Congratulations to the Winners of the EP Fellows Research Competition!

The winners of the EP Fellows Research Competition were announced at the Western Atrial Fibrillation (AFib) Symposium!

This award is intended to support research of first- and second-year clinical fellows currently training in an ACGME electrophysiology fellowship program in the United States. Applicants submitted a scientific poster based on their research to Western AFib. A committee of faculty judges reviewed each submission, and the top fellows were invited to attend the 2023 Western AFib Symposium to present their research. Each of these fellows received a travel scholarship, complimentary registration to attend the meeting, and the chance to compete for cash prizes. 

The winners were as follows: 

First Place: Machine Learning of AF Electrograms and Clinical Features Predict Acute Termination of Atrial Fibrillation by Ablation

Speaker - Prasanth Ganesan, Stanford Medicine

Second Place: Racial Differences in Device-Detected Incident Atrial Fibrillation

Speaker - Jack Goergen, Northwestern Memorial Hospital

Third Place: Impact of Sedation and Echocardiographic Guidance Strategy on Left Atrial Appendage Closure

Speaker - Sapan Bhuta, The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center

Fourth Place: The Importance of Compression Rate During Left Atrial Appendage Closure With Watchman FLX

Speaker - Vincenzo La Fazia, Texas Cardiac Arrhythmia Institute

Click here for more information and to view posters from Western AFib. Congratulations to these outstanding clinicians!