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President
Charles J. Love, MD, FHRS, FACC, FAHA, CCDS
Professor,
Clinical Internal Medicine
Director Arrhythmia Device Services
Ohio State University Division of Cardiovascular Medicine
Columbus, OH
USA
Dr. Charles Love is
Professor of Medicine in the Division of Cardiovascular Medicine at The Ohio
State University Medical Center. He has been practicing medicine at OSU for over
20 years. He is also director of Cardiac Rhythm Device Services and Associate
Investigator at the Dorothy M. Davis Heart & Lung Research Institute, also with
The Ohio State University. Known around the world as an expert and leader in
techniques of pacemaker implantation and especially in the area of lead
extraction, Dr. Love is an internationally sought speaker on pacemaker
technology. He has made hundreds of presentations in venues ranging from the
World Congress on Cardiac Pacing and Electrophysiology in Hong Kong to the
Advanced Didactic Course on Cardiac Pacing in France and the Japanese Heart
Rhythm Society in Tokyo. He has been published a number of times in
peer-reviewed journals such as Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology. He is a
member of several professional societies including the American College of
Cardiology, The Heart Rhythm Society, and the American Heart Association. Dr.
Love is the current president of the Board of Directors of IBHRE. He has been a
member of the board since 1992.
Members of the Board
John Camm, MD, FHRS, CCDS
St. George’s Hospital
London
UK
Dr. Camm is a fellow
of The Royal College of Physicians, the American Heart Association, the American
College of Cardiology, and the European Society of Cardiology (Founding Fellow).
Professor Camm is past chairman of the European Working Group of Cardiac
Arrhythmias, past president of the British Pacing and Electrophysiology Group,
and past council member of the Royal College of Physicians of London. He is a
former member of the Board of Trustees of the North American Society of Pacing
and Electrophysiology and the International Cardiac Pacing and Electrophysiology
Society (ICPES), and former president of the British Cardiac Society. Professor
Camm has been a member of the IBHRE Board since 2006.
Christine Chiu-Man, MSC,
FHRS, CCDS, CEPS
Hospital for Sick Children
Toronto, ON
CANADA
Ms. Christine
Chiu-Man works as the Electrophysiology Pacemaker technologist at the
Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto, Canada. Her other areas of interest
include epidemiology, patient safety and human factors research. She is an
associate editor for the HeartRhythm journal since 2004 and a HRS
Fellow in 2008. Ms. Chiu-Man has served on the IBHRE Electrophysiology
Test Writing Committee since 1998 and on the Board of Directors since 2000.
Melanie T. Gura, MSN, CNS, FHRS, FAHA, CCDS
NE Ohio
Cardiovascular Specialists
Akron, OH
USA
Ms. Melanie Gura is the Director of Pacemaker and Arrhythmia Services for
Northeast Ohio Cardiovascular Specialists in Akron, Ohio. Recognized as a
leading expert in the arrhythmia field, Ms. Gura is widely published and
known as a prominent international lecturer. Ms. Gura has served on numerous
committees for the Heart Rhythm Society and the American College of
Cardiology. Currently, she serves as a member of the International Board of
Heart Rhythm Examiners’ Pacing Test Writing Committee. In 2002, Ms. Gura was
the recipient of the Heart Rhythm Society’s Distinguished Service Award.
Marleen E. Irwin, FHRS,
RCRT, CCDS
CardioSys Knowledge Transfer Group LTD
Edmonton, AB
CANADA
Ms. Marleen Irwin
is currently practicing as a consultant specialist and director of CardioSys
Knowledge Transfer Group Ltd. Her most recent position was clinical research
and support specialist of the Cardiac Sciences and Cardiac Pacing Program at
the Grey Nuns Community Hospital & Health Centre in Edmonton, Alberta,
Canada. In 2005, Ms. Irwin received the HRS Distinguished Service Award, and
in 2006 received an HRS Fellowship. Ms. Irwin has served on the IBHRE Board
of Directors since 2006.
