SCMR is the leading global community of all professional working in the field of CMR and aims to represents the interests of its members all over the world. In this context, the SCMR Advocacy Committee is tasked with identifying the challenges affecting CMR professionals and patients globally, and to recommend impactful strategies and actions to address them. The complementary SCMR International Outreach Committee has the objective to foster global connections and collaborations, expanding the organization’s reach and impact of CMR on an international scale, in collaboration with Education and Advocacy committees. Regional SCMR working groups further support the global reach of the society.
Recent and current activities of these committees include:
- Support for the CMR community in Australia with their application for a Medicare Benefits Schedule code for using CMR in the diagnosis of myocarditis (ongoing).
- White paper on global advocacy (ongoing)
- Setting up a network of regional SCMR ambassadors in each region of the world
- Supporting CMR educational activities around the globe
Do you need SCMR support for a regional or national endeavour such as an application for a reimbursement code or an educational activity? Contact us at [email protected] with the Subject line ‘Global advocacy request’.
SCMR is the leading global community of all professional working in the field of CMR and aims to represents the interests of its members all over the world. In this context, the SCMR Advocacy Committee is tasked with identifying the challenges affecting CMR professionals and patients globally, and to recommend impactful strategies and actions to address them. The complementary SCMR International Outreach Committee has the objective to foster global connections and collaborations, expanding the organization’s reach and impact of CMR on an international scale, in collaboration with Education and Advocacy committees. Regional SCMR working groups further support the global reach of the society.Recent and current activities of these committees include:
- Support for the CMR community in Australia with their application for a Medicare Benefits Schedule code for using CMR in the diagnosis of myocarditis.
- White paper on global advocacy (ongoing)
- Setting up a network of regional SCMR ambassadors in each region of the world
- Supporting CMR educational activities around the globe
Do you need SCMR support for a regional or national endeavour such as an application for a reimbursement code or an educational activity? Contact us at [email protected] with the Subject line ‘Global advocacy request’.
Regional Working Groups
Advocacy Committee
Chair: Rafidah Abu Bakar
Vice Chair: Ntobeko Ntusi
Past Chair: Mona Bhatia
Board Liaison: Otavio Coelho-Filho
- Mona Bhatia
- Victor Farah
- Victor Ferrari
- Sebastian Kelle
- Lucia La Mura
- Isabella Leo
- Vidya Nadig
- Diego Perez de Arenaza
- Steffen Petersen
- Alex Rodriguez
- Juerg Schwitter
- Lilia Sierra-Galan
- Ramesh Valapil
International Outreach Committee
To foster global connections and collaborations, expanding the organization’s reach and impact of CMR on an international scale, in collaboration with Education and Advocacy committees.
Chair: Lilia Sierra-Galan
Vice Chair: Sebastian Kelle
Board Liaison: Yuchi Han
- Nadine Abanador-Kamper
- Amr Abd Allah
- Ahmed Sami Abuzaid
- Ritu Agarwal
- Ajay Alex
- James Armo
- Jonathan Awori
- Dhrubajyoti Bandyopadhyay
- Mauricio Barbosa
- Ali Elzieny
- Lucas Gutierrez
- Nisha Hosadurg
- Sonja Jankovic
- Eryca Jesus
- Simrat Kaur
- Sizhuo Liu
- Maria-Luiza Luchian
- Kei Nakata
- Uzoamaka Ofong
- Elettra Pomiato
- Marian Pop
- Alexander Schulz
- Siddharth Trivedi
- Aishwariya Vegunta
- Xiaodong Zhong