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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 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 Writing Committee since
1998 and on the Board of Directors since 2000.
N.A. Mark
Estes, III, MD, FACC, FHRS, CCDS
Professor of Medicine
Director, Cardiac Arrhythmia Service
Tufts University School of Medicine
Boston, MA
USA
Dr. N.A. Mark
Estes, III is Professor of Medicine and Director of Cardiac Arrhythmia
Service at Tufts University School of Medicine. Dr. Estes attended the
University of Pennsylvania, Harvard University, Graduate School of Medical
Sciences and received his Medical Degree from the University of Cincinnati.
Having practiced cardiology and cardiac electrophysiology for over 25 years,
Dr. Estes is widely published and has received numerous awards for his
achievements and outstanding leadership in those fields. In 2001, Dr. Estes
was elected to the Board of Trustees of the Heart Rhythm Society and
currently serves as its President for 2008-2009. Dr. Estes also serves as a
member of the International Board of Heart Rhythm Examiner’s Cardiac Pacing
Testing Writing Committee.
Marleen Irwin, RRT/C, FHRS, 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. 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 for since 2005.
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