IBHRE Board of Directors
(From Left to Right: Edward Platia, Charles Love, Marleen Irwin, Christine Chiu-Man, Melanie Gura, Tohru Ohe)

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.

First Vice President/ Treasurer

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.

Secretary

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.

Members of the Board

Hugh Calkins, MD, FHRS
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Baltimore, MD
USA

Dr. Hugh Calkins is President of the Heart Rhythm Society, Nicholas J. Fortuin M.D. Professor of Cardiology and Professor of Medicine at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. Dr. Calkins is also the Director of the Clinical Electrophysiology Laboratory, the Arrhythmia Service, the Atrial Fibrillation Center, and the Arrhythmogenic Right Ventricular Dysplasia Program at the Johns Hopkins Hospital.

His research efforts are focused on atrial fibrillation, catheter ablation, syncope, and arrhythmogenic right ventricular dysplasia. Dr. Calkins received first prize in the NASPE Young Investigator Competition in 1988, was recipient of the Helen B. Taussig Award of the American Heart Association-Maryland Affiliate in 1999, and was awarded the van Ruyven Medal by the Heart & Lung Foundation Utrecht in 2012. He has published more than 450 manuscripts and 50 book chapters and has lectured extensively throughout the world.

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.

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.

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