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Meet our 2025 Key Opinion Leaders

Dominic Abrams

Co-Director of the Center for Cardiovascular Genetics

Boston Children’s Hospital

Demilade Adedinsewo

Assistant Professor of Medicine & Non-Invasive Cardiologist

Mayo Clinic

Sana Al-Khatib

Professor of Medicine at Duke University | Cardiac Electrophysiologist

Duke University

Emeka Anyanwu

Non-Invasive Cardiologist and Echocardiographer | Director, Center for Cardiovascular Informatics | Clinical Informatics Manager

University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine | Penn Medicine Center for Health Care Innovation

Zachi Attia

Director of AI

Mayo Clinic

Tina Baykaner

Assistant Professor

Department of Internal Medicine | Division of Cardiovascular Medicine and Electrophysiology | Stanford University

Chad Bonhomme

President & Electrophysiologist

Westfield Physician Holdings, LLC

Patrick Boyle

Associate Professor of Bioengineering

University of Washington

Melissa Brown

Electrophysiology Physician Assistant

Emory University Hospital

Daniel Cantillon

Adult EP Cardiologist & Chief Medical Officer

Masimo Corporation

Shih-Ann Chen

Professor of Medicine

National Yang Ming Chao Tung University

Sumeet Chugh

Price Endowed Professor & Associate Director, Heart Institute | Director Artificial Intelligence in Medicine

Cedars-Sinai Health System

Daniel Cooper

Professor of Medicine | Director of the Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology Fellowship

Washington University School of Medicine

Brynn Dechert-Crooks

Pediatric Electrophysiology Nurse Practitioner

University of Michigan Congenital Heart Center

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

Mehak Dhande

Interventional Cardiac Electrophysiologist | Physician Scientist

University of Pittsburgh Medical Center

Luigi Di Biase

Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology

Albert Einstein College of Medicine at Montefiore Health System

Brett Douglas

Founder & Managing Partner

Waterston Capital

David Duncker

Head of Hannover Heart Rhythm Center

Hannover Medical School

Jay Edelberg

Co-Founder & Head of Research and Development

Prolaio

Sabine Ernst

Imperial College London

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

Avi Fischer

Senior Vice President, Medical Affairs and Innovation

Orchestra BioMed, Inc.

Camille Frazier-Mills

Duke University Health System

Hawkins Gay

Clinical Electrophysiologist

Northwestern Medicine and the Feinberg School of Medicine

Hamid Ghanbari

Vice Chair of Innovation, Assistant Professor & Cardiac Electrophysiologist

University of Michigan Cardiovascular Center

Lars Greiten

CEO & Co-Founder | FibriCheck

FibriCheck

Janet K. Han

Associate Professor of Medicine | Cardiac Electrophysiology

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

Jeroen Hendriks

Professor of Cardiovascular Nursing

Centre for Heart Rhythm Disorders, University of Adelaide

Gerhard Hindricks

Medical Director

Charite University Hospital, Berlin

Arun Jose

Deputy Director & Head

BRIDGE Centre for Digital Health, Centre for Chronic Disease Control

Suraj Kapa

Cardiac Electrophysiologist

Mayo Clinic

Rodolphe Katra

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

Consilium BioMedical

Andrew Krahn

Professor of Medicine

University of British Columbia

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

Dominik Linz

Professor

Maastricht University Medical Center

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

Nishaki Mehta

Associate Professor of Medicine

William Beaumont Oakland University School of Medicine

Rohit Mehta

Cardiac Electrophysiologist

Sanger Heart and Vascular Institute

George Stuart Mendenhall

Cardiac Electrophysiologist and Researcher | Chief Medical Officer

Scripps Memorial Hospital | Everbeat

Faisal Merchant

Director of Cardiac Electrophysiology and Associate Professor of Medicine

Emory Healthcare

James K. Min

Founder & CEO

Cleerly

Daniel Morin

Cardiac Electrophysiologist

University of California San Francisco

Jessica Mullenix

Cardiac Electrophysiology Nurse Practitioner

U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs Cardiology Office

Dan Musat

Cardiac Electrophysiologist

Valley Health System

Devi Nair

Director of the Cardiac Electrophysiology & Research

St. Bernards Medical Center & Arrhythmia Research Group

Sanjiv Narayan

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

Stanford University

Sotirios Nedios

PD/Ass. Prof. Cardiac Electrophysiology

Heart Center, University of Leipzig

Grant Neitzell

Director of New Concepts

Medtronic

Ken Nelson

Partner | Board Chairman & Investor | Investor & Mentor

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

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

Roger Owens

Chief Commercial Officer

Ultromics, Inc.

Deepak Padmanabhan

Assistant Professor

Sri Jayadeva Institute of Cardiovascular Sciences and Research

Ambarish Pandey

Associate Professor of Cardiology in Internal Medicine

University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center

Rod Passman

Jules Reingold Professor of Electrophysiology & Cardiac Electrophysiologist

Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine

Carissa Pistilli

Advanced Nurse Practitioner

Valley Health System

Jeanne Poole

Cardiac Electrophysiologist | Director | Professor of Cardiology and Medicine

University of Washington Medical Center and School of Medicine

Krishna Pundi

Palo Alto VA Hospital

Nagesh Rangappan

CEO

iMedrix Systems P Ltd

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

Lauren Rousseau

Physician Assistant in the Section of Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology

Brigham and Women’s Hospital

Andrea Russo

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

Cooper University Hospital

Prashanthan Sanders

Cardiac Electrophysiologist & Director of Cardiac Electrophysiology

University of Adelaide

Jill Schaeffer

EP Nurse Practitioner

Penn Medicine – Lancaster General Health

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

Bindi Shah

Electrophysiologist

Lankenau Medical Center

Tracey Shannon

Nurse Practitioner

Westchester Medical Center

Julie Shea

Nurse Practitioner

Brigham and Women’s Hospital

Kalyanam Shivkumar

Professor & Director, Center for Interventional Programs

UCLA Health System, UCLA Cardiac Arrhythmia Center & EP Programs

Shlomo Shpun

Chief Scientific Office

TechWald Holding S.p.A.

Jacqueline Shreibati

Cardiologist & Senior Clinical Lead

Google

Usman Siddiqui

Electrophysiologist

Florida Cardiology

Jennifer Silva

Director Pediatric Electrophysiology | Washington University SOM

Washington University SOM

Jagmeet Singh

Professor of Medicine | Cardiac Electrophysiologist & Founding Director of the Resynchronization and Advanced Cardiac Therapeutics Program

Harvard Medical School | Massachusetts General Hospital Heart Center

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

Uma Srivatsa

Senior Cardiac Electrophysiologist | Professor and Director of Arrhythmia Services

University of California – Davis

Paul Steiner

Electrophysiologist

Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center

Emma Svennberg

Assistant professor | Electrophysiologist

Karolinska University Hospital

Kamala Tamirisa

Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiologist & Cardiac MR Imaging Specialist

Texas Cardiac Arrhythmia

Maria Thacker Goethe

President & CEO

Georgia Life Sciences

Ritu Thamman

Associate Professor of Medicine

University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine

Kevin Thomas

Vice Dean for Equity, Diversity and Inclusion | Professor of Medicine, Cardiac Electrophysiologist, Health Disparities Researcher

Duke University Health System

Natalia Trayanova

Professor | Director for AI Research

Johns Hopkins University

John Triedman

Professor of Pediatrics | Former Chief of Pediatric EP

Harvard Medical School | Boston Children’s Hospital

Mellanie True Hills

Founder & CEO

American Foundation for Women’s Health & StopAfib.org

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)

Mintu Turakhia

Chief Medical and Scientific Officer + EVP, Product Management and Innovation | Professor of Medicine and Cardiac Electrophysiologist

iRhythm Technologies, Inc. | Stanford University

Meghan Turchioe

Assistant Professor

Columbia University

Miguel Valderrabano

Director

Division of Cardiac Electrophysiology at The Methodist Hospital

Pieter Vandervoort

Cardiologist

Ziekenhuis Oost Limburg

Deepthy Varghese

Cardiology Electrophysiology Nurse Practitioner

Emory University 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

Nicholas Von Bergen

Professor of Pediatrics in Pediatric Cardiac Electrophysiologist | Co-Founder

University of Wisconsin-Madison | Atrility Medical, LLC

Elaine Wan

Esther Aboodi Associate Professor of Medicine in Cardiology and Cardiac Electrophysiology | Attending Physician at New York-Presbyterian Hospital

Columbia University Medical Center, College of Physicians and Surgeons | New York-Presbyterian Hospital

Ramsey Wehbe

Heart Failure Cardiologist & Assistant Professor of Medicine

Medical University of South Carolina in Charleston

J. Peter Weiss

Cardiac Electrophysiologist

Banner University of Arizona Medical Center Phoenix (BUMCP)

Rebecca Yapejian

CRM Senior Field Clinical Representative | Cardiac Electrophysiology Nurse Practitioner | Former Software Engineer

Boston Scientific | DOCS Health Careers

Hee Tae Yu

Cardiac Electrophysiologist, Associate Professor of Medicine

Yonsei University College of Medicine

Erica Zado

Physician Assistant

Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania

Paul Zei

Cardiac Electrophysiologist

Brigham and Women’s Hospital

Emily Zeitler

Associate Professor of Medicine

Geisel School of Medicine and The Dartmouth Institute

Steven Zweibel

Medical Director of Innovation

Hartford HealthCare Heart & Vascular Institute

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September 04, 2025

2025-09-04

08:00 AM (EDT) – 08:50 AM (EDT)

Jonathan Piccini | Shlomo Shpun | Sabine Ernst | Vadim Federov | Philip Haeusser | Mélèze Hocini | Jerome Kalifa | Devi Nair | Sanjiv Narayan

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Vadim V. Fedorov

Corrine Frick Research Chair in Heart Failure and Arrhythmia

The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center

Philip Haeusser

Co-Founder & CTO | CTO

Ablacon Inc. | Cortex EP

Mélèze Hocini

Professor of Cardiology | Deputy Director

Bordeaux University Hospital’s Cardiac Arrhythmias Center | IHU Liryc

Jerome Kalifa

Co-Founder-Executive Vice-Chairman | Chief Medical Officer

VOLTA Medical

Devi G Nair, MD, FACC, FHRS

Director of the Cardiac Electrophysiology & Research

St. Bernards Medical Center & Arrhythmia Research Group

Sanjiv Narayan

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

Stanford University

Jonathan Piccini

Cardiac Electrophysiologist & Professor of Medicine and Population Health | Director of the Cardiac Electrophysiology section

Duke University Hospital and the Duke Clinical Research Institute | Duke Heart Center

Shlomo Shpun

Chief Scientific Office

TechWald Holding S.p.A.

Sabine Ernst

Professor of Practice (Cardiology)

Imperial College London

2025-09-04

08:55 AM (EDT) – 09:45 AM (EDT)

Devi Nair | Melanie Gunawardene | Sabine Ernst | H. Immo Lehmann | Vivek Y. Reddy | Andrea Sarkozy | Kalyanam Shivkumar

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Sabine Ernst

Professor of Practice (Cardiology)

Imperial College London

H. Immo Lehmann

Cardiac Electrophysiologist

University of Utah

Vivek Y. Reddy

Director of Cardiac Arrhythmia Services

Mount Sinai Health System

Andrea Sarkozy

Professor of Cardiology & Free University of Brussels Director

Ventricular Arrhythmia & Sudden Death Unit, UZ Brussel

Kalyanam Shivkumar

Professor & Director, Center for Interventional Programs

UCLA Health System, UCLA Cardiac Arrhythmia Center & EP Programs

Devi G Nair, MD, FACC, FHRS

Director of the Cardiac Electrophysiology & Research

St. Bernards Medical Center & Arrhythmia Research Group

Melanie Gunawardene

Senior Cardiac Electrophysiologist

CCB Frankfurt

2025-09-04

10:00 AM (EDT) – 10:50 AM (EDT)

Emily Zeitler | Ulrika Birgersdotter-Green | Mikhael El-Chami | Avi Fischer | Devi Nair | Venkatakrishna Tholakanahalli | Niraj Varma

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Ulrika Birgersdotter-Green

Cardiac Electrophysiologist | Professor of Medicine

UC San Diego Health System

Mikhael El-Chami

Electrophysiologist | Professor of Medicine

Emory University

Avi Fischer, MD, FHRS

Senior Vice President, Medical Affairs and Innovation

Orchestra BioMed, Inc.

