Exclusive Lounge Reserved for Fellows-in-Training

The Fellows-In-Training Lounge is supported by an unrestricted educational grant from Medtronic

Fellows-in-Training and Heart Rhythm Society Affiliate members will be invited to visit the Fellows-in-Training Lounge located in Room 110 of Moscone North during Heart Rhythm 2011.

The lounge provides a relaxing setting for trainees to meet with colleagues, recharge with complimentary light refreshments, workstations and access to the internet. In addition, informal talks on career and practice management will be held Thursday and Friday with several distinguished members — schedules will be posted in the lounge.

Scheduled Discussions

Thursday, May 5
 
Noon — Strategic focus and planning in the device industry
Marshall S. Stanton, MD; VP Clinical Research & Reimbursement, Medtronic, Inc.
 
1:00 p.m. — Where can I get a job? Finding opportunities in the market
Christopher F. Liu, MD; Assistant Professor of Medicine, Weill Cornell Medical College
 
2:00 p.m. — What's an RVU? Understanding models of compensation
Rahul N. Doshi, MD, FHRS; Director of Electrophysiology, Fullerton Cardiovascular Medical Group; Director Electrophysiology, University of California, Irvine
 
3:00 p.m. — The "Ps and Q" of success
Eric N. Prystowsky, MD, FHRS; Director, Clinical Electrophysiology Laboratory, St Vincent Hospital, Indianapolis
 
4:00 p.m. — How to Build an AF program
John D. Day, MD, FHRS; Director, Heart Rhythm Services, Intermountain Heart Rhythm Specialists
 

Friday, May 6
 
Noon — Career paths in EP
Leonard I. Ganz, MD, FHRS; Associate Professor of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh
 
1:00 p.m. — Marketing yourself in the EP community
M. Craig Delaughter, MD, PhD, FHRS; Assistant Professor, Cardiac Electrophysiology, University of North Texas Health Science Center
 
2:00 p.m. — Career development in academics
Richard L. Page, MD, FHRS; Chair, Department of Medicine, University of Wisconsin, School of Medicine and Public Health
 
3:00 p.m. — How to get your manuscript published in HeartRhythm
Douglas P. Zipes, MD, FHRS; Distinguished Professor, Professor Emeritus of Medicine, Pharmacology, and Toxicology, Director Emeritus of the Division of Cardiology and the Krannert Institute of Cardiology, Indiana University School of Medicine; Editor-in-Chief, HeartRhythm
 
4:00 p.m. — Academic, private practice, hospital-employed, non-hospital employed. What's the right job for me? 
Frank A. Cuoco, Jr., MD, FHRS; Assistant Professor, Cardiac Electrophysiology, Medical University of South Carolina, Cardiology

Operating hours

• Tuesday, May 3: 3:00 p.m.–7:00 p.m.
• Wednesday, May 4 through Friday, May 6: 7:30 a.m.–7:00 p.m.
• Saturday, May 7: 7:30 a.m.–1:00 p.m.
  

Learn more about the Society's complimentary Affiliate membership program.