There are many ways to get involved with HRS programs, advancing both your professional growth and the development of the field.
Visit your profile to select your interests for opportunities that might arise throughout the year.
Participate in discussions with colleagues in a members-only online community. Ask a question, offer advice, and network with colleagues.
Publicize your research among colleagues worldwide with the HRS family of journals.
Throughout the year, the Scientific and Clinical Documents Committee collects ideas for document topics to ensure that the Society’s documents are timely, relevant, and impactful.
Submit your application for a chance to receive complimentary registration and travel funding for residents, cardiology and EP fellows, postdoc researchers, allied health professionals. Applications usually open in December of each year.
Suggest a session and submit an abstract for Heart Rhythm, the most prestigious meeting in EP for physicians, scientists and allied health professions. The session proposal site usually opens in May and the abstract submission site opens in October. The Late-Breaking Clinical Trials submission site opens in December.
Submit educational topics and ideas that you would like to see HRS’s Education Department pursue, including proposals for presentations and sessions.
The HRS CardiQ site showcases best practice resources for quality improvement. Share your checklists, QI-related research, templates from your own QI projects, protocols, business plans, teaching materials (for patients and staff), guidelines, white papers, etc.
Submit session ideas and abstracts dedicated to discovering cutting-edge breakthroughs, leveraging opportunities, and engaging in discussions that lead to the successful discovery of new business solutions in cardiovascular medicine. The abstract submission site usually opens at the end of January or early February. The HRX Pitch Competition submission site opens in March.
HRS has four leadership programs: for women EPs, Allied Health Professionals, and Black EPs. These programs improve inclusivity with education, coaching, and networking opportunities that strengthen participants’ leadership skills and professional growth.
Coaching and Leadership Instruction for the Mid-Career's Benefit (CLIMB)
Growth and Leadership Opportunity for Black Electrophysiologists (GLOBE)
Growth and Leadership Opportunity for Women in Electrophysiology (GLOWE)
The Call for Committee Volunteers is announced twice a year: once in the winter for limited committee positions with terms beginning in May and again in the spring for the majority of committees with terms beginning in October.
How to be a Successful HRS Volunteer
Guiding Principles for Volunteer Appointments
Committee Member Job Description
Committee Chair Job Description
View list of HRS committees, subcommittees, councils, and their charges
Learn how to nominate members for the Board and other leadership positions.
HRS accepts nominations for a variety of distinguished awards each July/August, recognizing those making outstanding contributions to the field. Help shine a spotlight on excellence by nominating a colleague who is shaping the future of EP.
Learn how HRS' newest advocacy initiative allows the Society to participate in greater lobbying influence and political activity for the benefit of both patients and members. Sign up for alerts as we build a network to address healthcare disparities, quality outcomes, and fair reimbursement.
Consider donating to HRS to help support programs that help members advance their careers and advance the field.