EXHIBIT 31.1

      CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO RULE 13a-14(a) AND RULE 15d-14(a) UNDER THE
                   SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934, AS AMENDED

         I, Reinhard Schmidt, President and Chief Executive Officer of EP
MedSystems, Inc., certify that:

1.              I have reviewed this annual report on Form 10-KSB of EP
                MedSystems, Inc.;

2.              Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue
                statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact
                necessary to make the statements made, in light of the
                circumstances under which such statements were made, not
                misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;

3.              Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other
                financial information included in this report, fairly present in
                all material respects the financial condition, results of
                operations and cash flows of the small business issuer as of,
                and for, the periods presented in this report;

4.              The small business issuer's other certifying officers and I are
                responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls
                and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and
                15d-15(e)) for the small business issuer and have:

                a)    Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or
                      caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be
                      designed under our supervision, to ensure that material
                      information relating to the small business issuer,
                      including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to
                      us by others within those entities, particularly during
                      the period in which this report is being prepared;

                b)    [Paragraph omitted pursuant to SEC Release 33-8238];

                c)    Evaluated the effectiveness of the small business issuer's
                      disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this
                      report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the
                      disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the
                      period covered by this report based on such evaluation;
                      and

                d)    Disclosed in this report any change in the small business
                      issuer's internal control over financial reporting that
                      occurred during the small business issuer's most recent
                      fiscal quarter (the small business issuer's fourth fiscal
                      quarter in the case of an annual report) that has
                      materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially
                      affect, the small business issuer's internal control over
                      financial reporting; and

5.              The small business issuer's other certifying officer(s) and I
                have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal
                control over financial reporting, to the small business issuer's
                auditors and the audit committee of the small business issuer's
                board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent
                functions):

                a)    All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in
                      the design or operation of internal control over financial
                      reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect
                      the small business issuer's ability to record, process,
                      summarize and report financial information; and

                b)    Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves
                      management or other employees who have a significant role
                      in the small business issuer's internal control over
                      financial reporting.

Date:  March 30, 2004                     /s/ Reinhard Schmidt
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                                          Reinhard Schmidt
                                          President and Chief Executive Officer
                                          (Principal Executive Officer)