Heart 101
How many chambers does the heart have?
4
How many members belong to ACC?
56,000+
What is the Board of Trustees role?
Cathy reports to the board and they oversee the ACC’s strategy
What happened to Damar Hamlin during an NFL football game in January of 2023?
He suffered cardiac arrest.
What is the ACC mission statement?
To transform cardiovascular care and improve heart health for all.
What common cardiovascular condition that can lead to strokes is an arrythmia or irregular heartbeat in the upper chambers of the heart?
atrial fibrillation
What floor is the People Operations team on?
3rd Floor
Name 2 female presidents of ACC
Dipti Itchhaporia, Athena Poppas, Mary Walsh, Susanne Knoebel, Pam Douglass, Roxana Mehran (our VP)
What does your YPERG executive sponsor Neal Kovach do for his job?
*Cue Neal's response*
What is the 3 letter acronym used for measuring your cholesterol levels?
LDL
75 years ago the ACC was founded by cardiologists that moved to New York from which country
Germany
Name 3 ACC member sections
Academic Cardiology Member Section
ACC Global Hub
Adult Congenital and Pediatric Cardiology Member Section
Advanced Career Professionals Member Section
Cardiac Surgery Team Member Section
Cardio-Oncology Member Section
Cardiovascular Management Member Section
Cardiovascular Team Member Section
Critical Care Cardiology Member Section
Early Career Professionals Member Section
Electrophysiology Member Section
Federal Cardiology Member Section
Fellows in Training Member Section
Geriatric Cardiology Member Section
Health Care Innovation Member Section
Heart Failure and Transplant Member Section
Imaging Member Section
Interventional Member Section
Medical Residents Member Community
Medical Students Member Community
Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease Member Section
Program Directors and Graduate Medical Educators Member Section
Reproductive Health & Cardio-Obstetrics Member Section
Sports and Exercise Cardiology Member Section
Vascular Disease Member Section
Women in Cardiology Member Section
When Ravee or Cathy talk about ACC reserves, what does this mean?
Reserves are like savings accounts – an accumulation of funds for a future purpose.
How many people die from heart disease in the USA each year – 150,000, 300,000, 700,000, or 1 million?
700,000
Name 2 of the strategic plan pillars.
Members of the Future, Actionable Knowledge, Care Delivery, Organizational Sustainability.
What country outside of the United States has the most ACC members?
India
What is cardio-obstetrics?
Caring for pregnant women with or at risk for heart disease.
If you have a blockage in your heart what is the device that an interventional cardiologist implants to open up the clogged artery?
stent
ACC has 5 strategic initiatives in the 2024-2028 strategic plan. These are optimizing our educational portfolio, creating a pathway for continuous clinical competence, care transformation, guidance and the point of care, and what?
health equity
What is the Board of Governors?
The leaders from the ACC state chapters. The College's grassroots forum.
When people joke that cardiologists are plumbers or electricians, what do they mean?
Plumbers open vessels, electricians work on the electric function of the heart.