Welcome to the ACC.25 Early Career Professionals Guide – a roadmap to making the most of your experience at ACC.25, held March 29-31 in Chicago, IL. Below you'll find information on curated sessions, networking opportunities and interactive workshops tailored to your professional growth. Whether you're looking to expand your clinical expertise, connect with mentors or explore innovative research, this guide is your companion for navigating the diverse offerings at ACC.25.

Start planning your sessions using the ACC.25 Online Program Planner, where you can search for sessions by keyword, day, practice focus, session type, session format or pathway. Add sessions to your personal itinerary and create a schedule catered to your interests. To save your itinerary and sync it across devices, log in using your ACC account. Be sure to download the ACC.25 App on your phone and log in to easily review your customized schedule during the conference.

See you in Chicago!

Nosheen Reza, MD, FACC; Tripti Gupta, MD, FACC; and Newton Wiggins, MD, FACC
Members of ACC's Early Career ACC.25 Planning Committee

Event Highlight: Early Career Connect
Sunday, March 30 from 10-10:45 a.m. CT in the Young Professionals Zone
Are you interested in making the ACC your professional home but not sure where to start? Come to this session to meet your Early Career Leadership Council as well as many of our Early Career State Chapter Representatives. Our mission is to foster the active involvement of Early Career members who are within the first seven years of independent practice within the College. Engagement with the Early Career Section will facilitate your career development and enrich your personal and professional growth. We invite all Early Career members to join us and make valuable contributions to the ACC!

Lounge & Learn Pavillion Sessions
Saturday, March 29
Theater 1

• 9:30-10:30 a.m. CT: Reflections of a Mid-Career Cardiologist: Insights I Wish I'd Discovered Sooner

Theater 3

• 11:30 a.m.-12:15 p.m. CT: Mentors and Sponsors: Building Your Support System in Fellowship and Early Career
• 1-1:45 p.m. CT: Coaching for Professional Fulfillment and Inspired Leadership Across All Career Stage
• 2:30-3:30 p.m. CT: Acing the Transition: What FITs and Early Career Cardiologists Need to Know to Launch a Healthy, Successful Career
• 4-5 p.m. CT: Beat Burnout: From Awareness to Work-Life Harmony

Sunday, March 30
Theater 1

• 3:30-4:30 p.m. CT: Improving Recruitment across CV Subspecialties: Coming Together For a Better Future

Theater 2

• Noon-1 p.m. CT: How to Overcome Bullying and Harassment in the Workplace
• 1:30-2:30 p.m. CT: Surviving in the CICU: Early Career Conundrums and Burnout in Critical Care Cardiology

Theater 3

• 9-10 a.m. CT: Becoming a Leader in Cardiovascular Medicine
• 10:15-11:15 a.m. CT: Building Your Brand and Using Social Media to Communicate in Cardiology
• 11:30 a.m.-Noon CT: Is Service Right For Me? Perspectives From Academic and Non-Academic Clinical Cardiologist
• 12:30-1:30 p.m. CT: Coping with Bad Outcomes, Patient Loss, and Medical Errors as a Trainee and Young Professional
• 2-3 p.m. CT: Navigating the Path: Challenges and Opportunities for International Medical Graduates in Cardiology
• 3:30-4:15 p.m. CT: Exploring Career Flexibility Across the Professional Lifespan

Hands-on Learning in the Personalized Skills Zone and Lounge & Learn

• Mastering Transvenous Pacing and Implantable Loop Recorder Insertion
• Saturday, March 29: 9 a.m.-12 p.m. CT; 2-3 p.m. CT
• Sunday, March 30: 9-10:30 a.m. CT; 2-4:30 p.m. CT
• Monday, March 31: 9 a.m.-Noon CT
• HCM Diagnosis and Treatment With CPET
• Saturday, March 29: 9 a.m.-Noon CT; 2-4:30 p.m. CT
• Sunday, March 30: 9 a.m.-Noon CT; 2-4:30 p.m. CT
• Monday, March 31: 9 a.m.-Noon CT
• Critical Care Cardiology Conundrum: Escape Room Challenge
• Saturday, March 29: 9 a.m.-Noon CT; 2-4:30 p.m. CT
• Sunday, March 30: 9 a.m.-Noon CT; 2-4:30 p.m. CT
• Monday, March 31: 9 a.m.-Noon CT
• Avoiding Pitfalls in Blood Pressure Measurement
• Saturday, March 29: 9 a.m.-Noon CT; 2-4:30 p.m. CT
• Sunday, March 30: 9 a.m.-Noon CT; 2-4:30 p.m. CT
• Monday, March 31: 9 a.m.-Noon CT
• Critical Care Cardiology: Survival Skills in the CICU
• Saturday, March 29: 9 a.m.-Noon CT; 2-4:30 p.m. CT
• Sunday, March 30: 9 a.m.-Noon CT; 2-4:30 p.m. CT
• Monday, March 31: 9 a.m.-Noon CT
• Contemporary Approaches to Medical Therapy For HCM
• Saturday, March 29: 10:30-11:30 a.m. CT
• Sunday, March 30: 2-3 p.m. CT
• Catch Them Before They Fall: Syncope Guidelines in Action
• Saturday, March 29: 3-4 p.m. CT
• Contemporary Approaches to Arrhythmia Diagnosis in a Smart Device World
• Sunday, March 30: 10:30-11:30 a.m. CT
• Lonely Nights in the CICU: Key Troubleshooting & Survival Skills
• Sunday, March 30: 3:30-4:30 p.m. CT
• Interventional Fellows Bootcamp
• Saturday, March 29: 3:30-4:30 p.m. CT