Devi G Nair, MD, FACC, FHRS

Director of the Cardiac Electrophysiology & Research

St. Bernards Medical Center & Arrhythmia Research Group

Venkatakrishna Tholakanahalli

Professor of Medicine | Chief-Cardiac Electrophysiology

University of Minnesota | Minneapolis VA Health Care System

Niraj Varma

Cardiac Electrophysiologist & Professor of Medicine

Cleveland Clinic

Emily Zeitler, MD, MHS

Associate Professor of Medicine

Geisel School of Medicine and The Dartmouth Institute

2025-09-04

10:50 AM (EDT) – 12:00 PM (EDT)

Elaine Wan | Patrick Boyle | Jennifer N. Avari Silva | Yaariv Khaykin | Zak Loring | Steven Lubitz | Devi Nair | Sotirios Nedios | Jagmeet Singh

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Jennifer N. Avari Silva

Director Pediatric Electrophysiology

Washington University SOM

Yaariv Khaykin

Chief Medical Information Officer

Myant Health

Zak Loring

Cardiac Electrophysiologist

Duke University Medical Center

Steven Lubitz

Director of Translational Medicine

Novartis

Devi G Nair, MD, FACC, FHRS

Director of the Cardiac Electrophysiology & Research

St. Bernards Medical Center & Arrhythmia Research Group

Sotirios Nedios

PD/Ass. Prof. Cardiac Electrophysiology

Heart Center, University of Leipzig

Jagmeet Singh

Professor of Medicine | Cardiac Electrophysiologist & Founding Director of the Resynchronization and Advanced Cardiac Therapeutics Program

Harvard Medical School | Massachusetts General Hospital Heart Center

Elaine Wan

Esther Aboodi Associate Professor of Medicine in Cardiology and Cardiac Electrophysiology | Attending Physician at New York-Presbyterian Hospital

Columbia University Medical Center, College of Physicians and Surgeons | New York-Presbyterian Hospital

Patrick Boyle

Associate Professor of Bioengineering

University of Washington

2025-09-04

01:00 PM (EDT) – 01:45 PM (EDT)

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Kris Shah | Suneet Mittal

Kris Shah, former President of Baylis Medical and a driving force behind one of Canada’s most influential MedTech success stories, joins Dr. Suneet Mittal for a main tent conversation at HRX 2025. Together, they will explore how innovation can be intentionally cultivated—from early-stage ideation to global scale. Drawing from his leadership at Baylis Medical, Kris will share how he created an environment that empowered engineers and clinicians to challenge convention, embraced failure as a learning tool, and ultimately brought disruptive cardiovascular technologies to market. Attendees will gain insight into the strategic, cultural, and operational levers needed to sustain innovation in a highly regulated, risk-averse industry. Whether you’re a founder, physician, or executive, this session offers a blueprint for how to lead boldly and innovate with purpose.

Kris Shah

President

Baylis Medical Technologies

Suneet Mittal

Chair, Cardiovascular Service Line

Valley Health System

2025-09-04

02:00 PM (EDT) – 02:45 PM (EDT)

Mintu Turakhia | Jeffrey Wessler

This session explores how AI-driven innovations are transforming atrial fibrillation (AF) management, from prevention to long-term care. Experts will discuss AI-powered digital education, solutions for early intervention, and technology’s role in addressing key risk factors like obesity, sleep apnea, and exercise. Is AI the game-changer in achieving sustainable AF care, or just another trend? Join us to find out.

Jeffrey Wessler

Cardiologist, Founder & CEO

Heartbeat Health

Mintu Turakhia

Chief Medical and Scientific Officer + EVP, Product Management and Innovation | Professor of Medicine and Cardiac Electrophysiologist

iRhythm Technologies, Inc. | Stanford University

2025-09-04

02:00 PM (EDT) – 02:45 PM (EDT)

As Pulsed Field Ablation (PFA) transitions from investigational to early commercial use, electrophysiology teams are reimagining workflows, tools, and treatment strategies. This expert roundtable will examine how early adopters are integrating PFA into clinical practice—from evolving lesion strategies and HD mapping techniques to contact sensing and directional energy delivery. Panelists will share first-hand insights on optimizing lesion durability, minimizing collateral damage, and tailoring ablation approaches for complex anatomies. With an eye toward next-generation technologies currently under evaluation, the discussion will also explore the innovations shaping the future of PFA and what’s needed to support continued progress in safety and efficacy.

2025-09-04

02:00 PM (EDT) – 02:45 PM (EDT)

Aileen Ferrick | Jessica Mullenix | Carissa Pistilli | Yekaterina Spivak | Julie Thomas | Amy Tucker | Rebecca Yapejian

In this session, we will delve into the evolving landscape of remote monitoring, addressing the increasing challenges associated with managing vast amounts of data collected from wearables, implantables, and external monitoring devices. We will explore the complexities of integrating data across diverse platforms, with a particular focus on overcoming interoperability barriers.

Jessica Mullenix

Cardiac Electrophysiology Nurse Practitioner

U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs Cardiology Office

Carissa Pistilli

Advanced Nurse Practitioner

Valley Health System

Yekaterina Spivak

Physician Assistant | Inventor & Founder

Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia | Laally

Julie Thomas

Electrophysiology Physician Assistant & EP Supervisor

North Shore University Hospital

Amy Tucker

Nurse Manager of the Cardiac Device Clinic

Sanger Heart & Vascular Institute (SHVI)

Rebecca Yapejian

CRM Senior Field Clinical Representative | Cardiac Electrophysiology Nurse Practitioner | Former Software Engineer

Boston Scientific | DOCS Health Careers

Aileen Ferrick

Assistant Director of Cardiac Electrophysiology Research | Acute Care Nurse Practitioner

White Plains Hospital

2025-09-04

02:45 PM (EDT) – 03:30 PM (EDT)

Brynn Dechert-Crooks | Benjamin Hale | Jamie Harris | Lisa Roelle | Nicholas Von Bergen

From life-changing interventions to emotional uncertainties, how does cardiac technology shape the journey of children and young adults with arrhythmias? This session explores the evolving role of electrophysiology (EP) in pediatrics, the impact of cutting-edge devices, and the patient experience—balancing fear, hope, and the promise of innovation. Are we maximizing technology’s potential, or is is there more to uncover in improving outcomes and quality of life for young patients?

Benjamin Hale

Pediatric and Congenital Electrophysiologist

University of Iowa

Jamie Harris

Nurse Practitioner

Boston Children’s Hospital

Lisa Roelle

Pediatric Electrophysiology Physician Assistant

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

Nicholas Von Bergen

Professor of Pediatrics in Pediatric Cardiac Electrophysiologist | Co-Founder

University of Wisconsin-Madison | Atrility Medical, LLC

Brynn Dechert-Crooks

Pediatric Electrophysiology Nurse Practitioner

University of Michigan Congenital Heart Center

2025-09-04

02:45 PM (EDT) – 03:30 PM (EDT)

Marco Perez | Arik Ben Ishay | Derek Exner | Yaariv Kahykin

From smart rings and adhesive patches to smart clothing and implantables, non-watch wearables are reshaping how we monitor, diagnose, and manage cardiovascular disease outside traditional clinical settings. This roundtable will explore the expanding landscape of non-watch wearable technologies, their clinical utility in arrhythmia detection, heart failure monitoring, and vital sign assessment, and the challenges of data validation, workflow integration, and reimbursement. Panelists will share insights on current use cases, patient engagement strategies, and the future promise of these emerging tools in delivering continuous, personalized cardiovascular care.

Arik Ben Ishay

Co-Founder & CEO

Biobeat

Derek Exner

Chief Medical Officer

HelpWear Inc.

Yaariv Khaykin

Chief Medical Information Officer

Myant Health

Marco Perez

Associate Professor of Medicine

Stanford University

2025-09-04

02:45 PM (EDT) – 03:30 PM (EDT)

Mina K. Chung | Alan Cheng | Sumeet Chugh | Richard Price | Monique Starks | Jake Sunshine

SCA is a persistent public health problem, but little has changed over the past several decades. This session will highlight new approaches to the prevention and treatment of SCA that leverage innovative technologies and systems of care. Special attention will be given to how different technologies, education, and predictive analytics can synergize to improve the problem of SCA and improve outcomes.

Alan Cheng

Chief Medical Officer of the Medtronic Cardiac Rhythm Management Operating Unit

Medtronic

Sumeet Chugh

Price Endowed Professor & Associate Director, Heart Institute | Director Artificial Intelligence in Medicine

Cedars-Sinai Health System

Richard Price

Founder & President

PulsePoint Foundation

Monique Starks

Associate Professor of Medicine

Duke University School of Medicine

Jake Sunshine

Associate Professor | Research Scientist | Past Founder and Chief Medical Officer

UW School of Medicine | Google | Sound Life Sciences (acquired by Google)

Mina K. Chung

Staff Cardiologist & Professor of Medicine in the Section of Pacing and Electrophysiology

Cleveland Clinic

2025-09-04

03:45 PM (EDT) – 04:30 PM (EDT)

Natalia Trayanova | Patrick Boyle | Jonathan Chrispin | Tanmay Gokhale | Liat Tsoref

Digital twins offer the promise to develop, test, and validate potential personalized solutions for heart rhythm care that are unique to a given individual and their myocardial substrate. Early studies have been promising. However, there are significant challenges from several different areas including operational, computational, and efficacy. This session will engage in discussing whether digital twins will become a foundational core of EP care or remain a fantasy.

Patrick Boyle

Associate Professor of Bioengineering

University of Washington

Jonathan Chrispin

Associate Professor of Medicine; Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering; Director of the Ventricular Arrhythmia Ablation Program

Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

Tanmay Gokhale

Cardiac Electrophysiology Fellow

University of Pittsburgh Medical Center

Liat Tsoref

Senior Director of Digital, AI and Customer Collaboration

Biosense Webster

Natalia Trayanova, PhD, FHRS

Professor | Director for AI Research

Johns Hopkins University

2025-09-04

03:45 PM (EDT) – 04:30 PM (EDT)

Dominic Abrams | Vassilios Bezzerides | Gabriel Brooks | Samuel Hall | Cain McClary

Inherited arrhythmia syndromes and cardiomyopathies pose a significant clinic challenge, with suboptimal treatment and a large unmet need. Over the last decade several new therapies have been developed which target the underlying genetic and molecular causes of these conditions, and many are progressing from pre-clinical research to clinical trials. These discoveries offer a potential paradigm shift in treatment strategies and quality of life for patients. This panel focused on novel genetic and molecular therapies for inherited arrhythmia syndromes and arrhythmogenic cardiomyopathies will bring together experts with a broad range of experience including venture capital, clinicians, translational scientists, and biotech. The session will address a wide range of topics from lab discovery to commercialization.

Vassilios Bezzerides

Assistant Professor of Pediatrics

Boston Children’s Hospital

Gabriel Brooks

Chief Medical Office

Solid Biosciences

Samuel Hall

Founder & Managing Partner

Scion

Cain McClary

Founder & Managing Partner

KdT Ventures

Dominic Abrams

Co-Director of the Center for Cardiovascular Genetics

Boston Children’s Hospital

2025-09-04

03:45 PM (EDT) – 04:30 PM (EDT)

Roundtable 2

Hamid Ghanbari | Jacqueline Shreibati

Large Language Models (LLMs) are rapidly moving from experimental tools to real-world clinical assistants. This roundtable explores how LLMs are being integrated into everyday workflows across cardiology and beyond—powering clinical documentation, decision support, patient communication, and medical education. Panelists will discuss emerging use cases, real-world implementation challenges, and ethical considerations such as bias, data privacy, and regulatory oversight. Join us for a pragmatic, frontline view of how AI is reshaping the clinician-patient interface and what it will take to move from promise to practice.

Jacqueline Shreibati

Cardiologist & Senior Clinical Lead

Google

Hamid Ghanbari

Vice Chair of Innovation, Assistant Professor & Cardiac Electrophysiologist

University of Michigan Cardiovascular Center

2025-09-04

03:45 PM (EDT) – 04:30 PM (EDT)

Daniel Morin (Moderator) | Yaariv Khaykin | Bobak Mosadegh | Nobunari Tomura | Bryant Wyatt

The Top 5 scoring AbstracX Researchers will share their research.

Yaariv Khaykin

Chief Medical Information Officer

Myant Health

Bobak Mosadegh

Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering in Radiology

Weill Cornell Medicine

Nobunari Tomura

Clinical Researcher

Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine

Bryant Wyatt

Professor of Mathematics

Tarleton State University

Daniel Morin, MD, MPH

Cardiac Electrophysiologist

University of California San Francisco

2025-09-04

03:45 PM (EDT) – 04:30 PM (EDT)

Roundtable 1

Prashanthan Sanders | Meghan Reading Turchioe | Niraj Varma

This session will explore the opportunity for AI to assist with assessment of device interrogations, arrhythmia detection and identification, alert management and generation of clinical synopsis to enhance efficiency of CIED remote monitoring. The session will also explore how AI can enhance “population level” understanding of a large CIED remote monitoring program.

Meghan Reading Turchioe

Assistant Professor

Columbia University

Niraj Varma

Cardiac Electrophysiologist & Professor of Medicine

Cleveland Clinic

Prashanthan Sanders

Cardiac Electrophysiologist & Director of Cardiac Electrophysiology

University of Adelaide

2025-09-04

04:30 PM (EDT) – 05:15 PM (EDT)

Amin Al-Ahmad | Luigi Di Biase | Christoph Hennersperger

There is an unprecedented surge in innovation surrounding intracardiac ultrasound and its integration into electrophysiologic care. Future iterations of 4-D intracardiac ultrasound, next-generation integration into mapping systems, and the use of ultrasound for therapeutic purposes all have the potential to significantly change practice. This session will review these key innovations and how they may improve care in the EP laboratory.

