• Anne Curtis, MD, will be named president of the Heart Rhythm Society (Washington), which bills itself as the leading professional society for cardiac arrhythmia professionals and the primary information resource on heart rhythm disorders. Curtis, director of cardiology and CEO of heart services at the University of South Florida (Tampa, Florida), will be elected to the post during Heart Rhythm 2005, the Society's 26th Annual Scientific Sessions, May 4-7, in New Orleans. Curtis will be the Society's third woman president, and she joins the American College of Cardiology and the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute of the National Institute of Health as major cardiology organizations that are headed by women. With the prevalence of heart rhythm disorders increasing in women, Curtis will lead a special session at the conference focusing on women and heart disease. Curtis currently leads 14 clinical studies on medical devices and heart rhythm disorders as a principal or co-investigator, and she has authored 86 scientific papers and 70 book chapters or reviews.
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