Jamie B. Conti, MD, FACC, FHRS Appointed Co-Editor-in-Chief, Cardiovascular Innovations and Applications

On behalf of the journal, Compuscript is pleased to announce the appointment of Jamie B. Conti, MD, FACC, FHRS, as Co-Editor-in-Chief of Cardiovascular Innovations and Applications (CVIA) succeeding the late C. Richard Conti, MD, MACC, Dr HC, FCP(SA), FESC, FAHA. The appointment is effective immediately. Dr Conti is no stranger to CVIA having served as an Associate Editor for the journal since its launch in 2015.

A Professor of Medicine and serving as the University of Florida (UF) Department of Medicine Chair, Dr Conti earned her undergraduate degree from Harvard University and is a 1987 graduate of the UF College of Medicine. She completed her medical residency at Emory University and fellowship training in cardiology and clinical cardiac electrophysiology at UF. She joined UF’s faculty in 1994 as an Assistant Professor of Medicine and has held numerous leadership roles since then, including serving 10 years as the Chief of Cardiovascular Medicine. Dr Conti is board certified in Cardiovascular Medicine. In 1999, Dr Conti received the prestigious American College of Cardiology Proctor Harvey Teaching Award. In addition to her roles within UF, she has held leadership positions in the American College of Cardiology, the Heart Rhythm Society and the American Heart Association. Dr Conti’s research focuses on intracardiac device implantation, pregnancy and arrhythmias, and psychological manifestations of ICD implantation.  

Commenting on the appointment, Dr Conti said:

“My vision is to make CVIA a preeminent journal in the cardiovascular field”. “We hope this journal will become a trusted source of accurate and reproducible data in the cardiovascular field, raising the standard of research, and accelerating the process of diagnostic innovation and application of technology in cardiovascular disease.”

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