Heart Rhythm Society
The Heart Rhythm Society (HRS) is an international non-profit organization that promotes education and advocacy for cardiac arrhythmia professionals and patients. The Society was founded in 1979 and counted 5,100 members from over 70 countries as of January, 2009.[1] The Official Journal of the Heart Rhythm Society is HeartRhythm, which provides readers basic and clinical scientific developments devoted to arrhythmias, devices, and cardiovascular electrophysiology. The HRS is headquartered in Washington, DC, USA.[2]
Mission statement
The Society is dedicated "to improve the care of patients by promoting research, education and optimal health care policies and standards." [3]
Activities
The Heart Rhythm Society's government advocacy efforts center on operating as an intermediary between regulatory agencies and its members. The society promotes programs to take action regarding legislation, creates and endorses clinical guidelines, and helps its members find funding opportunities from government agencies such as the National Institutes of Health (NIH).
The Society also provides several educational initiatives including courses held throughout the year, certification and CME programs and an annual conference, called Scientific Sessions.
Presidents
Presidents of the Heart Rhythm Society from conception are listed below. Note that the leadership cycle is five years, with service as President being in the fourth year. This allows the Society to project presidents three years hence. Anne M. Gillis, whose election to the Presidency for the 2012-13 term was revealed at the May 2009 meeting of the Society, will become the second non-American to serve in that capacity. The first was Bernard S. Goldman in 1982. Both Dr. Gillis, Medical Director of Cardiac Pacing and Electrophysiology at the Libin Cardiovascular Institute of Alberta, and Dr. Goldman are Canadian.[4][5]
- J. Warren Harthorne, MD, FHRS, CCDS 1979-1981
- Seymour Furman, MD, CCDS 1981-1982
- Bernard S. Goldman, MD, FHRS, CCDS 1982-1983
- Robert G. Hauser, MD, FHRS, CCDS 1983-1984
- Albert L. Waldo, MD, FHRS, CCDS 1984-1985
- Jerry C. Griffin, MD, FHRS, CCDS 1985-1986
- Paul C. Gillette, MD, FHRS, CCDS 1986-1987
- Michael Bilitch, MD 1987
- Doris J. W. Escher, MD, FHRS 1988
- Melvin M. Scheinman, MD, FHRS 1988-1989
- Douglas P. Zipes, MD, FHRS 1989-1990
- Victor Parsonnet, MD, FHRS, CCDS 1990-1991
- James D. Maloney, MD, FHRS, CCDS 1991-1992
- Gerald C. Timmis, MD, FHRS, CCDS 1992-1993
- David G. Benditt, MD, FHRS, CCDS 1993-1994
- Nora Goldschlager, MD, FHRS 1994-1995
- Ralph Lazzara, MD, FHRS 1995-1996
- John D. Fisher, MD, FHRS, CCDS 1996-1997
- Sanjeev Saksena, MBBS, MD, FHRS 1997-1998
- David L. Hayes, MD, FHRS, CCDS 1998-1999
- Gerald V. Naccarelli, MD, FHRS 1999-2000
- David S. Cannom, MD, FHRS 2000-2001
- Eric N. Prystowsky, MD, FHRS 2001-2002
- Mark H. Schoenfeld, MD, FHRS, CCDS 2002-2003
- Michael E. Cain, MD 2003-2004
- Stephen C. Hammill, MD, FHRS 2004-2005
- Anne B. Curtis, MD, FHRS, CCDS 2005-2006
- Dwight W. Reynolds, MD, FHRS 2006-2007
- Bruce D. Lindsay, MD, FHRS, CCDS 2007-2008
- N. A. Mark Estes III, MD, FHRS, CCDS 2008-9
- Richard L. Page, MD, FHRS 2009-10
- Douglas L. Packer, MD, FHRS 2010-11
- Bruce L. Wilkoff, MD, FHRS, CCDS 2011-12
- Anne M. Gillis, BSc, MD, FRCPC 2012-13[6]
External links
References
- ^ "HRS Society About page". http://www.hrsonline.org/About/. Retrieved 2008-04-21.
- ^ "HeartRhythm Journal". http://www.hrsonline.org/Publications/. Retrieved 2008-04-21.
- ^ About Heart Rhythm Society
- ^ "Past presidents of the Heart Rhythm Society". http://www.hrsonline.org/About/Governance/PastPresidents.cfm. Retrieved 2008-04-21.
- ^ "2008-9 Executive Committee". http://www.hrsonline.org/About/Governance/Executive-Committee.cfm. Retrieved 2008-04-21.
- ^ "UCalgary Faculty of Medicine professor chosen as president of Heart Rhythm Society". http://medicine.ucalgary.ca/about/anne_gillis. Retrieved 2009-05-25.