Ambassadors
Ambassador Program Chair
Andrew Hordes, MD, FACC, FHRS, CCDS
Staff Cardiologist
The Heart and Vascular Center
Appalachian Regional Healthcare System
Boone, NC, USA
As the only electrophysiologist in the Appalachian Regional Healthcare System, Dr. Hordes supervises the cardiac device clinic and actively implants CIED's and troubleshoots devices on a daily basis. He is also a dedicated educator having delivered numerous lectures to medical students, residents, and fellows while serving as a Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine at Brown University Medical School. As such, he twice received Brown's highest teaching award, and has served as an invited lecturer at Medtronic, Intermedics, St. Jude, Guidant, and Biotronik. Dr. Hordes became an IBHRE Ambassador in 2020 and was elected as Ambassador Program Chair in 2022.
VIEW MISSION, VISION & OBJECTIVES
IBHRE Ambassadors serve an essential role in advancing the IBHRE mission by encouraging heart rhythm professionals to achieve the certification, mentoring prospective examinees, and representing IBHRE’s interest with designated external organizations.
IBHRE Ambassadors represent the organization through:
- A positive understanding of the organization’s mission, vision, and strategy
- Articulating the value of professional competency
- Engaging with the heart rhythm management community to bring awareness to IBHRE certification
Ambassadors Advocate for IBHRE by:
- Serving as mentors
- Serving as IBHRE’s official spokespeople and liaisons to the Pacing and EP communities within their region by connecting them to IBHRE resources
- Being informed about the organization's current priorities
- Getting to know the population of heart rhythm professionals
- Communicating with IBHRE staff about events in their area
- Promoting IBHRE at professional development and networking events
To be considered as an IBHRE Ambassador, one must be current with their certification, be willing to serve at least one year in the position, and agree to the IBHRE Roles and Responsibilities. Applicants will be notified within 45 days of the application.
Resources for Ambassadors
Download marketing materials to use at your next engagement:
- Ambassador Flyer
- Ambassador Orientation Presentation
- Ambassador Pin
- Ambassador Toolkit
- Candidate Handbook
- Certification Process Brochure
- IBHRE Day Promotional Toolkit
- Newsletter
- Patient Guide
- Physician EP Flyer
- Promote IBHRE by wearing your Branded Gear
- Recertification Flyer
- Statistics
- Verification of Continuing Education (VCE) Flyer
- What's Holding You Back? Get Certified Today
- Contact IBHRE staff for table tops exhibits and specific demographic data on certified professionals.
Questions? Send an email to info@ibhre.org to contact an Ambassador in your region. Be sure to include the name of the IBHRE certified professional from whom you are seeking assistance.
IBHRE Ambassadors
| Name | City | State | Country |
| Andrew R. Hordes, MD, FHRS, CCDS, Chair | Boone | North Carolina | USA |
| Shaumik Adhya, MBBS, MD, FHRS, CCDS, CEPS-A | London | England | UK |
| Subhashish Agarwal, MD, CCDS | Springfield | Illinois | USA |
| Mohamed Akram K A, BS, CCDS | Chennai | Tamil Nadu | India |
| Robert-Marian Alexandru, BENG, CEPS | Voluntari | Ilfov | Romania |
| Enrico C. Asidao, FHRS, CEPS | Chicago | Illinois | USA |
| Ricardo A.D. Bernardo, RCPT, CEPS | Carnaxide | Oeiras | Portugal |
| Mike A. Black, CVT, NREMTP, CEPS | Murray | Utah | USA |
| Anna S. Borisov, AA, AAS, AS, CEPS | Seattle | Washington | USA |
| Jennifer Busch, BSN, FHRS, CEPS | Sandy | Utah | USA |
| Alex Cambridge, BS, CCDS | London | England | UK |
