Key Opinion Leaders

Key Opinion Leaders

Key Opinion Leaders

To propel breakthroughs in cardiovascular medicine, HRX is cultivating a dynamic community of innovators. Recognizing that the convergence of great minds can accelerate this progress, HRX has meticulously chosen and invited over 100 of the brightest individuals from the worlds of medicine, technology, government, and business to participate in HRX. Each has pledged to actively engage, collaborate with their peers, and contribute their invaluable insights and perspectives.

Meet the HRX Live 2026 KOLs

Dominic Abrams

Co-Director of the Center for Cardiovascular Genetics

Boston Children’s Hospital

Zachi Attia

Director of AI

Mayo Clinic

Chad Bonhomme

President & Electrophysiologist

Westfield Physician Holdings, LLC

Tom De Potter

Electrophysiologist

Cardiovascular Center Aalst

Isabel Deisenhofer

Head, Department of Electrophysiology

German Heart Center Munich Department of Electrophysiology

Thomas Deneke

Cardiac Electrophysiologist

Clinic for Arrhythmology, University Heart Center Nuremberg, Paracelsus Medical University

Abhishek Deshmukh

Cardiac Electrophysiologist & Associate Professor

Mayo Clinic

Brett Douglas

Founder & Managing Partner

Waterston Capital

David Duncker

Head of Hannover Heart Rhythm Center

Hannover Medical School

Sabine Ernst

Imperial College London

Derek Exner

HelpWear Inc.

Martha G. Ferrara

Family Nurse Practitioner | Assistant Director EP Services

White Plains Hospital-Montefiore Health Systems

Aileen Ferrick

Assistant Director of Cardiac Electrophysiology Research | Acute Care Nurse Practitioner

White Plains Hospital

Richard Fogel

Former Chief Clinical Officer

Ascension

Edward Gerstenfeld

Professor of Medicine

University of California, San Francisco

Hamid Ghanbari

Chair of Innovation, Clinical Associate Professor

University of Michigan Cardiovascular Center

Melanie Gunawardene

Senior Cardiac Electrophysiologist

CCB Frankfurt

Janet K. Han

Associate Professor of Medicine | Cardiac Electrophysiology

UCLA | VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System / UCLA | Digital Health & Virtual Care

Adrian Hernandez

Executive Director | Vice Dean

Duke Clinical Research Institute | Duke University School of Medicine

Mellanie True Hills

Founder & CEO

American Foundation for Women’s Health & StopAfib.org

Gerhard Hindricks

Medical Director

Charite University Hospital, Berlin

Rodolphe Katra

Global Chief Artificial Intelligence (AI) Officer and a Technical Fellow

Consilium BioMedical

Yaariv Khaykin

Chief Medical Information Officer

Myant Health

Bradley Knight

Director of Cardiac Electrophysiology | Director of the Heart Rhythm Center

Northwestern Medicine|Bluhm Cardiovascular Institute (BCVI

Jacob Koruth

Associate Professor

Mount Sinai Medical Center

Anne Kroman

Associate Professor of Cardiac Electrophysiology | Director of the Lead Management Program, the Cardiac Device Clinic, and MUSC Heart Station

Medical University of South Carolina

Giovanni Leo

Partner

Lake Geneva Ventures Fund at Efficient Frontier Investing

Trudie Lobban

Founder & CEO

Arrhythmia Alliance | AF Association | STARS

Nassir Marrouche

Director of Heart and Vascular Institute

Tulane University School of Medicine

David McManus

Richard M. Haidack Professor and Chair of the Department of Medicine

University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School | UMassMemorial Health

Nishaki Mehta

Associate Professor of Medicine

William Beaumont Oakland University School of Medicine

George Stuart Mendenhall

Cardiac Electrophysiologist and Researcher | Chief Medical Officer

Scripps Memorial Hospital | Everbeat

Melissa Middeldorp

Postdoctoral Researcher

University Medical Center Groningen

Jessica Mullenix

Cardiac Electrophysiology Nurse Practitioner

U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs Cardiology Office

Sanjiv Narayan

Professor of Medicine | Director of the NIH T32 Computational Medicine Training Program (CHIP) | Co-Director of the Arrhythmia Center

