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ACCF TRAINING STATEMENT

ACCF 2008 Recommendations for Training in Adult Cardiovascular Medicine Core Cardiology Training (COCATS 3) (Revision of the 2002 COCATS Training Statement)

A Report of the American College of Cardiology Foundation/American Heart Association/American College of Physicians Task Force on Clinical Competence and Training

	Task Force Writing Committee Members (and Society Representations)

Top Task Force Writing Committee...

Robert O. Bonow, MD, FACC, Co-Chair

Valentin Fuster, MD, PHD, FACC, Co-Chair

Task Force 1: Training in Clinical Cardiology.   Chair: Kenneth L. Baughman, MD, FACC

F. Daniel Duffy, MD, MACP^_*

Kim A. Eagle, MD, FACC

David P. Faxon, MD, FACC

L. David Hillis, MD, FACC

Richard A. Lange, MD, FACC

Task Force 2: Training in Electrocardiography, Ambulatory Electrocardiography, and Exercise Testing.   Chair: Robert J. Myerburg, MD, FACC

Bernard R. Chaitman, MD, FACC

Gordon A. Ewy, MD, FACC

Michael S. Lauer, MD, FACC

Task Force 3: Training in Diagnostic and Interventional Cardiac Catheterization.   Chair: Alice K. Jacobs, MD, FACC

Joseph D. Babb, MD, FACC

John W. Hirshfeld, JR, MD, FACC

David R. Holmes, JR, MD, FACC

Task Force 4: Training in Echocardiography.   Chair: Thomas Ryan, MD, FACC

William F. Armstrong, MD, FACC

Bijoy K. Khandheria, MD, FACC

Task Force 5: Training in Nuclear Cardiology.   Chair: Manuel D. Cerqueira, MD, FACC

Daniel S. Berman, MD, FACC

Marcelo F. Di Carli, MD, FACC

Heinrich R. Schelbert, MD, PHD, FACC

Frans J. Th. Wackers, MD, PHD, FACC

Kim Allan Williams, MD, FACC^||

Task Force 6: Training in Specialized Electrophysiology, Cardiac Pacing, and Arrhythmia Management.   Chair: Gerald V. Naccarelli, MD, FACC, FHRS

Jamie B. Conti, MD, FACC, FHRS

John P. DiMarco, MD, PHD, FACC, FHRS

Cynthia M. Tracy, MD, FACC, FHRS^¶

Task Force 7: Training in Cardiovascular Research.   Chair: Joseph Loscalzo, MD, PHD, FACC

Gordon F. Tomaselli, MD, FACC

Douglas E. Vaughan, MD, FACC

Richard A. Walsh, MD, FACC

Task Force 8: Training in Heart Failure.   Chair: James B. Young, MD, FACC

William T. Abraham, MD, FACC

Robert C. Bourge, MD, FACC

Marvin A. Konstam, MD, FACC^_**

Lynne Warner Stevenson, MD, FACC

Task Force 9: Training in the Care of Adult Patients With Congenital Heart Disease.   Chair: John S. Child, MD, FACC

Michael D. Freed, MD, FACC

Constantine Mavroudis, MD, FACC

Douglas S. Moodie, MD, FACC

Amy L. Tucker, MD, FACC

Task Force 10: Training in Preventive Cardiovascular Medicine.   Chair: Roger S. Blumenthal, MD, FACC

C. Noel Bairey Merz, MD, FACC

Vera Bittner, MD, MSPH, FACC

Tyler J. Gluckman, MD

Task Force 11: Training in Vascular Medicine and Peripheral Vascular Catheter-Based Interventions.   Chair: Mark A. Creager, MD, FACC

John P. Cooke, MD, PHD, FACC

Jeffrey W. Olin, DO, FACC

Christopher J. White, MD, FACC

Task Force 12: Training in Advanced Cardiovascular Imaging (Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance [CMR]).   Chair: Gerald M. Pohost, MD, FACC

Raymond J. Kim, MD, FACC

Christopher M. Kramer, MD, FACC

Warren J. Manning, MD, FACC

Task Force 13: Training in Advanced Cardiovascular Imaging (Computed Tomography).   Chair: Matthew J. Budoff, MD, FACC

Stephan Achenbach, MD

Daniel S. Berman, MD, FACC

Zahi A. Fayad, PHD, FACC^||||

Michael Poon, MD, FACC

Allen J. Taylor, MD, FACC

Barry F. Uretsky, MD, FACC

Kim Allan Williams, MD, FACC^||

Task Force Members.   Mark A. Creager, MD, FACC, Chair

Gordon L. Fung, MD, FACC

David R. Holmes, JR, MD, FACC

Geno J. Merli, MD, FACP

Ira S. Nash, MD, FACC

L. Kristin Newby, MD, FACC

Ileana L. Pina, MD, FACC

George P. Rodgers, MD, FACC^¶¶

Howard H. Weitz, MD, FACC, FACP

	Footnotes

 
This document was approved by the American College of Cardiology Board of Trustees in October 2007. When citing this document, the American College of Cardiology requests that the following citation format be used: Beller GA, Bonow RO, Fuster V, et al. ACCF 2008 Recommendations for Training in Adult Cardiovascular Medicine Core Cardiology Training (COCATS 3) (Revision of the 2002 COCATS Training Statement). J Am Coll Cardiol 2008;51:333–414.

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^_* American Board of Internal Medicine Representative

Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education Representative

Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions Representative

American Society of Echocardiography Representative

^|| American Society of Nuclear Cardiology Representative

^¶ Heart Rhythm Society Representative

^_** Heart Failure Society of America Representative

Society for Vascular Medicine Representative

Society for Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance Representative

Society of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography Representative

^|||| Society of Atherosclerosis Imaging and Prevention Representative

^¶¶ Former Task Force member during this writing effort

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