Program Committee
Sana M. Al-Khatib, MD, MHS, FHRS, CCDS
Program Chair
Dr. Al-Khatib is a tenured Professor of Medicine at Duke University Medical Center, a board-certified clinical electrophysiologist and an experienced clinical researcher in cardiac arrhythmias. Her clinical expertise is in sudden cardiac death prevention, ventricular arrhythmias, implantable cardiac devices, and atrial fibrillation. Her research expertise lies in the design and conduct of clinical trials, outcomes research, cost-effectiveness analyses, electronic clinical decision support, and use of big data. She has close to 400 publications in peer-reviewed journals.
Dhanunjaya R. Lakkireddy, MD, FHRS
Abstract Chair
Dr. Lakkireddy is the Executive Medical Director of the Kansas City Heart Rhythm Institute at HCA Midwest in Overland Park, Kansas. He has specialized clinical expertise and interests in electrophysiology, complex arrhythmia management, heart ablation, left atrial appendage closure, pacemaker and other device implantation and management, cardiac resynchronization therapy & pulmonary artery pressure sensors in heart failure, premature ventricular contractions, syncope, adult congenital and inherited cardiac rhythm disorders and myocarditis.