Summary of Committee Memberships/Panels/Working Groups (1994 -present)
Hospital: Current Positions:
- none
Hospital: Past Positions –Atlanta, Georgia
- Chief, Section of Cardiology, North side Hospital (main campus and Forsyth) 2004-2006
- North side Hospital Cardiac Research Subcommittee – 2003-2010
- North side Forsyth PCI Subcommittee- 2009-2010
- North side Hospital Cardiology Executive Committee – 2005-2006
- St. Joseph’s Hospital Women and Heart Disease Board – 2006-2008
- Clinical Methods Coordinator for Emory Univ Medical Students –NSH – 2002-2008
- St. Joseph’s Hospital Research Institute –Vice Chair – 2008 –2009
- St. Josephs Hospital CV Partners LLC-Operations and QA committee 2009
- St. Josephs Hospital Heart Failure Advisory Board- 2005-2009
- St. Josephs Hospital Translational Research Institute-Board Member- 2009
- St. Josephs Hospital Institutional Review Board-member – 2008-2009
Hospital: Past Positions in Toronto, Canada
- Medical Director – Scarborough Cardiology Research Organization, 1999 -2002
- Medical Director – Pacemaker /ICD Programme, 1995-2002
- Medical Director – Cardiac Cath Lab, 1999-2001
- Chairperson – Cardiac Care Educational Rounds, 1995-2002
- Chairperson – Data Mgmt and Advisory Committee, C.A.R.E. Clinic, 2000-2002
- Chairperson, MAC Education Committee, 1997-1999
- Chairperson, Cardiac Care Program Quality Assurance, 1995-1998
- Chairperson –Cardiac Program Endowment Fund Committee, 1999-2001
- Board Member, Physician Rep -Board of Directors, CHC Foundation, 1997-2001
- Physician Rep-Major Gifts Committee CHC Foundation, 1997-1999
- President, Medical Staff Society (MSS), 1996-1997
- Vice-President,Medical Staff Society, 1995-1996
- Secretary -Medical Staff Society, 1994-1995
- MSS Rep, Board of Governors, 1995-1997
- MSS Rep-Strategic Planning committee, 1996-1997, Credentials committee, 1996-1997
- MSS Rep-Medical Advisory Committee (MAC), 1995-1997, Finance Committee, 1995-1996
- Secretary, Dept of Medicine Business Meetings, 1994-1995
- Member -MAC Research Committee, 1995-1999
- Cardiologist Rep, Medical Program Clinical Management Committee, 1997-1999
- Dept of Medicine Rep -Cardiac Arrest Committee, 1994-1999
- Cardiac Program Rep on MAC Quality Assurance Committee -1996-1997
- Cardiologist Rep, Cardiac Care Community Advisory Committee -1996-2002
- Member-Annual Cardiology Day of Excellence Planning Committee, 1998-2002
- Cardiologist Rep, Cardiac Care Teaching Committee, 1994-1997
- Medical Program Representative -MAC Quality Assurance Committee, 1994-1995.
- Member-Annual Clinic Update Day organization committee, 1994-1996
- Physician Representative, Medical Program Utilization Committee, 1995-1996
- Member-Cardiac Rehabilitation Development Committee, 1994-1996
- Member -Cardiac Program Management Committee, 1996-2002
- Member -Cardiac Diagnostics , Clinical Cardiac Care , Pacemaker/ICD Committee, 1994-2002
Summary of Committee Memberships/Panels/Working Groups (1994 -present)
Regional-Current Positions in Georgia
- none
Regional-Past Positions in Georgia
- Atlanta Representative–GA chapter ACC Council –2008-2014
- Member -Kaiser Permanente CHF/CAD Working Group 2002-2006
- Member –AHA board of directors, Metro Atlanta Division 2005-2008
- Chair ACC-Georgia –Annual Scientific Sessions CME Planning Committee 2005-2010
Regional-Past Positions in Ontario, Canada
- Member, GTACC/U of T Steering Committee 1999-2000
- Chair, GTACC Informatics Committee, 1999 -2001
- Chair -GTACC (Greater Toronto Area Community Cardiologists Association) 1996-1999
- Executive Committee Member -GTACC, 1995-2001
- Medical Advisor -Scarborough Heart Health Network, 1995 -1998
- Co-Chair, GTACC Summer Retreat 1997
- Co-Chair, GTACC/Univ of Toronto Summer Retreat 1998
- Chair, Medtronic Ontario Physician’s Pacemaker Symposium, 1998
- Chair, Bayer Cardiology Weekend Retreat, 1999
- Planning Committee, St Michael’s Annual Cardiology for the Practitioner Day –1998
- Planning Committee, GTACC/Univ of Toronto Summer Retreat 1999, 2000,2001, 2002
- Planning Committee, GTACC Fall Retreat 1999,2000,2001,2002
- Planning Committee, GTACC Clinical Research Symposium, 2000,2001
- Member –Advanced Cardiac Services Task Force 1997-2002
National/International – Current Positions in USA
- Director – SANSAR – South Asian Network Supporting Awareness and Research 2014 – Present
National/International – Past Positions in Canada
- Panelist-Ask the Expert -Diabetes and Ethnicity, AHA Scientific Sessions,2012
- Panelist-Risk Stratification in a Multicultural Society, CCS Scientific Sessions, 2010
- Panelist -Coronary Heart Disease in South Asians, AHA Scientific Sessions, 2005
- Panelist -Coronary Heart Disease in South Asians, CCS Scientific Sessions, 2006
- Member –Am College of Cardiology, Assessment Working Group, 2007-2010
National/International – Past Positions in Canada
- Secretary, Canadian Cardiovascular Society (CCS) 2000-2002
- Executive Committee, Canadian Cardiovascular Society (CCS) 2000-2002
- Executive Committee, Canadian Cardiovascular Academy, 2000 –2002
- Council Member, Canadian Cardiovascular Society (CCS) 1999-2002
- Chairperson, Membership Committee CCS, 2000-2002
- Member, CCS Sponsorship Working Group, 1999
- Member, CCS Nominating Committee, 1999, 2000, 2001
- Co-Chair, St. Judes Medical 1st Annual Canadian Arrythmia Symposium, 1998
- Co-Chair, St. Judes Medical 2nd Annual Canadian Arrythmia Symposium, 1999
- Co-Chair, St. Judes Medical 3rdAnnual Canadian Arrythmia Symposium, 2000
- Co-Chair, St. Judes Medical 4th Annual Canadian Arrythmia Symposium, 2001
- Primary panel, CCS Consensus Conference on Cardiac Transplantation, 2001
- Co-chair, CCS Satellite Symposium –Metabolic syndrome -2002
- Co-chair, CCS Community Cardiologist Forum –2001