Name: Rozann Deborde-Hansford

Curriculum Vitae

Name: Rozann DeBorde-Hansford Date of Birt h: February 14, 1955 Address: P.O. Box 26 Grenada, West Indies Telephone : Home: (473) 443-5042 Work: (473) 444-4175 Email: [email protected] Marital Status: Married, 1 child, 3 stepchildren

Education:

1978.1980 Catonsville Community College, R.N.

1983.1986 College of Notre Dame, Nursing and History

2001-present MPH candidate, St. George’s University

Professional Experience:

1980-1981 Clinical Nurse Johns Hopkins Hospital General Research Center: Provided direct patient care to patients enrolled in clinical Research studies, assured compliance with protocols.

1981.1985 Senior Clinical Nurse- Charge Nurse Johns Hopkins Hospital General Research Center and Cardiovascular Step-Down Units Supervised Clinical Nurses, coordinated in-service nursing education, prepared staff schedules, responsible for admissions and discharges, liason for principal investigators

1985-1994 Research Nurse/ Program Coordinator Johns Hopkins University: Nurse Manager for Cardiac Electrophysiology Service, supervised all nursing and support staff, directed patient-family support group for patients with implantable pacemakers and defibrillators, Participated in independent and collaborative research projects and publications, prepared all FDA and IRB documents and assured regulatory compliance.

1994.1997 Pacemaker/ Research Nurse Coordinator Cardiac Diagnostic Ass. Managed independent outpatient pacemaker clinic in collaboration with two Hopkins trained Cardiac electrophysiologists. Responsible for pacemaker programming, coordination of research projects and patient and family teaching.

1997.1999 Program Manager: Johns Hopkins University, Cardiac Electrophysiology Research Program. Responsible for the development and management of a multi-project clinical research program in the division of Cardiology. Responsible for triage and initiation of all research projects, IRB documents, consent writing, preparation of budgets and regulatory documents, grant writing, staff management, completion of all case report forms, in-service education, staff and physician training. Participated as co- investigator on all research initiatives.

1999-present Deputy Director, Visiting Cardiology Program, St. George’s University. Developed and manage a visiting cardiology program Including the initiation of a pilot pacemaker program) with the Grenada Ministry of Health, the Barbados Cardiology Team and the Vice Chancellor, St. George’s University. Duties include, in addition to clinic management and performance of diagnostic testing (echo, EKG, treadmills Etc. ) recruitment of all cardiologists, coordination of all teaching activities, community liason for the University.

Miscellaneous :

1985.1990 Nurse Advisor to Cardiac Pacemakers Inc. Responsible for advising pacemaker /defibrillator company on patient management issues relating to pacemakers and the automatic implantable defibrillator. Prepared and delivered lectures on cardiac pacing and defibrillation to local hospitals in Maryland, Washington and Virginia as well as national and international cardiovascular health conferences.

1989-1999 Developed and managed a public health project in Guanaja Honduras in collaboration with physicians and nurses at Johns Hopkins Hospital. In addition to initiating and sustaining a basic medical clinic, basic first aid, CPR, family planning, diabetic health and maternal child health care classes were taught.

Certifications

1999 CPR Instructor 2000 Advanced Cardiac Life Support 2001 Advanced Trauma Life Support

Abstracts:

1. (Hansford) DeBorde R, Levine J, Griffith LSC, Veltri E, Fennel M, Aarons D, Mirowski M, Mower M, Guarnieri,T. Exercise testing in patients with an automatic cardioverter defibrillator. JACC 9;169A,1987.(presented by R.DeBorde-Hansford, ACC conference, New Orleans,1987.)

2. (Hansford) DeBorde R, Levine J, Griffith LSC, Siddoway L, Mirowski M, Mower M,Veltri E, Guarnieri T. Exercise stress testing to prevent asymptomatic automatic implantable defibrillator Discharges. International Conference on the Management of Cardiac Arrhythmias. PACE 10:11-982, 1987. (presented by R.DeBorde -Hansford at Queen Elizabeth Conference Hall, London England, 1988.)

3. Veltri E, Mower M, Aarons D, Grunwald l, (Hansford) Deborde R, Juanteguay J, Watkins L, Guarnieri, T, Griffith, LSC. Automatic implantable cardiovereter defibrillator: comparison of patients with and without discharges. Circulation 80: 11- 530, 1989.

4. (Hansford) DeBorde R., Tomaselli G.,Griffith LSC, Guarnieri T. Does Programming the automatic defibrillator decrease asymptomatic shocks? JACC,1991 (presented at ACC Conference, Atlanta Georgia 1991)

Publications

1. Crocetti S, (Hansford) DeBorde R, Falsetti J, Pardoe P. AICD: A lifesaving device. American Journal of Nursing, Sept. 1986

2. Singer I, (Hansford) DeBorde R, Veltri E, Siddoway L, Levine J, Griffith LSC, Guarnieri T: The automatic cardioverter defibrillator: T wave sensing in the newest generation. PACE 11:1584-1591, 1988.