Luigi Di Biase, MD, PhD, FHRS

Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology

Albert Einstein College of Medicine at Montefiore Health System

Christoph Hennersperger

Co-Founder & Chief Technology Officer

LUMA Vision

Amin Al-Ahmad

Cardiac Electrophysiologist

Texas Cardiac Arrhythmia

2025-09-04

04:30 PM (EDT) – 05:15 PM (EDT)

Roundtable 1

Gabriel Brooks | Vassillios Bezzerides | David Milan | Samuel F. Sears

Current treatments for inherited arrhythmias focus on medical therapy and cardiac implanted electronic devices. While they suppress arrhythmias and prevent fatal sequelae they do not address the fundamental underlying cause of the disease. While gene therapy has been a theoretical solution to fix the underlying cause of inherited arrhythmias, recent innovations are finally bringing these therapies closer to clinical care. This session will explore the different genetic therapies in development for a variety of disorders and how they will impact persons with inherited arrhythmias from a clinical and psychological standpoint.

Vassilios Bezzerides

Assistant Professor of Pediatrics

Boston Children’s Hospital

David Milan

Chief Scientific Officer

Leducq Corp

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

Gabriel Brooks

Chief Medical Office

Solid Biosciences

2025-09-04

04:30 PM (EDT) – 05:15 PM (EDT)

Dominik K Linz | Lars Grieten | Nassir Marrouche | Yosef Safi Harb | Emma Svennberg

PPG has rapidly evolved from a consumer wellness tool into a promising clinical modality with wide-ranging applications in cardiovascular care. This roundtable will explore cutting-edge innovations in PPG technology and how it is being deployed to transform detection, diagnosis, and disease management. From arrhythmia monitoring to blood pressure estimation, sleep apnea screening, and heart failure assessment, PPG-based tools are reshaping how and where care is delivered—especially when integrated into wearables, smartphones, and remote monitoring platforms. Experts from digital health startups, academic research, and clinical practice will examine key advances in signal processing, AI-enhanced analytics, and device miniaturization. We’ll also tackle the regulatory, validation, and clinical integration challenges that must be addressed to move from promise to practice.

Lars Grieten

CEO & Co-Founder

FibriCheck

Nassir Marrouche

Director of Heart and Vascular Institute

Tulane University School of Medicine

Yosef Safi Harb

Founder & CEO

Happitech

Emma Svennberg, MD, PhD

Assistant professor | Electrophysiologist

Karolinska University Hospital

Dominik K Linz, MD, PhD

Professor

Maastricht University Medical Center

2025-09-04

04:30 PM (EDT) – 05:15 PM (EDT)

David Slotwiner

This session explores how AI integration, EMR advancements, and remote monitoring can enhance physician decision-making, streamline workflows, and improve patient care. Panelists will discuss the impact of AI on billing and physician hours, the role of device-driven insights in heart failure management, and how RNs and APPs contribute to effective communication and data management. Join us for an insightful discussion on leveraging technology to optimize clinical efficiency and patient outcomes.

David Slotwiner

Chief of the Division of Cardiology

New York Presbyterian Queens

2025-09-04

04:30 PM (EDT) – 05:15 PM (EDT)

Dhanunjaya R. Lakkireddy

From dictation software to full-blown natural language processing assistants, AI-based documentation tools promise to free clinicians from the tedium of charting. Physician burnout is on the rise—can AI-driven documentation help turn the tide? Strategies for successful change management, physician buy-in, and ongoing system optimization will be highlighted. How do we ensure data accuracy, privacy, and seamless integration into diverse electronic health records? Panelists will discuss the practical implementation of AI-assisted documentation and patient communication, while maintaining patient-centered care.

Dhanunjaya R. Lakkireddy

Executive Medical Director of the Kansas City Heart Rhythm Institute

HCA Midwest in Overland Park, Kansas

2025-09-04

05:30 PM (EDT) – 06:30 PM (EDT)

Siddharth Agarwal | Leart Ajvazaj | Myrte Bartheis | Wen-Han Cheng | Mithilesh Das | Marye Gleva | Masahiro Makino | Nicolle Milstein | Geoffroy Napon | Ajay Tripuraneni

This engaging AbstracX Happy Hour session, powered by 91Life, kicks off with opening remarks from 91Life. Following the introduction, AbstracX presenters will present their work in a lively, informal setting designed to foster connection and conversation.

Siddharth Agarwal

Cardiology Fellow & Assistant Professor

Mayo Clinic Rochester

Leart Ajvazaj

Machine Learning Engineer

91Life

Myrte Barthels

PhD Candidate

FibriCheck

Wen-Han Cheng

Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiologist

National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University Hospital

Mithilesh Das

Professor of Medicine; Director, Cardiac Electrophysiology Service

Indiana University Health

Marye Gleva

Professor of Medicine

Washington University in St. Louis

Masahiro Makino

Graduate Student

Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine

Nicolle Milstein

Supervisor, Cardiac Clinical Trials/Research

Valley Health System

Geoffroy Napon

Internal Medicine Resident

University of Iowa Des Moines

Ajay Tripuraneni

Cardiac Electrophysiologist

Baylor Scott & White Health

September 05, 2025

2025-09-05

08:45 AM (EDT) – 09:30 AM (EDT)

Doron Harlev | Jonathan Piccini

Doron Harlev

CEO, Mount Heart Labs

Jonathan Piccini

Cardiac Electrophysiologist & Professor of Medicine and Population Health | Director of the Cardiac Electrophysiology section

Duke University Hospital and the Duke Clinical Research Institute | Duke Heart Center

2025-09-05

09:45 AM (EDT) – 10:30 AM (EDT)

The HRX AP Shark Tank is an electrifying competition where allied professionals present groundbreaking ideas that have the potential to revolutionize patient care and advance electrophysiology practice. This event provides a unique platform for APs to pitch their most innovative research concepts, workflow enhancements, or practice-changing solutions to a panel of expert “sharks.”

How It Works:
– Top 5 Finalists: Authors of the five top‐rated submissions will be invited to present their ideas in person at HRX 2025.
– Expert Mentorship: Finalists will receive mentorship prior to their presentation to refine their ideas and maximize their impact.
– Live Pitch Session: Finalists will pitch their ideas live at HRX 2025 to a panel “sharks” comprised of industry leaders and EP experts.
– Winner Recognition: The most compelling idea will be awarded top honors, gaining visibility and credibility within the AP and EP communities.

2025-09-05

09:45 AM (EDT) – 10:30 AM (EDT)

Jonathan Piccini | Shih-Ann Chen | Marat Fudim | Stavros Stavrakis | Kalyanam Shivkumar

The autonomic nervous system is known to play a critical role in the initiation and/or triggering of many arrhythmias, including atrial fibrillation. Autonomic therapies have moved well-beyond isolated ablation of cardiac ganglionated plexi. This session will review the innovations that have expanded autonomic therapies, including tragus stimulation, renal sympathetic denervation, and future innovations for additional interventions.

Shih-Ann Chen, MD

Professor of Medicine

National Yang Ming Chao Tung University

Marat Fudim

Associate Professor & Heart Failure Cardiologist

Duke University Medical Center

Stavros Stavrakis

Clinical Electrophysiologist | Associate Professor

Kalyanam Shivkumar

Professor & Director, Center for Interventional Programs

UCLA Health System, UCLA Cardiac Arrhythmia Center & EP Programs

Jonathan Piccini

Cardiac Electrophysiologist & Professor of Medicine and Population Health | Director of the Cardiac Electrophysiology section

Duke University Hospital and the Duke Clinical Research Institute | Duke Heart Center

2025-09-05

09:45 AM (EDT) – 10:30 AM (EDT)

With gene therapy advancing rapidly, how do digital innovations accelerate its impact on cardiovascular disease? This session explores the evolution of gene therapy trials, cutting-edge breakthroughs, and the role of AI, big data, and digital platforms in research, patient monitoring, and treatment optimization. Hear from experts and patient advocates as we examine whether technology is the key to making gene therapy more accessible, efficient, and transformative. Are we on the verge of a revolution, or just scratching the surface?

2025-09-05

10:30 AM (EDT) – 11:15 AM (EDT)

Mikhael El-Chami | Neal Bhatia | Janet K. Han | Anne Kroman | Kathryn Hilpisch

This session will detail the possibilities, potential technologies, and likely pathways for permanent pacing in the future. Specifically, this session will explore next generation pacing technologies, including but not limited to advances in leadless pacing, micro-devices, new epicardial pacing interventions, pacing for HFpE, and physiologic atrial pacing.

Neal Bhatia

Cardiac Electrophysiologist | Co-Director of the Complex Ventricular Tachycardia Ablation Program

Emory University Hospital System

Janet K. Han

Associate Professor of Medicine | Cardiac Electrophysiology

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

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

Kathryn Hilpisch

Distinguished Scientist

Medtronic

Mikhael El-Chami

Electrophysiologist | Professor of Medicine

Emory University

2025-09-05

10:30 AM (EDT) – 11:15 AM (EDT)

Roundtable 1

Suneet Mittal | Joshua Lampert

This roundtable will examine how long-term continuous ECG monitoring, remote diagnostics, and AI-assisted interpretation are enabling more accurate arrhythmia detection and more confident clinical decisions. We’ll discuss key applications including the ability to scan large streams of recorded data, AF and PVC burden assessment, ablation follow-up, and early identification of overlooked arrhythmias through the lens of what’s next for EPs in a digital-first world. We’ll discuss different AI approaches (high sensitivity, high specificity, multiple layers) and the technicians-in-the-loop versus fully autonomous AI. We’ll what’s next for ambulatory ECG AI, including LV dysfunction, sleep apnea, structural heart disease, and even hospitalization and health care utilization.

Joshua Lampert

Cardiac Electrophysiologist & Medical Director of Machine Learning

Mount Sinai Heart in The Mount Sinai Hospital

Suneet Mittal

Chair, Cardiovascular Service Line

Valley Health System

2025-09-05

12:30 PM (EDT) – 01:15 PM (EDT)

Avi Fischer | Daniel Cantillon | Jennifer N. Avari Silva

Not all innovation is successful. Many potential innovations fail in the pre-clinical or early testing phases – often for common reasons. This session will discuss the potential pitfalls in device development and how innovators can navigate these challenges with greater confidence by avoiding mistakes and missteps. The panel will discuss their “dream” innovations that didn’t come to fruition – and what they learned.

Daniel Cantillon

Adult EP Cardiologist & Chief Medical Officer

Masimo Corporation

Jennifer N. Avari Silva

Director Pediatric Electrophysiology

Washington University SOM

Avi Fischer, MD, FHRS

Senior Vice President, Medical Affairs and Innovation

Orchestra BioMed, Inc.

2025-09-05

12:30 PM (EDT) – 01:15 PM (EDT)

Roundtable 1

Sana Al-Khatib | Luigi Di Biase | Paul Varosy | Emily Zeitler

As digital innovation reshapes the electrophysiology landscape, the way we collect and learn from clinical data must evolve in parallel. This forward-looking roundtable will explore next-generation registries and data platforms designed to reduce abstraction burden, enhance clinical insights, and accelerate quality improvement across diverse practice settings. With the Heart Rhythm Society’s newly announced PFA Data Entry Platform—a clinician-led, AI-enhanced alternative to traditional registries—as a central case study, panelists will discuss how emerging models can modernize data collection for novel technologies like Pulsed Field Ablation. We’ll examine core design elements such as longitudinal tracking, integrated data sources, standardized APIs, and real-time benchmarking tools that support both clinical care and research.

Luigi Di Biase, MD, PhD, FHRS

Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology

Albert Einstein College of Medicine at Montefiore Health System

Paul Varosy

Director of EP | Professor of Medicine | Deputy National Program Director

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

Emily Zeitler, MD, MHS

Associate Professor of Medicine

Geisel School of Medicine and The Dartmouth Institute

Sana Al-Khatib

Professor of Medicine at Duke University | Cardiac Electrophysiologist

Duke University

2025-09-05

12:30 PM (EDT) – 01:15 PM (EDT)

Jeffrey Winterfield | Sotirios Nedros | Ravi Ranjan | Usha Tedrow

Innovations in imaging—ranging from real-time 3D/4D echo, advanced CT mapping to cardiac MRI—are reshaping electrophysiology. This session explores how novel visualization tools and AI-powered image processing can guide complex procedures while improving patient safety and outcomes. 

Sotirios Nedios

PD/Ass. Prof. Cardiac Electrophysiology

Heart Center, University of Leipzig

Ravi Ranjan

Section Chief of Cardiac Electrophysiology

University of Utah

Jeffrey Winterfield

Hank and Laurel Greer Chair in Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology | Professor of Medicine

Medical University of South Carolina

2025-09-05

01:15 PM (EDT) – 02:00 PM (EDT)

Paul Wang | J. Peter Weiss

EP Collaboratory to share efforts between industry and early stage companies to promote EFS within the US to increase patient access to new technologies and to support device innovation.

