Student/Trainee – Must be full-time medical, nursing or graduate student, or full-time fellow (postdoctoral/clinical research) or house officer enrolled in a training program. Badge reads “Student/Trainee.”
Technician – Must be full-time laboratory technician, research technician or cardiovascular technologist. Members and Nonmembers pay same rate. Badge reads “Technician.”
Nurse, Paramedic or EMT – Must be Premium or General Professional Member of the AHA/ASA, and full-time practicing licensed and/or certified nurse, paramedic or EMT. Badge reads “Nurse/Nurse Practitioner” or “EMT/Paramedic” respectively. Note: Nonmember nurses, paramedics or EMTs who join at the Early Career level are not eligible for the discounted rates.
Early Career Member – Category is restricted to investigators, clinicians or health professionals who have completed training within the last five years. Also applies to physicians or scientists in their first five years after faculty appointment. Note: Discounted rates are only available to members in this category.
Premium Emeritus – Category is limited to professional members 65 years or older who have requested and received emeritus status from the association before registering.
If you join or renew at the General Professional level, you do not receive the discounted registration fee benefit. A special discounted registration fee is offered only to nurses, EMT’s or paramedics who join at this level.
Guest badge permits access to the Exhibit Hall only. If a guest also plans to attend sessions each day, then he/she must register separately as a professional attendee. Guest Policy: Must be a spouse or adult family member not in and industry-related position where, otherwise, registration would be required. Guests get access to the Exhibit Hall only.
Verification Information The following must provide verification when registering to receive a discounted registration rate:
Technicians
Nonmember Students and Trainees
Online registrants receive verification instructions during the registration process.
Faxed or mailed forms must be accompanied by verification; therefore, phone registration cannot be accepted.
One of the following must be submitted with the form:
Current license or certificate
Student ID
Letter written on official letterhead and signed by a department head, mentor or supervisor
If you join at a different level and/or register in a different category and then later submit verification, the association will not refund the difference.
Guest Policy - A guest must be a spouse or family member not in an industry-related position where, otherwise, registration would be required. Guests get access to the Exhibits only. Guest badges will be mailed.
All guests who register on site must present a government-issued photo ID and be accompanied by the conference registrant before receiving a badge on site.
Lost Badges – A $20 processing fee will be assessed on site for all badge reprint requests – no exceptions.
No refunds will be issued on site.
On-site registration substitutions are not allowed.
