ISHNE AF World-Wide Internet Symposium II / 2007

Faculties and Experts

First Worldwide Internet Symposium on Drug-Induced QT Prolongation

Faculties

	Aliot, Etienne Professor of Cardiology University of Nancy-France Chief of the Cardiology Department,Hopital de Brabois,Vandoeuvre les Nancy France Conflict of Interest Statement: Sanofi-Synthelabo and 3M consultant

	Amélia da Silva, Márcia Cristina -

	Antzelevitch, Charles Executive Director/Director of Research Gordon K. Moe Scholar Professor of Pharmacology Masonic Medical Research Laboratory Conflict of Interest Statement: Dr. Antzelevitch received research support and is a consultant to CV Therapeutics.

	Ardashev, Viacheslav Head of the Interventional cardiology of Burdenko Head military and veterans hospital (Moscow, Russia) Conflict of Interest Statement: I will follow standard conflict-of-interest guidelines and not advertise any commercial product in my responses during the Symposium. Speaker has declared no conflicts

	Blagova, O.V. Assistant professor of the 1st Chair of Internal Medicine of the Academy of Medicine of Sechenov, Moscow Author of 25 research papers (1 monograph) Conflict of Interest Statement: I will follow standard conflict-of-interest guidelines and not advertise any commercial product in my responses during the Symposium. Speaker has declared no conflicts

	Bregvadze, I.N. Assistant of the Service of Electrophysiology of the Institute of Cardiology of Miasnikov Conflict of Interest Statement: I will follow standard conflict-of-interest guidelines and not advertise any commercial product in my responses during the Symposium. Speaker has declared no conflicts

	Brugada, Josep Director of the Arrhythmia Unit and Electrophysiology Laboratory, St. Jordi Cardiovascular Center Senior Specialist, Cardiovascular Institute, Hospital Clínic, Barcelona, Spain Chairman of the Thorax Institute, Hospital Clínic, Barcelona, Spain Chief of the Cardiology Department. Hospital Clínic of Barcelona, Spain Associate Professor of Medicine, University of Barcelona Director of the Pediatric Arrhythmia Unit, Hospital Sant Joan de Déu of Barcelona.

	Brugada, Pedro Director of the Electrophsyiology Department of Cardiovascular Teaching and Research Institute, Aalst, Belgium Professor of Cardiology at the University of Limburg, Maastricht, The Netherlands

	Burashnikov, Alexander Research Scientist I, Experimental Cardiology, Masonic Medical Research Laboratory, Utica, NY.

	Cappato, Riccardo Director, Center of Clinical Arrhythmias and Electrophysiology, Policlinico San Donato, Milan, Italy President-Elect of the European Cardiac Arrhythmia Society (ECAS) Member of the HRS Program Committee and AF Task Force Conflict of Interest Statement: I will follow standard conflict-of-interest guidelines and not advertise any commercial product in my responses during the Symposium. Speaker has declared no conflicts

	Capucci, Alessandro Professor of cardiac electrophysiologic techniques at the University of Bologna Iin charge of the laboratory of the Electrophysiology and Pace-maker Implants at the Center for the Study of Arrhythmias at the Institute of Cardiology, University of Bologna Professor at the Parma University Medical School - Cardiosurgery Specialization School (Electrophysiology and Cardiac Arrhythmias) Professor at the Specialization School of Cardiovascular Diseases at University of Parma. Conflict of Interest Statement: I will follow standard conflict-of-interest guidelines and not advertise any commercial product in my responses during the Symposium. Speaker has declared no conflicts

	Chazov, Evgeniy General Director of the Cardiological Scientific Complex of Russia 1985 Nobel Peace Prize

	Chen, Jian Postdoctoral fellow, Institute of Medicine, University of Bergen Conflict of Interest Statement: Neither I nor my spouse/partner has any relevant financial relationships with any commercial interests in relation to my involvement with the content of the proposed activity. Speaker has declared no conflicts

	Chen, Shih-Ann Professor of Medicine at National Yang Ming School of Medicine in Taipei, Taiwan. Director of the Cardiac Electrophysiology Laboratory, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, in Taipei, Taiwan.

