President's Pages

Cindy L. Grines, MD, MSCAI
Ehtisham Mahmud, MD, FSCAI
David A. Cox, MD, MSCAI
Kirk N. Garratt, MD, MSc, MSCAI
James C. Blankenship, MD, MSc, MSCAI
Charles E. Chambers, MD, MSCAI
Ted A. Bass, MD, MSCAI

Cindy L. Grines, MD, MSCAI

President, May 2020–2021

July 2020	Cindy Grines, MD, MSCAI Inaugural Message to Members
June 2020	SCAI Statement on Recent National Events

Ehtisham Mahmud, MD, FSCAI

President, May 2019–2020

May 2020	SCAI Initiatives During the COVID-19 Pandemic
March 2020	COVID-19 and SCAI Scientific Sessions—Transitioning to a Virtual Event The Evolving Pandemic of COVID-19 and Interventional Cardiology
January 2020	President’s Page: The COMPLETE and ISCHEMIA trials: Two contemporary studies showing percutaneous coronary intervention reduces the risk of myocardial infarction
November 2019	President’s Message to Members on the ISCHEMIA Trial
May 2019	Presidential Address at SCAI 2019 Scientific Sessions

David A. Cox, MD, MSCAI

President, May 2018–2019

January 2019	SCAI Statement on Paclitaxel Devices and Mortality
July 2018	Optimizing Quality Outcomes for TAVR Programs
April 2018	Presidential Address at SCAI 2018 Scientific Sessions

Kirk N. Garratt, MD, MSc, FSCAI

President, May 2017–2018

September 2017

ABIM Announces Knowledge Check-In Assessment Option

James C. Blankenship, MD, MSc, MSCAI

President, May 2015–2016

May 2016	Passion: A Day in the Life of an Interventionalist
April 2016	FDA Provides Good News for Our High-Risk Patients, Approves Impella Pumps SCAI: The Educational Home for Interventional Cardiovascular Medicine Professionals
March 2016	President’s Message: Advisory Panel Recommends FDA Approval of Absorb BVS; SCAI Provides Testimony Facing Disasters
February 2016	SCAI’s Future: The 2016 Strategic Plan SCAI Is The Voice of Congenital and Structural Heart Disease Interventionalists
January 2016	President’s Message: SCAI Statement on AUC for Cardiovascular Imaging in Emergency Department Patients with Chest Pain A Call For SCAI Members to Become Physician Leaders
December 2015	ABIM Extends Practice Assessment Decision through 2018
November 2015	SCAI Continues to Engage ABIM in Shaping Promised Changes to MOC New Findings Show AUC Improved Selection of Stable Patients for Coronary Intervention Professionalism in Interventional Cardiology and the New Value-Based Payment System
October 2015	Advocate for Our Patients, Advocate for Our Profession
September 2015	SCAI Welcomes the Rest of the Cath Lab Team
August 2015	We Did It! ABIM to Further Modify Its Maintenance of Certification (MOC) Program Optimism and Interventional Cardiology The Importance of Leadership in the Cath Lab
July 2015	President's Message: ABIM Announces Significant, Far-Reaching Changes to MOC Policies SCAI: Enhancing Patient Care Through Quality
June 2015	President's Message: Medicare Evidence Development & Coverage Advisory Committee (MEDCAC) Meeting
May 2015	Glance Backward Before Forging Ahead: Strategically Mapping SCAI’s Future

Charles E. Chambers, MD, MSCAI

President, May 2014– 2015

June 2019	SCAI Remembers Charles E. Chambers, MD, MSCAI, SCAI President 2014–2015
May 2015	SCAI: Home of Interventional Cardiology
April 2015	SGR Finally Repealed; Here's What Happens Next The Power of Our Stories
March 2015	Let's End SGR This Week! Contact Your Senators NOW! President's Message: Major Strides For Our Higher-Risk Patients Winter Update: New Resources for Members
February 2015	In Response to US News & World Report Articles on Cardiac Procedures
January 2015	SCAI Responds to ABIM’s New Plans to Change MOC
January 2015	President's Message: Response to Concerns About New York Times Article on Peripheral Stenting
January 2015	President's Message: 3 New Year’s Resolutions That Will Help Your Practice & Your Profession
December 2014	President's Message: End of Year Update
November 2014	Society Advocating for Interventional Cardiology on Multiple Fronts
September 2014	Read SCAI's Comments to ABIM about Part II Requirements
August 2014	Summer Update
July 2014	MOC Progress Report
June 2014	SCAI Continues MOC Evaluation

Ted A. Bass, MD, MSCAI

President, May 2013–2014

April 2014	President's Message on Concerns Regarding ABIM MOC
November 2013	Competent Care Through The Lens of the Vascular Patient: Next Steps in Quality
October 2013	A Mischaracterization of Appropriate Use Criteria
August 2013	The Mandate for Quality: An Invitation to Be Part of the Solution

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