Fellow (FPICS). The FPICS designation recognizes members who show the highest commitment to excellence in patient care and ethics, plus deep experience with minimally invasive treatment of CHD. Becoming a PICS Society Fellow will enhance your stature, but more importantly demonstrates the highest expertise our profession provides. To be an FPICS is to commit to lifelong education and care of the highest quality. Documents we need: Completed application, CV and medical license copy. We also need a letter or other document from your hospital or practice attesting you have completed at least 100 minimally invasive CHD cases as first operator, plus a reference letter from an experienced clinical colleague (a letter from your supervisor or senior hospital colleague can serve both requirements). Member. Members are eligible to apply to serve on the Society's committees, as well as to receive educational discounts and other benefits. Typically early career CHD interventionalists will join as a Member, later applying for advancement to Fellowship (FPICS) once they meet the FPICS criteria. Documents to submit: Completed application, CV, copy of medical license, certificate of completion of interventional CHD training. Fellow-in-Training (FIT). If you are in (or have been accepted into) a CHD interventional fellowship program, your membership will be FREE for the duration of that program. Documents to submit: Completed application, CV, copy of medical license, letter from current training program director. Nurses, Technologists & Allied Health Professionals. The PICS Society is committed to serving the entire care team involved with CHD interventional treatment. We encourage our professional colleagues to apply for membership. Group discounts are available when an entire team joins--contact us for details.

12 MONTHS DUES. Note: These are special discounted rates for Founding Members. Fellow (FPICS; experienced MDs, scientists, nurses, allied health professionals) ❏ $200 plus $25 admin fee

(USA/Canada) ❏ $50 plus $10 admin (All others)

Member (physicians & scientists; training finished) ❏ $200 plus $25 admin fee

(USA/Canada) ❏ $50 plus $10 admin fee

(All others)

Member (nurses/allied health professionals) ❏ $75 (USA/Canada) ❏ $15 (All others)

Fellow-in-Training (in CHD interventional fellowship program) ❏ $0 (Now in Training) ❏ $0 (Accepted into

Training) Rev. Sept 14 2020

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THE PICS SOCIETY The Pediatric and Congenital Interventional Cardiovascular Society

MEMBERSHIP CATEGORIES & ANNUAL DUES

OUR MISSION: To promote the highest quality care globally for children and adults with congenital heart disease (CHD), through minimally invasive cardiovascular techniques.

The PICS Society: Why should you join?

1. We need a dedicated international pediatric/CHD interventional society. 2. We have small volumes and industry support is based on volume. An international society can

leverage some of the volume and demand. 3. Also, can conduct larger volume studies; be the central depository for data, international

registries and research to advance our field more quickly 4. International resource and expertise 5. Data would be useful for CPT coding and valuations (USA) 6. Advocacy advantages 7. Training of new fellows and junior faculty- crossbreeding of ideas 8. Society adds an academic, non-bias element—more credibility 9. Develop worldwide standards, guidelines and a Certification of CHD interventions. Current

efforts in HBD for Children with US and Japan FDA collaboration can expand to other countries 10. Fundraising advantages 11. International Think Tank 12. Humanitarian work --Frank F. Ing, MD, PICS Society Board Member

------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- PICS SOCIETY COMMITTEES AND FOUNDING CHAIRS & CO-CHAIRS

INTERESTED IN COMMITTEE SERVICE ? EMAIL membership@CHDinterventions.org 1. The Budget and Finance Committee monitors the financial affairs of the Society, reviews a yearly

budget for all operations of the Society, recommends this budget to the Board and reviews the independent audit of the Society.

2. The Development Committee works with the Executive Director to ensure sufficient financial

resources for the Society. 3. The Early Career Leadership Committee promotes career development opportunities for members of

the congenital heart care team to engage, educate, publish and lead. 4. The Membership Committee reviews applications for Membership and submits the names of

candidates for Membership to the Board of Directors of the Society for consideration. Following said consideration by the Board, candidates for Fellow and Master Fellow shall be submitted to the current Fellows and Master Fellows for their comment. Following a 30-day comment period, the Board shall make a final vote on these candidates.

5. The Nominating Committee prepares a slate of nominees for consideration of Directors and Officers

of the Society in accordance with the provisions of these Bylaws. Such a slate shall be presented to the Board for its information and circulated thirty (30) days prior to the annual meeting of members for vote of the full slate by the voting members of the Society. The Nominating Committee consists of the President and his/her designees in consultation with the Board.

6. The Nurses and Allied Health Professionals (AHP) Committee develops recommendations

and programs for professional development of nurses, technologists and other allied health professionals dedicated to treatment of CHD patients, as well as for integrating those professionals into the Society’s overall initiatives.

7. The Program and Education Committee plans the PICS Symposium and other programs for the medical and lay communities, and ensures compliance with the highest standards of quality, objectivity and relevance.

8. The Clinical Guidelines Committee coordinates document and publication activities,

including those involving professional journals, Society-initiated documents, partnerships with/endorsements of other societies' documents, and other relevant materials for professional and lay audiences.

9. The Policy Committee educates Members, other health providers, the public, governmental

& non-governmental policymakers and others regarding policies that impact the best possible care for patients.

10. The Quality Improvement Committee provides guidance and recommendations regarding

quality measurement, public reporting, cath lab standards, continuous quality improvement, credentialing, accreditation and similar issues.

11. The Adult Congenital Interventional Cardiology Committee plans (in collaboration with

other relevant Society Committees) programs, guidelines, certification and other initiatives of concern to physicians dealing with adults with congenital heart disease.

COMMITTEE INVITED CHAIR CHAIR COUNTRY INVITED CO-CHAIR CO-CHAIR COUNTRY

Adult CHD Jamil Aboulhosn USA (CA) Eric Horlick Lars Sondergaard

Canada Denmark

Budget & finance David Nykanen USA (FL) Petru Liuba Sweden

Development/industry relations Evan Zahn USA (CA) Tom Forbes

Gregor Krings USA (MI) Netherlands

Early Career development Aimee Armstrong USA (OH) Dan Gruenstein

Gianfranco Butera USA (IL) UK (London)

Education Dan Levi USA (CA) Tom Jones Teiji Akagi

USA (WA) Japan

Guidelines Doff McElhinney USA (CA) Athar Qureshi Peter Ewert

USA (TX) Germany

Membership Shakeel Qureshi UK (London) Jae Yong Choi Allison Cabalka

S. Korea USA (MN)

Nominating Ziyad M. Hijazi Qatar/USA Marc Gewillig William Hellenbrand

Belgium USA (CT)

PICS 2021 Fellows Course

Darren Berman Vivian Dimas

USA (OH) USA (TX) Damien Kenny Ireland

Policy/Advo John Cheatham USA (OH) Cliff Kavinsky Hideshi Tomita

USA (IL) Japan

Quality Improvement Ralf Holzer USA (NY) Lisa Bergersen John Thompson

USA (MA) UK

RN's / Allied Health Professionals Sharon Cheatham USA (OH) Kathleen Nolan USA (IL)

As of September 14, 2020; subject to change