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Professional Memberships &
Working Groups

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