	Dalrymple-Hay, M. -

	Daubert, James Associate Professor of Medicine University of Rochester Medical Center Rochester, NY Director, Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology Fellowship Training Program ACGME-certified University of Rochester Medical Center Rochester, NY Co-Director, Hereditary Arrhythmia Clinic University of Rochester Medical Center Rochester, NY

	Di Diego, José Research Scientist, MMRL, Utica, NY, USA. Adjunct Research Professor, Utica College of Syracuse University

	Dilaveris, Polychronis Department of Arrhythmias, 1st Department of > Cardiology, University of Athens Medical School ISHNE Board of Trustees

	Dorian, Paul Director of the Cardiac Electrophysiology Program at St. Michael's Hospital in Toronto, Canada Professor of Medicine in the Division of Cardiology and in the Division of Clinical Pharmacology at the University of Toronto Conflict of Interest Statement: I will follow standard conflict-of-interest guidelines and not advertise any commercial product in my responses during the Symposium. Speaker has declared no conflicts

	Ernst, Sabine Senior electrophysiologist in the II. Med. Department of the St. Georg General Hospital in Hamburg, Germany Director of the laboratory of magnetic navigation Conflict of Interest Statement: I will follow standard conflict-of-interest guidelines and not advertise any commercial product in my responses during the Symposium. Speaker has declared no conflicts

	Golicin, S.P. Director of the Service of Clinical and Invasive Electrophysiology of the Institute of Cardiology of Miasnikov (Moscow, Russia). Since year 2003, Sub-director of Research of the Institute. Laureate with the State Prize of Russia. Conflict of Interest Statement: I will follow standard conflict-of-interest guidelines and not advertise any commercial product in my responses during the Symposium. Speaker has declared no conflicts

	Hayes, David Chairman, Government Relations Committee, American College of Cardiology Minnesota Chapter - President North American Society of Pacing and Electrophysiology Chair, MADIT II ICDs and Resynchronization Devices: Shold Non-electrophysiologist Be Implanting Them? What Training is Appropriate? Professor of Medicine, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine Chair, Division of Cardiovascular Diseases and Internal Medicine, Mayo

	Hobbs, Richard Professor and Head of Primary Care and General Practice Primary Care Clinical Sciences Building, University of Birmingham, B15 2TT, United Kingdom

	Huang, Cong-xin Professor,department of cardiology, president of Renmin Hospital, Wuhan University Professor & Vice president of Wuhan University President of Post-graduate Faculty, Wuhan University

	Hylek, Elaine Associate Professor, Boston University School of Medicine Faculty, American College of Chest Physicians (ACCP), 8th ACCP Consensus Conference on Antithrombotic and Thrombolytic Therapy: Evidence-Based Guidelines Member, Stroke Risk in Atrial Fibrillation Working Group Reviewer: New England Journal of Medicine, Circulation, Thrombosis and Haemostasis, Journal of the American Medical Association Conflict of Interest Statement: Astra Zeneca-Research Grant Bristol-Myers Squibb: Executive Steering Committee, Research Grant

	Israel, Carsten Associate Professor of Medicine, Frankfurt University, Germany Member of the Board of the German Pacing Group Editor of the Journal "Herzschrittmachertherapie & Elektrophysiologie" Conflict of Interest Statement: Speaker’s Bureau/Honoraria: Medtronic Inc, St. Jude Medical - Advisory Board: Sorin Group/Ela Medical I will follow standard conflict-of-interest guidelines and not advertise any commercial product in my responses during the Symposium. Speaker has declared no conflicts

	Ivanov, Guennady Head of Cardiology Department of Moscow Medical Academy, Moscow Professor Department of Hospital Therapy RPFU Conflict of Interest Statement: I will follow standard conflict-of-interest guidelines and not advertise any commercial product in my responses during the Symposium. Speaker has declared no conflicts

	Kowey, Peter Professor of Medicine and Clinical Pharmacology, Jefferson Medical College Chief of Cardiology, Main Line Health, Lankenau Hospital and Medical Research Center. Wynnewood, PA Conflict of Interest Statement: I will follow standard conflict-of-interest guidelines and not advertise any commercial product in my responses during the Symposium. Speaker has declared no conflicts

	Levine, Paul Vice President, Medical Service St. Jude Medical. CRMD Clinical Professor of Medicine Loma Linda Univ School of Medicin Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine Univ of Calif, Los Angeles

	Li, Huagui Current: Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiologist at Minnesota Heart Clinic Previous: Tenured Associate Professor at Creighton University, Omaha, Nebrasak, USA Completed cardiac electrophysiology fellowship training at University of Western Ontario, Canada in 1994

	Lip, Gregory Professor of Cardiovascular Medicine and Consultant Cardiologist, University Department of Medicine at City Hospital, Birmingham Director of the Haemostasis Thrombosis and Vascular Biology Unit at City Hospital, Birmingham, UK Clinical Adviser to the UK national NICE guidelines on the management of atrial fibrillation, as well as writing group for the American College of Chest Physicians Consensus Guidelines on Antithrombotic Therapy, which are established international guidelines on thrombosis and thromboprophylaxis. Conflict of Interest Statement: Prof Lip has received funding for research, educational symposia, consultancy and lecturing from different manufacturers of drugs used for the treatment of AF and thrombosis.