J. Peter Weiss

Cardiac Electrophysiologist

Banner University of Arizona Medical Center Phoenix (BUMCP)

2025-09-05

01:15 PM (EDT) – 02:00 PM (EDT)

Steven Lubitz

Catheter ablation has become the dominant form of therapeutic intervention for cardiac arrhythmias. However, preclinical development of new antiarrhythmic drugs is very robust. These new molecular entities are not limited to antagonism of membrane active ion channels, but target additional mechanisms of arrhythmogenesis. These drugs, their targets, and their potential ability to improve and disrupt current care paradigms will be reviewed in this session.

Steven Lubitz

Director of Translational Medicine

Novartis

2025-09-05

02:00 PM (EDT) – 02:45 PM (EDT)

Roundtable 1

Dan Musat | Nicole Habel | Alexander Kushnir | Miguel Valderrabano

This session will explore signal fidelity and noise reduction in the EP lab, AI-augmented EGM interpretation, regulatory/validation/integration challenges for FDA approval and integration with 3D mapping systems, and clinical research opportunities using AI-driven procedural endpoints.

Nicole Habel

Cardiac Electrophysiologist | Educational Product Manager

The University of Vermont Medical Center | VisibleEP

Alexander Kushnir

Cardiac Electrophysiology Attending

New York University Langone Medical Center

Miguel Valderrabano

Director

Division of Cardiac Electrophysiology at The Methodist Hospital

Dan Musat

Cardiac Electrophysiologist

Valley Health System

2025-09-05

02:00 PM (EDT) – 02:45 PM (EDT)

Sanjiv Narayan | Sabine Ernst | Shlomo Shpun | Jennifer N. Avari Silva

Self-driving cars, remote control of drones, and self-navigating planes are all current realities. However, mapping and ablation of cardiac arrhythmias is a completely human and labor-intensive endeavor, despite many advances over the years. This session will discuss the key barriers and potential solutions that may enable remote control of mapping and ablation as well as semi-autonomous systems for mapping and ablation.

Shlomo Shpun

Chief Scientific Office

TechWald Holding S.p.A.

Sabine Ernst

Professor of Practice (Cardiology)

Imperial College London

Jennifer N. Avari Silva

Director Pediatric Electrophysiology

Washington University SOM

Sanjiv Narayan

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

Stanford University

2025-09-05

02:45 PM (EDT) – 03:30 PM (EDT)

This session will highlight the challenges, current best practices, and how innovation will impact regulatory science, with a focus on first-in-human device trials. The session will highlight shared and unique challenges in different regions of the world, including Asia, Europe, and North America. Attendees will be armed with a better understanding of the key barriers and facilitators for successful first-in-human trials.

2025-09-05

03:00 PM (EDT) – 03:45 AM (EDT)

Julie Shea (Moderator) | Advay Bhatt | Geoffroy Napon | Rachita Navara | Christopher Porterfield

This moderated AbstracX session features presentations from four selected authors, each showcasing innovative research and insights. Join us for a dynamic exchange of ideas and expert discussion.

Advay Bhatt

Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiologist

Valley Health System

Geoffroy Napon

Internal Medicine Resident

University of Iowa Des Moines

Rachita Navara

Co-founder & CEO of SafeBeat (YC S21) | EP Cardiologist | Engineer | NIH-funded Principal Investigator

SafeBeat Rx

Christopher Porterfield

Cardiac Electrophysiologist

Aurora Denver Cardiology Associates

Julie Shea

Nurse Practitioner

Brigham and Women’s Hospital

2025-09-05

03:00 PM (EDT) – 03:45 PM (EDT)

Vivek Y. Reddy | Thomas Deneke

By the time of HRX 2025, pulsed field ablation will have been clinically available in the US for more than a year and a half. While first-gen systems have brought notable changes to EP, these first-generation systems only represent the very beginning of PFA. This session will focus on discussion of the key developments and advances for next generation PFA technologies, including advances in pulse sequences, catheter design, integration with electroanatomic mapping, and patient- and anatomic-specific custom lesion formation.

Thomas Deneke

Cardiac Electrophysiologist

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

Vivek Y. Reddy

Director of Cardiac Arrhythmia Services

Mount Sinai Health System

2025-09-05

03:45 PM (EDT) – 04:30 PM (EDT)

Matthew Kalscheur | Stuart Schecter | Jasjit Syan | Deepthy Varghese

This moderated AbstracX session features presentations from four selected authors, each showcasing innovative research and insights. Join us for a dynamic exchange of ideas and expert discussion.

Matthew Kalscheur

Cardiac Electrophysiologist & Clinical Informaticist

University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health

Stuart Schecter

Cardiologist, Inventor

Mount Sinai Health System

Jasjit Syan

PhD Candidate | Senior Clinical Fellow in Cardiology

Imperial College London | Chelsea and Westminster NHS Foundation Trust

Deepthy Varghese

Cardiology Electrophysiology Nurse Practitioner

Emory University Hospital

2025-09-05

03:45 PM (EDT) – 04:30 PM (EDT)

Marat Fudim | Sarah Smith

As healthcare shifts toward proactive interventions, AI holds the promise of detecting heart failure before overt symptoms appear. In this session, experts will discuss how machine learning and big-data analytics can arm clinicians with real-time insights to intervene at the earliest sign of HF decompensation. Attendees will gain an understanding of predictive models, novel monitoring tools, and the challenges involved in implementing such technologies on a broad scale.

Sarah Smith

Co-founder and Chief Product Officer

Bodyport

Marat Fudim

Associate Professor & Heart Failure Cardiologist

Duke University Medical Center

2025-09-05

04:45 PM (EDT) – 05:30 PM (EDT)

Jennifer N. Avari Silva

What’s next in the evolution of cardiac ablation technology? This session explores whether ease of use will translate into superior outcomes, the potential of novel energy sources, and the role of robotics, AR, and VR in procedural automation. Experts will also discuss the promise of computational modeling in personalizing ablation strategies—are we truly on the brink of precision ablation, or is clinical translation still a work in progress?

Jennifer N. Avari Silva

Director Pediatric Electrophysiology

Washington University SOM

2025-09-05

04:45 PM (EDT) – 05:30 PM (EDT)

Jill Schaeffer | Jamie Harris | Jeroen Hendriks | Samuel F. Sears | Julie Shea | Mellanie True Hills

This session will explore cutting-edge approaches to patient education, focusing on the integration of digital tools and interactive platforms. Participants will gain insights into the latest best practices for educating patients and healthcare professionals, enhancing engagement, understanding, and overall patient outcomes.

Jamie Harris

Nurse Practitioner

Boston Children’s Hospital

Jeroen Hendriks, PhD, RN

Professor of Cardiovascular Nursing

Centre for Heart Rhythm Disorders, University of Adelaide

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

Julie Shea

Nurse Practitioner

Brigham and Women’s Hospital

Mellanie True Hills

Founder & CEO

American Foundation for Women’s Health & StopAfib.org

Jill Schaeffer

EP Nurse Practitioner

Penn Medicine – Lancaster General Health

2025-09-05

05:30 PM (EDT) – 06:30 PM (EDT)

Moez Alnazeer | Jina Choi | Mehak Dhande | Shruti Ganesan | James Ip | Suraya Hani Kamsani | Yaariv Khaykin | Abhishek Maan | Dan Musat | Alvaro Reyes-Quintero | William Swain | Meghan Reading Turchioe | Jason Yao

This engaging AbstracX Happy Hour session, powered by 91Life, kicks off with opening remarks from 91Life. Following the introduction, AbstracX presenters will present their work in a lively, informal setting designed to foster connection and conversation.

Moez Alnazeer

Cardiology Fellow

Baylor College of Medicine

Jina Choi

Cardiology Fellow

Seoul National University Bundang Hospital

Mehak Dhande

Interventional Cardiac Electrophysiologist | Physician Scientist

University of Pittsburgh Medical Center

Shruti Ganesan

Finance Account Officer | HealthTech Innovator

DMCC (Dubai Multi Commodities Centre)

James Ip

Professor

Weill Cornell Medicine

Suraya Hani Kamsani

Consultant Cardiologist and Electrophysiologist

National Heart Institute, Malaysia

Yaariv Khaykin

Chief Medical Information Officer

Myant Health

Abhishek Maan

Cardiac Electrophysiologist

The University of Toledo

Dan Musat

Cardiac Electrophysiologist

Valley Health System

Alvaro Reyes-Quintero

Research Fellow – International Medical Program UAG SOM PhD Candidate – Human Genetics

Clinical Electrophysiology and Cardiogenetics National Institute of Cardiology Ignacio Chavez Professor of Medicine

William Swain

Cardiology Fellow

Mayo Clinic

Meghan Reading Turchioe

Assistant Professor

Columbia University

Jason Yao

Principal Systems Engineer

Abbott EP

September 06, 2025

2025-09-06

08:00 AM (EDT) – 08:45 AM (EDT)

Sana Al-Khatib

Innovation in cardiology remains a central driving force to better patient care. This session explores how emerging technologies provide both opportunities and challenges to execute.

Sana Al-Khatib

Professor of Medicine at Duke University | Cardiac Electrophysiologist

Duke University

2025-09-06

08:00 AM (EDT) – 08:45 AM (EDT)

Mina K. Chung | Jagmeet Singh | J. Peter Weiss

This session will introduce a new initiative aimed at fostering collaboration among clinical, translational, and basic researchers. As a follow-up to presentations at Heart Rhythm 2025, the roundtable will highlight opportunities for innovation—particularly partnerships with industry—and explore how the Network will support mentorship, multi-center studies, and the development of a robust data warehouse. Discussions will cover data-sharing best practices, priority arrhythmia conditions, and the initiative’s potential to accelerate AI-driven research.

Jagmeet Singh

Professor of Medicine | Cardiac Electrophysiologist & Founding Director of the Resynchronization and Advanced Cardiac Therapeutics Program

Harvard Medical School | Massachusetts General Hospital Heart Center

J. Peter Weiss

Cardiac Electrophysiologist

Banner University of Arizona Medical Center Phoenix (BUMCP)

Mina K. Chung

Staff Cardiologist & Professor of Medicine in the Section of Pacing and Electrophysiology

Cleveland Clinic

2025-09-06

08:45 AM (EDT) – 09:30 AM (EDT)

Jagmeet Singh | Derek Exner | Uma Srivatsa | Mintu Turakhia

The advent of multiple sensors in wearables begins to provide clinicians with a treasure trove of data of unknown impact and usefulness. This session will examine tech and the patient experience of employing it.

Derek Exner

Chief Medical Officer

HelpWear Inc.

Uma Srivatsa

Senior Cardiac Electrophysiologist | Professor and Director of Arrhythmia Services

University of California – Davis

Mintu Turakhia

Chief Medical and Scientific Officer + EVP, Product Management and Innovation | Professor of Medicine and Cardiac Electrophysiologist

iRhythm Technologies, Inc. | Stanford University

Jagmeet Singh

Professor of Medicine | Cardiac Electrophysiologist & Founding Director of the Resynchronization and Advanced Cardiac Therapeutics Program

Harvard Medical School | Massachusetts General Hospital Heart Center

2025-09-06

09:45 AM (EDT) – 12:00 AM (EDT)

Atul Gupta, MD

Atul Gupta, MD

Chief Medical Officer, Diagnosis and Treatment

Philips

2025-09-06

10:45 AM (EDT) – 11:30 AM (EDT)

James O’Hara | Janet K. Han | Lisa Roelle | Heather Ross | Lauren Rousseau

We will discuss key issues surrounding interoperability and integration, exploring innovative solutions for seamless data flow across multiple monitoring systems. Additionally, we will evaluate the role of AI to support clinical decision-making, enhancing both patient outcomes and operational efficiency. Join us to explore the future of remote monitoring and data management, and how innovations in this field are shaping the future of healthcare

Janet K. Han

Associate Professor of Medicine | Cardiac Electrophysiology

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

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

Lauren Rousseau

Physician Assistant in the Section of Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology

Brigham and Women’s Hospital

James O’Hara

Physician Assistant in Electrophysiology

Virginia Heart’s Falls Church

2025-09-06

10:45 AM (EDT) – 11:30 AM (EDT)

Oguz Akbilgic | Myrte Bartheis | Krishna Pundi

This moderated AbstracX session features presentations from four selected authors, each showcasing innovative research and insights. Join us for a dynamic exchange of ideas and expert discussion.

