AP Council

Allied Professional Council

Allied health professionals have been core members of the Society since it was founded in 1979. Today, APs represent more than 2,100 of the Society’s 8,600+ members working worldwide toward our shared goal of ending death and suffering from heart rhythm disorders.

The AP Council consists of allied professionals serving on committees and subcommittees, working groups, and task forces, and three to five at-large members.

The purpose of the AP Council is to:

• Identify areas where HRS can coordinate the talents and strengths of Allied Professionals to better meet the needs of the Society’s Strategic Plan, as well as the needs of Allied Professional members.
• Allow Allied Professional Trustees and committee members to organize, communicate, network and mentor potential Allied Professional leadership.
• Serve as the central resource to HRS leadership to identify Allied Professional members with the knowledge and skills to best contribute to emerging initiatives.

Its key responsibilities include:

• Creating a process to identify and mentor upcoming Allied Professional leadership.
• Developing strategies to recruit and retain Allied Professional members
• Recommending appropriate Allied Professional members for committees, working groups, and task forces
• Facilitating communication between Allied Professionals serving on committees

AP Council Members

Please feel free to use the HRS Member Directory to reach out to Council members if you have questions about the Council, committee activities, or particular programs. We also encourage you to join the Allied Health Professionals Group on HRS Communities.

Martha G. G. Ferrara, DNP, FNP, FHRS, CCDS (Chair)
White Plains Hospital

Rachel Schreier, MSN, ACNP, APRN (Vice Chair)
Carilion Clinic

Wendy Boettcher, BSN, CRAT, RCES, RN, FHRS, CCDS, CEPS, CDRMS     
UTHealth EP Heart Training Center

Sirena Robin Bridges, MPH, MSN, NP, FHRS, CCDS    
VA Tennessee Valley Healthcare

Kristie Coleman, MPH, RN     
Northwell Health

Brynn E. Dechert-Crooks, APN, FHRS, CCDS    
C.S. Mott Children`s Hospital

Aileen M. Ferrick, PhD, ACNP, RN, FHRS     
White Plains Hospital EP

Erin H. Gillen, DNP, CCDS     
Hudson Valley Heart Center

Dana Goldense, MS, PA, CEPS, CCDS     
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

Ashley Greathouse, BSN, MSN, APRN     
Mayo Clinic

Sabina Hadziabdulahovic, MSN, NP     
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center

Jamie Harris, APRN     
Boston Children`s Hospital

Margaret B. Harvey, MSN, PhD, ACNP     
UTHSC College of Nursing,  UTMP Cardiology

Jeroen ML Hendriks, PhD, RN     
Centre for Heart Rhythm Disorders, University of Adelaide

Vanessa M. Kalis, DNP, ACNP, RN     
Children's Hospital of Orange County

Amy Kleinhans, DNP, FHRS, CEPS     
HonorHealth Cardiac Arrhythmia Group

Megan Labreck, PharmD     
Ohio Health

Nancy A. Lee, RN, FHRS, CCDS     
Prairie Cardiovascular Consultants

Kathy A. Loveless, DNP, CEPS     
Advocate Health

Heather M. MacLeod, MS, CGC     
Data Coordinating Center for the SUID and SDY Case Registry

Christina L. Magnelli-Reyes, BSN, RN     
Cleveland Clinic

Melissa E. Middeldorp, MPH, PhD     
University Medical Centre Groningen & University of Adelaide

Nathan Miller, BSN, RN     
St. Louis Children`s Hospital

Ingrid Mitchell, DNP, NP     
Loma Linda University Medical

Jessica Mullenix, MSN, NP, FHRS, CEPS     
Durham VA Medical Center

Renny R Mullins, CDRMS    
Carient Heart & Vascular

Erin Nordstrom, BSN, RN     
Metropolitan Heart and Vascular Institute

James O'Hara, PhD, PA     
Virginia Heart

Emily R O'Hern, MSN     
SUNY Upstate Medical Center

Madeleine Oster, DNP, MBA, FHRS, CCDS     
Stanford Healthcare

Linda K. Ottoboni, PhD, CNS, FHRS, CCDS   
SHC

Monica Pammer Austin, PAC     
Penn Medicine Chester County Hospital

Tara Parham Graham, DNP     
Hospital of the Univ. of Pennsylvania

Laurel Kay Racenet, MSN, FNP, FHRS    
Retired

Lisa Roelle, PAC     
Washington University in St. Louis

Heather M. Ross, DNP, PhD, ANP, FHRS, CEPS, CCDS     
Arizona State University

Lauren Ashley Rousseau, MS, PAC, FHRS, CCDS     
Brigham and Women's Hospital

Jill Boone Schaeffer, MSN, CRNP, FHRS, CEPS, CCDS     
Penn Medicine Lancaster General Health  - The Heart Group

Gerilynn M. Schott, MSN, ACNP     
Stanford Medicine

Linda Jan Schwartz, BSN, RN, CCDS
Mayo Clinic Arizona, Heart Rhythm Services

Tracey Shannon, ANP, CCDS   
Westchester Medical Center

Julie B. Shea, MS, ANP, FHRS, CCDS    
Brigham and Women`s Hospital

Amanda C Sowell, MSN, RN, CCDS     
Atrium Health, Sanger Heart & Vascular Institute

Anna Streeter, BSN, RN, CCDS     
University of Virginia Medical Center

Julie Mary Thomas, PAC, CCDS     
North Shore University Hospital, Northwell Health

Amy G Tucker, MSN, RN, CCDS     
Sanger Heart & Vascular Institute

Deepthy Varghese, MSN, ACNP, FNP     
Northside Hospital

Erica S. Zado, PAC, FHRS     
Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania