Saudi Heart Association (SHA)

Mission:
To set standards for the diagnosis and treatment of cardiovascular disease in Saudi Arabia.
To provide leadership and advice and perform applied studies on cardiovascular disease and to represent the interest of cardiovascular medicine at the Saudi national level and internationally.

Vision:
To become the National Reference Authority on all aspect to cardiovascular care, science and practice to become the leading cardiac association in the region

Aims:
• Aim for membership of the Association is to represent 75% of all cardiology staff working in Saudi Arabia hospitals. • Aim to get the Saudi Heart Journal indexed in National Medical Library. • Aim to implement Quality Improvement Initiative as a result of the full area registry result. • Aim to start the National Cardiac Surgical Database. • Aim to widen the participation in the Congenital Heart Disease Registry that was initiated by King Faisal Hospital & Research Center. • Aim for a dedicated Heart House Building that shall House the SHA. • Aim to consolidate participation in international meeting such as ACC,ESC and EUROPCR meeting. • Aim to foster closer relationship with the ACC, ESC, CCS as well as the EUROPCR. • Aim to promote quality cardiovascular meeting in Saudi Arabia through collaboration with the Saudi Council for Health Specialties. • Aim to encourage original research by awarding a Young investigator Award. • Aim to collaborate with colleagues in the Gulf State on the completion of the Gulf ACS Registry. • Aim to establish a research chair dedicated for cardiovascular research at King Saud University in Riyadh. • Aim for a partnership with industry in order to increase the SHA resources and increase the effectiveness of delivering our public health massage in a professional manner. • Aim for partnership with all interested institutions and organization in promoting the mission of the SHA