cardiac Arrthymia Network of Canada, Canadian Cardiovascual Society, Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada
David Lin, MD, FHRS
Honoraria/Speaking/Consulting Fee: Biosense Webster, Inc., BioTelemetry, Inc., Abbott Medical.
Heather M. MacLeod, MS
No relevant financial relationships to disclose.
Stefanie C MacLeod, BSN, MSN
No relevant financial relationships to disclose.
Martin Maron, MD
Honoraria/Speaking/Consulting Fee: Cytokinetics
Research (Contracted Grants for PIs and Named Investigators Only): iRhythm Technologies, Celltrion, Takeda, Imbria.
Matthew Martinez
Honoraria/Speaking/Consulting Fee: Bristol-Myers Squibb Foundation.
Philippe Maury, MD
No relevant financial relationships to disclose.
Charlotte Mehegan, CDDS
No relevant financial relationships to disclose.
Gregory F. Michaud, MD, FHRS
Honoraria/Speaking/Consulting Fee: Heart Rhythm Society, Abbott, Mediasphere Medical, Boston Scientific, Biotronik, Global Heart Education and Research Foundation, Meeting Achievments, Inc, EP Live Foundation, Medtronic, North American Center for Continuing Medical Education, Arrhythmia Alliance
Research (Contracted Grants for PIs and Named Investigators Only): American Heart Association
Jennifer J. Miller, DNP, ACNP
No relevant financial relationships to disclose.
Christina Y. Miyake, MD, MS
No relevant financial relationships to disclose.
Jeremy P. Moore, MD, MS, FHRS, CCDS, CEPS-P
No relevant financial relationships to disclose.
Emily E. Murtagh, BS, CVT, CEPS, CCDS
No relevant financial relationships to disclose.
Melissa Olen, MS
No relevant financial relationships to disclose.
Brian Olshansky, MD, FHRS, CCDS
Honoraria/Speaking/Consulting Fee: Boehringer Ingelheim, Amarin, Lundbeck.
Steve Ommen, MD
No relevant financial relationships to disclose.
Linda K. Ottobani, PhD, CNS, FHRS, CCDS
No relevant financial relationships to disclose.
Tara Parham, DNP
No relevant financial relationships to disclose.
Akash R. Patel, MD, FHRS, CEPS-P
No relevant financial relationships to disclose.
Charles Pearman, MD
No relevant financial relationships to disclose.
Theodore W. Pearson, BS, CCDS
Employment: Capital and Coast District Health Board, Canterbury District Health Board
Jonathan P. Piccini, Sr., MD, MHS, FHRS
Honoraria/Speaking/Consulting Fee: Biontrik, AbbVie, LivaNova, Boston Scientific, Philips, Medtronic, Electrophysiology Frontiers, Abbott, UpToDate, Inc., Sanofi, Milestone Pharmaceuticals, Bayer Healthcare Pharmaceuticals
Research (Contracted Grants for PIs and Named Investigators Only): Boston Scientific, Bayer Healthcare Pharmaceuticals, American Heart Association, Abbott, Philips, Element Science, Inc, iRhythm Technologies, NIH
Sean Pokorney, MBA, MD
Honoraria/Speaking/Consulting Fee: Philips, Pfizer, Inc., Medtronic, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Zoll Medical Corporation,
Research (Contracted Grants for PIs and Named Investigators Only): Bristol-Myers Squibb, Pfizer, Inc., Boston Scientific, Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Philips
Jeanne E. Poole, MD, FHRS, CCDS
Research (Contracted Grants for PIs and Named Investigators Only): Kestra, Inc., AtriCure, Inc., Biotronik
Royalty Income: Elsevier.
Laurel Kay Racenet, MSN, FNP, FHRS, CEPS, CCDS
No relevant financial relationships to disclose.
Jorge Romero, MD, FHRS
Honoraria/Speaking/Consulting Fee: Sanofi
Research (Contracted Grants for PIs and Named Investigators Only): Biosense Webster, Inc.
Thomas M Roston, MD, PhD
Honoraria/Speaking/Consulting Fee: Cardurion
Frederic Sacher, MD, PhD
Honoraria/Speaking/Consulting Fee: Biosense Webster, Inc., Boston Scientific, Medtronic, Abbott, Bayer Healthcare Pharmaceuticals, Boehringer Ingelheim, MicroPort Scientific Corporation, inHEART.
