Benjamin H. Freed, MD, FACC, chair of ACC's Program Directors and Graduate Medical Educators Member Section, promotes ACC Legislative Conference as a great learning experience for fellows. He brought several of his own trainees to last year's meeting. "It was such an eye opener for them to see how patient advocacy works and what the ACC is specifically doing in that space," he says.

Introduce your cardiology trainees to advocacy by bringing them to this year's conference – taking place Oct. 5-7 in Washington, DC. FITs, residents and medical students can waive the registration fee with code FIT. Congressional appointments close on Sept. 19 – register today!