Frequently Asked Questions
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Q: When does the Journal get mailed out?
A: Mid-month. It can take up to two weeks in the US or up to six weeks for international members. To access your journal online click here.
Q. What if I don’t receive an issue of the Journal?
A. Please contact us at ase@asecho.org to report your missing issues.
Q: Do you sell educational materials?
A: We do have a variety of educational materials including educational DVDs on our ASE MarketPlace site.
Q: When does theASE Annual Scientific Sessions Preliminary Program come out?
A: ASE’s Annual Scientific Sessions are held in June of each year. The program is generally available by December 1. Please visit ASE’s Scientific Sessions page for more information.
Q: How do I get additional copies of ASE Guidelines?
A: ASE Standards and Guidelines are available on our site to members and the public for free. Please click here to visit this area. If you are giving an educational presentation at an ASE educational course and would like to use information from an ASE Guideline & Standards document on your slide presentation, please be sure to include credit information at the bottom of your slides.You will need to contact ASE’s Vice President of Communications, Cathy Kerr at Ckerr@asecho.org to establish use approval or to use ASE’s logo.
Q: How do I get my Local Society listed on the ASE Website?
A: Please contact Cheryl Williams at cwilliams@asecho.org with your Local Society name, Contact Person, address, phone, and email. Additional information we publish is: Number of Members, Meeting Frequency, Websites and Upcoming Educational Programs. Please visit our Local Society Pages for more information on Local Societies.
Q: I’m a member of the press, who should I contact for information on ASE?
A: Please contact Cathy Kerr at ckerr@asecho.org, our Vice President of Communications.
Q: How can I take the ASCeXAM?
A: Please visit the National Board of Echocardiography’s website at www.echoboards.org for more information.
Q: How can I get CME’s?
A: ASE’s Annual Scientific Sessions, which is held in June of each year, typically awards 30 hours of credit to attendees. If you are an ASE member, you may also visit ASE’s education sections, submit the CME sections in the Journal, or ASEUniversity for free CME credits. If you are looking to download old certificates you can do that by logging in and visiting “CME Activity Certificates” under My ASE Membership.
Q: How can I post a job opening?
A: Please visit the ASE Career Center to post job openings and resumes.
Q: Is it safe to use my credit card online?
A: Your credit card information is accepted online using a secure document, and then transferred to our bank for payment using a secure server. No one at ASE Headquarters has access to this information. It is safer to give your credit card online using this secure payment system, than it is to give it to a waiter at a restaurant. We encourage all our members and prospective members to utilize our online features because it allows us to give you faster service
Q: Can I purchase a mailing list?
A: Yes. Please visit the Mailing List Order Form Page. ASE does not sell member emails, phone or fax numbers.
Q: I ordered (or want to order) an educational product, who do I contact?
A: Please contact Anita Turlington at aturlington@asecho.org with questions about products already ordered. You can purchase ASE Educational Products at ASEMarketPlace. Click here to be redirected to ASEMarketPlace.
Q: How do I get my echo lab accredited?
A: Contact The Intersocietal Commission for the Accreditation of Echocardiography Laboratories (ICAEL) via theirwebsite or by phone at (410) 872-0100.
Q: Can you give me information on echo statistics?
A: ASE has not been collecting overall statistical information, except as a part of our laboratory database project (establishing benchmarks for echo labs) and this information is only available to labs that have participated in giving us data. ASE does have statistics on sonographers in the workplace– training, education, salary levels, etc. This is available free to ASE members and to others on the ASE MarketPlace site.
Here are other sources of statistical information:
Information on Lab standards, accreditation, what states are doing (re: Medicare standards), call ICAEL (410)872-0100.
Marketing Information (they have Benchmark and Market Summary Echo reports–how many labs there are in the US, etc…) call IMV at 847-297-1404 or visit www.imvlimited.com/mid.
Q: How can I become a sonographer?
