AMERICAN COLLEGE OF CARDIOLOGY NEWS

Presidents’ Page: Convocation Remarks, March 18, 1981

Annual Scientific Session, American College of Cardiology, San Francisco, California

Dan G. McNarnara, MD, FACC

Since most of you as members of the College are concerned with acquired heart disease in the adult, you might be wondering what effect a pediatric cardi- ologist serving as your President will have upon the goals of the College and upon the interests and obligations of its mem- bers.

A Pedlatrlc-Oriented Message

The pediatric-oriented message that you will hear in the coming year is as fol- lows: The time has come for physicians, parents, schoolteachers, lawmakers- all-to act upon the knowledge that (1) both coronary heart disease and hyper- tension start in childhood, and (2) the ac- quired habits that aggravate, if not initiate, these diseases are learned from adult models during the impressionable period from infancy through early adulthood.

Benefit of ACC Membership

To the new Fellows of the College, my warm congratulations and good wishes for success in your individual attack on heart disease, whether this takes place at the

bedside, the operating room, research laboratory or lecture hall. Membership in the American College of Cardiology, you will find, expands the benefit of your in- dividual efforts through the College’s collective attack on heart disease.

The New Member’s Change In Posture

I suspect that most of you receiving your certificate of Fellowship may pass through the entire convocation ceremony without feeling any great metamorphosis come over you! Whether you do or not, your Fellowship in the American College of Cardiology certainly changes the way that others perceive your professional capability and responsibility. Certain things will be expected of you by this or- ganization and by others.

Obligations of The FACC

Continuing medical education: What does the American College of Cardiology expect of you? Probably, the College should attach a caveat to the Fellowship Certificate which reads: “Warning: Pro- longed use of this certificate without regular educational feinforcement may result in disturbing symptoms of culpa- bility. If such occur, contact the Learning Center at Heart House immediately. “The Certificate of Fellowship is partly a reward for accomplishments, but primarily indi- cates that the holder is likely to contribute to the goals of the College. Thus, you are likely to feel uncomfortable without be- coming a part of its continuing education programs. That, after all, is why the Col- lege exists.

Preventive cardiology: What do others expect? Others include our patients, their primary doctors, lawmakers, third party payers and society in general. The public can reasonably expect us to be not only experts in the facts about prevention of heart disease but also activists in en- couraging and monitoring adherence to a nonatherogenic lifestyle, and we must do this without creating nationwide cardiac anxiety!

Evaluation, use and cost-conscious- ness of new technology: Patients expect us to know how to use and evaluate the latest in technology of proved value and safety and at the same time to make a special effort to keep down the costs.

Research: investigation, application and fiscal support: Most people, whether or not they have heart disease, keep up with medical news and know the benefit that past research has provided for vic- tims of heart disease and the potential that future research holds for patients with cardiovascular problems not yet solved. The nation expects some of us to carry out research, others of us to apply new knowledge to patient care and all of us to promote public and private fiscal support for investigations. In recent weeks the prospect for austerity in spending has been accepted by many of us who believe that this may relieve our inflation rate. But plans to strengthen the productivity and security of our country must include pro- vision for the encouragement, including the training, of capable scientists and the support of their proposals in the field of cardiovascular disease.

Because the personal or vocational life of virtually all people in this country has been or could be touched by cardiovas- cular disease extant in 40 million North Americans, we as cardiologists could hardly be faulted as representing a small special interest group by being strong advocates of federal support for heart disease research.

Pledge of the Presldent

To all members of the College, I pledge to work with you and for you in the coming year toward the established goals of the College and to remain open to new ideas and constructive changes offered by the membership, individually and informally as well as through the structure of the committees.

Dan G. McNamara, MD, FACC President American College of Cardiology

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CALENDAR OF EXTRAMURAL PROGRAMS

The aim of each program is to increase the theoretical and practical knowledge of the normal and abnormal function of the cardio- vascular system in man. Most of the programs are pertinent to direct care of patients with heart disease. The need for such programs increases with the ever increasing amount of scientific and clinical dafa, the constant changes in technology and methodology, and the greater availability of therapeutic options. Today most cardiologists, internists and family practitioners feel the need of supplementing their professional reading by direct contact with the authors, research workers and leaders in the field.

To solve these problems the Committee selects each year series of carefully super-

vised programs which are usually preceded by extensive consultations with the program di- rectors recruited among the foremost spe- cialists educators and scientists in the field of clinical cardiology and allied basic science disciplines.

Although each program director is person- ally responsible for the choice of faculty, and the structure of the program, the Continuing Education Committee for Extramural Programs assumes the overall responsibility for the caliber of the postgraduate education and the relevance to the practice of cardiology. This is accomplished by the processes of meticu- lous scrutiny of the objectives, analysis of the educational methods, and studying the impact of each course on the knowledge and attitudes

of the participants. These programs should help each physician

to keep up with the new knowledge, to put into practice the new advances and to retract gracefully from the obsolete and useless practices. An effective practitioner must learn and relearn, listen to new ideas, share past experiences and observe the work of his peers. The Continuing Education Committee for Extramural Programs of the American College of Cardiology believes that these goals can be accomplished by all members and nonmember professionals participating in our continuing education programs. Leonard S. Dreifus, MD, FACC Chairman, Continuing Education Committee for Extramural Programs

Programs and faculty are subject to change. For further information write Registration Secretary, Extramural Programs Department, American College of Cardiology, Heart House, 9 111 Old Georgetown Road, Bethesda, Maryland 200 14.

