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Added: 3 months ago Source:  Arrhythmia Academy
Atrial fibrillation (AF) has a complex genetic architecture, and a new study suggests that integrating information on common, rare, and somatic genetic variants can significantly improve risk prediction. Researchers developed an integrated genomic model (IGM-AF) that, when combined with clinical factors, enhanced the stratification of individuals at risk for incident AF.¹This cohort study… View more
Job title: Director of Preventive Cardiology
Dr Pradeep Natarajan is Director of Preventive Cardiology at Massachusetts General Hospital, Assistant Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School, and Associate Member of the Broad Institute of Harvard and MIT. Dr Natarajan researches the inherited basis of human atherosclerosis using genetic epidemiology, large-scale sequencing studies, genotype-driven human investigation, and genetic… View more
Research Area(s) / Expertise: Job title: Consultant Cardiologist
Prof Pier Lambiase, PhD, FRCP, BMBCh, is a consultant cardiologist specialising in the treatment of heart rhythm disorders and pacemaker implantation. He graduated from Oxford University in 1992 and trained in cardiology at St Thomas’ and Hammersmith Hospitals. Following completion of a PhD in 2002, he undertook higher specialist training in electrophysiology and became a consultant cardiologist… View more
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Chronic Kidney Disease

Job title: St Peter’s Chair of Nephrology, University College London, London, UK
Professor Daniel Gale is a distinguished nephrologist who trained at Cambridge University and pursued postgraduate training in Nephrology in London, completing a PhD under the mentorship of Patrick Maxwell. Since 2018, he has held the St Peter’s Chair of Nephrology at University College London (UCL), where he leads the Centre for Genetics and Genomics in the Department of Renal Medicine.Professor… View more
Job title: Director of the Center for Preventive Cardiology
Personal History Dr Shapiro lives in Winston-Salem with his wife and their two children. In his spare time, he enjoys travelling and hiking. Academic History Dr Shapiro completed medical school in 1998 at the UMDNJ School of Osteopathic Medicine. After completing a cardiology fellowship at the Beth Israel Medical Center, he spent two additional years in a clinical and research… View more
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Atrial Fibrillation

Job title: Professor of Medicine and Director of Electrophysiology
Dr Hugh Calkins isProfessor of Medicine and Director of Electrophysiology at the Johns Hopkins Medical Institution in Baltimore, US. He has clinical and research interests in the treatment of cardiac arrhythmias with catheter ablation, the role of device therapy for treating ventricular arrhythmias, the evaluation and management of syncope and the study of arrhythmogenic right ventricular… View more