Day 1 18th November 2022
APHRS Opening Ceremony 2022
The APHRS 2022 was attended by over 2000 attendees from 41 countries on the first day of the conference. The opening address was given by the organising chairman of 15th APHRS, Prof Ching Chi Keong. This was followed by speeches from the APHRS president, Prof Wataru Shimizu, Heart Rhythm Association of Singapore president, Dr Teo Wee Siong, and the Guest of Honour, Minister Tan See Leng.
Plenary Lecture
Professor Gregory Lip delivered his plenary lecture on the management of complex atrial fibrillation patients. A summary of this talk and its pertinent points can be found here.
Newly elected fellows to APHRS
We would like to commend the following individuals for their contributions to the field of electrophysiology and heartily congratulate them on being accorded Fellows of the society:
Prof. Shih-Ann CHEN (Taiwan)
- APHRS Nomination Committee Chair
- Co-Editor-in-Chief of the “Journal of Arrhythmia”
- Past President of the APHRS in 2012 and 2013
Prof. Kazuo MATSUMOTO (Japan)
- Chaired the APHRS Web & Arrhythmia News Subcommittee from 2012-2018
- Initiated the first issue of APHRS Newsletter in 2012
- Currently the Co-Editor-in-Chief of the “Journal of Arrhythmia”
Dr. Muhammad MUNAWAR (Indonesia)
- One of the APHRS Founding Members
- Served as the APHRS Country Representative of Indonesia from 2008 to 2018
- Chaired the APHRS Public Affairs Subcommittee from 2009 to 2013
Datuk Dr. Razali OMAR (Malaysia)
- One of the APHRS Founding Members
- Served as the APHRS Country Representative of Malaysia from 2008 to 2011
- Chaired the APHRS Fundraising Subcommittee in 2016
Prof. Hui-Nam PAK (Korea)
- The current First Vice President of the APHRS
- Chaired the APHRS Allied Professionals Subcommittee from 2016 to 2017
- Served as the APHRS Scientific Program Chairperson in 2018; has been serving in the APHRS Executive Board since then until now
Prof. Wataru SHIMIZU (Japan)
- The current President of the APHRS
- Chaired the APHRS Basic Research Subcommittee from 2014 to 2018
- Served as APHRS Treasurer from 2016 to 2017; has been serving in the APHRS Executive Board since then until now
Dr. Martin STILES (New Zealand)
- The current chair of the APHRS International Scientific Document Writing Subcommittee (since 2017)
- Chaired the APHRS Fellowship Subcommittee from 2014 to 2016
- Served as the APHRS Country Representative of New Zealand from 2009 – 2014
- Chaired the first APHRS-led Partnership Document “2020 APHRS/HRS expert consensus statement on the investigation of decedents with sudden unexplained death and patients with sudden cardiac arrest, and of their families”
News-worthy abstracts and sessions of Day 1
Management of Complex Atrial Fibrillation patients: Easy as ABC
What to do when rhythm control strategies fail?
Novel Therapies in Ventricular Tachycardia Management
Pacemaker implantation in the Grown-Up Congenital Heart Disease (GUCH) Population – anatomical challenges, current progress and future directions with conduction system pacing (CSP).
Genetic Architecture of Brugada Syndrome
Conduction system pacing: Is conduction system pacing for everyone who requires pacing?
Highlights for Day 2
We hope you have enjoyed your first day at APHRS. Day 2 contains the important “Late Breaking Trials” session and the exciting “Young Investigator Awards” competition. We have included a selection of symposiums and lectures that you should not miss, along with some useful workshops from our industry partners. Do not forget our poster abstract sessions and oral abstract presentations in Tracks 6-9.
APHRS 2022 in photos
Don’t forget our wine tasting sessions!
Enjoy APHRS 2022!
APHRS 2022 Secretariat