
Our Shared Global Commitment
Recognizing Our Distinguished Global Partners
Global collaboration is essential for achieving our Mission to transform cardiovascular care and improve heart health for all. The American College of Cardiology is grateful for our continued partnership with cardiovascular societies in the U.S. and around the world. We recognize them for their tireless work, their commitment and leadership in our shared quest for a world where science, innovation and knowledge optimize care and outcomes.
International Chapter Representatives
Kian Keong Poh, MBBCh, FACC
Chair, Singapore
Antonio C. P. Chagas, MD, PhD, FACC
Chair-Elect, Brazil
Cesar J. Herrera, MD, FACC
Steering Committee, Americas
Nanette Rey, MD, FACC
Steering Committee, Asia Pacific
Mohammad Hafizullah, MD, FACC
Steering Committee, Middle East and Africa
Benny Levenson, MD, PhD, FACC
Steering Committee, Europe
Elijah N. Ogola, MD, FACC
African Consortium Chapter
Pan African Society of Cardiology (PASCAR)
Alberto Lorenzatti, MD, FACC
Argentina Chapter
Argentine Society of Cardiology
Argentine Federation of Cardiology
Stephen Nicholls, MD, FACC
Australia and New Zealand Chapter
Cardiac Society of New Zealand and Australia
A.K.M. Mohibullah, MD, FACC
Bangladesh Chapter
Bangladesh Cardiac Society
Paulo Caramori, MD, PhD, FACC
Brazil Chapter
Brazilian Society of Cardiology
Rick Steward, MD, MBA, FACC
Caribbean Consortium
Caribbean Cardiac Society
Daniel Quesada, MD, FACC
Central American Consortium
The Costa Rican Society of Cardiology
Alejandro Dapelo, MD, FACC
Chile Chapter
Chilean Society of Cardiology and Cardiovascular Surgery
Changsheng Ma, MD, FACC
China Chapter
Chinese Society of Cardiology
Great Wall International Congress of Cardiology
Clara Saldarriaga, MD, FACC
Colombia Chapter
Colombian Society of Cardiology and Cardiovascular Surgery
Eduardo Rivas-Estany, MD, FACC
Cuba Chapter
Cuban Society of Cardiology
Pura Henriquez, MD, FACC
Dominican Republic Chapter
Dominican Society of Cardiology
Mohamed A. Sobhy, MB ChB, FACC
Egypt Chapter
Egyptian Society of Cardiology
Paul Christian Schulze, MD, PhD
Germany Chapter
German Cardiac Society
John Greenwood, MD, FACC
United Kingdom and Ireland Chapter
British Cardiovascular Society
Irish Cardiac Society
Konstantinos P. Tsioufis, MD, FACC
Greece and Cyprus Chapter
Hellenic Society of Cardiology
Yuk Kong Lau, MBBS, FACC
Hong Kong Chapter
Hong Kong College of Cardiology
Vijay Bang, MD, FACC
India Chapter
Cardiological Society of India
Anwar Santoso, MD, PhD, FACC
Indonesia Chapter
Indonesia Heart Association
Ran Kornowski, MD, FACC
Israel Chapter
Israel Heart Society
Cetin Erol, MD, FACC
Istanbul Consortium
Turkish Society of Cardiology
Furio Colivicchi, MD, FACC
Italy Chapter
Italian Society of Cardiology
Italian Federation of Cardiology
National Association of Hospital Cardiologists
Masaki Ieda, MD, FACC
Japan Chapter
Japanese College of Cardiology
Hadi AbuHantash, MD, FACC
Jordan Chapter
Jordan Cardiac Society
Hyo-Soo Kim, MD, FACC
Korea Chapter
The Korean Society of Cardiology
Ghassan S. Kiwan, MD, FACC
Lebanon Chapter
Lebanese Society of Cardiology and Cardiac Surgery
Soot Keng Ma, MD, FACC
Malaysia Chapter
National Heart Association of Malaysia
Xavier Escudero, MD, FACC
Mexico Chapter
Mexican Society of Cardiology
National Association of Cardiologists in Mexico
