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ACC.11 Attendee Profile

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The ACC Annual Scientific Session & Expo is attended by professionals involved in delivering cardiovascular care, including physicians, scientists, nurse practitioners, physician assistants and nurses. In addition to this core audience, medical students and trainees, technicians, dietitians, administrators and other health care professionals flock to the Annual Scientific Session & Expo to benefit from comprehensive education sessions; to interact with their cardiovascular colleagues; and to explore the Expo Hall, looking for the latest advances and solutions in cardiovascular science and care.

ACC.11 Attendees
M.D./Ph.D./D.O. 8,212 63.3%
Fellow-In-Training/Trainee/Resident 1,848 14.2%
Non-Medical*/Administrator** 1,588 12.2%
Cardiac Care Team Member (RN, Nurse Practitioner, Clinical Nurse Specialist, Physician Assistant, Pharmacist) 1,017 7.8%
Medical/Non-Physician (Exercise Physiologist, Technologist, other medical nonphysician) 315 2.4%
Total Professional Attendance 12,980
Exhibitors 5,235 77.2%
Staff/Contractors/Other 1,242 18.3%
Media 302 4.5%
Total Other Attendance 6,779
TOTAL ATTENDANCE 19,759



Primary Clinical Focus
Based on 9,261 responses
(71.3% of 12,980 total professional attendees)
Medical Specialty
Based on 9,429 responses
(72.6% of 12,980 total professional attendees)
Interventional 2,332 25.2% Adult Cardiology 5,495 58.3%
Ambulatory/General 1,425 15.4% Interventional 1,380 14.6%
Non-Invasive Imaging 1,052 11.4% Internal Medicine 454 4.8%
Preventive 669 7.2% Pediatric Cardiology 358 3.8%
Heart Failure/Transplant 669 7.2% Electrophysiology 335 3.6%
Adult Congenital 546 5.9% Pharmacology 262 2.8%
Electrophysiology 517 5.6% Thoracic Surgery 104 1.1%
Vascular 408 4.4% Radiology 58 0.6%
Critical Care 315 3.4% Nuclear Medicine 49 0.5%
Pediatric/Congenital 259 2.8% Other 934 9.9%
Surgery 144 1.6%
Other 925 10.0%



Domestic Professional Attendance
7,927 (61.1%) health care professionals
from the U.S. attended ACC.11
International Professional Attendance
5,053 (38.9%) health care professionals
from outside of the U.S. attended ACC.11
Northeast 2,657 33.5% Europe 1,824 36.1%
Midwest 1,745 22.0% Asia 1,473 29.2%
Southeast 1,687 21.3% South America 779 15.4%
Southwest 1,675 21.1% North America (non-U.S.) 747 14.8%
Northwest 163 2.1% Australia 91 1.8%
Africa 88 1.7%
Not provided 50 1.0%



*Non-Medical: Individual directly employed by a health care institution, network, corporate health care provider or company whose primary job function is ancillary to direct health care delivery. Qualifying individuals include CEO, CFO, CIO, personnel involved in commercial research and development related to cardiology, employee of an ACC.11 exhibitor, health care consultant, computer analyst, purchasing agent or consultant, corporate or executive manager.
**Administrator: Individual responsible for the management of cardiovascular specialist practices. Qualifying individuals include clinic administrator, personnel administrator, practice administrator and hospital administrator.

All data provided by J. Spargo & Associates, ACC's registration and housing vendor.

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