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DR. SANJEEV SAKSENA MD<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<\/div>

FHRS, FACC, FESC, FAHA, FRSM Professor of Medicine, UMDNJ- RWJ Medical School Editor in Chief, Journal of Interventional Cardiac Electrophysiology Medical Director, Electrophysiology Research Foundation Past President, Heart Rhythm Society.<\/span><\/h4>\n<\/div>
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Dr. Sanjeev Saksena MD<\/span><\/strong><\/h2>\n<\/div>

\"\"Dr. Saksena is Clinical Professor of Medicine at UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson School of Medicine, and Medical Director of the Electrophysiology Research Foundation. He has been the Director of the Cardiovascular Institute at Atlantic Health Systems (East) from 1999-2004, and Director of the Arrhythmia& Pacemaker Service from 1989. He has also been President of the North American Society of Pacing and Electrophysiology (NASPE) and Chair of its Government Relations Committee, and member for governmental affairs committees for\u00a0the Heart Rhythm Society and the American College of Cardiology. He has extensive administrative experience with growing and restructuring organizations, and was pivotal in the growth of cardiology and cardiac surgery departments in his institutions as well as restructuring of national organizations such as NASPE to the Heart Rhythm Society. He has extensive experience in developing collaborative initiatives between major organizations such as the professional medical societies and the FDA (1994), NHLBI (1999), international organizations ( ESC 1998, IHRS 2005-6) and educational organizations (ECAS and Springer 2006).<\/p>\n

He is the original author of current CPT coding in Cardiac Pacing and Electrophysiology and has been actively involved in economic policy issues in cardiovascular medicine. He has extensive experience in clinical service and program development and its economic impact on hospitals, medical practices and medical education. He has been Director of Cardiology and Electrophysiology fellowship programs, and supervised medical residents in clinical and research rotations in cardiology. His trainees now supervise electrophysiology programs or are cardiology faculty members in three continents. His educational activities in the Electrophysiology Research Foundation sponsor educational activities and programs for trainees and practicing physicians in the USA, Europe and Asia.He is co-Founder of the Indian Heart Rhythm Society and works closely with medical institutions in Asia and Europe and been on the faculty or working groups of joint international programs in Asia, South America, Europe and with World Societies in Cardiology and Cardiac Arrhythmias. As medical director of the EP Research Foundation, he has developed cardiac technology transfer to and cardiovascular program development in India.<\/p>\n

He is the Founding editor and current Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Interventional Cardiac Electrophysiology and has been the Editor of the Government Relations column for PACE and remains an active consultant to governmental and private health care organizations. He has been an active clinical and applied basic science investigator since 1980, and has held grants from NHLBI, industry and the American Heart Association. In this period, he has authored\/co-authored over 350 abstracts, 330 articles, and 60 book chapters. He is editor\/co-editor of 6 journal supplements and co-editor of 5 books and has most recently co-edited new textbooksentitled Electrophysiological Disorders of the Heart and Interventional Cardiac Electrophysiology \u2013 A multidisciplinary approach. His current interests include clinical and basic research in cardiac electrophysiology and cardiac pacing, international and government relations and development and economics of cardiovascular services. He has been on the Planning and Steering Committees of several NIH trials such as AVID, AFFIRM and TOPCAT and was the Study Chair in multicenter clinical trials such as the Intracardiac Echocardiography Helps Interventional Procedures ( ICE-CHIP), Intracardiac Echocardiography Guided Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy (ICE-CRT HF) trials and the T-Flex AF trial.<\/p>\n<\/div>

