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 close to 400 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 was the Executive Producer for HRS’ HRX 2022 meeting and a co-Executive Producer for HRX 2023 meeting. She is currently the second Vice President for HRS.