• About SCAI

     
     
     
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    This website was developed by SCAI – the Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions. Watch this video to learn more about SCAI.

    The Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions, or SCAI, is the primary professional association for invasive and interventional cardiologists, physicians who diagnose and treat cardiovascular disease and congenital and structural heart conditions through catheter-based procedures, such as angioplasty and stenting. Members of SCAI are among the world's foremost authorities on cardiovascular disease and its treatment.

    Through membership in SCAI, invasive and interventional cardiologists continue to advance patient care through the development of standards and best-practice guidelines and through ongoing professional education and training. 

    Membership in SCAI includes approximately 4,000 invasive/interventional cardiologists in approximately 70 nations. Highly experienced members who have met performance standards established by SCAI and have garnered excellent peer recommendations can achieve the status of FSCAI, which stands for Fellow of the Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions. To achieve the prestigious status of Fellow of the Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions, candidates undergo a review of credentials that must include letters of recommendation, board certification in interventional cardiology or five years of experience post-training with more than 1,000 procedures performed (375 for pediatric).

    The FSCAI designation provides validation helpful to patients as they choose an interventional cardiologist.

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    SCAI promote excellence in invasive and interventional cardiovascular medicine through:

    • Education of both healthcare providers and patients
    • Physician representation
    • Development of guidelines
    • Advancement of quality and safety standards

    SCAI was founded in 1978 under the guidance of Drs. F. Mason Sones and Melvin P. Judkins, pioneering medical scientists whose contributions permitted the development and implementation of invasive cardiology and who foresaw the need for an organization to advance the discipline.

    J. Jeffrey Marshall, M.D., FSCAI, serves as the 2012-2013 president of SCAI. Dr. Marshall is the Director of the Cardiac Cath Lab at Northest Georgia Heart Center in Gainesville, Georgia.

    SCAI hosts this website as part of a public education initiative designed to inform patients and their families about cardiovascular disease.

    SCAI has undertaken this public education initiative with its own resources as well as support from Abbott Vascular, AstraZeneca, Boston Scientific Corporation, Cordis Corporation, Covidien, Daiichi Sankyo, Inc and Lilly USA, LLC, Edwards Lifesciences, and Medtronic CardioVascular. The Society gratefully acknowledges these generous grants while taking sole responsibility for all content developed and disseminated through this effort.