Mohammad Hafizullah, MRCP, FRCP, FACC
Pakistan Chapter
Pakistan Cardiac Society
Manuel Horna, MD, FACC
Peru Chapter
Peruvian Society of Cardiology
Gilbert Villela, MD, FACC
Philippines Chapter
Philippine Heart Association
Victor Gil, MD, FACC
Portugal Chapter
Portuguese Society of Cardiology
Mohammed A. Balghith, MBChB, FACC
Saudi Arabia Chapter
Saudi Heart Association
Branko Beleslin, MD, PhD, FACC
Serbia & Republic of Srpska
Serbian Society of Cardiology
Association of Cardiologists of Republic of Srpska
Edgar Tay, MBBS, FACC
Singapore Chapter
Singapore Cardiac Society
Juan Jose Gomez Doblas, MD
Spain Chapter
Spanish Society of Cardiology
Wen-Jone Chen, MD, FACC
Taiwan Chapter
Taiwan Society of Cardiology
Wael A. Al Mahmeed, MD, FACC
Gulf Chapter
Emirates Cardiac Society
Karina Gonzalez Carta, MD, FACC
Venezuela Chapter
Venezuelan Society of Cardiology
Global Society Partners
Salem Abdessalem, MD
Tunisian Society of Cardiology and Cardiovascular Surgery
Tunis, Tunisia
Doreen J. Addrizzo-Harris, MD
American College of Chest Physicians
Glenview, IL
Alexander Aladashvili, MD
Georgian Society of Cardiology
Tbilisi, Georgia
Juwairia Alali, MD
Emirates Cardiac Society
Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Michelle A. Albert, MD, MPH, FACC
American Heart Association
Hillsborough, CA
Mouaz H. Al-Mallah, MD, FACC
American Society of Nuclear Cardiology
Pearland, TX
Muthana Hameed Al-Quraishi, MD
Iraqi Cardio-Thoracic Society
Baghdad, Iraq
Offer Amir, MD, FACC
Israel Heart Society
Jerusalem, Israel
Herbert D. Aronow, MD, MPH, FACC
Society for Vascular Medicine
Birmingham, MI
Gani Bajraktari, MD, PhD, FACC
Kosovo Society of Cardiology
Prishtina, Kosovo
Jayagopal Pathiyil Balagopalan, MD, FACC
Indian College of Cardiology
Palakkad, India
Stephan Baldus, MD, FACC
German Cardiac Society
Koln, Germany
Vijay Bang, MD, PhD
Cardiological Society of India
Mumbai, India
Talantbek Batyraliev, MD, FACC
Kyrgyz Cardiovascular and Lung Association
Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan
David Becker, MD, PhD
Hungarian Society of Cardiology
Budapest, Hungary
Sharon Ben-Or, MD
Eastern Cardiothoracic Surgical Society
Greenville, SC
Nico Blom, MD
Association For European Paediatric and Congenital Cardiology
Leiden, Netherlands
Andrea Araujo Brandao, MD, PhD, FACC
Brazilian Society of Cardiology
Rio De Janeiro, Brazil
Wai-Kwong Chan, MBBS, FACC
Hong Kong College of Cardiology
Tsimshatsui, Hong Kong
Mohamed Chettibi, MD
Algerian Society of Cardiology
Algeria, Algeria
Andrene S. Chung, MD, FACC
The Heart Foundation of Jamaica
Kingston, Jamaica
Jude Erric Cinco, MD
Philippine Heart Association, Inc.
Taguig, Philippines
Furio Colivicchi, MD, FACC
Italian Association of Hospital Cardiologists
Rome, Italy
Rafaelina Mercedes Lantigua Concepcion, MD, FACC
Dominican Society of Cardiology
La Vega, Dominican Republic
Jorge E. Cossio-Aranda, MD, FACC
Mexican Society of Cardiology
Mexico City, Mexico
Pablo G. Diaz, MD, FACC
Uruguayan Society of Cardiology
Montevideo, Uruguay
Jose Manuel Drago, MD, FACC
Peruvian Society of Cardiology
Lima, Peru
Moneim E. Elkhair, MBBS
Sudan Heart Society
Khartoum, Sudan
Khaled Ayad Ellafi, ChB, MB, MSc
Libyan Cardiac Society
Benghazi, Libya
Mart Elmet, MD
Estonian Society of Cardiology
Tartu, Estonia
Kevin Farmer
Heart & Stroke Foundation of Barbados Inc.
