Indiana-ACC Newsletter, December 2024

Dear Indiana-ACC Colleague,

Highlights from the Annual Meeting at French Lick

Our 2024 Indiana-ACC Annual Meeting at French Lick Resort was a resounding success! The event kicked off with a welcome dinner at the Pete Dye Pavilion, setting the stage for a day packed with cutting-edge cardiovascular discussions.

Saturday's program featured top cardiologists diving into critical topics:

• Heart Failure and Cardiogenic Shock Management
• Debate on Moderate Aortic Stenosis Intervention
• Tricuspid Valve Disease Insights
• Updates on Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy (HCM)
• Advanced Ventricular Arrhythmia Management

Highlights included engaging presentations from leading experts like Dr. Edward Fry, and patient perspectives such as Lindsay Davis's HCM experience. The day concluded with the announcement of poster competition winners, and people enjoyed the resort in the afternoon. We hope to return to French Lick every three years. You can see photos of the meeting via the "Photos" tab at this link.

Poster Competition

Congratulations to our annual poster competition winners! Visit the ePoster Gallery to see the submitted work.

Fellow Research 1st place: Syed Hammad Jafri, MD, IU

Resident 1st place: Summer Samuels, MD, Ascension St. Vincent

Resident 2nd place: Purva Patel, MD, IU

Resident 3rd place: Folake Ishola, MD, Ascension St. Vincent

Mark Your Calendar: Our next Annual Meeting is set for Saturday, September 13, 2025, at the Marriott Indianapolis North. We look forward to another exceptional gathering of cardiovascular professionals!

Save the Date

Indiana-ACC Legislative Day - February 12, 2025 - REGISTER You are cordially invited to join the Indiana-ACC for a special legislative day in Indianapolis to speak with Indiana legislators in a strong, unified voice about the importance of fighting heart disease. This is one of the chapter’s premier events. Attend a morning workshop with Tobacco-Free Indiana at the Indiana State Library then head over to the Statehouse. Building relationships with your state lawmakers will help ensure that the Indiana General Assembly remains aware of your important issues. There is no charge for the event, and appointments with your lawmakers will be made for you. The ACC legislative team will provide us with the bills/topics we will advocate for, and no prior experience is necessary.

75th Gala - March 28, 2025

We're excited to announce our participation in the upcoming ACC 75th Gala being held in conjunction with ACC.25! This prestigious event promises to be a memorable evening of celebration and networking with funds going to support important ACC programming. Here are the key details:

Event Information:

Date: Friday, March 28, 2025

Time: 6:30 PM CT

Venue: Field Museum, Chicago, IL

Indiana-ACC Table Initiative:

We're aiming to have an official Indiana-ACC table at the event which can only happen with your participation. Individual tickets are $750. Would you be interested in purchasing an individual ticket ($750) to sit with the Indiana-ACC group? Your support and presence would greatly contribute to making this a successful representation of our chapter at this landmark event. Please email us to let us know. We look forward to your response and hopefully seeing you at the Gala!

ACC Legislative Conference

ACC’s 2024 Legislative Conference was September 29-October 1, in Washington, DC, where Ohio-ACC members joined ACC members across the country to lobby for issues impacting our patients and profession, including:

• ESTABLISH SUSTAINABLE MEDICARE PAYMENT PRACTICES
• MAINTAIN CRITICAL TELEHEALTH FLEXIBILITIES
• MAINTAIN ACCESS TO CV REHABILITATION SERVICES 
• STREAMLINE PRIOR AUTHORIZATION PRACTICES
• INCREASE COMMUNITY ACCESS TO AEDS
• IMPROVE STUDENT HEART HEALTH

See the talking points here.

Contact Us

Wishing you a very happy holiday season! If Gwen Goldfarb, our chapter executive, or I can be of assistance to you, please let us know.

Sincerely,

Vijay

Your ACC Membership

Thank you for your membership. You and your work are critical to the success of our organization and our profession. Your ACC membership renewal for 2025 is due soon and the Ohio-ACC looks forward to continuing to support your work over the coming year with your membership renewal. Our shared curiosity can help us deliver on ACC’s goal to develop and disseminate actionable knowledge. Collaboration and innovation can aid in the discovery of new ways to leverage technology to reduce care inequities, increase access to care and improve patient outcomes. Connections we build can support us as we take control of our professional lives, lead care transformation, and build a culture of wellbeing. And our collective voice can amplify our message to modernize clinical guidance, evolve data science and create integrated teams around value-based care. We look forward to all we will do together to transform care and improve heart health, advance science and innovation, and ensure the well-being of our patients, our communities and ourselves. Join us in 2025—and don’t forget to select your Member Sections; those tailored opportunities for involvement are the best way to join other champions for our interests with your specialty, career stage and interest areas in mind.

JACC Journals Calls for Papers

Take advantage of the following calls for papers on the following topics:

• JACC: Asia and JACC: Case Reports: Valvular Heart Disease | Due November 30
• JACC: Advances: Advances in Preventive Cardiology and Cardio-Kidney-Metabolic Disease | Due December 18
• JACC: CardioOncology: Bi-directional Cardio-Oncology | Due February 15
• JACC: Advances: Care of the Critically Ill Patient in the Cardiac Intensive Care Unit | Due February 15

Download CardioSmart’s HF Tools

With more than 6 million Americans with heart failure, patient education is key in managing and living with this condition. To help patients better understand and manage heart failure, ACC’s CardioSmart team has developed a package of tools and resources including a new Action Plan for Heart Failure With Preserved Ejection Fraction (HFpEF). The package also includes infographics, decision aids, and updated tools teaching patients how to make the most of their follow-up visits, use checklists, daily trackers, and more. Download the tools for free.

CardioSmart is the ACC’s dedicated home for patient tools and resources, including infographics, shared decision-making aids, and more. Find information on specific clinical conditions, health lifestyle choices and more at CardioSmart.org.