Webinar | Precision Prevention: Moving Beyond Traditional Risk Scores
June 17, 2026 | Join ACC's Academic Cardiology and Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease Member Sections to explore the shift from traditional risk scores to direct disease detection using coronary artery calcium (CAC), biomarkers and precision imaging.

Webinar | Navigating Career Development and Non-Traditional Grants
May 19, 2026 | Join ACC's Academic Cardiology Member Section on Monday, May 18 at 8 a.m. ET for a webinar designed to empower clinicians and scientists with actionable strategies for navigating non-traditional funding portfolios. By highlighting opportunities through the ACC and other societies and institutions, speakers including Academic Section Chair Howard J. Eisen, MD, FACC, will provide a roadmap for researchers to sustain their academic mission when traditional federal pathways are limited.

Webinar | Heart Tank For the CV Investigator: EP
May 27, 2026 | Join ACC's Academic Cardiology Member Section for a "Shark Tank" style competition designed to bridge the gap between groundbreaking ideas and clinical reality. Researchers will pitch their boldest ideas related to electrophysiology (EP) to a panel of experts. Learn more and register to see who wins and gain knowledge about the essential tools for building a successful, high-impact research project.

Webinar | Heart Tank For the CV Investigator: Cardio-Oncology
February 18, 2026 | Join ACC's Academic Cardiology Member Section for a webinar featuring a "Shark Tank" style competition designed to bridge the gap between groundbreaking ideas and clinical reality. This session, focusing on cardio-oncology, provides a rare platform for rising researchers to showcase their work, gain high-level exposure and receive rigorous, real-time feedback from the experts currently shaping the future of cardiovascular medicine.

Webinar | Your Guide to Federal Research Grants: Mastering R01s, K Awards and Policy Shifts
December 15, 2025 | Join ACC's Academic Cardiology Member Section for part one of a webinar series focusing on supporting researchers at every career stage. The series will help you master the federal grant landscape: Decode Research Project Grants (R01s), Career Development (K) Awards and recent policy changes to secure your essential research funding. The inaugural session focuses on obtaining federal grants – the bedrock of a successful academic cardiology career.

Webinar | Heart Tank For the CV Investigator: Interventional Cardiology
December 3, 2025 | Join ACC's Academic Cardiology Member Section and a distinguished panel of judges as they hear Young Investigators pitch their innovative interventional cardiology research ideas "Shark Tank" style. See which innovative project has the most potential, and gain a deeper understanding of research methodologies, critical appraisal and more.

Webinar | Heart Tank For the Cardiovascular Investigator: Imaging
September 10, 2025 | Join ACC's Academic Cardiology Member Section for a webinar featuring a "Shark Tank" style competition designed to bridge the gap between groundbreaking ideas and clinical reality. This session, focusing on cardiac imaging, provides a rare platform for rising researchers to showcase their work, gain high-level exposure and receive rigorous, real-time feedback from the experts currently shaping the future of cardiovascular medicine.

Webinar | Heart Tank For the CV Investigator: Heart Failure
February 26, 2025 | Join ACC's Academic Cardiology Member Section for a webinar featuring a "Shark Tank" style competition designed to bridge the gap between groundbreaking ideas and clinical reality. This session, focusing on heart failure, provides a rare platform for rising researchers to showcase their work, gain high-level exposure and receive rigorous, real-time feedback from the experts currently shaping the future of cardiovascular medicine.

Webinar | Heart Tank for the Cardiovascular Investigator: Women's CV Health
May 29, 2024 | Join our distinguished panel of judges as they hear Young Investigators "pitch" their Women's Cardiovascular (CV) Health research ideas. See which project has the most potential and learn from our judges the tools one needs to conduct successful research.

Webinar | Heart Tank for the Cardiovascular Investigator - Interventional
September 20, 2023 | Join our distinguished panel of Judges Drs. Nadia Sutton, Brigitta Brott, and David Moliterno as they hear Young Investigators "pitch" their Inverventional Cardiology research ideas.

Webinar | Heart Tank for the Cardiovascular Investigator: Critical Care Cardiology
May 24, 2023 | Join our distinguished panel of Judges Drs Erin A. Bohula, Steven Hollenberg, and Jason N. Katz as they hear Young Investigators "pitch" their Critical Care Cardiology research ideas.

