Membership & Application

JOINT MEMBERSHIP WITH AACVPR IS HERE!!

Joint membership in both AACVPR and MSCVPR is here! Your total dues will provide membership to both AACVPR and MSCVPR and you will get communications and updates from both organizations. This exciting partnership will provide you, the member, with enhanced professional benefits in the field of cardiovascular and pulmonary rehabilitation through the strength of two organizations for the price of one!

Click here to go the MSCVPR/AACVPR web page for all the information and to apply for membership.

If you are already an AACVPR member, you can renew your membership and will automatically become a member of both organizations. Click here to renew your membership.

Members of the society must demonstrate a clear interest in the fields of cardiovascular and pulmonary rehabilitation. Members have full society voting privileges. Student memberships are available to any undergraduate or graduate college student who is carrying the equivalent of a full academic load and is studying in an allied health related curriculum.

If you would like to become a MSCVPR/AACVPR student member, please contact the AACVPR National Office at (312) 321-5146 for further information.

Membership benefits

• Opportunities to attend local and national seminars on current scientific and organizational concerns.
• Being part of a statewide and national network of professionals dedicated to cardiovascular and pulmonary rehabilitation.
• First hand knowledge of new or impending legislation affecting cardiovascular and pulmonary rehabilitation.
• Opportunities to grow professionally by participating on a variety of committees.
• Bi-monthly subscription to the Journal of Cardiopulmonary Rehabilitation and Prevention (JCRP) which contains updates on current research as well as clinical and practical information in the science of rehabilitation.

• Sample Media Kits and ideas are provided for members use in promoting Cardiac and Pulmonary Rehabilitation Weeks.

• Online discussion forums in the “members only” section of the website can be accessed 24/7 to ask questions and receive answers from some of the leading professionals in Cardiac and Pulmonary Services.
• Members receive a complimentary copy of the AACVPR Membership and Program Directory annually, as well as access to the online directory.  And members can list their program in the annual directory for a discounted price. 
• Members can request a mentorship an AACVPR fellow to enhance their professional growth. 
• Members can access News and Views to get the information they need quickly. 
• Members receive a referral enhancement tool kit that contains important information to be shared with physicians and patients to increase participation in rehabilitation programs. 
• Members receive resources to make the certification process easier.  Members can access samples of best practices to improve their own rehabilitation programs. 
• MSCVPR/ AACVPR is THE resource for reimbursement updates, Medicare Administrative Contractors news, and legislative and regulatory information. 

View the MSCVPR Brochure

View the MSCVPR Bylaws

Membership Chair
Tom Draper
University of Michigan Health System
Work Phone #: (734) 936-7301
Work Fax #: (734) 647-9867
E-Mail: tdraper@umich.edu