Pierre Jais MD

Pierre Jaïs is Professor at the University of Bordeaux, France, working with Michel Haissaguerre in the Rhythmology & Cardiac Stimulation Department. He co-manages the LIRYC Institute (Electrophysiology and Heart Modelling Institute) and leads the MUSIC EQUIPEX both aiming at improving knowledge and treatments of electrical dysfunctions of the heart, with extra focus on imaging for MUSIC. He is a regular contributor to national and international symposia and has written many articles, mainly on electrophysiology and RF catheter ablation, particularly focusing on atrial arrhythmias. He published more than 600 papers. He received the "Best Paper Award for Clinical Science" by Circulation in 2009. He was awarded the Lamonica Prize of the Académie des Sciences in 2011 and Robert Debré in 2015. Finally, he was awarded the E.N Pristowski lectureship at HRS 2018 and the Eli Gang most innovative abstract at HRS 2019.