Dr. Tavallaei carried out his Ph.D. research in Biomedical Engineering at the Robarts Research Institute at Western University. During his Ph.D. studies, he co-founded Vital Biomedical Technologies, a spinoff from Robarts that commercialized the world’s first fully MRI-compatible motion platform for quality assessment of MRI and MRI-guided therapy. After his Ph.D. studies, he completed the Medical Device Innovation Fellowship Program at Western University and University of Minnesota. He did his postdoctoral fellowship at the Sunnybrook Research Institute (SRI), with the Department of Medical Biophysics at University of Toronto. Dr. Tavallaei is currently an Assistant Professor at the Department of Electrical, Computer and Biomedical Eng. and is a visiting scientist at SRI. His research focuses on minimally invasive therapy and diagnosis of cardiovascular diseases. Dr. Tavallaei is also the co-founder and president of Magellan Biomedical, a spinoff company from SRI that aims to address significant clinical needs in cardiovascular interventions.

Dr. Crystal is an electrophysiologist at the Arrhythmia Services at the Schulich Heart Centre, Sunnybrook Hospital, in Toronto Canada. Dr. Crystal is co- appointed as Cardiologist/Electrophysiologist at Women's College Hospital in Toronto.

He is a Professor of Medicine, University of Toronto. He also serves as an Associate Scientist at Sunnybrook Research Institute, and the Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute, St Michael Hospital.

He is the Chairman of the National Ablation Committee (Canadian Heart Rhythm Society) and Board Member, Ontario Association of Cardiologists.

Dr. Crystal is the Chairman and Founder of the Winter Arrhythmia School, the largest Arrhythmia CME in Canada. He is also a founding member of the European Cardiac Arrhythmia Society.

His research interests are in ablation strategies for various cardiac arrhythmia, and in development of robotics and automation in ablation therapy, as well as in the optimization of arrhythmia device therapies. He authored and co-authored over 200 peer-reviewed manuscripts in clinical and experimental cardiology. He holds numerous patents in the field of Cardiology.

Currently, he is a Principal Investigator of DxAF trial (AF in ICD patients) and SPARTAC trial (sham ablation trial in SVT). Dr. Crystal is a member of over 15 scientific committees of international Cardiac Electrophysiology congresses and a reviewer for numerous journals in the field of cardiovascular medicine.

I am an electrophysiologist now practicing in Phoenix Arizona with the Banner University of Arizona health system. Prior to that I spent 14 years working at Intermountain Medical Center in Salt Lake City. There I was heavily involved with an extremely busy robotic practice. Having performed over 1000 robotic procedures, we were a frequent site for training, technology evaluation, and development of best practices. With Banner we will be building a new robotic lab during the coming year. I look forward to integrating this important technology into the evolving academic model within my new hospital system and focus on the development of another center of excellence.

I have been honored to be a part of the early progress of the SCRN. For all of us in the community who believe in the long-term benefit of robotics in the care of our patients, there is a shared sense of excitement about what the future will hold. I look forward to broadening the reach of SCRN, increasing the potential of the organization to reach a wider audience and therefore help to move progress forward toward a more involved partnership between physicians and the technology of the future.

Dr. Pedram Kazemian is a board-certified cardiac electrophysiologist at Deborah Heart and Lung Center in New Jersey, where he is the director of clinical research. He completed his undergraduate and internal medicine training at the University of Toronto and Cariology training at the University of Alberta. He pursued multiple electrophysiology trainings at University of Alberta, Harvard University Brigham and Women’s Hospital, and Tuft University St. Elizabeth Hospital in Boston.

His formal research trainings include Master of Science in Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology and Master of Public Health from Harvard School of Public Health.

Beyond clinical activities, he is involved in medical education and training of cardiology and electrophysiology fellows.

His research interests include remote navigation in cardiac electrophysiology, management of atrial fibrillation and cardiac resynchronization therapy.

Dr. Singh is a clinical cardiac electrophysiologist who deals with various rhythm disorders of the heart. He completed his residency training in Internal Medicine at Henry Ford Hospital after graduating from Medical school in India. He subsequently pursued training in cardiology and cardiac electrophysiology at Henry Ford Hospital and joined as a staff physician in cardiac electrophysiology.

His research interest include advancing ablation techniques in treatment of ventricular arrhythmia and has special interest in robotic magnetic navigation. His research focus is on understanding the machinery behind myocardial scar and advanced mapping techniques. He also manages the lead extraction program at Henry Ford Hospital. He has received various awards during his training career including Outstanding Research Achievement and Presentation award from Henry Ford Heart and Vascular Institute.