Site Curators & Contributors

CardiQ Steering Group

The CardiQ Steering Group, led by Joshua R. Silverstein, MD, FHRS and Jennifer M. Wright, MA, MD, FHRS is responsible for the following:

Development and implementation of a vision for CardiQ that is engaging and useful to clinicians seeking to improve heart rhythm care;
Building and managing a library of the best practices, tools, and templates for quality improvement and heart rhythm care, via the sharing of resources and collaboration among clinicians, health centers and organizations devoted to improving care and outcomes for patients;
Maintaining a comprehensive QI framework that provides the “how to” of QI for heart rhythm care;
Staying current with heart rhythm developments and updates to ensure the framework and resources remain up-to-date and relevant.

Steering Group Members

Content Curation Working Group

The CardiQ Content Curation Working Group, led by the CardiQ Steering Group is responsible for:

Content curation including solicitation and review of best practices;
Development of new content, as needed;
Tagging content for inclusion in the resource library;
Engaging website participants to learn what works and what may be improved;
Contributions to communications plans that may include a monthly newsletter, questions of the week, and/or an Ask the
Expert portal;
Website promotion through social media and other communications channels.

Content Curation Working Group Members

Nazem Akoum, MD, MS, FHRS
Devender N. Akula, MD, FHRS
Amin Al-Ahmad, MD, FHRS, CCDS
Elena Arbelo, MD, MSci, PhD
Brett D. Atwater, MD
Douglas Steven Beinborn, MA, RN
Paras S. Bhatt, MD
Mike A. Black, CVT, NREMTP, RCIS, CEPS
Erica Marie Byers, MSN, CRNP
Santabhanu Chakrabarti, MBBS, MD, CCT, FHRS
Gabriele D'Ambrosio, MD, PhD
Susan Fahner Davish, MSN, CDRMS
Freddy Del Carpio Munoz, MD, FHRS
Anil K. Gehi, MD, FHRS
David M. Gilligan, MD, FHRS
Christian H Heeger, MD, FHRS
Leonard Ilkhanoff, MD, MS, FHRS
Indiresha R. Iyer, MBBS, MD, FHRS
Rajat Jhanjee, MD, MSEE, FHRS, CCDS, CEPS-A
Ridhima Kapoor
Saima Karim, DO, FHRS
Dhanunjaya R. Lakkireddy, MBA, MD, FHRS
Paul Lee, MD
Paul A. LeLorier, MDCM, FHRS
David Lin, MD, FHRS
Patricia Tung, MD, MPH
Andrew Lin, MD
Kathy A. Loveless, DNP, CEPS, CCDS
Indrajeet Mahata, MD, FHRS
Arun Umesh Mahtani, MBBS, MD, MS
Theofanie Mela, MD
Jason D. Meyers, MD, FHRS
Melissa E. Middeldorp, MPH, PhD
Suneet Mittal, MD, FHRS
Jessica Mullenix, MSN, NP, CEPS
Siva K. Mulpuru, MD, FHRS
Sotirios Nedios, MD, PhD, FHRS, CEPS-A, CCDS
Jose Osorio, MD, FHRS
Madeleine Oster, DNP, MBA, FHRS, CCDS
Monica Pammer Austin, PAC
Hiren Patel, MD
Rajeev Kumar Pathak, MBBS, PhD, FHRS
Cristiano F. Pisani, MD, PhD
Leon M. Ptaszek, MD, PhD, FHRS
Krishna Pundi, BS, MD
Anil Rajendra, MD, FHRS
Molly Sachdev, FHRS
Gerilynn M. Schott, ACNP
Gerald A. Serwer, MD, FHRS
Naushad A. Shaik, MBBS, MD, FHRS, CCDS
Ghanshyam Palamaner Subash Shantha, MD, MPH
Gunjan J. Shukla, MD, FHRS
Christoph Sinning, MD
Nalla Swapna, BS, PAC
Faisal Fiazuddin Syed, BS, MBChB
Aneesh V. Tolat, MD, FHRS

HRS Quality Improvement Committee

In addition to the Working Groups above, the Quality Improvement Committee provides strategic direction and oversight for all QI activities, including CardiQ. View the HRS Quality Improvement Committee Members on the HRS website.

HRS Quality Improvement Committee Members

Thomas F. Deering, BS, MBA, MD, FHRS, CCDS - Chair
Roopinder K. Sandhu, MD, MPH, FHRS - Vice Chair
Fabrizio R Assis, MD
Marc W. Deyell, MD, MSci, FHRS
Bruce A. Koplan, MD, FHRS
Nathan Miller, BSN, RN
Kofi Marfo Osei, MD, MSci
Matthew Singleton, MD, FHRS
Tracey Shannon, ANP, CCDS
Anna Streeter, BSN, RN, CCDS
Takeki Suzuki, MBA, MD, MPH, PhD, FHRS
Tyler Louis Taigen, MD
Kun Xiang, MD
Gaston R. Vergara, MD

Two Ways to Contribute

Share Resources to be Posted on CardiQ

If you would like to share resources to be placed in the Resource Library, submit this form with your information and your files. A Heart Rhythm Society staff member will reach out to you within two business days.

Join the CardiQ Content Curation Working Group

If you would like to become a member of the Content Curation Working Group, please fill out the contact form and indicate so in your message.

"The overall layout of the framework assisted greatly in walking through the project as though it were an outline. Taking each pillar and elaborating on the designated categories helped identify areas that were completed, needed to be completed, or where there were gaps in the project that were originally not identified. It was helpful to share the framework with those we needed to get on board with the project. They could then visualize the steps and where they played their part. The framework helped have a clear line of communication between the team, it gave a way for us to see where we were at, where we were going, and what the next steps were. We oftentimes could only communicate through email, so the framework gave the basis for what to discuss and kept everyone on the same page."

- Michelle L. Budzyn, PharmD

"The multidisciplinary framework was the most important aspect – We need to break down the traditional silos in which we all work (which I think we were able to accomplish to some extent in this endeavor)."

- James C. Coons, PharmD, FCCP, FACC, BCCP

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