David DeLurgio

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 more than 430 publications in peer-reviewed journals. Dr. Al-Khatib has held numerous positions on Heart Rhythm Society committees and subcommittees and is a senior associate editor for Circulation. She chaired the 2017 American Heart Association/American College of Cardiology/Heart Rhythm Society on the Management of Ventricular Arrhythmias and the prevention of Sudden Cardiac Death. She is currently the President-Elect for HRS.

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH

NAME
Wael A. Jaber, M.D.
POSITION / TITLE
Director of Cardiovascular Imaging Core Lab Staff and nuclear cardiology;
Professor of Medicine
Fuad Jubran Chair in Cardiovascular Medicine

EDUCATION / TRAINING (Begin with baccalaureate or other initial professional education, such as nursing, and include postdoctoral training)

INSTITUTION AND LOCATION
DEGREE (if applicable)
YEAR(S)
FIELD OF STUDY

American University of Beirut

American University of Beirut Dean’s Honors List

Residency

Fellowship

Fellowship
Bachelor of Science

Medical Degree

Internal Medicine

Cardiology

Cardiac Imaging
1985-1988

1988-1992

1992-1995

1995-1998

1998-1999
Biology

Medical School

St Luke’s Hospital (NYC)
St Luke’s Hospital (NYC)

Cleveland Clinic

Positions and Employment
2000 – Present Staff Cardiologist – Cleveland Clinic Foundation

Other Experience and Professional Membership

ACC: Fellow of American College of Cardiology
FESC: Fellow of European Society of Cardiology
FASNC: Member of Board of directors of American society of Nuclear Cardiology and a fellow of the society
FAES: Fellow of the American Society of echocardiography

Honors
Cleveland Clinic scientific innovator award, 2006
Cleveland Clinic Department of Cardiovascular Medicine Distinguished Teacher award 2005, 2014, 2021.
Cleveland Clinic International center Physician of the Year 2001.

SELECTED PEER-REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS (IN CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER).

‪Wael Jaber‬ - ‪Google Scholar‬

Prof. Christian Sohns is deputy director at the Clinic for Electrophysiology at the Heart and Diabetes Center NRW in Bad Oeynhausen. He was trained in Cardiology and Electrophysiology at the University Medical Center in Göttingen and the King’s College London. He worked as a senior consultant for Electrophysiology at the St. Georg Hospital in Hamburg.