Monica Sanchez, DNP, FNP
No relevant financial relationships to disclose.
Emilie Sauser, APN, FNP
No relevant financial relationships to disclose.
Robert D. Schaller, DO, FHRS
Honoraria/Speaking/Consulting Fee: Medtronic, Abbott.
Melvin Scheinman, MD, FHRS
Honoraria/Speaking/Consulting Fee: Abbott, Boston Scientific, Johnson and Johnson.
Mikkel Malby Schoos, MD
No relevant financial relationships to disclose.
Peter J. Schwartz, MD
Honoraria/Speaking/Consulting Fee: Amgen.
Win-Kuang Shen, MD, FHRS
No relevant financial relationships to disclose.
Jennifer Sobacki, PAC
No relevant financial relationships to disclose.
Richard Sutton, DSC, MBBS, FHRS
Honoraria/Speaking/Consulting Fee: Medtronic
Speakers’ Bureau: Abbott
Stocks – Publicly Traded: Boston Scientific, Edwards Lifesciences.
Anthony Trela, MSN, CPNP, RN, FHRS, CCDS
No relevant financial relationships to disclose.
Susan Turpin, MS, CPNP-AC, CNS, CCDS
No relevant financial relationships to disclose.
Wendy S. Tzou, MD, FHRS
Honoraria/Speaking/Consulting Fee: Biosig Technologies, Inc., Biotronik, Medtronic, Zoll Medical Corporation, Baylis Medical Company, Abbott, Biosense Webster, Inc., Boston Scientific, Mediasphere Medical, BioTelemetry, Inc.
Research (Contracted Grants for PIs and Named Investigators Only): Abbott Medical.
Jeffrey M. Vinocur, MD, CEPS-P
No relevant financial relationships to disclose.
T. Jennifer Walker, MSN, ANP
No relevant financial relationships to disclose.
Edward P. Walsh, MD, FHRS, CCDS, CEPS-P
Honoraria/Speaking/Consulting Fee: UpToDate, Inc.
Jonathan Walter Dukes, MD
Honoraria/Speaking/Consulting Fee: Medtronic, BMS/Pfizer Alliance, Biosense Webster, Inc., Biotronik
Research (Contracted Grants for PIs and Named Investigators Only): Boston Scientific.
Raul Weiss, MD, FHRS
Honoraria/Speaking/Consulting Fee: Abbott, Boston Scientific, Biosense Webster, Inc., Impulse Dynamics USA, Biotronik
Fellowship Support: Abbott, Medtronic, Biotronik, Biosense Webster, Inc., Boston scientific.
Gareth J. Wynn, MBChB, MD
No relevant financial relationships to disclose.
Amayrah Yaeger, BSN, RN
No relevant financial relationships to disclose.
Shelley Zieroth, MD
Honoraria/Speaking/Consulting Fee: Amgen, Alnylam Pharmaceuticals, Boehringer Ingelheim, Eli Lilly, Merck, Novartis, Otsuka Pharmaceuticals, Pfizer/BMS, Vifor, AstraZeneca, HLS Therapeutics, Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Servier
Research (Contracted Grants for PIs and Named Investigators Only): Amgen, AstraZeneca, Bayer Healthcare Pharmaceuticals, Boehringer Ingelheim, Eidos Therapeutics, Merck, Novartis, Servier.
Staff (note: Staff are not directly responsible for the planning or the content of educational activities. Disclosures are provided as a matter of transparency only):
Sarah Albright Alfano, MD, MBA, MPH
No relevant financial relationships to disclose.
Michele Anderson
No relevant financial relationships to disclose.
Gary Bird, PhD, MSc
No relevant financial relationships to disclose.
Schae Kane
No relevant financial relationships to disclose.
Stephanie Colbert
No relevant financial relationships to disclose.
Pam Magnani
No relevant financial relationships to disclose.
Sarah Sailor, MFA
No relevant financial relationships to disclose.
Stephen Sye
No relevant financial relationships to disclose.
Content Reviewers:
Bosede A. Afolabi, MD, FHRS
No relevant financial relationships to disclose.
M. Rizwan Afzal, MD
No relevant financial relationships to disclose.
