Structure 2021-2022
President: Dr. Clara Chow
Past-President: Prof. Leonard Kritharides
President-Elect/Honorary Treasurer: Prof. Stephen Nicholls
Honorary Secretary: Dr. Stephen Duffy
Chief Executive Officer: Ms. Martha McCall
The board is made up of an elected member from each state of Australia and one from New Zealand (regions). In addition to the elected regional board members, there are representatives from various areas and specialties of cardiology - more details about the board.
Number of members: > 2000
Year of foundation: 1952
Year of ESC affiliation: 2008
Activities
The Society’s main activities involve:
- development of guidelines for practice
- maintenance of professional standards
- organisation of the largest medical meeting held in our area (approximately 2000 delegates) held annually
- funding and mentoring of research scholarships and travelling fellowships to encourage young investigators
- promotion of excellence in cardiology for physicians, nurses, allied health workers, researchers, scientists, etc
- to provide advice to the Government on the development and descriptors for new item numbers and to advise on issues related to cardiology
- to administer training of cardiology through the Royal Australasian College of Physicians
Congress
70th Annual Scientific Meeting of the Cardiac Society of Australia and New Zealand (CSANZ) 2022
11-14 August 2022
Gold Coast Convention & Exhibition Center, Australia
Publications
Journal
The Society’s journal is Heart Lung and Circulation published by Elsevier. As of 2010, the journal is published monthly, and available online in full text.