PRESIDENTS MESSAGE
PCICS’s 15th Annual International Meeting
John M. Costello, MD, MPH
President, PCICS
Vice Chair of Clinical Research, Department of Pediatrics
Director of Research, Children’s Heart Center
Professor of Pediatrics, Medical University of South Carolina
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John M. Costello, MD, MPH |
PCICS transitioned to a new association management company this winter. Knowing that our contract with Ruggles Service Corporation was set to expire at the end of December 2019, the Board of Directors decided it would be appropriate to explore other options. Following a 6-month systematic process that included assessment of applications from Ruggles and three other companies, a decision was made to transition to IMI Association Executives (IMIAE.com). Linda Owens is the president of IMI and was our primary contact during the evaluation phase and guided the transition. Lee Claassen is our account manager at IMI. We anticipate that the transition will be seamless for most of our members, but please let Ms. Claassen know if you encounter any issues. The Board of Directors is grateful for the service provided by Stewart Hinckley, Sandra Peterson, and their colleagues at Ruggles over the last 4 years, which was a time of tremendous growth for the Society. We are confident that our partnership with IMI will provide the best value for our members and ideally position us to fulfill our mission in the coming years.
The PCICS Board of Directors held our annual in-person meeting in London. Important issues discussed included how we can improve our educational products and offerings, and how we can better meet the needs of our cardiac intensive care colleagues in underdeveloped nations. I look forward to sharing more details about these issues in the coming year.Â
Our leadership team is constantly striving to improve the Society in order to better serve you, with an overarching goal of improving pediatric cardiac intensive care at your centers and around the world. Please reach out to any of the Board Members or me with thoughts as to how we can add value to your membership in PCICS.
Best regards,
John M. Costello, M.D., M.P.H.
President, PCICS
Vice Chair of Clinical Research, Department of Pediatrics
Director of Research, Children’s Heart Center
Professor of Pediatrics, Medical University of South Carolina
e-mail: costello@musc.edu