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Contact: Mellanie True Hills at 940-466-9898 or http://www.stopafib.org

StopAfib.org Names Top Atrial Fibrillation Doctors to Medical Advisory Board

StopAfib.org, a patient advocacy organization for those living with atrial fibrillation, the most common irregular heartbeat, announces the StopAfib.org Medical Advisory Board.

"We are pleased to announce our inaugural Medical Advisory Board, which is made up of some of the world's foremost electrophysiologists, cardiologists, surgeons, neurologists, epidemiologists, and researchers," says Mellanie True Hills, StopAfib.org founder and CEO. "The Medical Advisory Board will provide a sounding board to help StopAfib.org continue to address atrial fibrillation management and treatment, including providing insight into future afib treatment directions."

The naming of the Medical Advisory Board coincides with the celebration of the 4th annual National Atrial Fibrillation Awareness Month, which was launched by StopAfib.org and is now nationally-designated.

Those named to the StopAfib.org Medical Advisory Board are:

• Lishan Aklog, MD, Surgeon, St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center, Phoenix, AZ  
• Emelia J. Benjamin, MD Professor of Medicine and Epidemiology, Boston University, Boston, MA and Co-Investigator, Framingham Heart Study, Framingham, MA
• Prof. John Camm Professor of Clinical Cardiology, St. George's University of London, London, UK
• Riccardo Cappato, MD, Electrophysiologist, Center of Clinical Arrhythmia and Electrophysiology, Policlinico San Donato, Milan, Italy
• Ralph J. Damiano Jr., MD, Surgeon, Washington University School of Medicine and Barnes-Jewish Hospital, St. Louis, MO
• James R. Edgerton, MD, Surgeon, The Heart Hospital Baylor Plano, Plano, TX
• Kenneth A. Ellenbogen, MD, Electrophysiologist, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA
• Steven C. Hao, MD, Electrophysiologist, Sutter Pacific Medical Foundation, San Francisco, CA
• Peter R. Kowey, MD, Electrophysiologist, Lankenau Hospital, Wynnewood, PA, and President, Main Line Health Heart Center and Professor of Medicine & Clinical Pharmacology, Thomas Jefferson University
• Gregory YH Lip, MD, Professor of Cardiovascular Medicine, University of Birmingham Centre for Cardiovascular Sciences, City Hospital, Birmingham, UK
• Nassir F. Marrouche, MD, Electrophysiologist, Executive Director, Comprehensive Arrhythmia Research & Management Center at the University of Utah Health Sciences Center, Salt Lake City, UT
• Andrea Natale, MD, Electrophysiologist, Executive Medical Director, Texas Cardiac Arrhythmia Institute at St. David's Medical Center, Austin, TX
• Prof. Bo Norrving, Professor of Neurology, Lund University Hospital, Lund, Sweden and President, World Stroke Organization
• Douglas L. Packer, MD, Electrophysiologist, Professor of Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN and President, Heart Rhythm Society 2010-2011
• Eric N. Prystowsky, MD, Electrophysiologist, The Care Group, LLC, Indianapolis, IN
• Vivek Y. Reddy, MD, Electrophysiologist, Mount Sinai Medical Center, New York, NY 
• Andrea M. Russo, MD, Electrophysiologist, Professor of Medicine, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School and Director, Cardiac Electrophysiology and Arrhythmia Services, Cooper University Hospital, Camden, NJ
• John H. Sirak, MD, Surgeon, Ohio State University Medical Center, Columbus, OH
• David J. Wilber, MD, Electrophysiologist, Professor of Medicine, Loyola University Medical Center, Maywood, IL

For more detailed information about each member, see StopAfib.org Medical Advisory Board

About StopAfib.org

StopAfib.org was founded in 2007 to improve the quality of life for those living with atrial fibrillation and to save lives by raising awareness of afib and decreasing afib-related strokes. HON Code Certified StopAfib.org is for patients by patients, and is the most visited patient arrhythmia site.

For more information, visit www.StopAfib.org or contact Mellanie True Hills at 940-466-9898 or www.stopafib.org/contact.cfm