Webinar | Heart Tank for the Cardiovascular Investigator: Basic to Translational Science
February 22, 2023 | Join our distinguished panel of Judges Drs. Glenn Fishman, Douglas Mann, and Nicole Lohr, as they hear Young Investigators "pitch" their BTS research ideas.

Webinar | Heart Tank for the Cardiovascular Investigator: Congenital Heart
December 6, 2022 | Join our distinguished panel of Judges Drs. Ann Marie Valente, David Morales, and Bruce Gelb as Young Investigators "pitch" their Congenital Heart research ideas.

Webinar | Heart Tank For the Cardiovascular Investigator: Electrophysiology
September 15, 2022 | Join our distinguished panel of Judges Drs. Kalyanam Shivkumar, Pamela Mason, and Jim Freeman as they listen to Young Investigators "pitch" their EP research ideas.

Webinar | Do You See Yourself as a Clinical Trialist? - Part 1
In this webinar Drs. David Moliterno and Laura Mauri will discuss how to become a lead site investigator, as well as how to build up an existing site and enroll patients.

Webinar | The Cardiologist as an Administrator
In this webinar Drs. Alan Yeung and Eric Velazquez will describe their cardiology administrator track, and how their journeys landed them in their current positions.

Webinar | Lifelong Learning: How Not to Become a Dinosaur
In this webinar, Nanette Kass Wenger, MD, MACC and Howard J. Eisen, MD, FACC will moderate as Alison Bailey, MD, FACC discusses novel technologies and educational strategies, and Anthony N. DeMaria, MD, MACC talks about educational conferences and what you can get out of them by attending.

Webinar | Heart Tank for the Cardiovascular Investigator: Imaging
Join our distinguished panel of judges, Jeroen J. Bax, MD, PhD, FACC, Leslee J. Shaw, PhD, FACC, and Y. S. Chandrashekhar, MD, FACC, as they hear Young Investigators "pitch" their imaging research ideas. See which project has the most potential and learn from our judges the tools one needs to conduct successful research.

Webinar | Funding for the Clinician Investigator Part 2: Going Beyond NIH
This webinar is the second part of our research series, and will continue the conversation on funding opportunities available for cardiology investigators. Hear about opportunities from the AHA and studies through PCORI and ones using PCORnet®, the National Patient-Centered Clinical Research Network.

Webinar | Path for Enlightenment: Funding for the Clinician Investigator
This webinar will start out with an overview of NIH funding from Michael S. Lauer, MD, FACC, the Deputy Director for Extramural Research at the NIH. We will then hear from Howard J. Eisen, MD, FACC on career development awards, as well as foundation funding. We will end the webinar learning about R01 and independent funding grants from Glenn I. Fishman, MD, FACC. There will be plenty of time at the end for a panel discussion.

ACC.21 Session Recordings

Webinar | Heart Tank for the Cardiovascular Investigator: Heart Failure
Join our distinguished panel of Judges Clyde W. Yancy, MD, MACC, Lynne Warner Stevenson, MD, FACC, and James C. Fang, MD, FACC as they hear Young Investigators "pitch" their research ideas. See which project has the most potential and learn from our judges the tools one needs to conduct successful research.

Webinar | Becoming a Master Educator
Join Patrick O'Gara, Martha Gulati, and Poonam Velagapudi, three experts in the field, for a discussion of the pathways to becoming a Master Clinical Educator. The panelists will share their experiences and discuss the characteristics of Master Educators. They will cover topics ranging from traditional educational approaches, regional educational meetings, use of social media, digital technologies, direct to patient education and more.

Webinar | Heart Tank for the Cardiovascular Investigator
Join our distinguished panel of Judges Roxana Mehran, MD, FACC, Debabrata Mukherjee, MD, FACC and Sunil V. Rao, MD, FACC as they hear Young Investigators "pitch" their research ideas. See which project has the most potential and learn from our judges the tools one needs to conduct successful research.

Webinar | Navigating the Paths to Promotion and Tenure
Please join Vedant Gupta, MD, FACC and Donald Lynch, MD as they moderate a conversation with Kathy Griendling, PhD, Robert Harrington, MD, MACC, and Jonathan Halperin, MD, FACC surrounding the promotion and tenure process at Academic Medical Centers. This moderated panel discussion is preceded by a brief update outlining the key elements required to achieve success across all academic tracks given by Kathy K. Griendling, PhD.