Why I Attend Scientific Sessions

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Matthew Budoff, MD Torrance, California "Attending Scientific Sessions is important to my career because it allows me to interact with my peers, to find out more about the latest research and to really interact with people who can help me frame ideas for my future research projects"

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Dirk Lievens, PhD Student Maastricht, The Netherlands "Attending Sessions is really important because as a student I read so many research papers with big names and at Sessions I can connect with the world leaders and ask them questions about my own research"

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Lance Longmore, MD Kansas City, Missouri "I made a decision early in my career... Attending Scientific Sessions is a must for some one like me"

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Beatriz Rodriguez, MD, PhD Honolulu, Hawaii "Well, Scientific Sessions has a great advantage that includes all of the disciplines. So this gives us the opportunity of learning what is happening in clinical sciences as well as basic research, population science..."

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Brian Bostick, MD, PhD, Student Columbia, Missouri "If you want to be integrated with the clinicians that are actually doing the work, and to see just the amount of translational things that go on from, you know, you can be at a basic science session and then right down the hall to a clinical sciences session."

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Connie Cephus, RN, MSN, NNP-BC, CPNP-PC/AC Houston, Texas "Well, I think first of all, the reason to attend Sessions is because it's a great place to learn the latest in what's going on in your field. I think that you network with so many people, and learn the very basics from bench science right up to clinical practice, what's going on across the country and across the world."

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Hani Jneid, MD Assistant Professor of Medicine Houston, Texas "Coming here to the Scientific Sessions of American Heart, is the highlight of my year."

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Hisham Taher, MD Atlanta, Georgia "It's a tremendous experience; it's my second year of attending scientific sessions, and I would never regret a single minutes of it."

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Jong-Won Ha, MD, PhD Associate Professor Seoul, Korea "I'd like to recommend to all my colleagues to participate in the Scientific Sessions."

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Matt Cavender, MD Durham, North Carolina "It's a unique opportunity in which so many people of high caliber are gathered in a specific location."

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Michael Jaff, DO Boston, Massachusetts "I think it's really important to remain committed to providing your patients with the highest level of care, and coming to the American Heart Association every year gives you that opportunity."

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Pedro Jose, MD, PhD, Professor Washington, DC "Now, here you learn--to hear about advances in fields other than nephrology and hypertension, and I learn more about the heart."

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Penny Kris-Etherton, PhD, RD University Park, PA "Not only do you interact with many colleagues in the field, but you hear the latest, most exciting, the very best science out there that targets cardiovascular disease reduction."

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Richard Smalling, MD, PhD, FACC, FSCAI Houston, Texas "Well, obviously as one goes to Sessions, one hears about new things and so forth. But the most important thing, I think, is the development of heart attack treatment systems, and we helped partner in that and are active partners in developing systems of STEMI care in the United States."

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Robin Trupp, PhD, RN, MSN, ACNP, BC Mount Laurel, New Jersey "I'm able to tailor the program to meet my educational needs; my educational goals. In a way you can say it becomes my American Heart."

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Sunita Dodani, MD, PhD, MSc, FCPS, FAHA Augusta, Georgia "The current job that I have at the Medical College of Georgia, actually came from somebody who I met at AHA meetings, so it has been useful, yes!"

Why I Am A Member

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Hiroshi Nakamoto, MD, PhD Kurashiki, Japan "It's simple just because the registration fees is reduced and the main reason is my abstract was accepted"

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Lance Longmore, MD Kansas City, Missouri "I really enjoy being a member of the Quality of Care..."

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Dirk Lievens, PhD Student Maastricht, The Netherlands "As a student it is very handy to get a discount on Sessions fees, for example I am from the Netherlands so you have to travel many miles to get here so that was very handy"

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Penny Kris-Etherton, PhD, RD University Park, PA "Members can serve on writing committees for important papers that are used to establish clinical practice guidelines, and policy statements as well."

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Richard Smalling, MD, PhD, FACC, FSCAI Houston, Texas "I think membership also is very important for young trainees, and would help them get along in their career, and that's one of the most important things I think membership's good for."

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Robin Trupp, PhD, RN, MSN, ACNP, BC Mount Laurel, New Jersey "Being in the Cardiovascular Nursing Council has helped me by giving me the opportunity to network with colleagues, to make new friends, to learn from others who are in similar situations and practice environments much like my own, or even in different environments."

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Sunita Dodani, MD, PhD, MSc, FCPS, FAHA Augusta, Georgia "I have been an AHA member for the last five years. And all these five years have been a tremendous help as far as my own personal growth is concerned, and as far as the growth of others is concerned, because now I mentor 15 different cardiologists."

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Pedro Jose, MD, PhD, Professor Washington, DC "One, you learn the latest innovations in research, both basic and clinical, and the translation of these research activities into clinical practice."

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Michael Jaff, DO Boston, Massachusetts "Given that I'm interested in vascular disease outside of the heart, it's great to see that the American Heart Association has continued their commitment to stroke and peripheral arterial disease."

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Matt Cavender, MD Durham, North Carolina "The opportunities for junior fellows and residents are that there's a tremendous opportunity for funding to begin your scientific career, as well as interacting with physicians from across the United States and the world."

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Hisham Taher, MD Atlanta, Georgia "I'm just a trainee at the student level, and I do believe I'm gaining a lot out of it. In addition of course there's a lot of information; it's a chance to meet a lot of important people."

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Hani Jneid, MD Assistant Professor of Medicine Houston, Texas "From an education perspective, I find particularly useful the AHA Learning Library where you can access all the American Heart journals, as well as the Circulation-branded journals, as well as other educational material."

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Connie Cephus, RN, MSN, NNP-BC, CPNP-PC/AC Houston, Texas "Well I think it's important for nurses in particular who are from bedside right up to advanced practice to become members of the American Heart Association because we need a voice in what's going on with our patients."

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Cheryl Dennison, CRNP, PhD Baltimore, Maryland "American Heart Association provides me with the latest evidence--a forum for presenting evidence from my research, and importantly, the latest evidence-based guidelines so that I can insure that my patients are getting the best care."

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Brian Bostick, MD, PhD, Student Columbia, Missouri "I think it's extremely important for students and trainees to become a member because of the increased amount of access that you get to the different councils, and different opportunities to both present and speak with collaborators and other members."

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Beatriz Rodriguez, MD, PhD Honolulu, Hawaii "You get free subscriptions to some of the journals, you get to participate and be part of the American Heart Association committees and really have an input on the direction of the American Heart Association, among other things. It's wonderful; it has many many privileges."

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Matthew Budoff, MD Torrance, California "What I enjoy the most about being a member is the ability to interact with my peers who do similar research as well as finding out latest scientific breakthroughs. I belong to the CVRI Council because..."