Dr. James Allred, MD FACC, FHRS is CEO and cofounder of CV Remote Solutions. As a practicing electrophysiologist in North Carolina, he has implanted thousands of lifesaving cardiac devices and continues to provide patient care.
He speaks nationally about device clinic management and has partnered internationally with teams from South Korea and Hong Kong to promote remote monitoring acceptance and adoption in these and other countries.
Dr Allred consults with practices across the country and around the world, promoting excellence in the remote monitoring of patients with cardiac devices. Additionally, he has consulted extensively with clinicians, clinics and hospitals on starting or improving their Atrial Fibrillation Clinic efforts and programs.
Dr. Allred completed his Internal Medicine Residency at Duke University and fellowships in Cardiovascular Disease and Electrophysiology at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, AL. He has published numerous journal articles about atrial fibrillation clinic efficiencies and health care savings. He has served on advisory boards for the Heart Rhythm Society and the American Heart Association. He also serves as a consultant and research partner for industry, including Medtronic, CVRx and Biosense Webster.
Amber is co-founder of CV Remote Solutions. Amber has maintained a passion for cardiology and cardiac electrophysiology from the very beginning of her career, which ultimately led her to expand her impact from the clinical setting to also one of international speaker, thought-leader, and respected researcher on device clinic management and atrial fibrillation clinic development. Helping clinics around the world optimize their workflow and processes to better serve patients and save lives is now part of her life’s work.
Amber has had multiple publications accepted at a wide range of national and international society meetings, on topics such as device clinic management, use of device clinic analytics, and AF clinic outcomes. She has also partnered with leading companies in the cardiology space for the last several years, helping to develop novel strategies & tools for patient engagement and remote monitoring.
Amber began her career in electrophysiology in 2002, and served as the Arrhythmia Services Program Coordinator at ConeHealth for the majority of her career, overseeing program growth and quality assurance for the device clinic and atrial fibrillation clinic. She is active in the Heart Rhythm Society and holds FHRS designation.
Amber received her BSN degree from The University of North Carolina at Greensboro, followed by her Master’s in Adult Nurse Practitioner degree thereafter. Additionally, she is dual IBHRE certified with CCDS and CEPS. She currently resides in the Greensboro, NC area with her husband and three daughters.