StopAfib.org Atrial Fibrillation Patient Advocacy Organization Names Top Afib Doctors to Medical Advisory Board
DALLAS, Sept. 13 /PRNewswire/ -- StopAfib.org patient advocacy organization for those living with the most common irregular heartbeat, atrial fibrillation, announces the inaugural StopAfib.org Medical Advisory Board in conjunction with National Atrial Fibrillation Awareness Month.
"We are pleased to announce that some of the world's foremost electrophysiologists, cardiologists, surgeons, neurologists, and researchers have been named to our Medical Advisory Board to help us continue to provide patients with information for managing their atrial fibrillation," says Mellanie True Hills, StopAfib.org founder and CEO.
Those named to the StopAfib.org Medical Advisory Board include:
- Lishan Aklog, MD, St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center, Phoenix, AZ
- Emelia J. Benjamin, MD, Professor, Boston University; Investigator, Framingham Heart Study
- John Camm, Professor, St. George's University of London, London, UK
- Riccardo Cappato, MD, Policlinico San Donato, Milan, Italy
- Ralph J. Damiano Jr., MD, Washington University and Barnes-Jewish Hospital, St. Louis, MO
- James R. Edgerton, MD, The Heart Hospital Baylor Plano, Plano, TX
- Kenneth A. Ellenbogen, MD, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA
- Steven C. Hao, MD, Sutter Pacific Medical Foundation, San Francisco, CA
- Peter R. Kowey, MD, Lankenau Hospital, Wynnewood, PA
- Gregory YH Lip, MD, Professor, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK
- Nassir F. Marrouche, MD, University of Utah Health Sciences Center, Salt Lake City, UT
- Andrea Natale, MD, Texas Cardiac Arrhythmia Institute at St. David's Medical Center, Austin, TX
- Bo Norrving, Professor, Lund University Hospital, Lund, Sweden; President, World Stroke Organization
- Douglas L. Packer, MD, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN; President, Heart Rhythm Society
- Eric N. Prystowsky, MD, The Care Group, LLC, Indianapolis, IN
- Vivek Y. Reddy, MD, Mount Sinai Medical Center, New York, NY
- Andrea M. Russo, MD, Cooper University Hospital, Camden, NJ
- John H. Sirak, MD, Ohio State University Medical Center, Columbus, OH
- David J. Wilber, MD, Loyola University Medical Center, Maywood, IL
For more information about the StopAfib.org Medical Advisory Board, see http://www.stopafib.org/newsitem.cfm/NEWSID/280.
About StopAfib.org
StopAfib.org was founded in 2007 to improve the quality of life for those living with atrial fibrillation and raise awareness to decrease afib-related strokes. HON Code Certified StopAfib.org is for patients by patients, and is the most visited patient arrhythmia site.
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