Oguz Akbilgic

Professor of Artificial Intelligence

Wake Forest School of Medicine Department of Cardiovascular Medicine

Myrte Barthels

PhD Candidate

FibriCheck

Krishna Pundi

Cardiac Electrophysiologist, Health Services and Outcomes Researcher, Innovator

Palo Alto VA Hospital

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Nadhem Abdallah

Internal Medicine Resident

Hennepin Healthcare

Katie Adams

Senior Reporter

MedCity News

Michael Adjei-Mosi

Second Year Medical Student

Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons

James Allred

Chief Executive Officer & Co-Founder

CV Remote Solutions

Joao Almeida

Cardiologist – Pacing and Cardiac Electrophysiology

PortoClínica

Renée Arnold

Entrepreneur-in-Residence

BioHealth Innovation, Inc. & the NIH/NHLBI

T. Massey Arrington

Assistant Vice President for Pulmonary, Respiratory, and Sleep Services

Wellstar Health System

Shanti Bansal

Chief Executive Officer | Electrophysiologist

Octagos Health | Houston Heart Rhythm PLLC

Bleron Baraliu

CEO

91Life

Maria Berkman

Head of MedTech, Broadview Ventures | Managing Director, Longview Ventures

Broadview Ventures and Longview Ventures

Julia Berzhanskaya

Program Director for trans-NIH REACH 2.0 and Innovator Support Lead

National Heart Lung and Blood Institute (NHLBI) Innovation& Commercialization Office

Neal Bhatia

Cardiac Electrophysiologist | Co-Director of the Complex Ventricular Tachycardia Ablation Program

Emory University Hospital System

Advay Bhatt

Valley Health System

Kenneth Bilchick

Associate Professor of Medicine | Clinical Cardiologist & Electrophysiologist

University of Virginia

Stephen Browning

Assistant Division Director

US Food & Drug Administration

Kristen Bova Campbell

Clinical Pharmacy Specialist and Senior Research Associate in Electrophysiology

Duke University Medical Center

Nitika Chellappa

Senior Clinical Engineer of Cardiac Rhythm Management

Abbott

Christopher Cheung

Cardiologist & Cardiac Electrophysiologist | Assistant Professor

Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre | University of Toronto in Toronto, Canada

Mina K. Chung

Staff Cardiologist & Professor of Medicine in the Section of Pacing and Electrophysiology

Cleveland Clinic

Janice Chyou

Cardiac Electrophysiologist & Clinician-Investigator

Mount Sinai

James Colbert

Chief Medical Officer

Memora Health

Doug Corsi

Internal Medicine Resident

Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School

Caitlin Cox

TCTMD | Cardiovascular Research Foundation

Payal Cramer

Counsel

Baker & Hostetler LLP

Jon Crane

Senior Vice President – Heart & Vascular

Emory Healthcare

Benjamin D’Souza

Associate Professor | Section Chief of Cardiac Electrophysiology and EP Lab Director

Penn Medicine

Elizabeth Davenport

Clinical Translation Specialist

BIOTRONIK

Elizabeth Dougherty

Eastern Regional Outreach Director

U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO)

Holly Easlea

Clinical and Algorithm R&D Director

B-Secur

Kenneth Ellenbogen

Director of Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology and Pacing | Kimmerling Chair of Cardiology | President

Virginia Commonwealth University | Heart Rhythm Society

Mike Ennen

Partner

McKinsey & Company

Shavini Fernando

Founder & CEO | WBJ 40 under 40 (2022)| TedX Speaker | VR, WEB Designer Developer

OxiWear

Tony Fiola

Vice President & General Manager

Global Cardiac Diagnostic Services Franchise at Boston Scientific

David Fischel

Chairman & CEO

Stereotaxis

Stephen Flaim

Senior Special Advisor & Investor-In-Residence | President | Director

National Heart Lung and Blood Institute, NIH | Flaim Partners Consulting | Haima Therapeutics

Jonathan Francey

Head of Algorithm Development

B-Secur

Marat Fudim

Associate Professor & Heart Failure Cardiologist

Duke University Medical Center

Daniel Gottlieb

Director of the MedTech Portfolio

Broadview Ventures

Ben Green

SVP of Clinical Services

AliveCor Inc.

Lars Grieten

CEO & Co-Founder

FibriCheck

Henri Gruwez

Cardiology Fellow

Leuven University Hospitals and Ziekenhuis Oost-Limburg

Daniel Guerrero

Director of US Clinical Affairs

Volta Medical

Alexander Hajduczok

Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology Fellow

UCSD

John Halamka

President

Mayo Clinic Platform

Deb Halligan

Chief Customer Officer and Co-Founder

Nudj Health

Kate Hanneman

University of Toronto | Toronto General Hospital Research Institute

Ante Harxhi

Head of Therapeutic Area & Medical Innovation, Cardiovascular-Metabolics

Johnson & Johnson

Kyle Ingram

Trademarks Customer Outreach Attorney

U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO)

Chris Irving

Co-Founder, Chief Experience Officer & Head of Design

Murj Inc.

Nino Isakadze

Cardiac Electrophysiology Fellow

Johns Hopkins Hospital

Andy Iverson

Senior Principal Software Engineer

Medtronic

Jennifer Jones-McMeans

Divisional Vice President of Global Clinical Affair

Abbott

Matthew Kalscheur

Cardiac Electrophysiologist & Clinical Informaticist

University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health

Narendra Kanuru

Director of Cardiac Electrophysiology

Wellstar Health System

Robert Kazmierski

Lead Reviewer

US Food & Drug Administration

Dziugile Kersnauskaite

Resident Doctor Specializing in Cardiology

Vilnius University Hospital Santaros

Rohan Khera

Cardiologist-Data Scientist & Director of the Cardiovascular Data Science (CarDS) Lab | Clinical Director of the Center of Health Informatics and Analytics | Associate Editor

Yale University | CORE | JAMA

Jinkook Kim

A.I. Team Lead

HUINNO Co., Ltd.

Douglas Kirsch

Medical Director | Clinical Professor in the Department of Neurology

Atrium Health Sleep Medicine | Wake Forest University School of Medicine

Robert Kowal

Vice President and General Manager, Cardiac Pacing Therapies | Cardiac Electrophysiologist

Medtronic

Jennifer Kozen

Assistant Director of the External Heart Rhythm and Rate Devices Team

US Food & Drug Administration

Erik Kulstad

Attending Physician | Professor of Emergency Medicine | Co-Founder

Parkland Hospital Emergency Department | University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center | Attune Medical

Uday Kumar

Founder, President & CEO

Element Science, Inc.

Dhanunjaya R. Lakkireddy

Executive Medical Director of the Kansas City Heart Rhythm Institute

HCA Midwest in Overland Park, Kansas

Robin Leahy

Vice President of Clinical Affairs

PaceMate

Chris Lee

Chair & CEO, Co-founder

Huxley Medical, Inc.

Chanho Lim

Assistant Director of Digital Health and AI Development

Tulane University

Ruhi Mahajan

Principal Data Scientist

Zywie, Inc.

Chris Mansi

Co-founder & CEO

Viz.ai

Adriana Mares

Student Researcher & Medical Student | Founder

Yale School of Medicine | Institute of Cardiology at El Paso

Michael Markl

Professor & Vice Chair for Research in the Department of Radiology | President

Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine | Society for Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance

Christian Marton

VP of Technology (AI)

Vektor Medical, Inc.

Mads Matthiesen

Chief Executive Officer & Co-Founder

CathVision

Megan McCabe

Manager of Clinical Data & Analytics

Murj

Theresa Mcllraith

Lead Cardiac Device Specialist

Piedmont Healthcare

Jennifer Meinen

Director of Clinical R&D

Abbott

Andrei-Alexandru Mircea

Physician & Research Intern

CHUV | Lausanne University Hospital

Suneet Mittal

Chair, Cardiovascular Service Line

Valley Health System

Krystyna Monticello

Attorney

Oscislawski LLC

Rachita Navara

Co-founder & CEO of SafeBeat (YC S21) | EP Cardiologist | Engineer | NIH-funded Principal Investigator

SafeBeat Rx

Kyle Newman

Global Program Manager over the Affera Mapping and Ablation System

Medtronic

Tomeka Oubichon

Eastern Regional Outreach Officer

U.S. Patent and Trademark Office

Hitendra Patel

Medical Director Wellstar Sleep Program, Wellstar Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine

WellStar Health System

Crystal Phend

Contributing Editor

MedPage Today

Christopher Porterfield

Cardiac Electrophysiologist

Aurora Denver Cardiology Associates

Richard Price

Founder & President

PulsePoint Foundation

Michael Raccuglia

Biomedical Engineer | Lead Reviewer

US Food & Drug Administration

Luke Ralston

Biomedical Engineer

US Food & Drug Administration

Naveed Razvi

Chief Medical Officer

AccurKardia

Craig Reister

Systems Engineer

Boston Scientific

Kimberly Rodriguez

Associate Director of Clinical Services

Baxter

Arnaud Rosier

Chief Executive Officer & Founder

Implicity

Yosef Safi Harb

Founder & CEO

Happitech

Samer Salman

Neuroscience Student

University of Texas at Austin

Shelby Sanderford Dabelich

Founder & CEO

DOCPACE

Amber Seiler

Chief Operating Officer | EP Nurse Practitioner & Arrhythmia Program Services Coordinator

CV Remote Solutions | LeBauer Cardiology

Ravi Shah

Cardiac Electrophysiologist | Co-founder and Clinical Lead, AI in Cardiology Research Collaboration

Atrium Health Sanger HVI I Penn State

Karandeep Singh

Chief Health AI Officer | Jacobs Chancellor’s Endowed Chair

UC San Diego Health | UC San Diego

Richard Strobridge

Vice President | Former Chief Executive Officer

Commure+Athelas | Rx.Health

Jake Sunshine

Associate Professor | Research Scientist | Past Founder and Chief Medical Officer

UW School of Medicine | Google | Sound Life Sciences (acquired by Google)

Berk Tas

Chief Executive Officer and President

SentiAR

Mohan Thanikachalam

CEO, President & Founder

Dynocardia

Isha Tripuraneni

Undergraduate Student | Intern

UC San Diego | AlfredAI

Kirsten Tullia

Senior Vice President, Payment and Health Care Delivery Policy & Head of Research

Advanced Medical Technology Association (AdvaMed)

Erika Tyburski

Chief Executive Officer

Sanguina, Inc.

Venk Varadan

Co-founder and CEO of Nanowear

Nanowear

Subbu Venkatraman

Chief Technology Officer (CTO)

Eko Health

Christopher Villongco

Chief Technology Officer & Co-founder

Vektor Medical, Inc.

Manish Wadhwa

Chief Medical Officer | Cardiac Electrophysiologist

Philips Ambulatory Monitoring and Diagnostics | San Diego Arrhythmia Associates

Brianna Wolfe

Clinical Exercise Physiologist and Director of Operations | Executive Director

Georgia Arrhythmia Consultants and Research Institute | Georgia Arrhythmia Foundation & S.C.A.R.E

Hadi Younes

Medical Doctor & Dedicated Full-Time Scientist

Tulane TRIAD

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September 04, 2025

2025-09-04

08:00 AM (EDT) – 08:50 AM (EDT)

Jonathan Piccini | Shlomo Shpun | Sabine Ernst | Vadim Federov | Philip Haeusser | Mélèze Hocini | Jerome Kalifa | Devi Nair | Sanjiv Narayan

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Vadim V. Fedorov

Corrine Frick Research Chair in Heart Failure and Arrhythmia

The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center

Philip Haeusser

Co-Founder & CTO | CTO

Ablacon Inc. | Cortex EP

Mélèze Hocini

Professor of Cardiology | Deputy Director

Bordeaux University Hospital’s Cardiac Arrhythmias Center | IHU Liryc

Jerome Kalifa

Co-Founder-Executive Vice-Chairman | Chief Medical Officer

VOLTA Medical

Devi G Nair, MD, FACC, FHRS

Director of the Cardiac Electrophysiology & Research

St. Bernards Medical Center & Arrhythmia Research Group

Sanjiv Narayan

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

Stanford University

Jonathan Piccini

Cardiac Electrophysiologist & Professor of Medicine and Population Health | Director of the Cardiac Electrophysiology section

Duke University Hospital and the Duke Clinical Research Institute | Duke Heart Center

Shlomo Shpun

Chief Scientific Office

TechWald Holding S.p.A.

Sabine Ernst

Professor of Practice (Cardiology)

Imperial College London

2025-09-04

08:55 AM (EDT) – 09:45 AM (EDT)

Devi Nair | Melanie Gunawardene | Sabine Ernst | H. Immo Lehmann | Vivek Y. Reddy | Andrea Sarkozy | Kalyanam Shivkumar

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Sabine Ernst

Professor of Practice (Cardiology)

Imperial College London

H. Immo Lehmann

Cardiac Electrophysiologist

University of Utah

Vivek Y. Reddy

Director of Cardiac Arrhythmia Services

Mount Sinai Health System

Andrea Sarkozy

Professor of Cardiology & Free University of Brussels Director

Ventricular Arrhythmia & Sudden Death Unit, UZ Brussel

Kalyanam Shivkumar

Professor & Director, Center for Interventional Programs

UCLA Health System, UCLA Cardiac Arrhythmia Center & EP Programs

Devi G Nair, MD, FACC, FHRS

Director of the Cardiac Electrophysiology & Research

St. Bernards Medical Center & Arrhythmia Research Group

Melanie Gunawardene

Senior Cardiac Electrophysiologist

CCB Frankfurt

2025-09-04

10:00 AM (EDT) – 10:50 AM (EDT)

Emily Zeitler | Ulrika Birgersdotter-Green | Mikhael El-Chami | Avi Fischer | Devi Nair | Venkatakrishna Tholakanahalli | Niraj Varma

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Ulrika Birgersdotter-Green

Cardiac Electrophysiologist | Professor of Medicine

UC San Diego Health System

Mikhael El-Chami

Electrophysiologist | Professor of Medicine

Emory University

Avi Fischer, MD, FHRS

Senior Vice President, Medical Affairs and Innovation

Orchestra BioMed, Inc.

