The Rapidly Expanding Structural Heart Program: Inclusion, Respect, and Equity in the Cath Lab
Presenter
Poonam Velagapudi, MD MS, FSCAI, BJC Cardiology, Demarest, NJ
Poonam Velagapudi, MD MS, FSCAI, BJC Cardiology, Demarest, NJ
Learning Objectives:
- Describe aging workforce in interventional cardiology.
- List how culture in cath labs has shifted from individual to team-based model with SHD interventions.
- Compare policies to promote equity that can improve performance, recruitment and retention in the cath lab.
- Give examples of how to operationalize equitable case distribution.
Keywords: Cath Lab Administration, Diversity Equity and Inclusion (DEI) and Structural Heart Disease (SHD)