Summer News

I hope all have had a restful 4th of July and perhaps a chance to take time off with family and friends. I wanted to update our members on notable upcoming events in the life of our chapter.

Our NC/SC Joint Annual Conference will be held at Kiawah Island Golf Resort, September 23-25, we will be meeting in the brand-new West Beach Conference Center which has received rave reviews.

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Beth Denny
Select Your ABIM MOC Assessment Option

When it comes to meeting maintenance of certification (MOC) requirements, you have choices! If you’re due for an MOC assessment this year, the Collaborative Maintenance Pathway (CMP) is an MOC assessment option that helps meet ALL your needs!

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Beth Denny
ACC’s New Officers and Trustees Installed

The ACC welcomed its newest officers and members of the Board of Trustees to their new roles on April 4. ACC President Edward T. A. Fry, MD, FACC, will serve as ACC’s president for 2022-2023, and B. Hadley Wilson, MD, FACC, is ACC’s new vice president.

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SC State Legislative Day

The South Carolina chapter kicked off our first State Legislative Day on February 8, 2022.

Chapter President, Michael Foster, MD and board member Rob Malanuk, MD met with Gene Hogan, South Carolina Senate Medical Affairs Committee, Research Director, Senator Sandy Senn, Representative Beth Bernstein and Representative Kirkman Finlay, III.

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February is Heart Month

Every February since Lyndon Johnson proclaimed American Heart Month in 1963, there is an unique opportunity to shine a public spotlight on the impacts of cardiovascular disease and the importance of not only understanding the signs and symptoms, but also learning how to prevent heart disease.

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ACC.22 | Washington DC

ACC.22 will take place on Friday, Saturday and Sunday, April 2 – 4, 2022 at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in Washington, DC. Planning is well underway promising an unbeatable world-class line-up of sessions live and in person!

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Welcome New Councilor, Dr. Dharini Ramu

Dr. Dharini Ramu, MD, FACC is an Assistant Professor in Cardiology in the Medical University of South Carolina, specializing in Advanced heart failure and Cardio-Oncology. On completing medical school in India, she pursued internal medicine residency and cardiology fellowship at the University of Connecticut/ Hartford Hospital program including a year as Chief fellow. She went on to complete an additional fellowship in Advanced Heart Failure and Cardiac Transplantation at the University of Minnesota. She has been on faculty at MUSC since 2016 and is currently the Director of the Cardio-Oncology program and the Co-Director of the CVICU.

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Beth Denny
Letter from the Chapter Governor

I suspect many of you are very happy to see 2020 in the rear-view mirror. It was a challenging time for those health care workers in the front lines; this would include most of us on the cardiology team. It was a year that required adaptation to ever-changing work conditions. It was a year that required facing real danger to our own, as well as our loved ones' health.

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Understanding MOC Assessment and Points Requirements

There are two components within MOC that we need to be aware of – the assessment requirement and the points requirement (Figure 1). The assessment section is the certification that needs to be renewed, traditionally every 10 years. New assessment options, however, are mentioned below that promote ongoing learning and do not follow the traditional 10-year path.

The points requirement refers to the need to earn 100 MOC points every five years (and at least one MOC point every two years) with points earned from a variety of topics. If you are a sub-specialty fellow, then 20 MOC points are automatically earned each year of eligible fellowship training. In addition to participating in assessments, points accumulate during our routine activities (Figure 1). For example, entering your ABIM credentials into UpToDate® earns 0.25 MOC points each time you search. Journal articles and the Online Learning Catalog on ACC.org offer free MOC points as well. Furthermore, scientific meetings, local grand rounds, and specialty courses are also sources of MOC points.

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Beth Denny