| Giada Capitani, MS, MSBME, CCDS | Melbourne | Victoria | Australia |
| Nagendran Chellapandi, CCDS | Chennai | Tamil Nadu | India |
| Wai Kah Choo, MD, FHRS, CCDS, CEPS-A | Benowa | QLD | Australia |
| Laura Cleave, BAPPSC, CCDS | London | England | UK |
| Darren Paul Coombes, BS, MA, CCDS | Port Talbot | Wales | UK |
| Sue Davish, MSN, CDRMS | Hamilton | Ohio | USA |
| Braden Dinham, BAPPSC, CEPS, CCDS | Southport | Queensland | Australia |
| Xiao Dong, CCDS | Beijing | China | |
| April Felton, RCES, RCIS, CEPS, CCDS | Glendale | Arizona | USA |
| Harlie Ferguson, AS, CEPS | Lincoln | Nebraska | USA |
| Sarah Fritzsche, FHRS, CCDS, CDRMS | Greenville | South Carolina | USA |
| Joe Giron, RCES, RCIS, RN, CEPS | Chino Hills | California | USA |
| Amy Grier, BSN, RN, CCDS | Queen Anne | Maryland | USA |
| Gabriella Haftel, BSN, RN, CCDS | Glenwood Springs | Colorado | USA |
| Urszula Hangiel, BS, MPH, CEPS | Warsaw | Mazovia | Poland |
| William F. Heddle, BS, MB, MBBS, MD, FHRS, CCDS | Ashford | Adelaide | Australia |
| Ahmed Abdellatif Hussein, MB, CCDS, CEPS | Liverpool | England | UK |
| Sherif Abdelmoneem Ibrahim, BSBME, CEPS | Jeddah | Saudi Arabia | |
| Aparna Jaswal, MD, DNB, FACC, FHRS, FESC, CCDS | New Delhi | Delhi | India |
| Adam Jensen, CCDS | Mascot | NSW | Australia |
| Rajat Jhanjee, MD, MSEE, FHRS, CCDS | Douglasville | Georgia | USA |
| Barbra L. Jones, LPN, CCDS | Mechanicsville | Virginia | USA |
| Bharat K. Kantharia, MD, FHRS | Houston | Texas | USA |
| Robert J. Krasowksi, MD, CCDS | Asheboro | North Carolina | USA |
| James Lambert, MBBS, CCDS | North Coogee | Perth | Australia |
| Carla-Rene Le Roux, CCDS | Cape Town | South Africa | |
| Chun Yu Leung, MBChB, CEPS-A | Hong Kong | ||
| Shufen Liang, BS, CEPS, CCDS | Singapore | ||
| Elaine Shen Lin Lim, BSc, MSc, FCMI, CMgr, CEPS | London | United Kingdom | |
| Scott Logsdon, EMT, LPN, CCDS | Omaha | Nebraska | USA |
| Sootkeng Ma, MD, CCDS, CEPS | Los Angeles | California | USA |
| Gareth Mackin, BS, CCDS | Corby | North Northamptonshire | UK |
| MarkAnthony Magnello, AAC, RCIS, CEPS | Richmond | Virginia | USA |
| Pattarapong Makarawate, MD, MS, FHRS, CCDS, CEPS | Khonkaen | Thailand | |
| Anastasios Manaris, MD, FHRS, CCDS | Dix Hills | New York | USA |
| Lyndsey Marsden, CEPS | Liverpool | United Kingdom | |
| Charlotte Mehegan, CCDS | Bury | St. Edmonds | UK |
| Connal Monro, MHS, CEPS | Lewes | England | UK |
| Katie Murray, CCDS, CEPS | Margate | UK | |
| Sotirios Nedios, MD, PhD, FHRS, CEPS-A, CCDS | Leipzig | Germany | |
| Laurie Newmark, RN, CCDS | Reno | Nevada | USA |
| Binh Nguyen, AD, CCDS | Hanoi | Vietnam | |
| Eric Olsen, BSE, MBA, MSE, CEPS, CDRMS | Houston | Texas | USA |
| Kristina Otto, BS, CCDS | Minneapolis | Minnesota | USA |
| Mital M. Patel, MD, CCDS | Richmond | Virginia | USA |
| Tristan Pendergrass, HRS, CCDS, CEPS, CDRMS | Greenville | South Carolina | USA |
| Eliza Peters, CCDS, CEPS | Braintree | Massachusetts | USA |
| Saravanan Ramachandran, CVT, RCES, RCIS, CEPS | Muscat | Oman | India |
| Sabarivasan Ramaswamy, CCDS, CEPS | Hyderabad | Telangana | India |
| Jay Charles Reid, BS, BSN, RN, CCDS | Tallahassee | Florida | USA |
| Priscilla Roman, CCDS Testamur | Mounds View | Minnesota | USA |
| Kevin Ruben, BS, CEPS | Mounds View | Minnesota | USA |
| Stuart Schecter, MD, CCDS | Manhasset | New York | USA |
| Kylee Schesser, BS, CCDS | Stockton | California | USA |
| Anitha Gnana Sekar, BS, MSc, CEPS, CCDS | Cambridge | England | UK |
| Mary A. Smith, MS, RCES, RCIS, CEPS | Tulsa | Oklahoma | USA |
| Chenni S. Sriram, MBBS, MD, FHRS, CCDS, CEPS-P | Troy | Michigan | USA |
| Hai Minh Vu, CCDS | Hanoi | Vietnam | |
| Robert Lee Williams, BS, CCDS | Newport | Gwent | UK |