Stanford University

Ken Nelson

Partner | Board Chairman & Investor | Investor & Mentor

Medtech Advantage Fund | CardiaCare | HeartBeam, BloomLife, & HeartX

Peter Noseworthy

Professor of Medicine, Chair of the Division of Heart Rhythm Services, and Medical Director of Business Development

Mayo Clinic

Jose Osorio

Medical Director of Electrophysiology – HCA Florida Miami | Founder and CMO | Founder and President

HCA Florida Miami | 3PH Alliance | Heart Rhythm Clinical Research Solutions

Deepak Padmanabhan

Assistant Professor

Sri Jayadeva Institute of Cardiovascular Sciences and Research

Rod Passman

Jules Reingold Professor of Electrophysiology & Cardiac Electrophysiologist

Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine

Petr Peichl

Cardiac Electrophysiology Specialist | Associate Professor

IKEM, Prague | Charles University

Jeanne Poole

Cardiac Electrophysiologist | Director | Professor of Cardiology and Medicine

University of Washington Medical Center and School of Medicine

Krishna Pundi

Cardiac Electrophysiologist, Health Services and Outcomes Researcher, Innovator

Palo Alto VA Hospital

Vivek Y. Reddy

Director of Cardiac Arrhythmia Services

Mount Sinai Health System

Alicia Chong Rodriguez

Founder & CEO

Bloomer Tech

Lisa Roelle

Pediatric Electrophysiology Physician Assistant

Washington University in St. Louis & St. Louis Children’s Hospital

Heather Ross

Assistant Professor | Nurse Practitioner

Arizona State University

Andrea Russo

Academic Chief, Division of Cardiology | Director, Cardiac Electrophysiology and Arrhythmia Services | Director, CCEP Fellowship

Cooper University Hospital

William Sauer

Cardiac Electrophysiologist

Brigham and Women’s Hospital

Samuel F. Sears

Professor in the Departments of Psychology and Cardiovascular Sciences | Division Chief of Innovation and Research | Associate Director of the ECU Cardiology Fellowship

East Carolina Heart Institute

Tracey Shannon

Nurse Practitioner

Westchester Medical Center

Kalyanam Shivkumar

Professor & Director, Center for Interventional Programs

UCLA Health System, UCLA Cardiac Arrhythmia Center & EP Programs

Usman Siddiqui

Electrophysiologist

Florida Cardiology

Konstantinos Siontis

Cardiac Electrophysiologist | Assistant Professor of Medicine at Mayo Clinic | Director of the Cardiac Radioablation

Mayo Clinic

David Slotwiner

Chief of the Division of Cardiology

New York Presbyterian Queens

Yekaterina Spivak

Physician Assistant | Inventor & Founder

Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia | Laally

Stavros Stavrakis

Clinical Electrophysiologist | Associate Professor

Harikrishna Tandri

Vanderbilt University Medical Center

John Triedman

Professor of Pediatrics | Former Chief of Pediatric EP

Harvard Medical School | Boston Children’s Hospital

Liat Tsoref

Senior Director of Digital, AI and Customer Collaboration

Biosense Webster

Amy Tucker

Nurse Manager of the Cardiac Device Clinic

Sanger Heart & Vascular Institute (SHVI)

Meghan Turchioe

Assistant Professor

Columbia University

Miguel Valderrabano

Director, Division of Cardiac Electrophysiology

The Methodist Hospital

Niraj Varma

Cardiac Electrophysiologist & Professor of Medicine

Cleveland Clinic

Paul Varosy

VA Eastern Colorado Health Care System | University of Colorado School of Medicine | Veterans Health Administration Cardiology

Atul Verma

Cardiac Electrophysiologist

McGill University Health Centre

Nicholas Von Bergen

Professor of Pediatrics in Pediatric Cardiac Electrophysiologist | Co-Founder

University of Wisconsin-Madison | Atrility Medical, LLC

J. Peter Weiss

Cardiac Electrophysiologist

Banner University of Arizona Medical Center Phoenix (BUMCP)

Hee Tae Yu

Cardiac Electrophysiologist, Associate Professor of Medicine

Yonsei University College of Medicine

Paul Zei

Cardiac Electrophysiologist

Brigham and Women’s Hospital

Steven Zweibel

Medical Director of Innovation

Hartford HealthCare Heart & Vascular Institute

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