SCMR-LAC Ballot Info

This year we have to renew some positions in the SCMR Latin American Chapter. It is very important to get new people involved and to get fresh ideas onboard.

Positions for the 2011-2013 Latin American Working Group

1. Chair: represent the LAC inside SCMR; organize the other positions to keep focused goals; write a formal column in the newsletter;

2. Newsletter editor(s): write and/or organize the text for the LAC Newsletter every 3 months (4 editions/year – 2 pages); does not need to hard print the newsletter but provide it with content mostly.

3. Webpage/twitter editor(s): be responsible for at least weekly updates on both channels of communication for the LAC

4. Financial coordinator(s): as all know, the LAC has only raised funds for some of its meetings; however, with the webpage and newsletter and the over 100 physicians that follow the group we find that there are opportunities to gain some local funding from LatAm based companies.

5. Meeting coordinator(s): responsible to seek opportunities and organize with the host country local organizer the LAC meetings. The focus of the meetings is mainly to foster the use of CMR in the country which the meeting is hosted, usually within or together with a major cardiology/radiology meeting of the host country. The task is to find this country every year and work with the local committee to help the meeting take place yearly.


If you are a SCMR member or want to join SCMR and participate please let us know. You are allowed to join SCMR until March 31 to be eligible.

How the voting process will occur:

1. Candidates should send their names, position to be voted for and a 3-10 line mini-CV to jlaraf@fcm.unicamp.br until March 31 (Thursday)
2. All candidates will be checked for eligibility – if they are SCMR members or have just joined SCMR at this time.
3. All nominations will be announced on April 4 (Monday) and sent to SCMR Headquarters.
4. The ballot will be handled centrally to avoid any biases by SCMR Headquarters and will start one week after the announcement of the nominations
5. SCMR Latin American members will vote on the candidates for a period of 15 days
6. The new positions will be announced on April 19.

Please note that you can be candidate for more than one position and that some positions will accept more than one person.


Thanks in advance and feel free to write if you have any doubts. Please check the website to get more acquainted to our activities.


Juliano Lara Fernandes, MD, PhD
University of Campinas (Unicamp) - Brazil