MAY THROUGH AUGUST 1981

To be arranged individu- ally

To be arranged

ally

MAY 7-9

MAY 7-9

MAY 7-9

1981

Preceptorahlps in Cardlology. Arthur Seizer, FACC, director, Pacific Medical Center, San Francisco, CA

Preceptorships In Cardiology. Jules Constant, FACC, director. Buffalo Gen- eral Hospital, Buffalo, NY

Tbe Pathology of Acqufred Diseases of the Heart and Conduction System. Jesse E. Edwards, FACC, Maurice Lev. FACC and Saroja Bharati, FACC, di- rectors. Radisson Hotel, St. Paul, MN

Cardiac Emergencies. Arthur Seizer, FACC and Richard Pasternak. co-di- rectors. The Mark Hopkins, San Fran- cisco, CA

Pracllcal Cardiology lor the Primary Care PhysIcIan, Leonard S. Dreifus, FACC and Joel Morganroth, FACC. di- rectors. Sarasota Hyatt Hotel, Sarasota, FL

MAY 13-15

MAY 14-16

MAY 10-22

MAY 29-31

Cllnlcal Auscuftatlon of the Heart. W. Proctor Harvey, FACC, director and Antonio C. de Leon, Jr., FACC and John F. Stapleton, co-directors. Gorman Building Auditorium, Georgetown Uni- versity Medical Center, Washington DC

Cardiac Olagnostlc Techniques-A Clinical Perspective. Arnold M. Weissler. FACC and Nicholas Z. Kerin, FACC, directors and Franklin E. Hull, FACC, S. C. Khullar, FACC and Melvin Rubenfire, FACC, co-directors. Detroit Plaza Hotel. Renaissance Center, De- troit. MI

Modern Cardiology. J. Willis Hurst, FACC and Robert C. Schlant. FACC, directors. Sheraton Atlanta Hotel, At- lanta, GA

Sixth Annual Symposlum on Cardlo- vascular Nursing. Henry J. L. Marriott, FACC and Leo Schamroth, FACC, di- rectors. Sheraton Sand Key Hotel, Clearwater Beach, FL

JUNE 17-19

JUNE 30- JULY 3

AUG. 29-31

The Patient wlth Arrhythmia-A Cllni- cal Approach. Ross D. Fletcher, FACC and W. F’roctor Harvey, FACC, directcrs. Gorman Building Auditorium, George- town University Medical Center, Wash- ington, DC

Elghlh Annual Symposium on Cllnical Echocardlograoby: New f3evelopmsnts in Cardiac Ultrasound at Snowblrd. Arthur D. Hagan, FACC, director and Anthony N. DeMaria, FACC and William F. Friedman, FACC. co-directors. Snowbird Conference Center, Snowbird Ski and Summer Resort, Snowbird, UT

Tutorials in the Tetons: Cllnlcal Cardf- ology: Diagnostic and Therapeutic Advances (Seventh Annual). Robert S. Eliot, FACC, director and James C. Buell, Timothy Fleming, FACC and Gerald L. Wolf, co-directors. Jackson Lake Lodge, Moran, WY

CARDIOLOGY BOARD REVIEW: Update in Cardiology

September g-11,1981 Atlanta, Georgia

Presented by: The American College of Cardiology Directors: J. WILLIS HURST, MD, FACC and ROBERT C. SCHLANT, MD, FACC

For brochure and further information contact: Registration Secretary, Extramural Programs Department, American College of Cardiology, 9111 Old Georgetown Road, Bethesda, Maryland 20014. Telephone: Area Code 301 897-5400

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LEARNING CENTER: PRDGRAM CALENDAR

The American College of Cardiology’s Learning Center is located at

the College’s headquarters in Bethesda, Maryland. The purpose of the

Learning Center is to support professional commitment to quality patient

care by providing a standard of excellence in continuing medical edu-

cation.

For additional information or a complete program calendar, contact the

Program Registrar, Heart House Learning Center, American College

of Cardiology, 9 111 Old Georgetown Road, Bethesda, Maryland 20014.

Telephone (301) 897-5400.

LEARNING CENTER PROGRAMS: MAY THROUGH JULY 1981

Program Number Date Program Dlrector Title of Program

321 May 0-9

322 May 11-13

323 May 14-19

324 May la-20

325 May 29-29

326 June l-3

327 June 11-13

329 June 15-17 Robert A. O’Rourke, MD

302 June 22-24 Paul C. Gillette, MD

331 June 29-30, July 1 B. Leonard Holman, MD

330 July a-10 Michael R. Rosen, MD

Marvin Dunn, MD Dlagnosls and Managemant of Common Cardiac Arrhythmias

Abdul J. Tajik. MD and The Role of Two-Dlmenslonal Echocardkgraphy In the Cllnkal James 8. Seward, MD

G. Charles Oliver, MD

William J. Mandel. MD

Practice of Cardiology

Ublqultous PVC

HIS Bundle Electrocardiography: Contrtbutlons to the Cllnlcal

Robert 0. Brandenburg, MD

Shahbudin H. Rahimtoola, MD

Robert G. Tancredi, MD

Understanding of the Electrocardiogram

Cardiology for the Consuttanb Continuing Challenges

Valvular Heart Dlsease: Current Controversies In Patlent Management

Management of Pulmonary, Renal and Electrolyte Dlsorders In Cardiac Patients

Detectlon of Cardiac Dlseasa by Physlcal Examination

Decisions in Clinical Pedlatrlc Cardiac Surgery

Nuclear Cardiology for the Cardlokglst

Clinical Pharmacoloov and Electroohvsloloov of Antlarrhvthmlc Druos

3 1 st ANNUAL SCIENTIFIC SESSION

AMERICAN COLLEGE OF CARDIOLOGY

ATLANTA, GEORGIA APRIL 25-29, 1982

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