People

Our group includes cardiologists (general and EP), stroke neurologists, geriatricians, general practitioners, epidemiologists and health economists, nurses, pharmacists physiotherapists and other allied health professionals, and patient advocates and health administrators.  Our members include many of the best known researchers in atrial fibrillation alongside a number of early career researchers working on studies related to AF screening, or with a strong interest in AF screening.  A full list is shown below.

Our members come from 40 countries including: Europe/UK Asia, North, South & Central America, Middle East, Africa, and Oceania. We are hope to increase the representation from Latin America, Africa, and the Middle East and are looking to find members from those countries with a strong interest in AF screening.

Members

Name Organization Address City Country
Hugo Ramos National University of Cordoba Argentina
Alta Schutte University of New South Wales Australia
Andrew Teh Box Hill Hospital Australia
Ben Freedman University of Sydney and Heart Research Institute Australia
Bernard Yan University of Melbourne Australia
Clara Kayei Chow University of Sydney Australia
Craig Anderson The George Institute Australia
Elizabeth Paratz Australia
Graeme Hankey University of Western Australia Australia
Grahame Hillis Royal Perth Hospital UWA Australia
Jessica Orchard University of Sydney Australia
Jocasta Ball Baker Heart and Diabetes Institute Australia
Julie McMullen Heart Research Institute Australia
Kylie Gwynne Poche Centre University of Sydney Australia
Menglu Ooyang Australia
Nicole Lowres University of Sydney Australia
Peter Cistulli Charles Perkins Centre University of Sydney Australia
Prash Sanders The University of Adelaide Australia
Simon Stewart Mary MacKillop Institute for Health Research Australian Catholic University Melbourne Australia
Stephen Davis University of Melbourne Australia
Tissa Wijeratne University of Melbourne Western Hospital Australia
Tom Marwick Baker Heart and Diabetes Institute Melbourne Australia
Axel Baur Medical University of Innsbruck Austria
Georgios Kollios Austria
Helmut  Puererfellner Krankenhaus der Elisabethinen Austria
Martin Martinek Elisabethinen University Teaching Hospital Austria
Georges Mairesse Cliniques du Sud Luxembourg Belgium
Hein Heidbuchel Hasselt University and Heart Center Belgium
Antonio Luiz Pinho (Tom) Ribeiro Faculdade de Medicina da UFMG Brazil
Caio de Assis Moura Taveres Brazil
Norberto Cabral (Decd) University of Joinville Brazil
Franck Nziza Burundi
Adrian Noriega de la Colina Canada
Atul Verma University of Toronto Canada
David Conen Population Health Research Institute McMaster University Canada
David Gladstone University of Toronto Canada
Jason Andrade The University of British Columbia Canada
Jeffrey Healey Population Health Research Institute McMaster University Canada
Luciano Sposato Western University Canada
Roopinder Sandhu University of Alberta Canada
Stuart Connolly (Decd) Population Health Research Institute McMaster University Canada
William McIntyre McMaster University Canada
Anping Cai China
Changsheng Ma Beijing Anzhen Hospital Capital Medical University National Clinical Research Center for Cardiovascular Diseases China
Jiguang Wang Shanghai Jiaotong China
Minfang Li China
Shaowen Liu Shanghai General Hospital China
Xin Du Beijing Anzhen Hospital Capital Medical University National Clinical Research Center for Cardiovascular Diseases China
Yutao Guo Chinese PLA General Hospital China
Axel Brandes Odense University Hospital Denmark
Jesper Hastrup Svendsen Rigshospitalet University of Copenhagen Denmark
Maria Helena Dominguez Vall-Lamora Frederiksberg Hospital Denmark
Søren Zöga Diederichsen Copenhagen University Hospital Denmark
Ulrik Dixen Copenhagen University Hospital Denmark
Bassem Zarif National Heart Institute Egypt
Teemu Niiranen Turku University Hospital Finland
Arnaud Bisson Tours University Hospital France
Frederic Roche Université St-Etienne France
Jean-Claude Barthelemy Université St-Etienne France
Laurent Fauchier Université François Rabelais Tours France
Noel Bory Université St-Etienne France
Vincent Pichot Université St-Etienne France
