Welcome to ACC’s Program Directors and Graduate Medical Educators Member Section!

Benjamin H. Freed, MD, FACC

Benjamin H. Freed, MD, FACC
Chair
@docbfreed

The PDGME Section members include physicians, fellowship trainees, program administrators, and the multiple cardiovascular team members, all of whom have a common goal: Excitement and Collaboration around advancing the field of education and training of the Fellows in Training (FITs) across the spectrum of cardiovascular disease. The Section seeks to facilitate the training of the future cardiovascular physician workforce and to serve as a resource for salient cardiovascular education and training issues.

The ACC PDGME Section members and Leadership Council will work within the College to advance cardiovascular science and practice through research and education, establish training criteria and guidelines and influence health care policy.

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As our membership grows, so does the Program Directors and Graduate Medical Educators Member Section's opportunities to impact College policies and provide additional member benefits.

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Section Announcements

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Education

Identifying Palliative Care Competencies For Cardiology Fellowship Training

February 2, 2026

Education

There is growing evidence of the benefits of palliative care for patients with complex cardiovascular disease. A modified Delphi study, recently published in JACC: Advances, aimed to develop a core set of palliative care competencies for cardiovascular medicine trainees. The study achieved consensus on 14 core palliative care skills for cardiovascular disease fellows to master during training, which may contribute to higher-quality, patient-centered care. Read more.

Announcements

ACC Program Directors Survey: Are PDs Confident in Assessing Fellow Competence?

January 20, 2026

Announcements

Direct engagement by teaching faculty is crucial in assessing fellows and program directors (PDs) remain confident in assessing fellow competency and they are reluctant about moving towards purely competency-based medical education, according to results from the fifth iteration of ACC's Cardiovascular Program Director Survey, published recently in JACC: Advances. Read more.

Education

Meeting in a Box: Advancing HF Care With Monitoring and Device Therapy

December 22, 2025

Announcements

ACC’s new “Meeting in a Box” is full of all the materials you need to host an engaging live or virtual program – developed by ACC’s expert faculty to support clinicians in understanding when and how to use advanced monitoring and device therapies in heart failure (HF) care. Developed as part of ACC’s new free online course, Beyond the Pill: Advancing HF Care With Monitoring and Device Therapy, the materials can be used in their entirety or curated to suit unique audiences. Learn more.

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