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Reanalysis of the AFFIRM trial:<\/span><\/h3>\n<\/div>
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Saksena S, Slee A, Waldo AL, Freemantle N, Reynolds M, Rosenberg Y, Rathod S, Grant S, Thomas E, Wyse DG: Cardiovascular Outcomes in the AFFIRM Trial (Atrial Fibrillation Follow-Up Investigation of Rhythm Management): An Assessment of Individual Antiarrhythmic Drug Therapies Compared With Rate Control With Propensity Score-Matched Analyses. J Am Coll Cardiol 2011;58:1975\u201385<\/span><\/h5>\n
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UNDERGRADUATE EDUCATION<\/span><\/strong><\/h2>\n<\/div>
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    High School<\/strong>
    \nBoroughmuir High School, Edinburgh, Scotland<\/strong>
    \nSt. Xavier High School, Delhi, India<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/li><\/ul>

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      Graduation<\/strong>
      \nI.S.C. Examination, University of Cambridge, England,<\/strong>
      \nDecember 1967 (awarded National Scholarship)<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/li><\/ul>

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        College<\/strong>
        \nUniversity of Delhi, India (cum laude), June 1969<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/li><\/ul>

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          Medical School<\/strong>
          \nAll India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India<\/strong>
          \n(cum laude), December 1973<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/li><\/ul>

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          POSTGRADUATE EDUCATION<\/span><\/strong><\/h2>\n<\/div>
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            Internship (Jan 1, 1974 \u2013 Dec 31, 1974)<\/strong>
            \nCompulsory Rotating: All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/li><\/ul>

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              Residency (Jan 1, 1975 \u2013 Apr, 1975)<\/strong>
              \nInternal Medicine: All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/li><\/ul>

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                Internship (July 1, 1975 – June 30, 1976)<\/strong>
                \nStraight Medical: Long Island Jewish-Hillside Medical Center and State University of New York, Stony Brook and New Hyde Park, NY<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/li><\/ul>

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                  Residency (July 1, 1976 – June 30, 1978)<\/strong>
                  \nInternal Medicine: Long Island Jewish-Hillside Medical Center and State University of New York, Stony Brook and New Hyde Park, NY<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/li><\/ul>

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                    Fellowship (July 1, 1978 – June 30, 1980)<\/strong>
                    \nCardiology: Division of Cardiology, University of Miami School of Medicine, Miami, FL<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/li><\/ul>

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                    EXAMINATIONS<\/span><\/strong><\/h2>\n<\/div>
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                      Educational Council for Foreign Medical Students, Certificate #209 148 6, January 23, 1974<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/li><\/ul>

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                        Federation Licensing Examination, Washington, DC, December, 1976<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/li><\/ul>

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                          Visa Qualifying Examination, NY, September 1977<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/li><\/ul>

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                            American Board of Internal Medicine, Certificate #65188, September 13, 1978<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/li><\/ul>

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                              American Board of Internal Medicine, Cardiovascular Disease, Certificate #65188, November 11, 1981<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/li><\/ul>

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                                American Board of Internal Medicine, Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology, Certificate #65188, 1992, Recertified # 65188, 2002<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/li><\/ul>

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                                ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE<\/span><\/strong><\/h2>\n<\/div>
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                                  Instructor in the Tutorial Courses of Instruction in Coronary Care for the Practicing Physican, Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, University of Miami School of Medicine, Miami, FL, 1978 – 1980<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/li><\/ul>

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                                    Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine, UMDNJ-NJ Medical School, Newark, NJ, 1982 – 1984<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/li><\/ul>

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                                      Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine, UMDNJ-NJ Medical School, Newark, NJ, 1985 – 1993<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/li><\/ul>

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                                        Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine and Pediatrics, UMDNJ-NJ Medical School, Newark, NJ, 1993 -1998<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/li><\/ul>

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                                          Clinical Professor of Medicine, UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson School of Medicine, New Brunswick, NJ, 1998 – Present<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/li><\/ul>

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                                          PRESENT AND PREVIOUS APPOINTMENTS<\/span><\/strong><\/h2>\n<\/div>
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                                            Medical Director, Electrophysiology Research Foundation (1982 – present)<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/li>

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                                            Director, Cardiovascular Institute-Atlantic Health System, Passaic, NJ (1999 – November 2004)<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/li>