Devi G Nair, MD, FACC, FHRS

Director of the Cardiac Electrophysiology & Research

St. Bernards Medical Center & Arrhythmia Research Group

Venkatakrishna Tholakanahalli

Professor of Medicine | Chief-Cardiac Electrophysiology

University of Minnesota | Minneapolis VA Health Care System

Niraj Varma

Cardiac Electrophysiologist & Professor of Medicine

Cleveland Clinic

Emily Zeitler, MD, MHS

Associate Professor of Medicine

Geisel School of Medicine and The Dartmouth Institute

2025-09-04

10:50 AM (EDT) – 12:00 PM (EDT)

Elaine Wan | Patrick Boyle | Jennifer N. Avari Silva | Yaariv Khaykin | Zak Loring | Steven Lubitz | Devi Nair | Sotirios Nedios | Jagmeet Singh

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Jennifer N. Avari Silva

Director Pediatric Electrophysiology

Washington University SOM

Yaariv Khaykin

Chief Medical Information Officer

Myant Health

Zak Loring

Cardiac Electrophysiologist

Duke University Medical Center

Steven Lubitz

Director of Translational Medicine

Novartis

Devi G Nair, MD, FACC, FHRS

Director of the Cardiac Electrophysiology & Research

St. Bernards Medical Center & Arrhythmia Research Group

Sotirios Nedios

PD/Ass. Prof. Cardiac Electrophysiology

Heart Center, University of Leipzig

Jagmeet Singh

Professor of Medicine | Cardiac Electrophysiologist & Founding Director of the Resynchronization and Advanced Cardiac Therapeutics Program

Harvard Medical School | Massachusetts General Hospital Heart Center

Elaine Wan

Esther Aboodi Associate Professor of Medicine in Cardiology and Cardiac Electrophysiology | Attending Physician at New York-Presbyterian Hospital

Columbia University Medical Center, College of Physicians and Surgeons | New York-Presbyterian Hospital

Patrick Boyle

Associate Professor of Bioengineering

University of Washington

2025-09-04

01:00 PM (EDT) – 01:45 PM (EDT)

Stage 01

Kris Shah | Suneet Mittal

Kris Shah, former President of Baylis Medical and a driving force behind one of Canada’s most influential MedTech success stories, joins Dr. Suneet Mittal for a main tent conversation at HRX 2025. Together, they will explore how innovation can be intentionally cultivated—from early-stage ideation to global scale. Drawing from his leadership at Baylis Medical, Kris will share how he created an environment that empowered engineers and clinicians to challenge convention, embraced failure as a learning tool, and ultimately brought disruptive cardiovascular technologies to market. Attendees will gain insight into the strategic, cultural, and operational levers needed to sustain innovation in a highly regulated, risk-averse industry. Whether you’re a founder, physician, or executive, this session offers a blueprint for how to lead boldly and innovate with purpose.

Kris Shah

President

Baylis Medical Technologies

Suneet Mittal

Chair, Cardiovascular Service Line

Valley Health System

2025-09-04

02:00 PM (EDT) – 02:45 PM (EDT)

Mintu Turakhia | Jeffrey Wessler

This session explores how AI-driven innovations are transforming atrial fibrillation (AF) management, from prevention to long-term care. Experts will discuss AI-powered digital education, solutions for early intervention, and technology’s role in addressing key risk factors like obesity, sleep apnea, and exercise. Is AI the game-changer in achieving sustainable AF care, or just another trend? Join us to find out.

Jeffrey Wessler

Cardiologist, Founder & CEO

Heartbeat Health

Mintu Turakhia

Chief Medical and Scientific Officer + EVP, Product Management and Innovation | Professor of Medicine and Cardiac Electrophysiologist

iRhythm Technologies, Inc. | Stanford University

2025-09-04

02:00 PM (EDT) – 02:45 PM (EDT)

As Pulsed Field Ablation (PFA) transitions from investigational to early commercial use, electrophysiology teams are reimagining workflows, tools, and treatment strategies. This expert roundtable will examine how early adopters are integrating PFA into clinical practice—from evolving lesion strategies and HD mapping techniques to contact sensing and directional energy delivery. Panelists will share first-hand insights on optimizing lesion durability, minimizing collateral damage, and tailoring ablation approaches for complex anatomies. With an eye toward next-generation technologies currently under evaluation, the discussion will also explore the innovations shaping the future of PFA and what’s needed to support continued progress in safety and efficacy.

2025-09-04

02:00 PM (EDT) – 02:45 PM (EDT)

Aileen Ferrick | Jessica Mullenix | Carissa Pistilli | Yekaterina Spivak | Julie Thomas | Amy Tucker | Rebecca Yapejian

In this session, we will delve into the evolving landscape of remote monitoring, addressing the increasing challenges associated with managing vast amounts of data collected from wearables, implantables, and external monitoring devices. We will explore the complexities of integrating data across diverse platforms, with a particular focus on overcoming interoperability barriers.

Jessica Mullenix

Cardiac Electrophysiology Nurse Practitioner

U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs Cardiology Office

Carissa Pistilli

Advanced Nurse Practitioner

Valley Health System

Yekaterina Spivak

Physician Assistant | Inventor & Founder

Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia | Laally

Julie Thomas

Electrophysiology Physician Assistant & EP Supervisor

North Shore University Hospital

Amy Tucker

Nurse Manager of the Cardiac Device Clinic

Sanger Heart & Vascular Institute (SHVI)

Rebecca Yapejian

CRM Senior Field Clinical Representative | Cardiac Electrophysiology Nurse Practitioner | Former Software Engineer

Boston Scientific | DOCS Health Careers

Aileen Ferrick

Assistant Director of Cardiac Electrophysiology Research | Acute Care Nurse Practitioner

White Plains Hospital

2025-09-04

02:45 PM (EDT) – 03:30 PM (EDT)

Brynn Dechert-Crooks | Benjamin Hale | Jamie Harris | Lisa Roelle | Nicholas Von Bergen

From life-changing interventions to emotional uncertainties, how does cardiac technology shape the journey of children and young adults with arrhythmias? This session explores the evolving role of electrophysiology (EP) in pediatrics, the impact of cutting-edge devices, and the patient experience—balancing fear, hope, and the promise of innovation. Are we maximizing technology’s potential, or is is there more to uncover in improving outcomes and quality of life for young patients?

Benjamin Hale

Pediatric and Congenital Electrophysiologist

University of Iowa

Jamie Harris

Nurse Practitioner

Boston Children’s Hospital

Lisa Roelle

Pediatric Electrophysiology Physician Assistant

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

Nicholas Von Bergen

Professor of Pediatrics in Pediatric Cardiac Electrophysiologist | Co-Founder

University of Wisconsin-Madison | Atrility Medical, LLC

Brynn Dechert-Crooks

Pediatric Electrophysiology Nurse Practitioner

University of Michigan Congenital Heart Center

2025-09-04

02:45 PM (EDT) – 03:30 PM (EDT)

Marco Perez | Arik Ben Ishay | Derek Exner | Yaariv Kahykin

From smart rings and adhesive patches to smart clothing and implantables, non-watch wearables are reshaping how we monitor, diagnose, and manage cardiovascular disease outside traditional clinical settings. This roundtable will explore the expanding landscape of non-watch wearable technologies, their clinical utility in arrhythmia detection, heart failure monitoring, and vital sign assessment, and the challenges of data validation, workflow integration, and reimbursement. Panelists will share insights on current use cases, patient engagement strategies, and the future promise of these emerging tools in delivering continuous, personalized cardiovascular care.

Arik Ben Ishay

Co-Founder & CEO

Biobeat

Derek Exner

Chief Medical Officer

HelpWear Inc.

Yaariv Khaykin

Chief Medical Information Officer

Myant Health

Marco Perez

Associate Professor of Medicine

Stanford University

2025-09-04

02:45 PM (EDT) – 03:30 PM (EDT)

Mina K. Chung | Alan Cheng | Sumeet Chugh | Richard Price | Monique Starks | Jake Sunshine

SCA is a persistent public health problem, but little has changed over the past several decades. This session will highlight new approaches to the prevention and treatment of SCA that leverage innovative technologies and systems of care. Special attention will be given to how different technologies, education, and predictive analytics can synergize to improve the problem of SCA and improve outcomes.

Alan Cheng

Chief Medical Officer of the Medtronic Cardiac Rhythm Management Operating Unit

Medtronic

Sumeet Chugh

Price Endowed Professor & Associate Director, Heart Institute | Director Artificial Intelligence in Medicine

Cedars-Sinai Health System

Richard Price

Founder & President

PulsePoint Foundation

Monique Starks

Associate Professor of Medicine

Duke University School of Medicine

Jake Sunshine

Associate Professor | Research Scientist | Past Founder and Chief Medical Officer

UW School of Medicine | Google | Sound Life Sciences (acquired by Google)

Mina K. Chung

Staff Cardiologist & Professor of Medicine in the Section of Pacing and Electrophysiology

Cleveland Clinic

2025-09-04

03:45 PM (EDT) – 04:30 PM (EDT)

Natalia Trayanova | Patrick Boyle | Jonathan Chrispin | Tanmay Gokhale | Liat Tsoref

Digital twins offer the promise to develop, test, and validate potential personalized solutions for heart rhythm care that are unique to a given individual and their myocardial substrate. Early studies have been promising. However, there are significant challenges from several different areas including operational, computational, and efficacy. This session will engage in discussing whether digital twins will become a foundational core of EP care or remain a fantasy.

Patrick Boyle

Associate Professor of Bioengineering

University of Washington

Jonathan Chrispin

Associate Professor of Medicine; Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering; Director of the Ventricular Arrhythmia Ablation Program

Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

Tanmay Gokhale

Cardiac Electrophysiology Fellow

University of Pittsburgh Medical Center

Liat Tsoref

Senior Director of Digital, AI and Customer Collaboration

Biosense Webster

Natalia Trayanova, PhD, FHRS

Professor | Director for AI Research

Johns Hopkins University

2025-09-04

03:45 PM (EDT) – 04:30 PM (EDT)

Dominic Abrams | Vassilios Bezzerides | Gabriel Brooks | Samuel Hall | Cain McClary

Inherited arrhythmia syndromes and cardiomyopathies pose a significant clinic challenge, with suboptimal treatment and a large unmet need. Over the last decade several new therapies have been developed which target the underlying genetic and molecular causes of these conditions, and many are progressing from pre-clinical research to clinical trials. These discoveries offer a potential paradigm shift in treatment strategies and quality of life for patients. This panel focused on novel genetic and molecular therapies for inherited arrhythmia syndromes and arrhythmogenic cardiomyopathies will bring together experts with a broad range of experience including venture capital, clinicians, translational scientists, and biotech. The session will address a wide range of topics from lab discovery to commercialization.

Vassilios Bezzerides

Assistant Professor of Pediatrics

Boston Children’s Hospital

Gabriel Brooks

Chief Medical Office

Solid Biosciences

Samuel Hall

Founder & Managing Partner

Scion

Cain McClary

Founder & Managing Partner

KdT Ventures

Dominic Abrams

Co-Director of the Center for Cardiovascular Genetics

Boston Children’s Hospital

2025-09-04

03:45 PM (EDT) – 04:30 PM (EDT)

Roundtable 2

Hamid Ghanbari | Jacqueline Shreibati

Large Language Models (LLMs) are rapidly moving from experimental tools to real-world clinical assistants. This roundtable explores how LLMs are being integrated into everyday workflows across cardiology and beyond—powering clinical documentation, decision support, patient communication, and medical education. Panelists will discuss emerging use cases, real-world implementation challenges, and ethical considerations such as bias, data privacy, and regulatory oversight. Join us for a pragmatic, frontline view of how AI is reshaping the clinician-patient interface and what it will take to move from promise to practice.

Jacqueline Shreibati

Cardiologist & Senior Clinical Lead

Google

Hamid Ghanbari

Vice Chair of Innovation, Assistant Professor & Cardiac Electrophysiologist

University of Michigan Cardiovascular Center

2025-09-04

03:45 PM (EDT) – 04:30 PM (EDT)

Daniel Morin (Moderator) | Yaariv Khaykin | Bobak Mosadegh | Nobunari Tomura | Bryant Wyatt

The Top 5 scoring AbstracX Researchers will share their research.

Yaariv Khaykin

Chief Medical Information Officer

Myant Health

Bobak Mosadegh

Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering in Radiology

Weill Cornell Medicine

Nobunari Tomura

Clinical Researcher

Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine

Bryant Wyatt

Professor of Mathematics

Tarleton State University

Daniel Morin, MD, MPH

Cardiac Electrophysiologist

University of California San Francisco

2025-09-04

03:45 PM (EDT) – 04:30 PM (EDT)

Roundtable 1

Prashanthan Sanders | Meghan Reading Turchioe | Niraj Varma

This session will explore the opportunity for AI to assist with assessment of device interrogations, arrhythmia detection and identification, alert management and generation of clinical synopsis to enhance efficiency of CIED remote monitoring. The session will also explore how AI can enhance “population level” understanding of a large CIED remote monitoring program.

