The Society of Cardiovascular Anesthesiologists (SCA) was established in 1978 to provide education and to support research and mentorship to anesthesiologists caring for patients with cardiac disease undergoing cardiac and non-cardiac surgery. The Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) approved an SCA-sponsored application for fellowship training in adult cardiothoracic anesthesiology in 2006 and began accrediting cardiac anesthesiology fellowship training programs shortly thereafter. Interest in these training programs has been demonstrated within the San Francisco Match data, which reported a 32% increase in applications from 2013 (267) to 2018 (354). There are now 70 accredited programs with a capacity to train over 200 fellows each year. All 10 of the highest-ranked hospitals for cardiac care by US News & World Report have ACGME-accredited cardiothoracic anesthesiology fellowships.
The SCA received notification in June 2021 that the American Board of Medical Specialties (ABMS) had approved a new board certification for Cardiac Anesthesiology...