	Ma, ChangSheng -

	Makarov, Leonid Head of the Diagnostic Dpt. of the Center for arrhythmia of Moscow Inst. Pediatry and Children Surgery Professor of the Clinical Functional Diagnostic Chair of Moscow Medical-Stomathology University Elect president Russian Society fo HM Vice President of Russian Association of Pediatric Cardiology Conflict of Interest Statement: I will follow standard conflict-of-interest guidelines and not advertise any commercial product in my responses during the Symposium. Speaker has declared no conflicts

	Marchlinski, Francis Director, Cardiac Electrophysiology Program Hospital of the University of Pensilvania

	Mitchell, Brent Professor and Head, Department of Cardiac Sciences Calgary Health Region and University of Calgary Director, Libin Cardiovascular Institute of Alberta Primary Investigator of the Prophylactic Amiodarone for the Prevention of Arrhythmias that Begin Early After Revascularization, valve Replacement, or Repair (PAPABEAR) study. Conflict of Interest Statement: Relative to this presentation, Dr. Mitchell reports that Wyeth-Ayerst Canada Inc. provided product and partial funding of the PAPABEAR Trial.

	Naccarelli, Gerald Bernard Trabin Chair in Cardiology Professor of Medicine and Chief Division of Cardiology Penn State University College of Medicine Conflict of Interest Statement: Consultant or research Support: Medtronic, Guidant, Wyeth-Ayerst, Reliant, Boeringher-Ingelheim, Astellas, Cardiofocus, Novartis, Glaxo-Smith-Kline, Pfizer, Xention

	Natale, Andrea Medical Director for the Center for Atrial Fibrillation and Section Head of Pacing and Electrophysiology in the Cleveland Clinic Department of Cardiovascular Medicine

	Nattel, Stanley Paul-David Chair in Cardiovascular Electrophysiology. Professor of Medicine University of Montreal Director, Electrophysiology Research Program Montreal Heart Institute Research Center Montreal, Quebec

	Nedostup, A.V. Clinician and cardiologist. 1st Chair of Internal Medicine of the Academy of Medicine of Sechenov (Moscow) Conflict of Interest Statement: I will follow standard conflict-of-interest guidelines and not advertise any commercial product in my responses during the Symposium. Speaker has declared no conflicts

	Olshansky, Brian Professor of Medicine. University of Iowa College of Medicine, Iowa City, Iowa Director of Cardiac Electrophysiology University of Iowa College of Medicine, Iowa City, Iowa Director, Fellow Training Program Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology University of Iowa College of Medicine, Iowa City, Iowa AFFIRM: Substudy Director "Rate Control in Atrial Fibrillation, Amiodarone and Pulmonary Toxicity, Echocardiographic Predictors of Atrial Fibrillation Recurrence, 1997-2003"

	Pachon Mateos, José Carlos Director of the Brazilian Pacemaker Registry Director of the Pacemaker Service of the Dante Pazzanese Institute Director of the Sao Paulo Heart Hospital Arrhythmias Service

	Packer, Douglas Professor of Medicine, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine

	Padeletti, Luigi Full Professor of Cardiology and Director of the Postgraduate School of Cardiology at the University of Florence - Italy Conflict of Interest Statement: I will follow standard conflict-of-interest guidelines and not advertise any commercial product in my responses during the Symposium. Speaker has declared no conflicts

	Pappone, Carlo Associate Professor, Interventional Electrophysiology, Cardiology fellowship program, University of Naples "Federico II" Principal Investigator in studies regarding the development and use of the CARTO electroanatomical mapping system in humans Principal Investigator in studies involving the use of the CARTO electroanatomical mapping system for guiding ablation of atrial fibrillation Main Investigator in trials on biventricular pacing for the treatment of heart failure (Insync and PATH-CHF).

