Board Review Course in Cardiac Electrophysiology
ABIM CCEP Recertification Prep Course
September 22-25, 2010
Renaissance Chicago | Chicago, IL
The Society’s Board Review Course offered comprehensive content focused on preparing attendees for the American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM) certification and recertification examinations in clinical cardiac electrophysiology.
The program’s internationally recognized faculty have served on the ABIM CCEP test writing committee.
Course Highlights
- Basic cardiac electrophysiology
- Intracardiac electrophysiology
- Pharmacology of anti-arrhythmic drugs
- Noninvasive testing for arrhythmias
- Atrial and other supraventricular tachycardias
- Catheter ablation
- Implantable cardioverter defibrillators
- Cardiac Pacing
Course Directors
N.A. Mark Estes III, MD, FHRS
Professor of Medicine, Tufts University School of Medicine, Director, Cardiac Arrhythmia Service
Tufts-New England Medical Center Boston, MA |
David E. Haines, MD, FHRS
Chairman, Cardiovascular Medicine, Beaumont Heart Center
William Beaumont Hospital
Royal Oak, MI |
Course Faculty
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David J. Callans, MD, FHRS
Professor of Medicine
University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA
John P. DiMarco, MD, Ph.D., FHRS
Professor of Medicine, Director, Cardiac Electrophysiology Lab
University of Virginia Health System, Charlottesville, VA
Kenneth A. Ellenbogen, MD, FHRS
Professor of Medicine, Director, Cardiac Electrophysiology and Pacemaker Laboratory
Medical College of Virginia, Richmond, VA
Paul J. Wang, MD
Director of Arrhythmia Service and Electrophysiology Labs
Standford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA
Bradley P. Knight, MD, FHRS
Professor of Medicine, Director, Cardiac Electrophysiology
University of Chicago, Chicago, IL
Andrew D. Krahn, MD
Professor of Medicine
University of Western Ontario, University Hospital, London, ON, Canada |
Francis E. Marchlinski, MD, FHRS
Professor of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
Director of Cardiac Electrophysiology, University of Pennsylvania Health System, Philadelphia, PA
Fred Morady, MD
Professor of Medicine, University of Michigan Health System
Ann Arbor, MI
Dan M. Roden, MD
Professor of Medicine and Pharmacology, Director, Oates Institute for Experimental Therapeutics, Assistant Vice Chancellor for Personalized Medicine
Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN
William G. Stevenson, MD, FHRS
Arrhythmia Service, Brigham and Women’s Hospital Professor of Medicine, Boston, MA
Paul J. Wang, MD, FHRS
Director Arrhythmia Service and Electrophysiology Labs
Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA
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ABIM Examinations
The ABIM sponsoredCertification and Recertification Examinations in Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology on November 3, 2010. For information on the certification or recertification examinations, please contact the ABIM at (800) 441-2246 or (215) 446-3500 or visit www.abim.org.
Accreditation & Continuing Medical Education (CME)
The Heart Rhythm Society is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
The Heart Rhythm Society designated this educational activity for a maximum of 26.75 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
The AMA has determined that physicians not licensed in the USA who participate in this CME activity are eligible for AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™.
Disclosure Policy
It is the policy of the Heart Rhythm Society to ensure balance, independent objectivity, and scientific rigor in all its sponsored educational programs. All faculty members participating in continuing medical education activities are required to disclose to the program audience any real or apparent conflict of interest related to the content of their presentations within the last 12 months.
Presenters agreed that their presentations were objective, that they provided a balanced view of diagnostic and therapeutic options, and that discussion of any off-label or investingational use of a commercial product was disclosed to the audience.
Disclaimer
The 2010 Board Review Course provided a forum for the open exchange and discussion of research results and scientific advancements in the field of cardiovascular pacing and electrophysiology, however, the Society made no representation or warranty as to the truth, originality, or accuracy of the information presented at the 2010 Board Review Course or in materials distributed in connection with them. Nor were the views expressed by the individual speakers necessarily the views of the Society. The Heart Rhythm Society supports the ACCME’s policy on evidence-based content and encouraged faculty to adhere to these standards when planning a presentation.
For More Information
Please call the Heart Rhythm Society at (202) 464-3400 or e-mail info@HRSonline.org.
The Heart Rhythm Society would like to thank the following companies for their educational support of the 2010 Board Review Course: ABIOMED; Bard Electrophysiology; Biosense Webster, Inc, a Johnson & Johnson company; Biotronik; Boston Scientific; sanofi-aventis; Medtronic and Zoll Medical.
