EP Lab Digest - February 2008 - (Page 3)

FEBRUARY 2008 VOLUME 8 NO. 2 3 In the Next Issue… Delayed Defibrillation: Research and Results In our next issue, we’ll feature an interview with Dr. Paul Chan, who recently published research about the factors leading to delayed defibrillation in hospitals. www.eplabdigest.com EDITORIAL TODD J. COHEN, MD Editor-in-Chief Winthrop University Hospital Mineola, New York LAURIE GUSTAFSON Executive Editor JODIE ELROD Managing Editor MONICA MCLAUGHLIN Production Manager In This Issue FEATURES 1 Readers, if you are interested in submitting an article for EP Lab Digest, please email us at “jelrod@hmpcommunications.com”. Creating the U-M Center for Arrhythmia Research: Interview with José Jalife, MD In this interview, we speak with Dr. José Jalife, who will be moving from SUNY Upstate Medical University to the University of Michigan (U-M) in Ann Arbor, Michigan, to establish the U-M Center for Arrhythmia Research. Keep reading to learn more about this new institution for EP research. CONSULTING EDITORS Editor-in-Chief: Todd J. Cohen, MD Winthrop-University Hospital Mineola, New York Douglas Beinborn, MA, RN Mayo Clinic Rochester, Minnesota Page 6 Betty Ching, RN, FHRS, Testamur NASPExam/AP The Cleveland Clinic Cleveland, Ohio 1 Texas Cardiac Arrhythmia Institute and St. David’s Medical Center Launch State-of-the-Art Training Center On November 15, 2007, Texas Cardiac Arrhythmia Institute (TCAI) and St. David’s Medical Center unveiled a technologically advanced training center that is the first of its kind in the region. Section Editor: Kathryn A. Glatter, MD Woodland Clinic Medical Group Woodland, California Mario D. Gonzalez, MD Penn State Heart & Vascular Institute Hershey, Pennsylvania Melanie T. Gura, RN, MSN, CNS, FHRS, FAHA Northeast Cardiovascular Specialists Akron, Ohio 12 18 Spotlight Interview: Caritas St. Elizabeth’s Medical Center In this issue we feature an EP lab in Brighton, Massachusetts. David L. Hayes, MD Mayo Clinic Rochester, Minnesota Warren Jackman, MD Univ. of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 10-Minute Interview: Sue Deck, BS, RN, RCES This month we speak with Sue Deck, BS, RN, RCES, who is the EP Educational Coordinator at Lancaster General Hospital. Alan Kadish, MD Northwestern University Chicago, Illinois Bradley P. Knight, MD University of Chicago Chicago, Illinois 20 Page 9 Keeping Pace With a Blog Today, more than ever, the Internet has become an indispensable source of health news and information for both patients and physicians. As patients find they are increasingly responsible for larger portions of their healthcare bill, many turn to the Internet to develop an understanding of their ailment, evaluate their symptoms, or learn about the doctor they are about to see. Abraham Kocheril, MD University of Illinois at Chicago Chicago, Illinois Section Editor: L. Bing Liem, DO New Mexico Heart Institute Albuquerque, New Mexico Mark S. Link, MD Tufts New England Med. Center Boston, Massachusetts Linda C. Moulton, RN, MS CCE Consulting & Critical Care ED Springfield, Illinois 24 Roundtable Discussion on Cryoablation Procedures On September 24, 2007, a roundtable discussion on cryoablation took place at the Baylor Jack and Jane Hamilton Heart and Vascular Hospital in Dallas,Texas. Dr. Peter Wells and Dr. Rajjit Abrol of the Baylor Heart and Vascular Hospital in Dallas, along with Dr. George Van Hare of Stanford University Medical Center in Palo Alto, California, participated in this discussion. Andrea Natale, MD California Pacific Medical Center San Francisco, California Section Editor: Jose Nazari, MD Cardiac Arrhythmia Consultants, Ltd. Chicago, Illinois Brian Olshansky, MD University of Iowa Hospitals Iowa City, Iowa Laurie Potter, RN Saginaw, Michigan Weilun Quan, PhD Winthrop-University Hospital Mineola, New York 33 Page 12 Email Discussion Group: February 2008 Walid Saliba, MD Cleveland Clinic Foundation Cleveland, Ohio J. Philip Saul, MD Medical Univ. of South Carolina Charleston, South Carolina Kalyanam Shivkumar, MD, PhD UCLA Cardiac Arrhythmia Center Los Angeles, California DEPARTMENTS 4 Letter from the Editor 35 Events Calendar 37 Industry News and Products 41 Classifieds 42 Advertisers Index John Marcus Wharton, MD Medical Univ. of South Carolina Charleston, South Carolina Stephen Winters, MD Morristown Memorial Hospital Morristown, New Jersey Stanley A. Wojtusik Jr., BA, RN, RCIS Lancaster, Pennsylvania http://www.eplabdigest.com

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EP Lab Digest - February 2008 Creating the U-M Center for Arrhythmia Research: Interview with José Jalife, MD Texas Cardiac Arrhythmia Institute and St. David’s Medical Center Launch State-of-the-Art Training Center Contents Letter from the Editor Spotlight Interview: Caritas St. Elizabeth’s Medical Center 10-Minute Interview: Sue Deck, BS, RN, RCES Keeping Pace With a Blog Roundtable Discussion on Cryoablation Procedures Email Discussion Group: February 2008 Events Calendar Industry News and Products Classifieds Advertisers Index

EP Lab Digest - February 2008

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