Society for Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance

The Society for Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance (SCMR) is an international non-profit medical society based in Mt. Royal, New Jersey, in the United States. It was established as international representative and advocate for physicians, scientists, and technologists working in cardiovascular magnetic resonance (CMR) imaging. It works to improve patient outcomes through education, training, standards, research and development.[1] The society has published more than 30 professional guidelines and expert consensus statements to help standardize and guide education, research and patient management with CMR.[2][3][4] The society's members are physicians, scientists, technologists and trainees. In 2018, it is led by Matthias Stuber.

Society for Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance
Established1994
TypeNon-profit professional medical society
Headquarters19 Mantau Road,
Mt Royal, NJ 08061
United States
Key people
CEO - Chiara Bucciarelli-Ducci, MD, PhD
COO - Brent Schwartz
WebsiteOfficial Website

History

The society was established in 1994.[5] Its first president was Gerald M. Pohost, elected in 1996.

In 1998, the organization began holding annual scientific meetings. The meeting has grown to include a conference with about 1000 attendees.[6] SCMR has organized joint scientific meetings with EACVI, as well as Joint Workshops with ISMRM.

Working groups

The society has regional working groups and affiliates in Asia, Australia/New Zealand, Canada, Europe, India, Latin America, the Middle East, and the United States. The role of these working groups is to promote CMR in these regions. There are also special interest groups focusing on Pediatrics/Congenital and Interventional CMR.

The Canadian Society for Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance, an independent chapter of SCMR, was established in 2005; in 2013 it published guidelines for the analysis and reporting of CMR studies.

Organization

The SCMR is governed by its officers, including the president, vice-president, secretary, vice-secretary, past-president, and the board of trustees.

Gold Medal Award

The Society presents an annual award, The Gold Medal Award, for distinguished and extraordinary service to the field of CMR and to the Society.[7] Recipients have been:

YearAwardee(s)
2011Gerald M. Pohost, Charles B. Higgins.
2012Dudley Pennell.[8]
2013Stefan Neubauer.
2014Warren J. Manning.[9]
2015Christopher M. Kramer,[10] Raymond J. Kim, Robert M. Judd.
2016Joao A.C. Lima, Eike Nagel.[7]
2017Nathaniel Reicheck
2018Andrew Arai
2019Orlando Simonetti
2020Peter Kellman, Jeanette Schulz-Menger [11]

Publications

The society publishes an open access journal, the Journal of Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance.[12]

SCMR has worked with other cardiovascular societies (e.g. AHA, ACC, SCCT, ASE, ASNC) in establishing cardiovascular guidelines and appropriateness use criteria.[4][13] These guidelines and consensus statements are based on published research studies and expert opinions in the field to help improve cardiovascular patient care. SCMR also joined the Choosing Wisely campaign in 2014 to reduce excessive testing.[14]

The society also provides online introductory training in Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance.[15]

References
  1. Atlas of Practical Applications of Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance. Springer Science & Business Media. 28 December 2005. pp. 4–. ISBN 978-0-387-23634-6.
  2. Wood, Shelley. "New Appropriate-Use Criteria Issued for Diagnostic Tests in Stable CAD". Heartwire. Retrieved February 6, 2015.
  3. Stiles, Steve. "Filling Gaps in Guidelines: BiV pacing, ICDs Get Appropriate-Use Criteria". medscape. Retrieved February 6, 2015.
  4. "List of SCMR Guidelines and Consensus Statements in Pubmed". Retrieved February 6, 2015.
  5. "Choosing Wisely | Society for Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance". Retrieved February 6, 2015.
  6. Stomp, Wouter (March 8, 2013). "Siemens Working on Automated Planning of Cardiac MRI Views". medGadget.
  7. "Gold Medal Award Recipients". Society for Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance. Retrieved February 6, 2017.
  8. "Professor of Cardiology Honoured". Royal Brompton & Harefield NHS Foundation Trust. Archived from the original on February 6, 2015. Retrieved February 6, 2015.CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  9. "Warren J. Manning". Archived from the original on November 13, 2011. Retrieved February 6, 2015.
  10. "Christopher M. Kramer, MD, Wins 2015 Gold Medal Award from Society for Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance". January 12, 2015. Archived from the original on December 3, 2016. Retrieved February 9, 2015.
  11. "Gold for a Deep Look into the Heart". Retrieved July 25, 2020.
  12. Flett, Andrew S.; Westwood, Mark A.; Davies, L. Ceri; Mathur, Anthony; Moon, James C. (May 1, 2009). "The Prognostic Implications of Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance". Circulation: Cardiovascular Imaging. 2 (3): 243–250. doi:10.1161/CIRCIMAGING.108.840975. PMID 19808599.
  13. Kaiser, Chris (May 9, 2012). "Guidelines Out for Diagnostic Cath Use". MedPage Today.
  14. "More than 30 Speciality Societies to Release New Choosing Wisely Lists of Tests or Treatments to Question". Choosing Wisely. Retrieved February 6, 2015.
  15. Ripley, David P; Artis, Nigel J; Carpenter, John Paul; Leyva, Francisco (September 2013). "Cardiovascular magnetic resonance training in the UK: an update from the BSCMR trainee observers". British Journal of Cardiology. doi:10.5837/bjc.2013.022.
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