The ACC Council on Academic Cardiology provides a leadership forum for the academic and research community within the ACC. Established in November 2010, the Council’s mission is “to advocate for high-quality cardiovascular care, education, and research by serving as a voice of the academic cardiovascular community.” Approximately a quarter of the College’s members are academic cardiologists.
Read more about the Council in the January/February issue of Cardiology.
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Council Objectives
Council Priorities
Council Leadership
Related Groups
The Council on Academic Cardiology is responsible for proposing immediate and longer term strategies related to the College’s academic cardiovascular initiatives. These strategies will be coordinated with relevant academic medicine activities within the College. Specific objectives to guide the Council include the following:
Objective 1: Articulate the current interests, future trends, potential barriers and new opportunities for academic cardiology and the interests of the larger cardiovascular community as assessed from an academic perspective.
Objective 2: In conjunction with relevant ACC/ACCF Committees and Councils, serve as a conduit for information and action regarding the training of cardiologists, thoracic surgeons and pediatric cardiologists, both academic and practice, and support constructive and enhanced interactions with ACGME and ABIM as well as ABTS, ABP and other boards as necessary.
Objective 3: Strengthen advocacy within Academic Cardiology, and participate in the dialogue regarding public policy; and advise on issues specific to the interests of academic cardiology.
Objective 4: To enhance opportunities for multidisciplinary training.
Objective 5: To foster relationships with other organizations with common interests.
Watch the Council’s chair, Joseph Hill, M.D., Ph.D., F.A.C.C., and ACC president-elect, David Holmes, M.D., F.A.C.C. discuss the council’s mission and how it will provide the College with the academic perspective on significant issues such as education, training, and research support in the CardioSource New Network interview.
The Council has identified the following as potential areas of focus and concern:
1. Viability of the academic career path: clinical, teaching, research
2. Facilitating relationships with training directors and fellows in training
3. NIH funding
4. Academia-industry relations
5. ACGME
6. Adequacy of future supply of cardiologists/sub-subspecialists
7. Impact of healthcare reform on academic medicine
As the Council moves forward in addressing these priorities, opportunities for members to provide support through work groups may arise. If you are interested in joining a work group, please contact Amalea Híjar at ahijar@acc.org or (202) 375-6213.
Joseph A. Hill, MD, PhD, FACC, Chair
Michael A. Acker, MD, FACC
Alex J. Auseon, DO, FACC
Anne B. Curtis, MD, FACC
Mr. Gregory L. Ehle, PA-C
Andrew M. Kates, MD, FACC
Marvin A. Konstam, MD, FACC
Peter Libby, MD, FACC
Dwight W. Reynolds, MD, FACC
Chittur A. Sivaram, MD, FACC
Paul M. Weinberg, MD, FACC
David E. Winchester, MD
Learn more about ACC resources for Training Directors and Fellows in Training.
For more information about the Council on Academic Cardiology or to get involved, please contact Amalea Híjar at ahijar@acc.org or (202) 375-6213.