American College of Cardiology

The College is governed by the Officers and the Board of Trustees who are responsible for transacting all the business required to carry out the goals and mission of the College. Elected at the annual business meeting, the Board of Trustees consists of 30 Fellows of the College. Incoming Trustees are elected yearly at the Annual Business Meeting to serve five-year terms on the Board. The President of ACC leads the Trustees for a one-year term.

Members of the Board of Governors serve a three-year term and are the grassroots liaisons between the local chapters, or established geographical areas, and the College headquarters. The chair, chair-elect and immediate past chair of the Board of Governors serve on the Board of Trustees.

The Board of Trustees establishes standing committees as necessary to carry out the mission of the College. Committee Chairs are empowered to keep the committee and its work focused on the committee’s charge and its relationship to the College’s strategic priorities.

Members of the document development task forces (Practice Guidelines, Expert Consensus Documents, Competence & Training Statements, Data Standards, Performance Measures, and Appropriate Use Criteria) serve three-year terms and provide oversight for the policies and rigorous methodologies involved in developing documents to meet the needs of practitioners and to improve patient care. All documents require peer review, approval and publication in the literature in order to become College policy.

Officers and Trustees
The election of 2009-2010 Officers and Trustees was held at the March 2009 Annual Business Meeting during the 58th Annual Scientific Session in Orlando.

Officers (2009-2010):
Alfred A. Bove, M.D., Ph.D., F.A.C.C., was installed as president on March 30, 2009 at the 58th Annual Scientific Sessions in Orlando. Dr. Bove is an emeritus professor of medicine at Temple University where he served as section chief of cardiology from 1986 to 2008. He practices clinical cardiology with particular expertise in heart failure and heart transplantation, undersea medicine and sports medicine.

Ralph G. Brindis, M.D., M.P.H., F.A.C.C., F.S.C.A.I. , was appointed as president-elect. Dr. Brindis is the Senior Advisor for Cardiovascular Disease for Northern California Kaiser and a Clinical Professor of Medicine at the University of California, San Francisco.

David R. Holmes, Jr., M.D., F.A.C.C. was elected vice president. Dr. Holmes is professor of medicine, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and has Master’s Faculty Privileges in Clinical Research at the Mayo Graduate School of Medicine, Rochester, Minn.

John Gordon Harold, MD, FACC, FACP, FCCP, FAHA has been elected Chair of the American College of Cardiology Board of Governors effective March 2009.

Richard A. Chazal, M.D., F.A.C.C. -Treasurer 2009-2012, Born in Ocala, Fla., Richard A. Chazal, M.D., F.A.C.C., earned his undergraduate degree from the University of Florida and a medical degree in 1977 from the University of South Florida, where he was elected to Alpha Omega Alpha.

New Members of the Board of Trustees

Gregory J. Dehmer, M.D., F.A.C.C., is professor of medicine at the Texas A&M University College of Medicine and director of the cardiology division at the Scott & White Clinic in Temple, Texas. Dehmer has served on the writing committees of several national guidelines, including the ACC’s interventional training programs standards, the ACC/American Heart Association (AHA) guidelines for coronary angiography and the ACC/AHA/Society for Cardiovascular and Angiography Interventions (SCAI) Expert Consensus Document for Cardiac Catheterization Laboratories. He is a member of the NCDR ® management board and the editor in chief of the American College of Cardiology-CathKIT®, a quality improvement tool for cardiac catheterization laboratories developed jointly by the ACC and SCAI.

Gerard R. Martin, M.D., F.A.C.C., is executive director of the Center for Heart, Lung and Kidney Disease and chief of cardiology at Children’s National Medical Center, Washington, D.C. He is also co-director of the Children’s National Heart Institute, Washington, D.C., and C. Richard Beyda Professor of Cardiology, George Washington University. Martin has been active in many ACC activities. In particular, he led the development and served as chair of the Adult Congenital and Pediatric Cardiology Section and Council, and he spearheaded the development of the Congenital Cardiology Solutions (CCS.08 and CCS.09) programs. He is also chair of the ACC Impact Registry Steering Committee. He serves as ACC representative to Joint Council on Congenital Heart Disease, the American Board of Pediatrics and the American Board of Pediatrics Subspecialty Consortium. Martin served as ACC Governor for the District of Columbia, 2003 – 2006.

George P. Rodgers, M.D., F.A.C.C., is currently president and chief medical officer of the Biophysical Corporation in Austin, Texas, a company dedicated to advancing clinical knowledge through its research in the field of biomarkers. He practices clinical cardiology with Austin Heart, a premier cardiology group at which he was president from 1999 to 2004. Rodgers recently served as chair of the American College of Cardiology Board of Governors for 2007 and is a member of the ACC/ACCF Executive Committee and ACC Board of Trustees. He serves on the Board of Governors Steering Committee, the ACC PAC committee, Fellowship Education Redesign Task Force, the International Governance Task Force and chairs the ACC Workforce Task Force.

Stuart A. Winston, D.O., F.A.C.C., is a cardiac electrophysiologist, Michigan Heart and Vascular Institute, St. Joseph Mercy Hospital, Ann Arbor, Mich. He has held numerous positions there, including chief of cardiology and medical director. He is also a clinical instructor at the University of Michigan Medical School. Winston is co-chair, ACC Board of Governors’ State Advocacy Work Group (2008 – 2009), was chair of the ACC Door to Balloon (D2B) Alliance Chapter Task Force in 2007 and a member of the steering committee for the D2B campaign. Winston’s activities with the ACC Michigan Chapter have included being chair of the EP Advisory Committee and serving on the Guidelines Application in Practice (GAP) Advisory Committee for Southeastern Michigan GAP Expansion Project.

Trustee Vacancies
The Committee nominates John S. Rumsfeld, M.D., Ph.D., F.A.C.C., to fill the vacancy created by Richard A. Chazal, M.D., F.A.C.C. who will resign his Trustee seat to assume the Treasurer position. Rumsfeld’s term would be from 2009 – 2012. He would then be eligible for a five-year reappointment. Rumsfeld is staff cardiologist and director, Cardiovascular Outcomes Research Group, Denver VA Medical Center and VA Eastern Colorado Healthcare System, and associate professor of medicine, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Denver, Colo. His ACC activities have included — Chief Science Officer, NCDR®, as well as numerous other NCDR activities; D2B Alliance Steering Committee and Evaluation Subcommittee; and member, International Business Development Task Force.

The Committee nominates Carole A. Warnes, M.D., F.A.C.C., to fill the vacancy created by James W. Fasules, M.D., F.A.C.C., who is resigning his Trustee seat to become ACC Vice President of Advocacy. Warnes’ term would be from 2009 – 2011. She would then be eligible for a five-year reappointment. Warnes is professor of medicine, Mayo Clinic; consultant for cardiovascular diseases, pediatric cardiology and internal medicine; and director, Adult Congenital Heart Disease Clinic, Rochester, Minn. She was chair of the writing committee for the recently released ACC/AHA 2008 Guidelines for the Management of Adults with Congenital Heart Disease. She is a member of the ACC Education Oversight Committee and the Lifelong Learning Portfolio Work Group. Warnes has been an active member of the Adult Congenital and Pediatric Cardiology Section and Council.

Members—Board of Trustees