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WSA - World Society of Arrhythmias
World Society of Arrhythmias, former known as ICPES - The International Cardiac Pacing and Electrophysiology Society was co-founded in 1978 by Dr. Victor Parsonnet, Dr. Bert Th. Thalen, Dr. Graeme Sloman, Dr. H. Sykosch, Dr. Claude Meere and Dr. Seymour Furman. From January 2011, the ICPES Board decided to change the name of the Society in World Society of Arrhythmias (WSA) in order to better express its global interest in the field of Cardiac Arrhythmias.

The Mission of the World Society of Arrhythmias (WSA) is to promote worldwide education in the field of cardiac pacing and electrophysiology in association with national and international scientific societies dedicated to cardiac pacing and electrophysiology. It also provides a platform for scientific exchange among its member and other national and international organizations through hosting World Congress on Cardiac Pacing and Electrophysiology.





Executive Committee
Prof. Santini Massimo  •  Rome, Italy  •  President

Prof. Vardas Panos E.  •  Athens, Greece  •  Secretary General

Prof. Lau Chu-Pak  •  Hong Kong, China  •  Immediate Past President

Councillors
Prof. Borbola Joseph  •  Budapest, Hungary

Prof. Ector Hugo  •  Leuven, Belgium

Prof. Hatala Robert  •  Bratislava, Slovakia

Prof. Israel Carsten  •  Frankfurt, Germany

Prof. Kim Young-Hoon  •  Korea

Prof. Mond Harry  •  Melbourne, Australia

Prof. Nitta Takashi   •  Tokyo, Japan

Prof. Oto Ali  •  Ankara, Turkey

Prof. Ovsyshcher I. Eli  •  Beer-Sheva, Israel

Prof. Prystowsky Eric N.  •  Indianapolis-IN, USA

Prof. Revishvili Amiran  •  Moscow, Russian Federation

Prof. Sethi Kamal K.  •  New Delhi, India

Prof. Sutton Richard  •  Monte Carlo, Monaco

Prof. Tyers Frank  •  Vancouver, Canada

Prof. Zhang Shu  •  Beijing, China

Society Representatives
Prof. Camm A. John  •  London, UK

Dr. Cappato Riccardo   •  Milan, Italy

Prof. Estes N.A. Mark  •  Boston, USA

Prof. Shih-Ann Chen • Taiwan

Prof. Molina Luis  •  Colonia Guadalupe, Mexico

Members At Large (Past President)
Prof. Fisher John  •  New York, USA

Prof. Luderitz Berndt  •  Bonn, Germany

Dr. Oseroff Oscar  •  Buenos Aires, Argentina

new WSA Activities
One of the main goal of the World Society of Arrhythmias is to support and provide educational projects all over the world. In 2011 the WSA started a Joint Venture Project with the Chinese Society of Pacing and Electrophysiology, the Global Arrhythmia Forum (GAF). The main task of this Project is to educate Chinese physicians for new technologies like Remote Monitoring of implantable Devices.

next Congress 2015
The XV WSA - World Congress on Cardiac Pacing and Electrophysiology will be held from September 17 to 20, 2015 in Beijing and will be organized by the next Secretary General Prof. Zhang Shu.

Partner of WSA
A-A, Arrhythmias Alliance http://www.heartrhythmcharity.org.uk/

AIAC, Associazione Italiana Aritmologia e Cardiostimolazione http://aiac.it

APHRS, Asia Pacific Heart Rhythm Society http://www.aphrs.asia/

CSPE, Chinese Society of Pacing and Electrophysiology http://www.cspe-cma.org/english/index_eng.html

ECAS, European Cardiac Arrhythmia Society http://www.ecas-heartrhythm.org/

EHRA, European Society of Cardiology http://www.escardio.org/Pages/index.aspx

HRS, Heart Rhythm Society http://www.hrsonline.org/

HR-UK, Heart Rhythm UK http://heartrhythmuk.org.uk/

JHRS, Japan Heart Rhythm Society http://www.jhrs.org/

SOLAECE, Sociedad Latinoamericana de Estimulación Cardíaca y Electrofisiología http://www.solaece.org/

Website
WSA- World Society of Arrhythmias http://www.wsa-icpes.org