Clinical EKG Modules

Anthony J. Chiaramida, MD, FACC is Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine at the Univ of Medicine and Dentistry of NJ and Director of the Division of Cardiology at the Raritan Bay Medical Center in Perth Amboy, NJ. Dr. Chiaramida is a Fellow of the American College of Cardiology and the American College of Physicians and is certified by American Board of Internal Medicine and is Board Certified in the Cardiovascular Disease Subspecialty. He holds licenses to practice medicine in New Jersey, New York and Georgia. He has published numerous peer-reviewed journal articles in his speciality area, including in such prestigious journals as JAMA, J of CV Pharmacology Chest, The Lancet, and the NE Journal of Medicine. He has conducted Grand Rounds on Cardiac-related topics, including CHF, AFib, Acute MI, Unstable Angina & Non ST Elevation MI, and Endocarditis. He has presented papers at GA Heart Assoc Ann Meeting, and the ACP Conference, NJ Chapter. His research areas have included Controlled Clinical Trials for Digitalis, Infarct Survival, Prevention of Events with Angiotensin Converting Enzyme Inhibition and others. Jacqueline M. Green, MS, RN, APN-C, CNS, CCRN currently holds the position of Clinical Nurse Specialist for Cardiac Services at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in New Brunswick, NJ. Ms. Green previously was nursing education specialist at the Centre for Clinical and Professional Development at RWJ Univ Hospital, Coordinator Cardiac Education at Raritan Bay Medical Centre, Perth Amboy, NJ and CNS at the Centre for Adult Congenital Heart Disease at Newark Beth Israel Medical Centre. She also worked as a staff nurse in Post-anesthesia and the Cardiac Care Unit at Raritan Bay Medical Centre in Perth Amboy, NJ. She is licensed and Board Certified APN, a certified CNS, and a Certified Adult Critical Care Nurse, as well as a member of Sigma Theta Tau (both for undergrad and grad studies). She co-authored a previous version of this text with Dr. Chiaramida for Lippincott, which published in 2003 and sold approximately 6,000 copies.