Meghan Reading Turchioe

Assistant Professor

Columbia University

Niraj Varma

Cardiac Electrophysiologist & Professor of Medicine

Cleveland Clinic

Prashanthan Sanders

Cardiac Electrophysiologist & Director of Cardiac Electrophysiology

University of Adelaide

2025-09-04

04:30 PM (EDT) – 05:15 PM (EDT)

Amin Al-Ahmad | Luigi Di Biase | Christoph Hennersperger

There is an unprecedented surge in innovation surrounding intracardiac ultrasound and its integration into electrophysiologic care. Future iterations of 4-D intracardiac ultrasound, next-generation integration into mapping systems, and the use of ultrasound for therapeutic purposes all have the potential to significantly change practice. This session will review these key innovations and how they may improve care in the EP laboratory.

Luigi Di Biase, MD, PhD, FHRS

Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology

Albert Einstein College of Medicine at Montefiore Health System

Christoph Hennersperger

Co-Founder & Chief Technology Officer

LUMA Vision

Amin Al-Ahmad

Cardiac Electrophysiologist

Texas Cardiac Arrhythmia

2025-09-04

04:30 PM (EDT) – 05:15 PM (EDT)

Roundtable 1

Gabriel Brooks | Vassillios Bezzerides | David Milan | Samuel F. Sears

Current treatments for inherited arrhythmias focus on medical therapy and cardiac implanted electronic devices. While they suppress arrhythmias and prevent fatal sequelae they do not address the fundamental underlying cause of the disease. While gene therapy has been a theoretical solution to fix the underlying cause of inherited arrhythmias, recent innovations are finally bringing these therapies closer to clinical care. This session will explore the different genetic therapies in development for a variety of disorders and how they will impact persons with inherited arrhythmias from a clinical and psychological standpoint.

Vassilios Bezzerides

Assistant Professor of Pediatrics

Boston Children’s Hospital

David Milan

Chief Scientific Officer

Leducq Corp

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

Gabriel Brooks

Chief Medical Office

Solid Biosciences

2025-09-04

04:30 PM (EDT) – 05:15 PM (EDT)

Dominik K Linz | Lars Grieten | Nassir Marrouche | Yosef Safi Harb | Emma Svennberg

PPG has rapidly evolved from a consumer wellness tool into a promising clinical modality with wide-ranging applications in cardiovascular care. This roundtable will explore cutting-edge innovations in PPG technology and how it is being deployed to transform detection, diagnosis, and disease management. From arrhythmia monitoring to blood pressure estimation, sleep apnea screening, and heart failure assessment, PPG-based tools are reshaping how and where care is delivered—especially when integrated into wearables, smartphones, and remote monitoring platforms. Experts from digital health startups, academic research, and clinical practice will examine key advances in signal processing, AI-enhanced analytics, and device miniaturization. We’ll also tackle the regulatory, validation, and clinical integration challenges that must be addressed to move from promise to practice.

Lars Grieten

CEO & Co-Founder

FibriCheck

Nassir Marrouche

Director of Heart and Vascular Institute

Tulane University School of Medicine

Yosef Safi Harb

Founder & CEO

Happitech

Emma Svennberg, MD, PhD

Assistant professor | Electrophysiologist

Karolinska University Hospital

Dominik K Linz, MD, PhD

Professor

Maastricht University Medical Center

2025-09-04

04:30 PM (EDT) – 05:15 PM (EDT)

David Slotwiner

This session explores how AI integration, EMR advancements, and remote monitoring can enhance physician decision-making, streamline workflows, and improve patient care. Panelists will discuss the impact of AI on billing and physician hours, the role of device-driven insights in heart failure management, and how RNs and APPs contribute to effective communication and data management. Join us for an insightful discussion on leveraging technology to optimize clinical efficiency and patient outcomes.

David Slotwiner

Chief of the Division of Cardiology

New York Presbyterian Queens

2025-09-04

04:30 PM (EDT) – 05:15 PM (EDT)

Dhanunjaya R. Lakkireddy

From dictation software to full-blown natural language processing assistants, AI-based documentation tools promise to free clinicians from the tedium of charting. Physician burnout is on the rise—can AI-driven documentation help turn the tide? Strategies for successful change management, physician buy-in, and ongoing system optimization will be highlighted. How do we ensure data accuracy, privacy, and seamless integration into diverse electronic health records? Panelists will discuss the practical implementation of AI-assisted documentation and patient communication, while maintaining patient-centered care.

Dhanunjaya R. Lakkireddy

Executive Medical Director of the Kansas City Heart Rhythm Institute

HCA Midwest in Overland Park, Kansas

2025-09-04

05:30 PM (EDT) – 06:30 PM (EDT)

Siddharth Agarwal | Leart Ajvazaj | Myrte Bartheis | Wen-Han Cheng | Mithilesh Das | Marye Gleva | Masahiro Makino | Nicolle Milstein | Geoffroy Napon | Ajay Tripuraneni

This engaging AbstracX Happy Hour session, powered by 91Life, kicks off with opening remarks from 91Life. Following the introduction, AbstracX presenters will present their work in a lively, informal setting designed to foster connection and conversation.

Siddharth Agarwal

Cardiology Fellow & Assistant Professor

Mayo Clinic Rochester

Leart Ajvazaj

Machine Learning Engineer

91Life

Myrte Barthels

PhD Candidate

FibriCheck

Wen-Han Cheng

Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiologist

National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University Hospital

Mithilesh Das

Professor of Medicine; Director, Cardiac Electrophysiology Service

Indiana University Health

Marye Gleva

Professor of Medicine

Washington University in St. Louis

Masahiro Makino

Graduate Student

Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine

Nicolle Milstein

Supervisor, Cardiac Clinical Trials/Research

Valley Health System

Geoffroy Napon

Internal Medicine Resident

University of Iowa Des Moines

Ajay Tripuraneni

Cardiac Electrophysiologist

Baylor Scott & White Health

September 05, 2025

2025-09-05

08:45 AM (EDT) – 09:30 AM (EDT)

Doron Harlev | Jonathan Piccini

Doron Harlev

CEO, Mount Heart Labs

Jonathan Piccini

Cardiac Electrophysiologist & Professor of Medicine and Population Health | Director of the Cardiac Electrophysiology section

Duke University Hospital and the Duke Clinical Research Institute | Duke Heart Center

2025-09-05

09:45 AM (EDT) – 10:30 AM (EDT)

The HRX AP Shark Tank is an electrifying competition where allied professionals present groundbreaking ideas that have the potential to revolutionize patient care and advance electrophysiology practice. This event provides a unique platform for APs to pitch their most innovative research concepts, workflow enhancements, or practice-changing solutions to a panel of expert “sharks.”

How It Works:
– Top 5 Finalists: Authors of the five top‐rated submissions will be invited to present their ideas in person at HRX 2025.
– Expert Mentorship: Finalists will receive mentorship prior to their presentation to refine their ideas and maximize their impact.
– Live Pitch Session: Finalists will pitch their ideas live at HRX 2025 to a panel “sharks” comprised of industry leaders and EP experts.
– Winner Recognition: The most compelling idea will be awarded top honors, gaining visibility and credibility within the AP and EP communities.

2025-09-05

09:45 AM (EDT) – 10:30 AM (EDT)

Jonathan Piccini | Shih-Ann Chen | Marat Fudim | Stavros Stavrakis | Kalyanam Shivkumar

The autonomic nervous system is known to play a critical role in the initiation and/or triggering of many arrhythmias, including atrial fibrillation. Autonomic therapies have moved well-beyond isolated ablation of cardiac ganglionated plexi. This session will review the innovations that have expanded autonomic therapies, including tragus stimulation, renal sympathetic denervation, and future innovations for additional interventions.

Shih-Ann Chen, MD

Professor of Medicine

National Yang Ming Chao Tung University

Marat Fudim

Associate Professor & Heart Failure Cardiologist

Duke University Medical Center

Stavros Stavrakis

Clinical Electrophysiologist | Associate Professor

Kalyanam Shivkumar

Professor & Director, Center for Interventional Programs

UCLA Health System, UCLA Cardiac Arrhythmia Center & EP Programs

Jonathan Piccini

Cardiac Electrophysiologist & Professor of Medicine and Population Health | Director of the Cardiac Electrophysiology section

Duke University Hospital and the Duke Clinical Research Institute | Duke Heart Center

2025-09-05

09:45 AM (EDT) – 10:30 AM (EDT)

With gene therapy advancing rapidly, how do digital innovations accelerate its impact on cardiovascular disease? This session explores the evolution of gene therapy trials, cutting-edge breakthroughs, and the role of AI, big data, and digital platforms in research, patient monitoring, and treatment optimization. Hear from experts and patient advocates as we examine whether technology is the key to making gene therapy more accessible, efficient, and transformative. Are we on the verge of a revolution, or just scratching the surface?

2025-09-05

10:30 AM (EDT) – 11:15 AM (EDT)

Mikhael El-Chami | Neal Bhatia | Janet K. Han | Anne Kroman | Kathryn Hilpisch

This session will detail the possibilities, potential technologies, and likely pathways for permanent pacing in the future. Specifically, this session will explore next generation pacing technologies, including but not limited to advances in leadless pacing, micro-devices, new epicardial pacing interventions, pacing for HFpE, and physiologic atrial pacing.

Neal Bhatia

Cardiac Electrophysiologist | Co-Director of the Complex Ventricular Tachycardia Ablation Program

Emory University Hospital System

Janet K. Han

Associate Professor of Medicine | Cardiac Electrophysiology

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

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

Kathryn Hilpisch

Distinguished Scientist

Medtronic

Mikhael El-Chami

Electrophysiologist | Professor of Medicine

Emory University

2025-09-05

10:30 AM (EDT) – 11:15 AM (EDT)

Roundtable 1

Suneet Mittal | Joshua Lampert

This roundtable will examine how long-term continuous ECG monitoring, remote diagnostics, and AI-assisted interpretation are enabling more accurate arrhythmia detection and more confident clinical decisions. We’ll discuss key applications including the ability to scan large streams of recorded data, AF and PVC burden assessment, ablation follow-up, and early identification of overlooked arrhythmias through the lens of what’s next for EPs in a digital-first world. We’ll discuss different AI approaches (high sensitivity, high specificity, multiple layers) and the technicians-in-the-loop versus fully autonomous AI. We’ll what’s next for ambulatory ECG AI, including LV dysfunction, sleep apnea, structural heart disease, and even hospitalization and health care utilization.

Joshua Lampert

Cardiac Electrophysiologist & Medical Director of Machine Learning

Mount Sinai Heart in The Mount Sinai Hospital

Suneet Mittal

Chair, Cardiovascular Service Line

Valley Health System

2025-09-05

12:30 PM (EDT) – 01:15 PM (EDT)

Avi Fischer | Daniel Cantillon | Jennifer N. Avari Silva

Not all innovation is successful. Many potential innovations fail in the pre-clinical or early testing phases – often for common reasons. This session will discuss the potential pitfalls in device development and how innovators can navigate these challenges with greater confidence by avoiding mistakes and missteps. The panel will discuss their “dream” innovations that didn’t come to fruition – and what they learned.

Daniel Cantillon

Adult EP Cardiologist & Chief Medical Officer

Masimo Corporation

Jennifer N. Avari Silva

Director Pediatric Electrophysiology

Washington University SOM

Avi Fischer, MD, FHRS

Senior Vice President, Medical Affairs and Innovation

Orchestra BioMed, Inc.

2025-09-05

12:30 PM (EDT) – 01:15 PM (EDT)

Roundtable 1

Sana Al-Khatib | Luigi Di Biase | Paul Varosy | Emily Zeitler

As digital innovation reshapes the electrophysiology landscape, the way we collect and learn from clinical data must evolve in parallel. This forward-looking roundtable will explore next-generation registries and data platforms designed to reduce abstraction burden, enhance clinical insights, and accelerate quality improvement across diverse practice settings. With the Heart Rhythm Society’s newly announced PFA Data Entry Platform—a clinician-led, AI-enhanced alternative to traditional registries—as a central case study, panelists will discuss how emerging models can modernize data collection for novel technologies like Pulsed Field Ablation. We’ll examine core design elements such as longitudinal tracking, integrated data sources, standardized APIs, and real-time benchmarking tools that support both clinical care and research.

Luigi Di Biase, MD, PhD, FHRS

Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology

Albert Einstein College of Medicine at Montefiore Health System

Paul Varosy

Director of EP | Professor of Medicine | Deputy National Program Director

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

Emily Zeitler, MD, MHS

Associate Professor of Medicine

Geisel School of Medicine and The Dartmouth Institute

Sana Al-Khatib

Professor of Medicine at Duke University | Cardiac Electrophysiologist

Duke University

2025-09-05

12:30 PM (EDT) – 01:15 PM (EDT)

Jeffrey Winterfield | Sotirios Nedros | Ravi Ranjan | Usha Tedrow

Innovations in imaging—ranging from real-time 3D/4D echo, advanced CT mapping to cardiac MRI—are reshaping electrophysiology. This session explores how novel visualization tools and AI-powered image processing can guide complex procedures while improving patient safety and outcomes. 

