Professional Associations

This page includes news coverage of medical associations and medical societies. Use these links to find focused news coverage from specific organizations: Cardiology Associations, Healthcare Associations, Radiology Associations.

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ACC urges RFK Jr. to make Medicare reform a priority, warns against mass layoffs

The American College of Cardiology has sent a letter to HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. that outlines some of the organization’s central priorities and concerns. 

Most popular radiology video interviews on Health Imaging. The evolving role of artificial intelligence (AI) in breast imaging was a big topic at the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) 2024 meeting. Health Imaging spoke with Manisha Bahl, MD, breast imaging division quality director and breast imaging division co-service chief at Massachusetts General Hospital and an associate professor of radiology, Harvard Medical School, at the conference to hear more about her breast AI sessions.

Most popular radiology video interviews on Health Imaging

Radiology has seen a lot of large language model and generative AI research and adoption and it is clearly a hot button topic with our No. 1 video.

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Strokes more likely for U.S. heart transplant recipients following policy change

A nationwide policy shift implemented in 2018 was designed to, among other things, improve the waiting list mortality rate. One unintended consequence, however, is that patients are now more likely to experience a stroke after receiving a new heart.

ISIS is not launching terrorist attacks against hospitals, FBI says

Trade groups released a statement denying the claim's credibility, but they fear some may be inspired by a widely shared social media post. 

Radiology Business management Association (RBMA) Co-executive directors Linda Wilgus, FRBMA, and Jessica Struve, CAE, share some of the highlights at the 2025 meeting.

Highlights from the 1st day of RBMA's annual meeting

Radiology Business Management Association Co-executive Directors Linda Wilgus and Jessica Struve share some of the highlights from the first day of the organization's annual meeting. 

Brian R. Lindman, MD, MSCI Medical Director, Structural Heart and Valve Center and associate professor of medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, gives an update on the American Heart Association Target: Aortic Stenosis quality improvement program to catch more missing referrals.

AHA still working to find more patients with severe aortic stenosis who may require care

The initiative is designed to help identify more patients who may require aortic valve replacement. Brian Lindman, MD, provided an update on the project's efforts.

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Timing is everything: Delaying noncardiac surgery after a heart procedure reduces risks

When patients require subsequent noncardiac surgery after a major heart operation, waiting at least 100 days is one way to limit the risk of an adverse event. Read the full analysis in JACC: Advances.

ACC.24, the annual meeting of the American College of Cardiology (ACC), kicked off on Saturday, April 6, with a series of late-breaking clinical trials focused on testing the safety and effectiveness of new treatment strategies.

The biggest names in TAVR are sharing new data at ACC.25

The country’s two biggest TAVR vendors both plan on making a splash at ACC.25. Medtronic and Edwards Lifesciences spoke to Cardiovascular Business about their plans for the three-day event in Chicago.