Greg Flaker

Title: Director of the Division of Cardiology

Background: Greg Flaker, a 1972 graduate of the University of Missouri-Columbia, was a co-captain on the University's basketball team that year. Flaker has written or co-written more than 200 manuscripts and abstracts. In the last 14 years, he has been principal investigator in multi-center clinical trials totaling more than $2 million. He is an expert in the field of cardiac arrhythmias and has lectured in hospitals and medical schools across the country and abroad.

Education: MD, University of Missouri-Columbia, 1976

Speaking Topic: Cardiac arrhythmias (irregularities in heart rhythm); atrial fibrillation (fast arrhythmia); sudden death and cardiac devices