A: We recommend a well rounded, accredited cardiac sonography program that meets both didactic and clinical instruction and is recognized by the American Registry of Diagnostic Medical Sonographers (ARDMS). Echocardiography or Cardiac Sonography is covered through two allied health care disciplines; Diagnostic Medical Sonography and Cardiovascular Technology. Such programs can be found by visiting our education section where you can review programs that are accredited by the Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs (CAAHEP) or by visiting their site at www.caahep.org. More information can be found at the American Registry of Diagnostic Medical Sonographers (ARDMS) website at www.ardms.org.
Please visit our Sonographer Training Pages for additional information.
Q: How do I submit articles to the Journal?
A: You can submit your manuscript electronically here: http://ees.elsevier.com/jase. This page contains comprehensive information about the submission process.There is also “Information for Authors” printed in every issue of JASE. If you need help with your article submission, contact Chelsea Flowers at cflowers@asecho.org.
You can also find Author Guidelines by going to the the JASE Online link.
Q: How do I Request Reprints or Reuse of ASE Materials?
A: Please visit www.elsevier.com/permissions to fill out a request for permission form.
Should you want to request to reprint articles from the Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography (JASE), you must request permission from Elsevier. Their Web page is located at http://www.elsmediakits.com/reprintsFaq.php.
If you are giving an educational presentation at an ASE educational course and would like to use information from an ASE Guideline & Standards document on your slide presentation, please be sure to include credit information at the bottom of your slides. You will need to contact ASE’s Director of Communications, Cathy Kerr at Ckerr@asecho.org to establish use approval or to use ASE’s logo.
Q: What is ASE’s Tax ID Number?
A: It is #31-0899106.
Q: What is ASE’s DUNS Number?
A: It is #017272010.
Q. How do I join?
Unfortunately, due to high volume, membership applications cannot be accepted over the phone. Please use our online application or print it out and fax to ASE Headquarters. The ASE office can mail, fax or e-mail applications as well. No payments for memberships are taken over the phone. ASE memberships run on a calendar year (January – December). Renewals begin in November. If you join after August 31, your dues will be applied to the next calendar year and your membership benefits will begin in January (however your online access to the Journal will begin after your payment is processed).
Q. What are the benefits of ASE Membership?
A. Click here to be directed to a list of our extensive membership benefits.
Q. How long after I join before I receive my first issue of the journal?
A. Journals are mailed out mid-month. It can take up to six weeks after you join to receive your first issue. If you join ASE between September and December, your first printed journal will arrive in January.
Q. Are Membership Dues Tax Deductable?
A. Membership dues may be tax deductable. Advocacy efforts comprise approximately 5% of the member dues rate and are therefore not tax deductable.
Q. What if I don’t receive an issue of the Journal?
A. Please contact us at ase@asecho.org to report your missing issues.
Q. How is my JASE subscription handled if I join after January but before September?
A. You will receive all issues of the JASE for the current year beginning with the January issue.
Q. What if I lose my ASE membership number?
A. If you lose your ASE membership number, contact us at ase@asecho.org.
Q. How long is my membership?
A. Memberships run on a calendar year, January through December. If you join after August 31, you are considered a member for the following year. Renewal notices are mailed in October.
Q. Will I receive a certificate of membership?
A. ASE does not issue membership certificates. Members receive a membership card for the current year that lists their membership number. Y
Q. Do you sell or trade my phone, fax or email address?
A. ASE does not sell or trade that information from its membership database.
Q. Can my Hospital/Medical Practice become a member?
A. No, ASE’s memberships are for individuals – physicians, sonographers, medical students, and fellows.
Q. I’m a sonographer who just replaced another sonographer at this hospital. The hospital paid for the ASE dues so can you transfer the membership into my name?
A. No, ASE memberships are for individuals and remain with the individual who joined, even if he leaves his current employment.
There are three membership applications – please select the one to that applies to you:
- North American Membership – Physicians, Scientists, Lab Managers, Sonographers and Retirees that live INSIDE the US, Mexico and Canada
- International Membership - Physicians, Scientists, Lab Managers, Sonographers, Retirees AND students that live OUTSIDE the US, Mexico and Canada
- Student Membership - Medical and Sonography Students that live INSIDE the US, Mexico and Canada
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