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IBHRE
Board of Directors
(Front Row from Left:
Christine Chiu-Man, Melanie Gura. Back Row from Left: Tohru Ohe, Edward Platia,
Neil Strathmore, Marleen Irwin, Charles Love)
President
Charles J. Love, MD, FHRS, FACC, FAHA, CCDS
Professor,
Clinical Internal Medicine
Director Arrhythmia Device Services
Ohio State University Division of Cardiovascular Medicine
Columbus, OH
USA
Dr. Charles Love is
Professor of Medicine in the Division of Cardiovascular Medicine at The Ohio
State University Medical Center. He has been practicing medicine at OSU for over
20 years. He is also director of Cardiac Rhythm Device Services and Associate
Investigator at the Dorothy M. Davis Heart & Lung Research Institute, also with
The Ohio State University. Known around the world as an expert and leader in
techniques of pacemaker implantation and especially in the area of lead
extraction, Dr. Love is an internationally sought speaker on pacemaker
technology. He has made hundreds of presentations in venues ranging from the
World Congress on Cardiac Pacing and Electrophysiology in Hong Kong to the
Advanced Didactic Course on Cardiac Pacing in France and the Japanese Heart
Rhythm Society in Tokyo. He has been published a number of times in
peer-reviewed journals such as Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology. He is a
member of several professional societies including the American College of
Cardiology, The Heart Rhythm Society, and the American Heart Association. Dr.
Love is the current president of the Board of Directors of IBHRE. He has been a
member of the board since 1992.
First Vice President/ Treasurer
Edward V. Platia,
MD, FHRS, CCDS
Washington Hospital Center
Washington, DC
USA
Dr. Edward V. Platia
is the director of the Cardiac Arrhythmia Center at the Washington Hospital
Center. He is also a professor of medicine at Georgetown University and George
Washington University School of Medicine. His research interests have focused on
cardiac arrhythmias. He has been principal investigator of a number of major
grants, including the American Heart Association and National Institutes of
Health. He has served on the editorial board of several cardiology journals, and
continues to be a reviewer for Circulation, American Journal of Cardiology,
Annals of Internal Medicine, and PACE. Dr. Platia has been a member
of the IBHRE Board of Directors since 2002.
Secretary
Christine
Chiu-Man, MSC, FHRS, CCDS, CEPS
Hospital for Sick Children
Toronto, ON
CANADA
Ms. Christine Chiu-Man
works as the Electrophysiology Pacemaker technologist at the Hospital for Sick
Children in Toronto, Canada. Her other areas of interest include epidemiology,
patient safety and human factors research. She is an associate editor for the
HeartRhythm journal since 2004 and a HRS Fellow in 2008. Ms. Chiu-Man has
served on the IBHRE Electrophysiology Test Writing Committee since 1998 and on
the Board of Directors since 2000.
Members of the Board
Melanie T. Gura, MSN, CNS, FHRS, FAHA, CCDS
NE Ohio
Cardiovascular Specialists
Akron, OH
USA
Ms. Melanie Gura is the Director of Pacemaker and Arrhythmia Services for
Northeast Ohio Cardiovascular Specialists in Akron, Ohio. Recognized as a
leading expert in the arrhythmia field, Ms. Gura is widely published and
known as a prominent international lecturer. Ms. Gura has served on numerous
committees for the Heart Rhythm Society and the American College of
Cardiology. Currently, she serves as a member of the International Board of
Heart Rhythm Examiners’ Pacing Test Writing Committee. In 2002, Ms. Gura was
the recipient of the Heart Rhythm Society’s Distinguished Service Award.
Marleen E. Irwin, FHRS,
RCRT, CCDS
CardioSys Knowledge Transfer Group LTD
Edmonton, AB
CANADA
Ms. Marleen Irwin
is currently practicing as a consultant specialist and director of CardioSys
Knowledge Transfer Group Ltd. Her most recent position was clinical research
and support specialist of the Cardiac Sciences and Cardiac Pacing Program at
the Grey Nuns Community Hospital & Health Centre in Edmonton, Alberta,
Canada. In 2005, Ms. Irwin received the HRS Distinguished Service Award, and
in 2006 received an HRS Fellowship. Ms. Irwin has served on the IBHRE Board
of Directors since 2006.
Chu-Pak Lau, MD, FHRS
University of Hong Kong Medicine
Hong Kong
People’s Republic of China
Dr. Chu-Pak Lau is a specialist in
internal medicine, cardiology, and in critical care medicine. He has special
interest in atrial fibrillation, pacing and heart failure. Dr. Lau has taught at
many universities throughout China, and is currently the David Mong MW Chair of
Cardiology in the Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, University of
Hong Kong, Queen Mary Hospital in Hong Kong - China. He has been a member of the
IBHRE Board of Directors since 2006.
Tohru Ohe, MD, FACC,
FHRS
Okayama University
Okayama
JAPAN
Dr. Tohru Ohe
completed his medical and cardiology training in Baltimore, Maryland and
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Dr. Ohe is a professor of medicine with the
Department of Cardiovascular Medicine of Okayama University in Okayama –
Japan. Dr. Ohe holds numerous medical society memberships, including that of
the Japanese Heart Rhythm Society since 1985. He recently joined the IBHRE
Board of Directors in September of 2007.
Neil F. Strathmore, MBBS, FHRS, CCDS
Royal Melbourne Hospital
Melbourne, VIC
AUSTRALIA
Dr. Neil
Strathmore is a cardiologist at the Royal Melbourne Hospital and several
private hospitals. He trained at the University of Melbourne, Royal
Melbourne Hospital and the Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston. He has a
general cardiology practice with a major component of pacemaker and ICD
implantation and follow-up. He has specialized in the removal of implanted
devices and leads and has a wide experience in this area. Dr. Strathmore has
been involved with teaching for many years and is a Clinical Associate
Professor of the University of Melbourne. Dr. Strathmore has sat on the
IBHRE Test Writing Committee since 1992 and the IBHRE Board of Directors
since 2005.
Bruce L. Wilkoff, MD, FHRS, CCDS
Cleveland Clinic Foundation
Cleveland, OH
USA
Dr. Bruce L. Wilkoff
specializes in the treatment of heart rhythm disorders, implantation of
defibrillators and the computerized analysis of cardiac pacemakers and
electrophysiologic studies. Dr. Wilkoff is recognized as an international expert
in the design of new technologies to improve the performance of pacemakers and
defibrillators. He is involved in numerous clinical multi-center trials to study
medical applications for pacemakers and defibrillators. He holds six U.S.
patents including a special algorithm for defibrillator tachycardia detection
and an efficient controller for pacemaker rate responsiveness. He is the
2011-2012 President of the Heart Rhythm Society.
Dr. Wilkoff completed his
undergraduate work at Northwestern University, earning a Bachelor of Science
degree in biomedical engineering, and received a medical degree from the Ohio
State University College of Medicine in Columbus. He completed his clinical
training in internal medicine at Case Western Reserve University and University
Hospitals of Cleveland, followed by a fellowship in cardiology from University
Hospitals and a fellowship in research from the Ohio State University Hospital
and School of Veterinary Medicine. Dr. Wilkoff joined the Cleveland Clinic in
1987. He has served in IBHRE’s Pacing Test Writing Committee since 1988. Back to Top
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