Brief outline of CAS - DRAFT

Cleveland Angiographic Society
Jim Newman, MD
6/14/07


Mission

• Provide educational and interaction opportunities for physicians and allied health professionals involved in image-guided procedures


Membership

• Physicians (Interventional Radiologists)
• Technologists
• Nurses
• Physician’s Assistants
• Vendors


Activities

• Meetings
o Tri-annual (4 month interval)
o Format: cocktails, guest speaker, dinner, business meeting, case review
o Locations: Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland Racquet Club, other sites
o Funding: corporate sponsorship

• Website http://clevelandangio.blogspot.com
o Members' blog
• Initially, posts by President with comments by members; evolve to "open posting"
• “Day-in-the-life” observations
• Journal article reviews
• Case discussion
o Schedule of Events
• CAS meetings
• Specialty society meetings
• Other events of interest
o Advertising
• Practice groups
• Classifieds
• Vendors


Governance (proposed – JN)

• President
o Writes the President’s Blog
o Executes agreements
o Leads meetings

• Secretary
o Arranges website
o Maintains mailing and email lists
o Sends out mailings
o Coordinates guest speaker arrangements
• Confirms dates
• Produces flyers
• Arranges CME accreditations
• Provides synopses/syllabi of guest speakers’ presentations

• Treasurer
o Maintains the CAS bank account
o Writes checks for expenses
• Flyers and mailings
• Website expense
• Speaker fees
o Collects and deposits funds
o Manages cash on hand (investments)

• Steering Committee
o Decides on guest speakers
o Membership issues
o Sets meeting dates, venues, sponsors