Sotirios Nedios

PD/Ass. Prof. Cardiac Electrophysiology

Heart Center, University of Leipzig

Ravi Ranjan

Section Chief of Cardiac Electrophysiology

University of Utah

Jeffrey Winterfield

Hank and Laurel Greer Chair in Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology | Professor of Medicine

Medical University of South Carolina

2025-09-05

01:15 PM (EDT) – 02:00 PM (EDT)

Paul Wang | J. Peter Weiss

EP Collaboratory to share efforts between industry and early stage companies to promote EFS within the US to increase patient access to new technologies and to support device innovation.

J. Peter Weiss

Cardiac Electrophysiologist

Banner University of Arizona Medical Center Phoenix (BUMCP)

2025-09-05

01:15 PM (EDT) – 02:00 PM (EDT)

Steven Lubitz

Catheter ablation has become the dominant form of therapeutic intervention for cardiac arrhythmias. However, preclinical development of new antiarrhythmic drugs is very robust. These new molecular entities are not limited to antagonism of membrane active ion channels, but target additional mechanisms of arrhythmogenesis. These drugs, their targets, and their potential ability to improve and disrupt current care paradigms will be reviewed in this session.

Steven Lubitz

Director of Translational Medicine

Novartis

2025-09-05

02:00 PM (EDT) – 02:45 PM (EDT)

Roundtable 1

Dan Musat | Nicole Habel | Alexander Kushnir | Miguel Valderrabano

This session will explore signal fidelity and noise reduction in the EP lab, AI-augmented EGM interpretation, regulatory/validation/integration challenges for FDA approval and integration with 3D mapping systems, and clinical research opportunities using AI-driven procedural endpoints.

Nicole Habel

Cardiac Electrophysiologist | Educational Product Manager

The University of Vermont Medical Center | VisibleEP

Alexander Kushnir

Cardiac Electrophysiology Attending

New York University Langone Medical Center

Miguel Valderrabano

Director

Division of Cardiac Electrophysiology at The Methodist Hospital

Dan Musat

Cardiac Electrophysiologist

Valley Health System

2025-09-05

02:00 PM (EDT) – 02:45 PM (EDT)

Sanjiv Narayan | Sabine Ernst | Shlomo Shpun | Jennifer N. Avari Silva

Self-driving cars, remote control of drones, and self-navigating planes are all current realities. However, mapping and ablation of cardiac arrhythmias is a completely human and labor-intensive endeavor, despite many advances over the years. This session will discuss the key barriers and potential solutions that may enable remote control of mapping and ablation as well as semi-autonomous systems for mapping and ablation.

Shlomo Shpun

Chief Scientific Office

TechWald Holding S.p.A.

Sabine Ernst

Professor of Practice (Cardiology)

Imperial College London

Jennifer N. Avari Silva

Director Pediatric Electrophysiology

Washington University SOM

Sanjiv Narayan

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

Stanford University

2025-09-05

02:45 PM (EDT) – 03:30 PM (EDT)

This session will highlight the challenges, current best practices, and how innovation will impact regulatory science, with a focus on first-in-human device trials. The session will highlight shared and unique challenges in different regions of the world, including Asia, Europe, and North America. Attendees will be armed with a better understanding of the key barriers and facilitators for successful first-in-human trials.

2025-09-05

03:00 PM (EDT) – 03:45 AM (EDT)

Julie Shea (Moderator) | Advay Bhatt | Geoffroy Napon | Rachita Navara | Christopher Porterfield

This moderated AbstracX session features presentations from four selected authors, each showcasing innovative research and insights. Join us for a dynamic exchange of ideas and expert discussion.

Advay Bhatt

Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiologist

Valley Health System

Geoffroy Napon

Internal Medicine Resident

University of Iowa Des Moines

Rachita Navara

Co-founder & CEO of SafeBeat (YC S21) | EP Cardiologist | Engineer | NIH-funded Principal Investigator

SafeBeat Rx

Christopher Porterfield

Cardiac Electrophysiologist

Aurora Denver Cardiology Associates

Julie Shea

Nurse Practitioner

Brigham and Women’s Hospital

2025-09-05

03:00 PM (EDT) – 03:45 PM (EDT)

Vivek Y. Reddy | Thomas Deneke

By the time of HRX 2025, pulsed field ablation will have been clinically available in the US for more than a year and a half. While first-gen systems have brought notable changes to EP, these first-generation systems only represent the very beginning of PFA. This session will focus on discussion of the key developments and advances for next generation PFA technologies, including advances in pulse sequences, catheter design, integration with electroanatomic mapping, and patient- and anatomic-specific custom lesion formation.

Thomas Deneke

Cardiac Electrophysiologist

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

Vivek Y. Reddy

Director of Cardiac Arrhythmia Services

Mount Sinai Health System

2025-09-05

03:45 PM (EDT) – 04:30 PM (EDT)

Matthew Kalscheur | Stuart Schecter | Jasjit Syan | Deepthy Varghese

This moderated AbstracX session features presentations from four selected authors, each showcasing innovative research and insights. Join us for a dynamic exchange of ideas and expert discussion.

Matthew Kalscheur

Cardiac Electrophysiologist & Clinical Informaticist

University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health

Stuart Schecter

Cardiologist, Inventor

Mount Sinai Health System

Jasjit Syan

PhD Candidate | Senior Clinical Fellow in Cardiology

Imperial College London | Chelsea and Westminster NHS Foundation Trust

Deepthy Varghese

Cardiology Electrophysiology Nurse Practitioner

Emory University Hospital

2025-09-05

03:45 PM (EDT) – 04:30 PM (EDT)

Marat Fudim | Sarah Smith

As healthcare shifts toward proactive interventions, AI holds the promise of detecting heart failure before overt symptoms appear. In this session, experts will discuss how machine learning and big-data analytics can arm clinicians with real-time insights to intervene at the earliest sign of HF decompensation. Attendees will gain an understanding of predictive models, novel monitoring tools, and the challenges involved in implementing such technologies on a broad scale.

Sarah Smith

Co-founder and Chief Product Officer

Bodyport

Marat Fudim

Associate Professor & Heart Failure Cardiologist

Duke University Medical Center

2025-09-05

04:45 PM (EDT) – 05:30 PM (EDT)

Jennifer N. Avari Silva

What’s next in the evolution of cardiac ablation technology? This session explores whether ease of use will translate into superior outcomes, the potential of novel energy sources, and the role of robotics, AR, and VR in procedural automation. Experts will also discuss the promise of computational modeling in personalizing ablation strategies—are we truly on the brink of precision ablation, or is clinical translation still a work in progress?

Jennifer N. Avari Silva

Director Pediatric Electrophysiology

Washington University SOM

2025-09-05

04:45 PM (EDT) – 05:30 PM (EDT)

Jill Schaeffer | Jamie Harris | Jeroen Hendriks | Samuel F. Sears | Julie Shea | Mellanie True Hills

This session will explore cutting-edge approaches to patient education, focusing on the integration of digital tools and interactive platforms. Participants will gain insights into the latest best practices for educating patients and healthcare professionals, enhancing engagement, understanding, and overall patient outcomes.

Jamie Harris

Nurse Practitioner

Boston Children’s Hospital

Jeroen Hendriks, PhD, RN

Professor of Cardiovascular Nursing

Centre for Heart Rhythm Disorders, University of Adelaide

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

Julie Shea

Nurse Practitioner

Brigham and Women’s Hospital

Mellanie True Hills

Founder & CEO

American Foundation for Women’s Health & StopAfib.org

Jill Schaeffer

EP Nurse Practitioner

Penn Medicine – Lancaster General Health

2025-09-05

05:30 PM (EDT) – 06:30 PM (EDT)

Moez Alnazeer | Jina Choi | Mehak Dhande | Shruti Ganesan | James Ip | Suraya Hani Kamsani | Yaariv Khaykin | Abhishek Maan | Dan Musat | Alvaro Reyes-Quintero | William Swain | Meghan Reading Turchioe | Jason Yao

This engaging AbstracX Happy Hour session, powered by 91Life, kicks off with opening remarks from 91Life. Following the introduction, AbstracX presenters will present their work in a lively, informal setting designed to foster connection and conversation.

Moez Alnazeer

Cardiology Fellow

Baylor College of Medicine

Jina Choi

Cardiology Fellow

Seoul National University Bundang Hospital

Mehak Dhande

Interventional Cardiac Electrophysiologist | Physician Scientist

University of Pittsburgh Medical Center

Shruti Ganesan

Finance Account Officer | HealthTech Innovator

DMCC (Dubai Multi Commodities Centre)

James Ip

Professor

Weill Cornell Medicine

Suraya Hani Kamsani

Consultant Cardiologist and Electrophysiologist

National Heart Institute, Malaysia

Yaariv Khaykin

Chief Medical Information Officer

Myant Health

Abhishek Maan

Cardiac Electrophysiologist

The University of Toledo

Dan Musat

Cardiac Electrophysiologist

Valley Health System

Alvaro Reyes-Quintero

Research Fellow – International Medical Program UAG SOM PhD Candidate – Human Genetics

Clinical Electrophysiology and Cardiogenetics National Institute of Cardiology Ignacio Chavez Professor of Medicine

William Swain

Cardiology Fellow

Mayo Clinic

Meghan Reading Turchioe

Assistant Professor

Columbia University

Jason Yao

Principal Systems Engineer

Abbott EP

September 06, 2025

2025-09-06

08:00 AM (EDT) – 08:45 AM (EDT)

Sana Al-Khatib

Innovation in cardiology remains a central driving force to better patient care. This session explores how emerging technologies provide both opportunities and challenges to execute.

Sana Al-Khatib

Professor of Medicine at Duke University | Cardiac Electrophysiologist

Duke University

2025-09-06

08:00 AM (EDT) – 08:45 AM (EDT)

Mina K. Chung | Jagmeet Singh | J. Peter Weiss

This session will introduce a new initiative aimed at fostering collaboration among clinical, translational, and basic researchers. As a follow-up to presentations at Heart Rhythm 2025, the roundtable will highlight opportunities for innovation—particularly partnerships with industry—and explore how the Network will support mentorship, multi-center studies, and the development of a robust data warehouse. Discussions will cover data-sharing best practices, priority arrhythmia conditions, and the initiative’s potential to accelerate AI-driven research.

Jagmeet Singh

Professor of Medicine | Cardiac Electrophysiologist & Founding Director of the Resynchronization and Advanced Cardiac Therapeutics Program

Harvard Medical School | Massachusetts General Hospital Heart Center

J. Peter Weiss

Cardiac Electrophysiologist

Banner University of Arizona Medical Center Phoenix (BUMCP)

Mina K. Chung

Staff Cardiologist & Professor of Medicine in the Section of Pacing and Electrophysiology

Cleveland Clinic

2025-09-06

08:45 AM (EDT) – 09:30 AM (EDT)

Jagmeet Singh | Derek Exner | Uma Srivatsa | Mintu Turakhia

The advent of multiple sensors in wearables begins to provide clinicians with a treasure trove of data of unknown impact and usefulness. This session will examine tech and the patient experience of employing it.

Derek Exner

Chief Medical Officer

HelpWear Inc.

Uma Srivatsa

Senior Cardiac Electrophysiologist | Professor and Director of Arrhythmia Services

University of California – Davis

Mintu Turakhia

Chief Medical and Scientific Officer + EVP, Product Management and Innovation | Professor of Medicine and Cardiac Electrophysiologist

iRhythm Technologies, Inc. | Stanford University

Jagmeet Singh

Professor of Medicine | Cardiac Electrophysiologist & Founding Director of the Resynchronization and Advanced Cardiac Therapeutics Program

Harvard Medical School | Massachusetts General Hospital Heart Center

2025-09-06

09:45 AM (EDT) – 12:00 AM (EDT)

Atul Gupta, MD

Atul Gupta, MD

Chief Medical Officer, Diagnosis and Treatment

Philips

2025-09-06

10:45 AM (EDT) – 11:30 AM (EDT)

James O’Hara | Janet K. Han | Lisa Roelle | Heather Ross | Lauren Rousseau

We will discuss key issues surrounding interoperability and integration, exploring innovative solutions for seamless data flow across multiple monitoring systems. Additionally, we will evaluate the role of AI to support clinical decision-making, enhancing both patient outcomes and operational efficiency. Join us to explore the future of remote monitoring and data management, and how innovations in this field are shaping the future of healthcare

Janet K. Han

Associate Professor of Medicine | Cardiac Electrophysiology

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

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

Lauren Rousseau

Physician Assistant in the Section of Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology

Brigham and Women’s Hospital

James O’Hara

Physician Assistant in Electrophysiology

Virginia Heart’s Falls Church

2025-09-06

10:45 AM (EDT) – 11:30 AM (EDT)

Oguz Akbilgic | Myrte Bartheis | Krishna Pundi

This moderated AbstracX session features presentations from four selected authors, each showcasing innovative research and insights. Join us for a dynamic exchange of ideas and expert discussion.

Oguz Akbilgic

Professor of Artificial Intelligence

Wake Forest School of Medicine Department of Cardiovascular Medicine

Myrte Barthels

PhD Candidate

FibriCheck

Krishna Pundi

Cardiac Electrophysiologist, Health Services and Outcomes Researcher, Innovator

Palo Alto VA Hospital

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