HFSA Committee Descriptions & Call for Nominations

HFSA members are encouraged to either apply or nominate a colleague for committee membership to help lead HFSA activities.

The following HFSA committees have openings September 2008:

• Quality of Care Committee
• Education Committee
• Endorsement Committee
• Guidelines/Clinical Positions Committee
• Nursing Committee
• Publications Committee
• Research Committee.

If interested in being considered, please provide a brief paragraph outlining experience and qualifications that you feel qualifies you for committee work. If preferred, you may identify which committee(s) you are interested in serving on. In addition, curriculum vitae and a letter of reference from an HFSA member is required. Deadline for September 2008 committee openings is April 4, 2008.

All applications will be reviewed by the Nominating Committee. Individuals recommended will be brought to Council for review and approval. Individuals selected will be notified in July 2008.

Only applications from current HFSA members will be considered.

Send materials to:

• Advocacy Committee: Supporting policies that improve the care and outcomes of patients with heart failure and promote policies that will favor preventive programs.
  
  
• Quality of Care Committee: Develop programs which will promote the use of certain standards of care for patients with HF and to improve the delivery of cardiovascular health care to all patients.
  
  
• Corporate Affairs Committee: To develop meaningful participatory roles for our corporate members relating to the scientific affairs of the HFSA.
  
  
• Education Committee: Develop, monitor and evaluate HFSA’s overall education programs.
  
  
• Endorsement Committee: Develop and evaluate endorsement policies for approval by the Council and review one-day CME programs submitted by organizations seeking endorsement from HFSA.
  
  
• Guidelines/Clinical Positions Committee: Oversee the development of guidelines for the management of patients with heart failure, develop HFSA’s position on new diagnostic and therapeutic approaches to heart failure, and update of existing HFSA heart failure guidelines.
  
  
• Membership Committee: Identify and develop HFSA’s membership goals and activities for maintaining and building membership.
  
  
• Nominating Committee: This committee is charged with proposing a slate of nominees for officers, Executive Council, committee members and chairs.
  
  
• Nursing Committee: To increase the participation of nurses and nurse practitioners in HFSA activities to help fulfill the mission.
  
  
• Publications Committee: Responsible for analyzing and reviewing the contents to ensure a high level of quality of publications of the HFSA, and for review and nomination of candidate(s) for Journal of Cardiac Failue editor-in-chief to Executive Council.
  
  
• Research Committee: Responsible for oversight and/or development of research activities in the area of heart failure for the Society, including evaluation of the heart failure grants to young investigator.