St. Michael, Barbados
Zlatko Fras, MD, PhD, FACC
Slovenian Society of Cardiology
Ljubljana, Slovenia
Kwabena Frimpong-Boateng, MD
Ghana Heart Foundation
Korle-Bu-Accra, Ghana
Thomas C. Gerber, MD, FACC
Society of Atherosclerosis Imaging and Prevention
Rochester, MN
Martine Gilard, MD
French Society of Cardiology
Brest, France
David C. Goff, MD
National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute
Bethesda, MD
Lino Manuel Martins Goncalves, MD
Portuguese Society of Cardiology
Coimbra, Portugal
Arturo Guerra Lopez, MD, PhD, FACC
National Association of Cardiologists of Mexico
Tijuana, Mexico
Teeluck Kumar Gunness, MD, FACC
Mauritius Heart Foundation
Pamplemousses, Mauritius
Eileen M. Handberg, PhD, ARNP, FACC
Preventative Cardiovascular Nurses Association
Gainesville, FL
Robert S.D. Higgins, MD
Society of Thoracic Surgeons
Baltimore, MD
Charles Jia-Yin Hou, MD, FACC
Taiwan Society of Cardiology
Taipei, Taiwan
Shengshou Hu, MD, PhD, FACC
Chinese Society For Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
Beijing, China
Eric Quinton Klug, MB BCh, MMed
South African Heart Association
Johannesburg, South Africa
Georgios E. Kochiadakis, MD
Hellenic Society of Cardiology
Heraklion, Greece
Issei Komuro, MD, PhD
Asian Pacific Society of Cardiology
Sakyo-Ku, Japan
Tamara Kovacevic-Preradovic, MD, PhD, FACC
Republic of Srpska Society of Cardiology
Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Volodymir M. Kovalenko, MD, PhD, FACC
Ukraine Association of Cardiology
Kiev, Ukraine
Zumreta Kusljugic, MD
Association of Cardiologists of Bosnia and Herzegovina
Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Patrizio Lancellotti, MD, FACC
Belgian Society of Cardiology
Tilman, Belgium
Marilyn B. Lawrence-Wright, MD
Caribbean Cardiac Society
Kingston, Jamaica
Viet T. Le, PA, FACC
Association of Physician Associates In Cardiology
Riverton, UT
Mimoza Lezha, MD
Albanian Society of Cardiology
Tirane, Albania
Toon Wei Lim, MBBS, PhD, FACC
Singapore Cardiac Society
Singapore, Singapore
Ales Linhart, MD
Czech Society of Cardiology
Praha, Czech Republic
Stephen Henry Little, MD, FACC
American Society of Echocardiography
Houston, TX
Changsheng Ma, PhD, FACC
Chinese Society of Cardiology
Beijing, China
Thomas E. MacGillivray, MD
The Society of Thoracic Surgeons
Houston, TX
Claudio Rodolfo Majul, MD
Argentine Society of Cardiology
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Alfaro Marchena, MD
Panamanian Society of Cardiology
Panama City, Panama
Alberto Concepciòn Marecos Baruja, Sr., MD
Paraguayan Society of Cardiology and Cardiovascular Surgery
Asunciòn, Paraguay
Pascal McKeown
Irish Cardiac Society
Belfast, United Kingdom
J.G. Meeder
Netherlands Society of Cardiology
Venlo, Netherlands
Bernhard Metzler, MD
Austrian Society of Cardiology
Innsbruck, Austria
Davor Milicic, MD, PhD
Croatian Cardiac Society
Zagreb, Croatia
Przemyslaw Piotr Mitkowski, MD
Polish Cardiac Society
Poznan, Poland
Ole Christian Mjolstad, MD, PhD
Norwegian Society of Cardiology
Ranheim, Norway
Alexander Mrochek, MD
Belorussian Scientific Society of Cardiologists
Minsk, Belarus
Poobalan Naidoo, MB ChB
African Heart Network
Midrand, South Africa
Navin C. Nanda, MD, FACC
International Society of Cardiovascular Ultrasound
Birmingham, AL
Viet Lan Nguyen, MD
Vietnam National Heart Association
Hanoi, Vietnam
Feridoun Noohi Bezanjani, MD
Iranian Heart Association
Stanford, CA
Elijah N. Ogola, MD, FACC
Pan-African Society of Cardiology
Nairobi, Kenya
Emmy Okello, MBBS, PhD, FACC
Uganda Heart Association
Kampala, Uganda
Anekwe E. Onwuanyi, MD, FACC
Association of Black Cardiologists Inc.
