The American College of Cardiology has announced the appointment of Dr. Megan Coylewright as the editor of its CardioSmart patient engagement initiative, which aims to support the patient and clinician partnership to personalize care. Coylewright will serve a three-year term.
Through CardioSmart.org, patients and clinicians can find information about heart conditions, resources to support important health care conversations and tools to build their partnership—not just on specific decisions, but over a lifetime. CardioSmart is a direct reflection of the ACC’s Core Values: Patient-Centered, Teamwork and Collaboration, and Professionalism and Excellence. As editor, Coylewright will be responsible for advising and ensuring clinical accuracy of the editorial content development on CardioSmart.org, as well as assist in developing innovative strategies to help the ACC best engage, educate and activate the diversity of cardiovascular patients in their care.
Trained as a structural interventional cardiologist, Coylewright is the vice chief of cardiology faculty development and director of the Structural Heart Program at Erlanger Health System in Chattanooga, Tennessee. Coylewright focuses on minimally invasive treatment options for heart disease. She is also committed to creating partnerships between clinicians and patients using shared decision-making to ensure patients meaningfully participate in informed care decisions that are right for them. Coylewright champions efforts both locally and nationally to increase diversity and inclusion in interventional cardiology, as well as amongst patients enrolled in clinical trials.
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