Chu-Pak Lau, MD, FHRS
University of Hong Kong Medicine
Hong Kong
People’s Republic of China
Dr. Chu-Pak Lau is a specialist in
internal medicine, cardiology, and in critical care medicine. He has special
interest in atrial fibrillation, pacing and heart failure. Dr. Lau has taught at
many universities throughout China, and is currently the David Mong MW Chair of
Cardiology in the Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, University of
Hong Kong, Queen Mary Hospital in Hong Kong - China. He has been a member of the
IBHRE Board of Directors since 2006.
Richard L. Page, MD, FHRS
Robert A. Bruce Professor and Head, Division of Cardiology
Univ of Washington School of Medicine
Seattle, WA
USA
Dr. Richard Page holds the Robert A. Bruce Endowed Chair in Cardiovascular
Research and is Professor and Head of the Division of Cardiology at the
University of Washington School of Medicine in Seattle. Dr. Page’s areas of
clinical expertise include atrial fibrillation, sudden cardiac death and
syncope. He is also known for his research in asymptomatic atrial fibrillation,
drug therapy for atrial fibrillation, and automated external defibrillators. He
has been widely published in leading journals such as the New England Journal
of Medicine, JAMA, the Annals of Internal Medicine and HeartRhythm.
He serves on the editorial boards for the American Heart Journal, the
American Journal of Cardiology, PACE, the Journal of
Cardiovascular Electrophysiology, HeartRhythm and Circulation.
Dr. Page has served as a standing member of the Circulatory System Devices Panel
of the Medical Devices Advisory Committee at the FDA and has also chaired
committees for the American Heart Association and the American College of
Cardiology Foundation. Dr. Page currently serves as President of the Heart
Rhythm Society for 2009-2010. Edward V. Platia, MD, FHRS, CCDS
Washington Hospital Center
Washington, DC
USA
Dr. Edward V.
Platia is the director of the Cardiac Arrhythmia Center at the Washington
Hospital Center. He is also a professor of medicine at Georgetown University
and George Washington University School of Medicine. His research interests
have focused on cardiac arrhythmias. He has been principal investigator of a
number of major grants, including the American Heart Association and
National Institutes of Health. He has served on the editorial board of
several cardiology journals, and continues to be a reviewer for
Circulation, American Journal of Cardiology, Annals of
Internal Medicine, and PACE. Dr. Platia has been a member of the
IBHRE Board of Directors since 2002.
Tohru Ohe, MD, FACC,
FHRS
Okayama University
Okayama
JAPAN
Dr. Tohru Ohe
completed his medical and cardiology training in Baltimore, Maryland and
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Dr. Ohe is a professor of medicine with the
Department of Cardiovascular Medicine of Okayama University in Okayama –
Japan. Dr. Ohe holds numerous medical society memberships, including that of
the Japanese Heart Rhythm Society since 1985. He recently joined the IBHRE
Board of Directors in September of 2007.
Neil F. Strathmore, MBBS, FHRS, CCDS
Royal Melbourne Hospital
Melbourne, VIC
AUSTRALIA
Dr. Neil
Strathmore is a cardiologist at the Royal Melbourne Hospital and several
private hospitals. He trained at the University of Melbourne, Royal
Melbourne Hospital and the Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston. He has a
general cardiology practice with a major component of pacemaker and ICD
implantation and follow-up. He has specialized in the removal of implanted
devices and leads and has a wide experience in this area. Dr. Strathmore has
been involved with teaching for many years and is a Clinical Associate
Professor of the University of Melbourne. Dr. Strathmore has sat on the
IBHRE Test Writing Committee since 1992 and the IBHRE Board of Directors
since 2005.
Members of the 2007-2008 IBHRE Board of Directors gather for a Board meeting
at
the Heart Rhythm Society’s 29th Annual Scientific Sessions in San Francisco
California.
(From Left to Right: Edward V. Platia, MD; Christine Chiu-Man, MS; Neil F.
Strathmore, MBBS;
Chu-Pak Lau, MD; Marleen Irwin, RRT; Charles J. Love, MD; Tohru Ohe, MD)
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