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 ASH Creates Opportunity for Active Member
Participation
at the Local Level
In
an active effort to assist members of the Society to address
education, research and issues relating to hypertension at the
local level, the Executive Council of the American Society of
Hypertension, Inc. (ASH) has established a mechanism for local
Society members to establish Chapters of the Society at a city,
state or regional level. Given the successful and critical outcomes
of the its Annual Scientific Meeting and
the establishment of the ASH
Specialist Program Inc.,
the Leadership of the Society has identified several pathways by
which Chapters could extend and make present the mission of the
Society at the regional level, while serving as a vehicle to retain
and draw new members to the Society:
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To promote hypertension
awareness, detection, treatment and control in the areas served
by the Chapters. |
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To develop and implement hypertension
outreach community initiatives to address state and local constituencies |
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To provide special patient population
groups, e.g., children, African Americans, Asians, Hispanics,
etc., with current information and programs to increase awareness
of hypertension and current clinical treatment strategies. |
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To provide educational opportunities
in current hypertension research and clinical treatment strategies
for primary care physicians, physician specialists, and Designated
Specialists in Clinical Hypertension |
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To encourage physicians to become
Designated Specialists in Clinical Hypertension, while promoting
the recognition and utilization of current specialists |
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To encourage and guide young clinical
investigators to pursue hypertension in their professional
career development. |
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To serve as an advocate with state
and local government and third party payers for appropriate
reimbursement for hypertension care. |
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To promote hypertension-teaching modules
for medical students as an integral component of the medical
school curriculum based on the Core Curriculum for Clinical
Hypertension. |
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To identify funding sources for hypertension
research & education for local scientists, physicians,
clinical investigators, and health care professionals in training. |
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To recruit new members for the National
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Recognizing that ASH Chapters are to be separately
incorporated, non-subsidiary entities licensed by the Society, the
ASH Executive Council developed and approved the following Mission
and Purpose Statement for ASH Chapters:
The Chapters shall further the objectives
of the American Society of Hypertension, Inc. (ASH) by organizing
and conducting educational activities designed to promote and
encourage the development, advancement, and exchange of scientific
information in all aspects of research, diagnosis and treatment
of hypertension, and related cardiovascular diseases in its geographical
region.
Chapters will have a local impact on
hypertension education by exercising a key role in promoting public
awareness, prevention, timely detection and management of hypertension
and related cardiovascular disease.
With the identification of the vision and mission
statements for Chapters as well as the identification of potential
Chapter strategies, ASH revised its Bylaws to provide for a Board
of Governors and a Chapter Relations Committee by which Chapters
are represented in the governance structure of the national Society.
The ASH Executive Council at its September 9, 2000
meeting approved Guidelines for (a) ASH Chapter Application Protocol,
(b) ASH Chapter Bylaws Template, (c) ASH Chapter Licensing Requirements.
Click the links below to download these
documents:
Utilizing these guidelines individual members now
have the opportunity, once regional chapter needs and strategies
are identified, to form a steering committee and to initiate the
application process. While these guidelines reference structure,
governance, management & administration, the Society anticipates
that Chapter focus will be on programmatic and professional concerns,
with an effective and efficient administrative support structure.
To assist ASH Chapters in their initial growth
and development, ASH provides an initial, one-time seed grant of
$25,000 through an unrestricted educational grant to the Society
provided by Novartis Pharmaceuticals Company to assist in the establishment
of these Society components.
Current Society Chapters
And Dues Schedule
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California
Regional Chapter
Incorporated January 21, 2001.
-- $25.00
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Carolinas,
Georgia & Florida Regional Chapter
(Florida, Georgia, North Carolina,
South Carolina)
Incorporated June 18, 2001. -- $25.00 |
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Mid-Atlantic
Regional Chapter
(Washington, DC, Maryland, Virginia)
Incorporated May 3, 2001. -- $25.00 |
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Eastern Regional
Chapter
(Connecticut, New Jersey, New York)
Incorporated November 15, 1985.
On February 21, 2001 the Eastern Hypertension Society voted to become an ASH
Regional Chapter. -- $25.00 |
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