Starting From the Grassroots! An Early Career Guide to Engagement With Your Local ACC Chapter

Objectives:

  1. To discuss the ACC Early Career Leadership Council’s Chapter Initiative
  2. To understand the benefits of Early Career cardiologists’ engagement with their Chapters

Agenda:

  • Welcome and Introduction to the Chapter Initiative: Aditya Bharadwaj, MD, FACC
  • Talks:
    1. Why and How should I Get Involved With My Local Chapter?
      Speaker: Srinath Adusumalli, MD, MSHP, FACC, Early Career Representative and Incoming Governor-Elect, Pennsylvania Chapter, ACC, University of Pennsylvania
    2. Why Do Local Chapters Need Early Careers?
      Speaker: Lianna Collinge, CEO, California Chapter, ACC
    3. How I Encouraged and Enabled Early Careers in My Chapter
      Speaker: Akshay Khandelwal, MD, FACC, Immediate Past President, Michigan Chapter, Chair, Board of Governors, ACC, Henry Ford Hospital



  • Moderator: Aditya Bharadwaj, MD, FACC, ACC Early Career Leadership Council
  • Moderator: Sunit-Preet Chaudhry, MD, FACC, ACC Early Career Leadership Council
  • Panelist: Poonam Velagapudi MD, FACC, Chair, ACC Early Career Leadership Council
  • Panelist: Mike Cullen, MD, FACC, ACC Early Career Section Leadership Counci
  • Speaker: Srinath Adusumalli, MD, MSHP, FACC, Early Career Representative and Incoming Governor-Elect, Pennsylvania Chapter
  • Speaker: Lianna Collinge, Chapter Executive, California ACC Chapter
  • Speaker: Akshay Khandelwal, MD, FACC, Immediate Past President, Michigan Chapter, Chair, ACC Board of Governors