Mina Chung discusses accomplishments of HRS in EP

Mina Chung, MD, a veteran electrophysiologist with Cleveland Clinic who just completed a one-year term as president of the Heart Rhythm Society (HRS), spoke to Cardiovascular Business at Heart Rhythm 2026 about what HRS is focused on in the year ahead. 

Chung said the past year has been marked by both organizational growth and a sharpened policy focus. She highlighted the strong attendance and expanded programming at Heart Rhythm 2026 and then detailed some key priorities for HRS going forward.

Elevating sudden cardiac arrest as a national priority

With more than 350,000 sudden cardiac arrests occurring annually in the United States and survival rates hovering around 10%, Chung said the issue is a critical public health failure that needs to be corrected.

“This is killing Americans every day,” she said, pointing to bipartisan opportunities to address the problem through expanded CPR training and public access to defibrillation.

Central to that effort is support for the HEARTS Act, which was signed into a law more than one year ago to promote CPR education and automated external defibrillator (AED) access. However, the act remains unfunded. HRS has made securing federal funding for implementation a key advocacy priority.