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• Dr. Fabrizio Assis graduated from Medical School at Federal University of Paraiba, and completed his training in Cardiology and Electrophysiology at Hospital Beneficencia Portuguesa de Sao Paulo, Brazil. As a postdoctoral research fellow at Johns Hopkins University, Dr. Assis was actively involved with multiple research activities, including the development of a new, minimally invasive technique for cardiac neuromodulation, and new strategies of therapeutic hypothermia and esophageal protection against thermal injury during catheter ablation of atrial fibrillation, which rendered him multiple publications. Dr. Assis completed his Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology Fellowship at Johns Hopkins Hospital, where he served as Chief Fellow. Dr. Assis recently joined ECU faculty as Assistant Professor of Medicine, where he is willing to continue his work with innovative technologies and translational research as well as to perform a wide range of electrophysiology procedures. He serves as an active member of Heart Rhythm Society Quality Improvement Committee.