	Prystowsky, Eric Director, Clinical Electrophysiology Laboratory St. Vincent Hospital & Health Care Center, Inc.. Indianapolis, Indiana Consulting Professor of Medicine Duke University Medical Center Conflict of Interest Statement: I will follow standard conflict-of-interest guidelines and not advertise any commercial product in my responses during the Symposium. Speaker has declared no conflicts

	Raviele, Antonio Chief of the Cardiovascular Department of the Umberto I Hospital of Mestre , Venice , Italy Pat-President of AIAC, Italian Association of Arrhythmology and Cardiac Pacing Founding Father and current General Secretary of ECAS, European Cardiac Arrhythmia Society Conflict of Interest Statement: I will follow standard conflict-of-interest guidelines and not advertise any commercial product in my responses during the Symposium. Speaker has declared no conflicts

	Reiffel, Jim Professor of Clinical Medicine, College of P&S, Columbia University, New York, N.Y Director, Electrocardiography Laboratory Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center campus, New York Presbyterian Hospital

	Saksena, Sanjeev Professor of Medicine RWJ Medical School, New Brunswick Medical Director of the Electrophysiology Research Foundation Ex President of the North American Society of Pacing and Electrophysiology (NASPE) Founding editor and current Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Interventional Cardiac Electrophysiology

	Schilling, Richard Consultant Cardiologist and Reader in Cardiology, Barts and the London Hospitals, Queen Mary University of London

	Shah, Dipen Responsable Unite de Electrophysiologie Service de Cardiologie, Hopital Cantonal Universitaire de Geneve Conflict of Interest Statement: Grant/Research Support / Medtronic, Bard, Biosense-Webster / Unrestricted grant support Consultant / Bard, Biosense-Webster, Endosense / Honoraria

	Smith, Warren Chairman Green Lane Research and Educational Fund Board Honorary Associate Professor of Medicine University of Auckland Chairman New Zealand Pacing and Electrophysiology Group Conflict of Interest Statement: I will follow standard conflict-of-interest guidelines and not advertise any commercial product in my responses during the Symposium. Speaker has declared no conflicts

	Sobral Filho, Dário C. Associate professor of Cardiology. College of Medical Sciencies of the UPE Brazilian Governor of ISHNE Head of the Division of Arrhythmias – Department of Cardiology – University of Pernambuco

	Sokolov, S.F. Staff member of the Service of Clinical and Invasive Electrophysiology of the Institute of Cardiology of Miasnikov Conflict of Interest Statement: I will follow standard conflict-of-interest guidelines and not advertise any commercial product in my responses during the Symposium. Speaker has declared no conflicts

	Van Gelder, Isabelle Professor of Cardiology University Medical Center Groningen Secretary Netherlands Heart Rhythm Association Principal Investigator RACE I and RACE II studies

	Verma, Atul Staff Cardiac Electrophysiologist/Cardiologist, Southlake Regional Health Centre, Newmarket, Ontario, Canada Conflict of Interest Statement: Grant/Research Support, St Jude, Medical Funding support for clinical trial Consultant, St Jude, Medical Advisory board Speakers’ Bureau, Medtronic, Speaking honorari

	Waldo, Alberto The Walter H. Pritchard Professor of Cardiology, Professor of Medicine, and Professor of Biomedical Engineering, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, OH Physician, University Hospitals of Cleveland, Ohio Director, Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology Program, University Hospitals of Cleveland, Cleveland, OH Adjunct Staff in the Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery in the Division of Surgery, The Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, Ohio

	Wang, Qing Director of the Center for Cardiovascular Genetics at Lerner Research Institute, Cleveland Clinic Director of the Center for Human Genome Research Center, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, China. Conflict of Interest Statement: I will follow standard conflict-of-interest guidelines and not advertise any commercial product in my responses during the Symposium. Speaker has declared no conflicts

	Wyse, George Professor, Departments of Cardiac Sciences/Medicine/Pharmacology & Therapeutics, Faculty of Medicine, University of Calgary Emeritus Professor, Departments of Cardiac Sciences/Medicine/Pharmacology & Therapeutics, Faculty of Medicine, University of Calgary

	Yabluchansky, Nykola Chairman and Professor of Internal Diseases Dept. of Kharkiv Karazin National University, Ukraine Health Ministry Minister Advisor (1999) Editor-in-chief of international newspaper Medicus Amicus Editor-in-chief of scientific-popular journal Doctor Life Conflict of Interest Statement: I will follow standard conflict-of-interest guidelines and not advertise any commercial product in my responses during the Symposium. Speaker has declared no conflicts

	Yang, Yanzong Professor and Director, Division of Cardiology, Director, Department of Internal Medicine, and Director, Heart Center. The First Affiliated Hospital, Dalian Medical University, Dalian, China

