User:Whupdido/sandbox

The Society for Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance (SCMR) is an international non-profit medical society established in 1994. It's goal is to be an international representative and advocate for all physicians, scientists, and technologists working in cardiovascular magnetic resonance (CMR) imaging to improve patient outcomes through excellence in education, training, standards, research and development. Since its inception, 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. The membership has grown to more than 2000 members, consisting of physicians, scientists, technologists and trainees. The society is based in Mt. Royal, NJ, USA.

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.

Gold Medal Award
The Gold Medal Award is the highest honor bestowed by SCMR annually for distinguished and extraordinary service to the field of CMR and to the Society. Recipients have been:

Annual Scientific Sessions
SCMR has held annual scientific meetings since 1998. The meeting has grown to having >1000 attendees. SCMR has organized joint scientific meetings with EACVI, as well as Joint Workshops with ISMRM.

Guidelines/Appropriate Use Criteria/Consensus Statements
SCMR has worked with other cardiovascular societies (e.g. AHA, ACC, SCCT, ASE, ASNC) in establishing cardiovascular guidelines and appropriateness use criteria. . 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.