Yoram Rudy, PhD, FAHA, FHRS, The Fred Saigh Distinguished Professor of Engineering; Professor of Biomedical Engineering, Cell Biology & Physiology, Medicine, Radiology, and Pediatrics; Director of the Cardiac Bioelectricity and Arrhythmia Center (CBAC) was elected to be the Hein J.J. Wellens Distinguished Professor in Cardiology at the University of Maastricht, The Netherlands. Professor Rudy conducted workshops on cardiac electrophysiology at the Cardiovascular Research Institute Maastricht (CARIM) during September 2008 and May 2009. He also hosted visiting scientists from Maastricht University in his Washington University laboratory as part of a CBAC – CARIM collaboration in heart research.