Dr. Dhanunjaya Lakkireddy is the Executive Medical Director for the Kansas City Heart Rhythm Institute at HCA Midwest Health and Professor of Medicine at University of Missouri - Columbia and Adjunct Professor of Medicine at University of Nevada Las Vegas. He has over 450 manuscripts and over 600 invited lectures all over the world. He was the immediate past Editor-in-Chief for the Journal of Atrial Fibrillation. He chairs the ACC EP Leadership Council and member , Board Trustees for the Heart Rhythm Society and Chair for ACC Section Steering Committee. His research interests include - atrial fibrillation, inflammatory cardiomyopathy and ventricular arrhythmias, left atrial appendage, cardiac dysautonomias, hybrid ablation techniques.