Contact Us                      

The International Board of Heart Rhythm Examiners (IBHRE) represents a global standard of excellence for cardiac arrhythmia professionals, and its exam is recognized globally as the highest benchmark of professional competency in cardiac pacing, defibrillation and electrophysiology.

Established in 1985 as NASPExAM, IBHRE® was the first testing organization founded to raise the level of professionalism and academic credibility in cardiac pacing and electrophysiology. IBHRE offers four unique certification examinations for physicians and allied professionals designed to demonstrate a mastery of knowledge in the worldwide practice of heart rhythm management. Successful completion of an IBHRE examination certifies that a practitioner is professionally competent in their respective sub-specialty. Achieving and maintaining IBHRE Certification is validation of a practitioner’s clinical and technical knowledge in essential areas of practice, affirmation of a practitioner’s ability to interpret and understand interventions and therapies administered to patients, and a measure of the critical competencies essential for safe, optimal care in the management of arrhythmias.

IBHRE has long recognized that global standardization of knowledge is critical for the advancement of the heart rhythm profession. Given the specialized knowledge necessary to provide an acceptable level of care for the arrhythmia patient, it is essential that some measure of competence be expected of the healthcare professional. IBHRE provides an international standard for validation of competency for the physician and allied healthcare professional. IBHRE validates this position through a diverse body of international subject matter experts, the delivery of foreign language examinations, and through representation of its international certificant-base.

More than 9,000 individuals around the world have successfully passed the IBHRE exam and earned certification by demonstrating their specific competence in cardiac rhythm device therapy and cardiac electrophysiology. Learn WHY IBHRE CERTIFICATION is the certification of choice for employers, health care ministries, and heart rhythm professionals around the world.

An affiliate, independent body of the Heart Rhythm Society, IBHRE is enriched by cardiac arrhythmia health care professionals who strive for excellence and optimal health care by passing this distinguished exam. Participation in the exam is consistent with the Heart Rhythm Society’s overall purpose to improve the care of patients by promoting research, education and optimal health care policies and standards. Working together to standardize the profession, IBHRE and HRS provide the most current testing and professional development tools with advances in heart rhythm management to enhance knowledge and delivery of health care to patients.