Daniel V. Alexander, DO, FHRS, CCDS
No relevant financial relationships to disclose.
Marcie G. Berger, MD
No relevant financial relationships to disclose.
Scott C. Brancato, MD, FHRS
No relevant financial relationships to disclose.
Kristen B. Campbell, PharmD
Honoraria/Speaking/Consulting Fee: Wolters Kluver
Janice Y. Chyou, MD, FHRS
Honoraria/Speaking/Consulting Fee: Medtronic, Inc.
Aarti Dalal, DO, FHRS, CEPS-P
No relevant financial relationships to disclose.
Freddy Del Carpio Munoz, MD, FHRS
No relevant financial relationships to disclose.
Christopher DeSimone, MD, PhD, FHRS
No relevant financial relationships to disclose.
Ali Elsharkawi, MD
No relevant financial relationships to disclose.
James K. Gabriels, MD
No relevant financial relationships to disclose.
Celine Gallagher, BSN, MS, PhD, RN
No relevant financial relationships to disclose.
Alok Gambhir, MD, FHRS
No relevant financial relationships to disclose.
Sandeep Gautam, MD, MPH, FHRS
No relevant financial relationships to disclose.
Ashley Greathouse, BSN, MSN, APRN
No relevant financial relationships to disclose.
David W. Ho, BS, MD, MS
No relevant financial relationships to disclose.
Ayman A. Hussein, MD, FHRS
No relevant financial relationships to disclose.
Margaret Infeld, MD, MS
Honoraria/Speaking/Consulting Fee: Biosense Webster, Inc.
Bharat K. Kanthari, MD, FHRS
No relevant financial relationships to disclose.
Hiro Kawata, MD, PhD, FHRS, CEPS-A
Honoraria/Speaking/Consulting Fee: Biotronik.
Ionna Koniari, MD, PhD, DPhil, CCDS, CEPS-A
No relevant financial relationships to disclose.
Paul A. LeLorier, MD, FHRS
Honoraria/Speaking/Consulting Fee: Medtronic
Fellowship Support: Medtronic, Inc., Abbott, Biotronik.
David Lin, MD, FHRS
Honoraria/Speaking/Consulting Fee: Biosense Webster, Inc., BioTelemetry, Inc., Abbott Medical.
Thomas McGarry, MD, PhD, FHRS
No relevant financial relationships to disclose.
Talal Moukabary, MD, FHRS
No relevant financial relationships to disclose.
Stavros Mountantonakis, MD
Honoraria/Speaking/Consulting Fee: Medtronic, Biotronik
Maged F. Nageh, MD, FHRS
No relevant financial relationships to disclose.
Brian Olshansky, MD, FHRS, CCDS
Honoraria/Speaking/Consulting Fee: Boehringer Ingelheim, Amarin, Lundbeck.
Deepak Padmanabhan
No relevant financial relationships to disclose.
Kristen K. Patton, MD, FHRS
No relevant financial relationships to disclose.
Crstiano F. Pisani, MD, PhD
Speakers’ Bureau: Biosense Webster, Inc.
Leon M. Ptaszek, MD, PhD, FHRS
Honoraria/Speaking/Consulting Fee: Bristol-Myers Squibb, Pfizer, Inc., World Care Clinical Consultants, Moderna Therapeutics, Abbott, Neutrace, Aquaheart.
Rachel Schreier, MSN, ACNP, APRN
No relevant financial relationships to disclose.
Arun Raghav M. Sridhar, MD, MPH
No relevant financial relationships to disclose.
Komandoor S. Srivathsan, MD
Honoraria/Speaking/Consulting Fee: Abbott.
Deephak Swaminath, MD, FHRS
No relevant financial relationships to disclose.
Kamala P. Tamirisa, MD, FHRS
Honoraria/Speaking/Consulting Fee: Medscape, Abbott.
Venkatakrishna N. Tholakanahalli, MD, FHRS
Research (Contracted Grants for PIs and Named Investigators Only): St. Jude Medical, Cardialen, Inc., Imricor
Intellectual Property Rights: Kobara Medical Inc.
Aneesh V. Tolat, MD, FHRS
Research (Contracted Grants for PIs and Named Investigators Only): Abbott Medical.
Anthony Trela, MSN, CPNP, RN, FHRS, CCDS
No relevant financial relationships to disclose.