USF cardiologist Anne Curtis, MD, was recently elected a member of the Association of University Cardiologists, a professional organization that limits membership to only 125 academic cardiologists in the United States.

Dr. Curtis, professor of medicine, chief of the USF Division of Cardiology and director of USF Cardiovascular Services, was one of only seven physicians in the country chosen by the AUC at the group’s annual scientific and business meeting in January in California. She will be inducted during the AUC meeting held January 2010 in St. Petersburg, FL.

Dr. Curtis graduated medical school from Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons in New York and completed her residency training at Presbyterian Hospital in New York. She conducted fellowships in cardiovascular diseases and clinical cardiac electrophysiology at Duke University Medical Center. Dr. Curtis established the electrophysiology program at the University of Florida in 1986 and was director of Clinical Electrophysiology there until 2005, when she joined USF.

The AUC (www.aucard.org) was founded in 1961. The organization is limited to 125 members deemed leaders and among the best investigators in cardiology in the United States. The group meets once a year for a two-day session of scientific interchange.