projectpacer | our team

CHAIRMAN: Dr. Thomas C Piemonte

Co-founder of Project Pacer International with Dr. VK Saini, Tom Piemonte traveled extensively in the developing world, specially in projects to Bolivia and Paraguay. A graduate of Holy Cross and New York Medical College, Dr Piemonte has a primary clinical interest in interventional cardiology and currently serves as Director of the Catheterization Laboratory at Lahey Clinic in Burlington, Massachusetts.

PRESIDENT: Dr. David T Martin

Originally from London, England, David Martin is a cardiac electrophysiologist committed to bringing modern arrhythmia management to the developing world and in creating free access to such therapies for indigent patients. Dr Martin has been actively participating in Project Pacer missions to South America, Africa and India since 1991 and he has organized and coordinated many missions to Bolivia, Morocco and Kenya. A medical graduate of the University of London, Dr Martin currently serves as Vice-Chair in the Department of Medicine at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston, Massachusetts. His clinical interests are in cardiac pacing, defibrillation and ablation and he has a deep commitment to medical education at all levels and in any settings.

DIRECTOR: Dr. Adelqui Peralta

Originally from Rosario, Argentina, Dr. Peralta trained in cardiology and electrophysiology at Lahey Clinic and Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston. He is an Assistant Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School and currently serves as the Director of Cardiac Electrophysiology at the Boston VA Healthcare System, West Roxbury Campus. He has extensive experience in cardiac pacing, defibrillation and arrhythmia ablation and has worked with Project Pacer and other organizations in missions to Argentina, Bolivia, India and Ecuador, bringing life-saving arrhythmia therapies, as welll as sharing his knowledge with local physicians and medical students.