Carlos Martinez Institute for Epidemiology Satistics and Informatics Germany
Daniel Engler University Heart Centre Germany
David Duncker Hannover Heart Rhythm Center Germany
Gerhard Hindricks University of Leipzig Germany
Guenter Breithardt University of Munster Germany
Johannes Brachmann Klinikum Coburg Germany
Karl Georg Häusler Charité – Universitätsmedizin Germany
Larissa Fabritz University Medical Center Hamburg Eppendorf Hamburg Germany
Matthias Zink University Hospital RWTH Aachen Germany
Moritz Sinner University Hospital Germany
Nikolaus Marx University Hospital Aachen Germany
Paulus Kirchhof University Medical Center Hamburg Eppendorf Hamburg Germany
Renate Schnabel University Heart Centre Hamburg Germany
Rolf Wachter University of Göttingen Germany
Stefan Kaab University Hospital Munich Ludwig Maximilians University Germany
Wolfram Döhner Universitätsmedizin Berlin Germany
George Ntaios University of Thessaly Larissa Greece
George S. Stergiou University of Athens Greece
Bryan Yan The Chinese University of Hong Kong Hong Kong
Chung-Wah (David) Siu HKU Hong Kong
Ngai Yin Chan Princess Margaret Hospital Hong Kong
Vivian Lee The Chinese University of Hong Kong Hong Kong
Dorairaj Prabhakaran Centre for Chronic Disease Control India
Nitish Naik All India Institute of Medical Sciences India
Priyansh Shah India
Breda Smyth Merlin Park University Hospital Ireland
Claire Buckley University College School of Public Health Ireland
David Keane University College Ireland
Gerard Bury University College Ireland
Joseph Harbison Trinity College Ireland
Patrick Moran Health Information and Quality Authority Cork Ireland
Ronan Collins Tallaght Hospital Dublin Ireland
Gregory Golovchiner Rabin Medical Center Israel
Moti Haim Ben-Gurion University of the Negev Israel
Yitzchak Biton Hadassah-Hebrew University Medical Center Israel
Guiseppe Boriani University of Bologna Italy
Irene Marzona IRCCS- Istituto di Ricerche Farmacologiche Mario Negri Italy
Matteo Anselmino University of Turin Italy
Sakis Themistoclakis Ospedale dell’Angelo Venice-Mestre Italy
Kazuo Matsumoto Saitama Medical School Japan
Kazuomi Kario Jichi Medical University School of Medicine Japan
Keitaro Senoo Kyoto Prefectural Universitiy of Medicine Japan
Naohiko Takahashi Oita University Japan
Shinichiro Uchiyama Sanno Hospital and Medical Centre International University of Health and Welfare Japan
Shinya Goto Tokai University School of Medicine Japan
Boyoung Joung Yonsei University College of Medicine Korea
Eue-Keun Choi Seoul National University Hospital Korea
Young Hoon Kim Korea University Hospital Korea
Daniel Reidpath Monash University Malaysia Selangor Malaysia
Diana Hui-Ping Malaysia
Arturo Guerra University of Baja California Mexico
Albertino Damasceno Eduardo Mondlane University Mozambique
Cornelis Allaart Amsterdam University Medical Centers Netherlands
Harry Crijns Maastricht University Medical Centre Netherlands
Isabelle Van Gelder UMCG Netherlands
Jeroen M Hendriks Maastricht University Maastricht Netherlands
Michiel Rienstra University of Groningen Netherlands
Nicole Verbeist van Gurp Maastricht University Medical Centre Netherlands
Robert Tieleman Martini Hospital Netherlands
Steven Uittenbogaart Department of General Practice Amsterdam Medical Center Netherlands
Katrina Poppe University of Auckland New Zealand
Natalie Walker University of Auckland New Zealand
Rob Doughty University of Auckland New Zealand
Rod Jackson University of Auckland New Zealand
Amam Mbakwem University of Lagos Nigeria
Jameel Ismael Ahmad Nigeria
Arnljot Tveit The Department of Medical Research Bærum Hospital Norway
Ekaterina Sharashova UiT The Arctic University of Norway Norway
Ingrid Christophersen The Department of Medical Research Bærum Hospital Norway
Maja-Lisa Lochen UiT The Arctic University of Norway Norway
Sigrun Halvorsen Norway
Trygve Berge Baerum Hospital Norway
Daniel Caldeira Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de Lisboa Portugal
Filipa Alves da Costa ISCSEM and CiiEM Centre for Interdisciplinary Research Egas Moniz  CiiEM Portugal
Dan Gaita University of Medicine & Pharmacy “Victor Babes” Romania
Marius Geanta Centre for Innovation Romania
Ahmed Al Awwad Riyadh Military Hospital Saudi Arabia
Tatjana Potpara University of Belgrade Serbia
