The mission of the ASPC is to provide a framework for the educational interests of healthcare providers to promote the primary and secondary prevention of cardiovascular disease. The specific goals of the organization are to organize and conduct professional educational programs to emphasize the processes of risk factor identification and intervention based on the most rigorous basic, clinical, and population science. Objectives to achieve these goals include stand-alone CME programs on CVD prevention and partnership with other professional groups to present and promote CME programs on CVD prevention and to enhance opportunities for preventive cardiology at all levels of professional development.