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Welcome to ACC’s Fellows in Training Member Section!

Adam Kisling, MD

Adam Kisling, MD
Chair
@adam_kisling

We hope that our ACC FIT Section page is a useful resource for you during your training career: a place where you can seek mentorship, collaborate with other FITs, and serve as a mentor to our medical resident and student communities. There are many ways to get involved with the ACC FIT Council, including:

  • Follow #ACCFIT on Twitter to know what everyone is talking about.
  • Stay up to date by reading the ACC On-Call For FITs Section Newsletter (sent to all FIT members from Member Care), where FIT opportunities are announced
  • Read about how you can get involved with ACC
  • Look out for applications to become an official ACC FIT Editorial Fellow in July 2023 if you are interested in contributing
  • Look out for applications to join the FIT council between August – October 2023 at nominations.acc.org
  • Plan ahead to attend the ACC Legislative Conference 2024 in Washington, D.C., Sept. 29 – Oct. 1 to lobby at Capitol Hill.
  • Plan to attend ACC.25 in Chicago, March 29-31, 2025, and visit us in the Young Professionals Lounge to network and learn with colleagues!
  • Please feel free to reach out to us at fellowsintraining@acc.org to share your interests, ideas, and feedback.
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Questions? Contact Kate Bell at kbell@acc.org for questions about the FIT Section; FellowsinTraining@acc.org to get involved with the Section or Contact ACC Member Care.

Section Announcements

Section News

Cardiology Magazine

Cardiology Magazine: Diversity in Clinical Trials: How FITs Can Help

December 5, 2024

Cardiology Magazine Highlights

"As a scientific community, it's time for us to collectively support conducting cardiovascular disease trials with participants who look like the ones we treat in our practice." Fellows in Training (FITs) can play a vital role in helping to diversify the patient population of trials. In a recent article featured in Cardiology magazine, Oludamilola "Dami" Akinmolayemi, MD, MPH, discusses the ways in which FITs can get involved in clinical trial diversity, such as remembering our history, recognizing the scope of the issue and more. Read the full article.

ACC25

Last Chance to Enter CardioSmart’s Shared Decision-Making Challenge For FITs

December 5, 2024

Announcements

ACC's CardioSmart is holding a challenge to educate Fellows in Training (FITs) about the importance of shared decision-making. An essential component of the patient-clinician relationship, shared decision-making improves both patient outcomes and patient satisfaction. To participate in the challenge, FITs should use a CardioSmart infographic or decision aid with three to five patients and submit an essay about their experience. The winners will receive free registration to ACC.25, taking place March 29-31, 2025, in Chicago, IL, and will be featured in Cardiology magazine. Learn more and submit by Dec. 20.

Conference

There’s Still Time to Learn the Latest in Cardiology at the Valentin Fuster CV Symposium

December 2, 2024

Upcoming Event

Join world-renowned experts at the Valentin Fuster Cardiovascular Symposium, taking place Dec. 6-8 in Washington, DC. Explore cutting-edge sessions such as:

  • Evolving Approaches to AL and ATTR Amyloidosis;
  • Heart and Brain: Risk Factors Linking Earlier Subclinical Arterial Disease and Later Microvascular Degenerative Brain Disease and Alzheimer; and
  • Tricuspid Regurgitation: The Five Diagnostic and Management Challenges.

Gain insights from world-renowned experts and connect with leaders in cardiovascular care – register today before it's too late!

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