Robert Hatala National Cardiovascular Institute and Slovak Medical University Slovakia
Alejandro Bustamante Vall d’Hebron Institute of Research Spain
Joan Montaner Vall d’Hebron Institute of Research Spain
Josep Lluis Clua-Espuny Institut Català de la Salut Spain
Emma Svennberg Karolinska Sweden
Faris Al-Khalili Sophia Hemmet Hospital Sweden
Gunnar Engström Lund University Sweden
Johan Engdahl Karolinksa Institute Sweden
Lars Åke Levin University of Linköping Sweden
Leif Friberg Karolinska Sweden
Linda Johnson Department of Clinical Sciences Malmo-Lund University Sweden
Mårten Rosenqvist Karolinska Sweden
Viveka Frykman-Kull Karolinska Sweden
Derk Krieger University Hospital of Zurich Switzerland
Shi-Ann Chen Cardiovascular Research Centre National Yang-Ming University and Taiwan Veterans General Hospital Taiwan
Tze-Fan Chao Cardiovascular Research Centre National Yang-Ming University and Taiwan Veterans General Hospital Taiwan
Nijasri Suwanwela Chulalongkorn University Bangkok Thailand
Tachapong Ngarmukos Ramathibodi Hospital Mahidol University Thailand
Aimé Bonny African Heart Rhythm Association Uganda
Joselyn Rwebembera Uganda Heart Institute Uganda
Alan Cameron Queen Elizabeth University Hospital UK
Alexander T. Cohen King’s College London UK
Amitava Banerjee UK
Anthony Rudd King’s College London UK
Azmil Abdul-Rahim University of Liverpool UK
Barbara Casadei University of Oxford Radcliff Dept of Medicine UK
Chris Gale University of Leeds Leeds UK
David Fitzmaurice University of Birmingham UK
Gregory Lip University of Liverpool Liverpool UK
Irene Savalieva St. Georges Hospital UK
Jaspal S. Taggar University of Nottingham and National Institute of Health Research Clinical Research Network Nottingham UK
John Camm St. Georges Hospital UK
Jonathan Mant Cambridge University Cambridge UK
Julian Halcox University of Swansea UK
Lis Neubeck Edinburgh Napier University UK
Matthew Fay Westcliffe Medical Practice UK
Neil Grubb University of Edinburgh UK
Neil Poulter Imperial College London UK
Pablo Perel UK
Peter Macfarlane Institute of Health and Wellbeing University of Glasgow Glasgow UK
Richard Hobbs Oxford University Primary Health Care UK
Richard Schilling Barts and London AF Centre UK
Sotiris Antoniou Cardiovascular Medicine Barts Health NHS Trust UK
Terry Quinn University of Glasgow UK
Thomas E Beany UK
Walter Reyes Caorsi Centro Cardiovascular Casa de Galicia Uruguay
Alan Go Kaiser Permanente USA
Bernard Gersh Mayo Clinic USA
Christine Albert Brigham and Womens USA
Daniel Singer Dept of Medicine MGH and Epidemiology Harvard Boston USA
David McManus University of Massachusetts Medical School USA
Emelia Benjamin Framingham Heart Study Boston University USA
Eric Topol Scripps Translational Science Institute USA
Frank Peacock Ben Taub General Hospital USA
Gregory Marcus University of California USA
Hooman Kamel Weil-Cornell Medical College USA
Hugh Calkins The Johns Hopkins USA
James Floyd University of Washington USA
James Reiffel Columbia University and Presbyterian Hospital USA
Jonathan Piccini Duke University USA
Kathryn Wood Emory University School of Nursing Atlanta USA
Konstantinos Siontis Mayo Clinic USA
Lin Yee Chen University of Minnesota Minneapolis USA
M. Edip Gurol Harvard Medical School USA
Marc Fisher Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center USA
Marco Perez Stanford University USA
Mellanie True Hills StopAfib.org Sign Against Stroke in AF Task Force USA
Michael Ezekowitz Lankenau Medical Centre USA
Michael Gibson Harvard Medical School USA
Mintu Turakhia Stanford and VA Palo Alto USA
Mitchell S.V. Elkind Columbia University USA
Pamela McCabe Mayo Clinic USA
Peter Kowey Lankenau Institute for Medical Research USA
Peter Noseworthy Mayo Clinic USA
Renato Lopes Duke University Durham USA
Rod Passman Northwestern University USA
Stavros Stavrakis University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center USA
Steven Lubitz Massachusetts General Hospital Harvard Medical School Boston USA
Steven Steinhubl Scripps Translational Science Institute USA
Susan Heckbert University of Washington Seattle USA
Taya Glotzer Hackensack UMC USA
Trudie Lobban Arrhythmia Alliance & AF Association USA
William Keen Kaiser Permanante USA