Dr. Thomas Deering is a Piedmont Healthcare cardiac electrophysiologist where he serves as Chief of the Arrhythmia Center at Piedmont Heart Institute and chair of the Piedmont Healthcare Cardiac Governance Council. He has served in a variety of volunteer roles for the Heart Rhythm Society, including serving as president between May 2018 and May 2019. He has served as a speaker and moderator at national and international electrophysiology and cardiology meetings; has authored and co-authored numerous publications addressing cardiac arrhythmia and cardiovascular quality issues; participates in a number of cardiac electrophysiology arrhythmia research projects and serves as an editor and reviewer for multiple cardiac electrophysiology and general cardiac journals. Dr. Deering earned his medical degree from Yale University School of Medicine and is a Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine at the Medical College of Georgia.