	Zareba, Wojciech Associate Professor of Medicine (Cardiology) at the University of Rochester Medical Center Rochester, NY Director of Clinical Research in the Medical Center’s Cardiology Unit Associate Director of the Heart Research Follow Up Program President of the International Society for Holter and Noninvasive Electrocardiology Editor in Chief of Cardiology Journal Deputy Editor of Annals of Noninvasive Electrocardiology

	Zygmunt, Andrew Research Scientist, Masonic Medical Research Laboratory

Experts

	Bordalo e Sá, Armando Senior Cardiologist UTIC - Arsénio Cordeiro (CCU), Hospital de Santa Maria, Lisbon Assistant at Medical School of the University of Lisbon Governor for Portugal of the International Society for Holter and Non-invasive Electrocardiography (ISHNE) Past General Secretary of the Portuguese Society of Cardiology (2003/05)

	Crijns, Harry Professor of Cardiology Chair Department of Cardiology & Director of the Electrophysiology Laboratory at University Hospital Maastricht, The Netherlands President Netherlands Society of Cardiology ´ Board member (treasurer) of EHRA Conflict of Interest Statement: I will follow standard conflict-of-interest guidelines and not advertise any commercial product in my responses during the Symposium. Speaker has declared no conflicts

	Falk, Rodney Lecturer in Medicine, Harvard Medical School Adjunct Professor of Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine

	Ferrero, Paolo Fellowship in cardiac electrophysiology and pacing. S.Donato Hospital, Milan (Italy)

	Francia, Pietro Attending Cardiologist. Arrhythmia and Electrophysiology Centre. I.R.C.C.S. San Donato. University of Milan

	Galvão, Silas Coordinator of Post-Degree Course on Cardiac Rhythmology, "Hospital da Beneficência Portuguesa", São Paulo Director of the Clinic of Cardiac Rhythmology, "Hospital da Beneficência Portuguesa", São Paulo Conflict of Interest Statement: I will follow standard conflict-of-interest guidelines and not advertise any commercial product in my responses during the Symposium. Speaker has declared no conflicts

	Halperin, Jonathan Director, Clinical Cardiology Services. The Cardiovascular Institute Mount Sinai Medical Center Associate Director. The Zena and Michael A. Wiener Cardiovascular Institute Mount Sinai Medical Center Associate Director. The Marie-Josée and Henry R. Kravis Center for Cardiovascular Health Mount Sinai Medical Center

	Klingenheben, Thomas Assistant Professor of Medicine, University of Frankfurt

	Labadet, Carlos Chief of Electrophysiology and Pacemakers - Argerich Hospital - Buenos Aires - Argentina Chief of Electrophysiology - CEMIC - Buenos Aires - Argentina Director of the Council of Arrhythmias - Argentine Society of Cardiology

	La Rovere, Maria Teresa Head of the Laboratory for Autonomic Nervous System Analysis at Fondazione “Salvatore Maugeri”, IRCCS, Pavia (Italy) Teaching Professor at the School of Cardiology, University of Pavia (Italy)

	Lau, Chu-Pak William M.W. Mong Professor in Cardiology and Chief of Cardiology Division (Academic) The University of Hong Kong Conflict of Interest Statement: - Grant/Research Support: Medtronic , Guidant, EBR, SJM - Consultant: Medtronic , Guidant, EBR, SJM - Speakers’ Bureau: Medtronic , Guidant, EBR, SJM

	Li, Zhen MD, PhD, majoring in cardiac electrophysiology and pacing Department of Cardiology, The First Affiliated Hospital Dalian Medical Universit Dalian, Chin

	Liu, Jinqiu Associated Professor of cardiology Department of 1st Affiliated Hospital of Dalian Medical University

	Mautner, Branco Chairman of the Department of Clinical Research and Medical Education, Institute of Cardiology and Cardiovascular Surgery of the Favaloro Foundation Dean, Favaloro University Medical School Past President of ISHNE Past President of the Argentine Society of Cardiology and the Argentine Heart Foundation

	Nademanee, Koonlawee Director, Centinela Hospital Medical Center Electrophysiology Laboratory Director, Pacific Rim Electrophysiology Research Institute Conflict of Interest Statement: Biosense Webster: Consultant and Speakers Bureau Medtronic: Grantee

	Uchida, Augusto Electrocardiology and Exercise testing division. Heart Institute, Sao Paulo, Brazil. Member of Editorial board - Brazilian Archives of Cardiology Journal of Electrocardiology Reviewer

	Zaklyazminskaya, Elena Assistant in Department of Medical Genetic Russian Research Center for Medical Genetics

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