Francis E. Marchlinski, MD: Dr. Marchlinski is Director of Cardiac Electrophysiology for the University of Pennsylvania Health System, the Director of the Cardiac Electrophysiology Translational Center of Excellence and the Richard T. and Angela Clark President’s Distinguished Professor. He is a graduate of the Perelman School of Medicine and completed his postdoctoral internal medicine residency and cardiology/electrophysiology fellowship training at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania. He has authored over 600 original scientific articles and over 250 book chapters/reviews/editorials; his research efforts have been supported by the Leducq Foundation, the National Institutes of Health and generous philanthropic support from patients. He is on the editorial board of numerous cardiology/electrophysiology journals. Dr. Marchlinski has trained over 200 fellows in electrophysiology, many of whom have gone on to lead electrophysiology programs across the globe. Dr. Marchlinski has also directed numerous regional and international electrophysiology symposia and has received numerous teaching awards at the University of Pennsylvania. He has been the recipient of other prestigious honors including the Luigi Mastroianni Clinical Innovator Award, the Venice Arrhythmia Distinguished Scientist Award, the Association for Clinical and Translational Science Distinguished InvestigatorCareer Achievement Awardand the Heart Rhythm Society Distinguished Teacher Award.