Criteria & Benefits

Professional Membership

There are different membership categories to serve the spectrum of medical professionals and academicians who provide the full range of cardiovascular medical care to patients. These categories, some of which may be created in the future by the Board of APHA to meet the growing needs of APHA, will provide educational and networking opportunities to physicians, scientists, nurses, among others. The initial membership category will be for physicians and scientists and is meant to recognise outstanding physicians who have contributed significantly to cardiovascular medicine.

• Fellows
  
  Fellows of APHA are professionals who are physicians, surgeons, academicians, and researchers in the field of cardiovascular medicine. Applicants must have completed a formal specialist training program in the area of cardiovascular medicine that is recognized by their National Specialist Accreditation Committee or equivalent body in their country.
  
  Candidates must provide evidence that they are recognized as specialists of consultant grade or as scientists in the area of cardiovascular medicine and shall be at least two (2) years post-completion of cardiovascular specialty training.
  
  The candidate must meet at least two of the following criteria:
  
  
  1. Recognised academic qualifications in the area of cardiovascular medicine and holding a consultant grade position or senior academician for at least two (2) years, or
     
     
  2. Contributed significantly in cardiovascular medicine either through research, training, education or development of cardiovascular medicine, or
     
     
  3. Leadership role in a national or international medical professional organisation, or
     
     
  4. Has contributed to recognised peer reviewed publications.
     
     
  Applicants who meet the criteria and are elected as Fellows are allowed to carry the title of "FAPHA" after their name. The Advisory Board of APHA is authorised to set the Fellowship fees and revise the fees whenever it deems necessary. The Board is also empowered to establish new categories of membership to meet the growing needs within the organisation.



• Fellow Benefits
  
  
  1. Peer recognition as cardiologist of international standing
     
     
  2. Member benefits for APHA organized scientific events
     
     
  3. Access to APHA accreditation, certification and training programs
     
     
  4. Eligible to apply for APHA overseas fellowship training awards
     
     
  5. Participation in APHA Scientific Committees
     
     
  
  
• Emeritus Fellow
  
  In addition to meeting the criteria of a Fellow, he must be recognized by his peers as having contributed significantly to cardiology in his own country or internationally. Those considered eligible will include fellows who have been the President of an international or national medical society, a recognized pioneer in their field of clinical work or research or has published extensively on a subspecialty field in internationally recognized journals.