Accreditation Statement
The Heart Rhythm Society is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
Designation Statement
The Heart Rhythm Society designates this internet enduring activity for a maximum of 2.75 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
ABIM Maintenance of Certification (MOC) Statement
Successful completion of this ACE activity, which includes participation in the evaluation component, enables the participant to earn up to 2.75 MOC points in the American Board of Internal Medicine's (ABIM) Maintenance of Certification (MOC) program. Participants will earn MOC points equivalent to the amount of ACE credits claimed for the activity. It is the ACE activity provider's responsibility to submit participant completion information to ACCME for the purpose of granting ABIM MOC credit.
ABP Maintenance of Certification (MOC) Statement
Successful completion of this ACE activity, which includes participation in the activity and individual assessment of and feedback to the learner, enables the learner to earn up to 2.75 MOC points in the American Board of Pediatrics’ (ABP) Maintenance of Certification (MOC) program. It is the ACE activity provider’s responsibility to submit learner completion information to ACCME for the purpose of granting ABP MOC credit.
Deadline to Report MOC Points to ABP
ABP MOC Points: Claim your points before December 31, 2023.
Disclosure of Faculty's Commercial Relationship(s)
ACE 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.
All relevant financial relationships are reviewed and mitigated.
Faculty Disclosures
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
Intellectual Property Rights: AliveCor, Anumana, Pfizer, Inc.
Research (Contracted Grants for PIs and Named Investigators Only): LQT Therapeutics
Elizabeth S. Kaufman, MD, FHRS
No relevant financial relationships to disclose.
Heather M. MacLeod, MS
No relevant financial relationships to disclose.
Peter J. Schwartz, MD
Honoraria/Speaking/Consulting Fee: Amgen
Richard Sutton, DSC, MBBS, FHRS
Honoraria/Speaking/Consulting Fee: Medtronic
Speakers’ Bureau: Abbott
Stocks – Publicly Traded: Boston Scientific, Edwards Lifesciences
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
The content reviewers have the following disclosures. All relevant financial relationship disclosures have been mitigated.
M. Rizwan Afzal, MD
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.
Christopher DeSimone, MD, PhD, FHRS
No relevant financial relationships to disclose.
Ayman A. Hussein, MD, FHRS
No relevant financial relationships to disclose.
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
Talal Moukabary, MD, FHRS
No relevant financial relationships to disclose.
Stavros Mountantonakis, MD
Honoraria/Speaking/Consulting Fee: Medtronic, Biotronik
Gerilynn M. Schott, ACNP
No relevant financial relationships to disclose.
Staff Disclosures
Sarah Albright Alfano, MD, MBA, MPH
Nothing relevant to disclose.
Pam Magnani
Nothing relevant to disclose.
Jordan Glenn
Nothing relevant to disclose.
Sarah Sailor
Nothing relevant to disclose.
Stephen Sye
Ownership/Partnership/Principal: Futures First Gaming