Atlanta, GA
Karen Ordovas, MD
Society of Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance
Seattle, WA
Juan Jose Paganini, MD
Uruguayan Society of Cardiology
Montevideo, Uruguay
Seung Woo Park, MD
Korean Society of Cardiology
Seoul, Korea
Julian Perez-Villacastin, Sr., MD, PhD
Spanish Society of Cardiology
Madrid, Spain
Daniel Jose Pineiro, MD, FACC
World Heart Federation
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Chandrike Janminda Ponnamperuma, MD
Sri Lanka College of Cardiology
Colombo, Sri Lanka
Bogdan A. Popescu, MD, FACC
Romanian Society of Cardiology
Bucharest, Romania
Mihail Popovici, MD
Moldavian Society of Cardiology
Chisinau, Republic of Moldova
Radityo Prakoso, MD
Indonesian Heart Association
Jakarta, Indonesia
Bijoy G Rajbanshi, MBBS, MS
Cardiac Society of Nepal
Kathmandu, Nepal
Maria E. Ramos, MD, FACC
Puerto Rico Society of Cardiology
San Juan, PR
Sunil V. Rao, MD, FACC
Society for Cardiovascular Angiography & Interventions (SCAI)
Chapel Hill, NC
Jaime Alberto Rodriguez Plazas
Colombian Society of Cardiology
Bogota, Colombia
Bolivar Fadel Saenz Tello, FACC
Ecuadorian Society of Cardiology
Quito, Ecuador
Claude Semaan, MBBS
Lebanese Society of Cardiology
Beit El Tabib, Lebanon
Luis Alberto Sepulveda Morales, Sr., MD
Chilean Society of Cardiology and Cardiovascular Surgery
Santiago, Chile
Emer Shelley, MD
Irish Heart Foundation
Dublin, Ireland
Chour SOK, MD, FACC
Cambodian Heart Association
Phnom Penh, Cambodia
Sonia Solorzano, MD, FACC
Honduran Society of Cardiology
Francisco Morazán, Honduras
Alvaro Sosa Liprandi, MD, FACC
Interamerican Society of Cardiology
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Anstazija Stojsic-Milosavljevic, MD
Cardiology Society of Serbia
Belgrade, Serbia
Kadhim Jaffer Sulaiman, MD
Oman Heart Association
Muscat, Oman
Yasuchika Takeishi, MD, PhD, FACC
Japanese College of Cardiology
Fukushima, Japan
John R. Teerlink, MD, FACC
Heart Failure Society of America
San Francisco, CA
Vassil Traykov, MD
Bulgarian Society of Cardiology
Sofia, Bulgaria
Jaime Roberto Ventura Umanzor, MD
Salvadorean Society of Cardiology
San Salvador, El Salvador
Ash Walker, DHSc, MA
American Association of Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Rehabilitation
Lumberton, NC
Franz F. Weidinger, MD, FACC
European Society of Cardiology
Vienna, Austria
Eric P. Winer, MD
American Society of Clinical Oncology
New Haven, CT
Giovanni Battista Zito, MD, FACC
Ambulatory Cardiology Regional Association
Rome, Italy