Dr. Jonathan P. Piccini

Executive Producer
Jonathan P. Piccini is a clinical cardiac electrophysiologist and Professor of Medicine and Population Health at Duke University Hospital and the Duke Clinical Research Institute. He is the Director of the Cardiac Electrophysiology section at the Duke Heart Center. His focus is on the care of patients with atrial fibrillation and complex arrhythmias, with particular emphasis on catheter ablation, pacing, and lead extraction.

His research interests include the development and evaluation of innovative cardiovascular interventions for the treatment of heart rhythm disorders. He serves on the Board of Trustees of the Heart Rhythm Society, is an Associate Editor at JACC: Clinical Electrophysiology, and is an elected member of the American Society for Clinical Investigation. Dr. Piccini has more than 600 publications in the field of heart rhythm medicine and has been the recipient of several teaching and mentorship awards.

Dr. Prashanthan Sanders

Producer
Dr. Sanders is a clinical academic at the University of Adelaide and Royal Adelaide Hospital. He is the Director of the Centre for Heart Rhythm Disorders at the University of Adelaide and the Director of Cardiac Electrophysiology and Pacing at the Royal Adelaide Hospital.

He established and leads a multidisciplinary team of clinicians and researchers. His research program, founded on an understanding of the substrate for AF, has continued with an evaluation of techniques to treat, reverse and prevent the substrate for AF. The work from his group has led to a paradigm change in the approach to the management of AF with the recognition of the importance of managing risk factors and comorbidities in individuals with AF.

Dr Sanders received the Heart Rhythm Society’s Distinguished Scientist Award in May 2024. He has published over 780 peer-reviewed manuscripts and has been recognized by Clarivate as being in the top 1% of cited researchers in clinical medicine (2023-current).