3. (Hansford) DeBorde R, Biggs M. The automatic implantable cardioverter defibrillator. AACN Issues in Critical Care Nursing, February 1991.

4. Tomaselli G, (Hansford) DeBorde R, Griffith LSC, Guarnieri T. The role of ICD Programmability in tachycardia discrimination and the incidence of asymptomatic device discharges. PACE, 1994.

5. Bourne PG and Hansford R. Cardiology practice in Grenada, West Indies: A unique Collaborative approach. Caribbean Health. December, 2000. 6. Halperin H, Bourne PG, Hansford R, Finlay P, Subbarao C, LaCorte J, Butcher B. Public access defibrillation in the Caribbean: The time has come. Caribbean Health. June 2001.

7. Hansford, R. Thrombolytic Therapy in the Caribbean. Caribbean Health. October 2001.

Participation in Clinical Studies

1985.1990 Research Nurse Coordinator, “Mexiletine Hydrochloride” (P.I. T. Guarnieri). 1985.1990 Research Nurse Coordinator, “Clinical Trial of Oral Flecainide” (P.I.T. Guarnieri) 1985.1990 Research Nurse Coordinator, “Clinical Trail of Oral Amiodarone” (P. I. LSC Griffith) 1985.1990 Research Nurse Coordinator “AICD Project” (P.I. M. Mower, M Mirowski ) 1990.1993 Research Nurse Coordinator, “Multiprogrammable Automatic Defibrillator” (CPI) (P.I. T. Guarnieri) 1991.1992 Research Nurse Coordinator, “The Endotak transvenous-subcutaneous AICD system (CPI) (P.I. T. Guarnieri) 1991.1993 Research Nurse Coordinator, “A dose ranging study of intravenous Amiodarone HCL in patients with refractory ventricular tachycardia (Wyeth-Ayerst) (P.I. L Griffith) 1991.1996 Research Nurse Coordinator, “ Multicenter Automatic Defibrillator Implantation Trial (MADIT) (CPI) (P.I. G. Tomaselli) 1991.1996 Research Nurse Coordinator, “Identification and management of patients at risk of recurrent sudden death following implantation of the automatic defibrillator” (PI: L. Griffith) 1992.1995 Research Nurse Coordinator, “Clinical Investigation of the Ventak PRx/ Endotak system” (P.I. T. Guarnieri) 1993.1995 Research Nurse Coordinator, “an open-label safety study of intravenous Amiodarone HCL in patients with life-threatening VT/VF (Wyeth/Ayers) (P.I. LSC Griffith)

1995-1997 Research Nurse Coordinator, “MUST” clinical trial (P.I. L. Siddoway) 1995.1997 Research Nurse coordinator, “Evaluation of the 5024 Capsure Lead” (Medtronic) (P.I. L. Siddoway) 1997.1999 Co-investigator, “An evaluation of radiofrequency ablation in the right atrium for treatment of atrial fibrillation” (P.I. H. Calkins) 1997.1999 Co-investigator, “Monophasic vs. biphasic waveforms for ventricular fibrillation” (Zoll) (P.I. H. Calkins) 1997.1999 Co-investigator, “Monophasic vs. biphasic waveforms for atrial fibrillation” (Zoll) (P.I. H. Calkins) 1997- 1999 Co-investigator, “Defibrillators in nonischemic cardiomyopathy” (DEFINITE) (P.I. H. Calkins) 1997.1999 Co-investigator, “Evaluation of high density array catheters in patients with ventricular tachycardia (Cardiac Pathways) (P.I. H. Calkins) 1997.1999 Co-investigator, “Feasability of using a multi-electrode catheter in the Coronary veins for epicardial mapping of ventricular tachycardia: Implications for RF catheter ablation “ (P.I. H. Calkins) 1997.1999 Co-investigator, “Low energy safety study” (LESS): Efficacy of Ventricular defibrillation with low energy margins (CPI) (P.I. H. Calkins) 1997.1999 Co-investigator, “Sudden cardiac death in heart failure trial” (SCD-Heft) (NIH and Medtronic) (P.I. H. Calkins) 1998.1999 Co-investigator, “ Linear-phased radio-frequency ablation system “HRT” (CPI) (P.I. H. Calkins) 1998.1999 Co-investigator, “Dynamic over-drive pacing for the prevention of atrial fibrillation” (ADOPT A and B)(St. Jude Medical) (P.I. H. Calkins) 1998.1999 Co-investigator, “The North American Vasovagal Pacemaker Study” (North Western University) (P. I. H. Calkins) 1998-1999 Co-investigator, “PhaseII-Evaluation of the Cardima revelation treatment microcatheter for the treatment of atrial fibrillation” (P.I. H. Calkins) 1998.1999 Co-investigator, “Clinical investigation of the CPI Endotak Endurance EZ defibrillation system” (P.I. H. Calkins) 1998.1999 Co-investigator, “Ventak CHF AICD Biventricular Pacing Study” (P.I. H Calkins)