Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society
American Heart Association
American Society of Artificial Internal Organs
Biomedical Engineering Society
International Society of Nephrology
National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute
North American Society on Pacing and Electrophysiology
U.S. Food and Drug Administration History Office
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North American Society on Pacing and Electrophysiology (NASPE) |
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6 Strathmore Road, Natick, MA 01760-2499 |
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(508) 647-0100 |
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(508) 647-0124 |
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www.naspe.org |
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Seymour Furman, M.D. |
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SYFURM01@aol.com |
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Appointment required. |
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NASPE, incorporated in 1979, has a membership of approximately 3,000 physicians and associated professionals from the United States, Canada, Mexico and many other countries. NASPE is the dominant professional group representing the allied specialties of cardiac pacing and cardiac electrophysiology in North America and plays an important role not only in education but also as an intermediary between government regulatory agencies and members of the profession. The mission of the North American Society of Pacing and Electrophysiology, an organization of physicians, scientists, and allied professionals throughout the world dedicated to the study and the management of cardiac arrhythmias, is to improve the care of patients by promoting research, education and training, and providing leadership toward optimal healthcare policies and standards. |
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Collections
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North American Society of Pacing and Electrophysiology, 1979-2001 |
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Hundreds of project and committee files; recorded award events; five partially records Annual Scientific Sessions; 97 audio and 107 oral history video tape interviews; 120 recorded audio interviews on medical topics |
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Founded in 1978 by Seymour Furman, J. Warren Harthorne, Dryden Morse and Victor Parsonnet. Founding Executive Director: Carol McGlinchey. Approximately 3,000 members |
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Records in this collection include:
- Membership lists 1979-2001;
- Reports on Society activities and Board of Trustees meetings;
- Fellowship awards;
- Lists of awardees and honorees;
- NASPExAM records and those who have passed examination;
- Multiple photographs and videos of meetings and other Society activities;
- Advertising publication and Annual Scientific Session Program Books;
- Personal papers of retirees;
- 100 historical pacemakers and ICDs;
- 5 reconstructed historic devices
- 210 audio and video Oral History interviews, including: (complete list available from the Clinical Documents Coordinator, NASPE)
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Policy Statements and activities of NASPE are reported in PACE and the Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology. |
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