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                                            Director, Arrhythmia & Pacemaker Services, Eastern Heart Institute, Passaic, NJ (1988 – 2004)<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/li>

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                                            Director, Pediatric Electrophysiology, Children’s Hospital, Newark, NJ (1993 – 1997)<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/li>

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                                            Co-Director, Division of Cardiology, Newark Beth Israel Medical Center, Newark, NJ (1985 – 1988)<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/li>

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                                            Associate Director, Division of Cardiology, Newark Beth Israel Medical Center, Newark, NJ (1984 – 1985)<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/li>

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                                            Director, Cardiovascular Research, Division of Cardiology, Newark Beth Israel Medical Center, Newark, NJ (1981 – 1989)<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/li>

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                                            Director, Invasive Cardiovascular Laboratories, Newark Beth Israel Medical Center, Newark, NJ (1985 -1989)<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/li>

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                                            Director, Cardiac Fellowship Program, Newark Beth Israel Medical Center, Newark, NJ (1987 – 1989)<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/li>

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                                            Director, Cardiac Electrophysiology Laboratory, Newark Beth Israel Medical Center, Newark, NJ (1980 – 1989)<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/li>

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                                            Attending Physician, Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, New Brunswick, NJ (1996 – present)<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/li>

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                                            Attending Physician & Member, Division of Cardiology, Passaic Beth Israel Health System, Passaic, NJ, 2004 – 2008<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/li>

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                                            Attending Physician & Member, Division of Cardiology, Newark Beth Israel Medical Center, Newark, NJ, 1980 – 2004<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/li>

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                                            Attending Physician & Member, Division of Cardiology, UMDNJ-NJ Medical School, Newark, NJ, 1982 \u2013 1998<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/li>

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                                            Attending Physician & Member, Division of Cardiology, St. Mary\u2019s Hospital, Passaic, NJ, 2004 – 2008<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/li>

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                                            Attending Physician, University Hospital, Newark, NJ, 1988 – 1998<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/li>

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                                            Attending Physician, Saint Barnabas Medical Center, Livingston, NJ, 1997 – 2002<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/li>

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                                            Consultant, Division of Cardiology, Mountainside Hospital, Montclair, NJ, 1981 – 1985<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/li>

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                                            Consultant, National Center of Health Services Research and Health Care Technology Assessment, Rockville, MD, 1985 – 1986<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/li>

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                                            Consultant, Division of Cardiology, Overlook Hospital, Summit, NJ, 1981 – 1987<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/li>

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                                            Consultant, Division of Cardiology, St. Elizabeth Hospital, Elizabeth, NJ, 1981 – 1989<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/li>

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                                            Consultant, Divison of Cardiology, Veterans’ Administration Hospital, East Orange, NJ, 1981 – 1986<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/li>

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                                            Consultant, National Institutes of Health, AVID trial, 1990 – 1992<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/li>

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                                            Consultant, National Institutes of Health, AFFIRM trial, 1994 – 1995<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/li>

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                                            Consultant , National Heart Blood and Lung Institute, NIH, TOPCAT trial, 2004 – present.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/li>

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                                            Consultant, Electrical Signaling, Ion Transport and Arrhythmias (ESTA) Study Section, NHLBI 2006-present<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/li>

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                                            Medical Consultant, Medtronic Inc. (1987- present)<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/li>

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                                            Medical Consultant, St. Jude Medical Inc.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/li>

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                                            Medical Consultant, Cardiac Pacemakers Inc. ( 1987-1991)<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/li>

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                                            Medical Consultant, Biotronik Inc. ( 2001-2003)<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/li>

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                                            Medical Consultant, Sanofi-Aventis Inc (2006- present)<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/li>

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                                            Senior Medical Advisor, EP Med Systems (2002 \u2013 2006)<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/li>

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                                            Regulatory Affairs Consultant, Cardima Inc. ( 2008 \u2013 2010)<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/li><\/ul>

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