ACC President Hadley Wilson Reflects on Past Year

Magical, is how outgoing ACC President B. Hadley Wilson, MD, FACC, describes his past year as the College's 72nd president. A year that had him literally traveling around the world on behalf of the College and brought with it a number of critical opportunities to leave a lasting impact on the ACC's future.

"I have so many great memories of this past year, including assisting a hot air balloon landing on the parking lot of the New Mexico ACC Chapter Meeting; attending the grand opening ceremony of the Egyptian Society of Cardiology's Heart House in Cairo; meeting with the ministers of health in Saudi Arabia, Mexico, Germany, Singapore and India; presenting ACC's plan to help reduce global cardiovascular disease significantly by 2030 before the United Nations – the list goes on," says Wilson.

Under Wilson's leadership, the ACC also made significant gains in key strategic areas of health equity, digital transformation, NCDR and clinical guideline optimization, innovation and global acceleration.

On the health equity front, the College held its first-ever Health Equity Summit in 2023 and transitioned the Health Equity Task Force to a permanent committee of the College. Globally, a separate Board of Trustees (BOT)-appointed task force is currently working on a roadmap for further expanding the College's international growth and activities in the years ahead.

One of Wilson's greatest memories from the past year occurred in September with the announcement of the joint society effort to request a new, independent Board of Cardiovascular Medicine from the American Board of Medical Specialties

"I hope my legacy is that ACC can achieve big audacious goals for its members and patients through connectivity with all and positivity for all." B. Hadley Wilson, MD, FACC.

From ACC’s Cardiology Magazine. Read the full article here.

Wilson is Past President and past Councilor of the NC Chapter, a founder of the Chapter Exchange Program and an instrumental part of the Chapter's overall movement in becoming one of the most successful state Chapters in the country. He will also be keynote speaker at the NC & SC Annual Conference in September.