1978
ABC's community health promotion programs were developed by Drs. Elijah Saunders and B. Waine Kong by organizing churches as high blood pressure control centers.
1986
Dr. Elijah Saunders hires B. Waine Kong as ABC's Chief Executive Officer.
1987
ABC holds its first Annual Scientific Session and Dr. Walter M. Booker, Sr. Symposium.
1990
Annual Cardiology Fellows program created during the ABC presidency of Dr. Augustus Grant.
1992
ABC began its regional program series through a grant from Dupont Pharma.
1994
Fellowship programs in Electrophysiology and Interventional Cardiology was created; ABC moves into its new downtown Atlanta offices.
1995
ABC convenes its inaugural Cardiovasular Summit and Congress of the Treatment of Cardiovasular Diseases in African Americans.
The ABC was accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
1998
ABC adopted its theme “Children Should Know Their Grandparents so They Can Become GREAT Grandparents Themselves.”
1999
ABC convenes its inaugural Symposium on Cardiovascular Disease in Women and its New Year's Symposium and Celebration; ABC celebrates its 25th Anniversary.
2000
Under the presidential leadership of Dr. Elizabeth Ofili, M.D., an endowment for two Centers of Excellence in Epidemiology and Women's Health was established by Bristol-Myers Squibb; ABC's national headquarters relocated to current location in Atlanta.
2001
ABC acquires 125 acres of land in southwest Atlanta for its new International Library, Research and Conference Center.
2002
ABC's CME Department becomes third Center of Excellence and is renamed Center for Continuing Education and Professional Development.
