Don’t miss ASE’s Inaugural Echo on the Inside Passage of Alaska that takes place July 21-28, 2018. This course offers an opportunity to take a dream vacation and earn CME at the same time. Course chair, Steven Lester, MD, FASE, has designed this inaugural course to offer participants nearly one-on-one education from first-class expert faculty, including Drs. Thomas Binder, Rekha Mankad, Sunil Mankad, Vera Rigolin, and William Zoghbi. The lectures will take place while the ship is at sea, so you won’t miss any of the amazing opportunities that sailing on the Inside Passage of Alaska offers. Download the Final Program and learn more here. Receive a 25% discount on registration if you register two or more people. Email registrar@ASEcho.org for information.
ASE Headquarters Closed
ASE Headquarters will be closed Wednesday, July 4, in observance of Independence Day in the United States. Normal business hours will resume Thursday, July 5.
ASE 2018 Hosts Over 2,600 Attendees
The ASE 2018 Scientific Sessions just wrapped up in Nashville, Tennessee, and it was a tremendous success. Chaired by Sunil V. Mankad, MD, FASE, and Sonographer Co-Chair, Merri L. Bremer, EdD, RN, RDCS, ACS, FASE, more than 2,600 attendees, almost 50 countries, enjoyed five days of learning that were also packed with exciting networking events. If you attended, click here to learn how to claim your CME. The online library of the sessions will be available for purchase at ASEUniversity.org in July.
ASE 2018 also welcomed investigators from 20 countries around the world who presented their original science during the meeting. Congratulations to the two investigator award competition winners on their excellent achievements.
- 2018 Arthur E. Weyman Young Investigator’s Award Competition Winner
Brandon Helfield, PhD, Sunnybrook Research Institute, Toronto, ON, Canada – He presented “Endothelial Cell Repair Biophysics During Ultrasound and Microbubble Sonoporation.” - 2018 Brian Haluska Sonographer Research Award Competition Winner
Jason B. Pereira, RCS – Yale-New Haven Hospital, New Haven, CT – He presented “Feasibility of Contrast Echocardiography to Assess Right Ventricular Size and Function.”
Thank you to all of the investigators who contributed to this year’s scientific program! We hope to see your cutting-edge science at next year’s Scientific Sessions. Abstract submissions will open on October 10, 2018.
Don’t miss out next year. Save the date to join us in Portland, Oregon, June 21-25, 2019.
Dr. Jonathan R. Lindner Elected President of the American Society of Echocardiography
Jonathan R. Lindner, MD, FACC, FASE, has taken the helm as president of the 17,000 member American Society of Echocardiography (ASE) for a one-year term following the Society’s 29th Annual Scientific Sessions, which were held this week in Nashville, TN. Read more here.
ASE 2018 Final Program Now Available
Want to know who is speaking and what else is happening? Download the ASE 2018 Final Program here. There is less than a month left to register for this year’s Scientific Sessions in Nashville, TN, June 22-26. With a wide-range of networking opportunities and dedicated educational tracks, this is a must-attend event for all cardiovascular ultrasound enthusiasts. Register today to join us in Nashville. For the most up-to-date program information, please download the ASE Courses app from the Google Play and Apple stores. There are only a few seats left in the 3D Echocardiography in CHD: Cropping of Data Sets Learning Lab. All the other Learning Labs are sold out. Don’t delay in signing up for this special session when you register for the Scientific Sessions.
Don’t Miss an Interactive Live Webinar on Left Atrial Appendage Occlusion/Exclusion Next Tuesday
Join Muhamed Saric, MD, PhD, FASE, on Tuesday, June 5 at 3:00 PM Eastern Time, for an interactive live webinar as he reviews the recent state-of-the-art review on left atrial appendage occlusion/exclusion and procedural guidance with echocardiography in the Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography. As the senior author, he will update you on how atrial fibrillation is the most common arrhythmia worldwide and is a major risk factor for embolic stroke. Furthermore, he will discuss the crucial role of two- and three-dimensional transesophageal echocardiography in the pre- and postprocedural assessment and intraprocedural guidance of percutaneous left atrial appendage (LAA) occlusion procedures. Earn 1 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™ for attending this live webinar event. Registration is free for ASE members. Register online today!
Interested in this topic, but the scheduled time is not convenient for you? Register for the live webinar and an email will be sent to you once the recorded webinar (non-CME) is available in your content on ASEUniversity. You may then view it at your convenience.
ASE Retains AMA’s HOD Status
ASE is proud to announce that the Society has successfully met all the requirements needed to maintain its seat in the American Medical Association (AMA) House of Delegates.
As a member of the House of Delegates ASE:
- Helps sets the legislative and regulatory priorities for the AMA.
- Has full delegate status which provides ASE with full representation before CPT/RUC.
- This delegate role has contributed to some of ASE’s more recent, substantial advocacy successes.
This is a critical piece that allows ASE to work to protect echocardiography and provide your patients with access to necessary care.
For more detailed information, please read: The ABC’s of Payment for Cardiovascular Ultrasound Services and Why the AMA Matters.
ASE will continue to ensure your voice is heard on issues related to legislative matters, regulatory issues, coding, and reimbursement.
Thank you for joining the ASE and the AMA and making sure echo continues to have a strong voice!
Help Us Celebrate ASE’s 2018 Student Award Winners at the Scientific Sessions
The ASE Awards Committee has selected their student award winners for 2018. These winners will be recognized at the 29th Annual Scientific Sessions in Nashville, TN this June. A large number of entries were received this year, and here are the deserving selections:
- Katanick Student Scholarship Award: Oksana Semkiv
- Alan D. Waggoner Student Scholarship Recipients: Jennifer Andrews, Veronica Dudek, Rochelle Graveline, Emily Hafner, Anita Keck, Jin Laudadio, Amanda Lewis, Meghan Lowe, Forrest Olson, Emily Tanel, Rachel Tutwiler, Summer Vandigo, Heather Wallace, Kassie Warren, and Jessica Wright
- UltraEcho Cardiovascular Sonographer Student Travel Grant: Amber Cyrus
- Feigenbaum Cardiovascular Sonographer Student Travel Grant: Randall Brown
All these student award winners are provided with a travel stipend and other financial assistance with grants from the ASE Foundation. Like to encourage this type of career support? Make a donation to the ASE Foundation today.
Richard E. Kerber Ethics/Humanitarian Lecture
The ASE Foundation is proud to recognize James Kirkpatrick, MD, FASE, from the University of Washington Medical Center in Seattle, Washington, as the inaugural Richard E. Kerber Ethics/Humanitarian Lecturer. This annual lectureship has been established in memory of ASE Past President Richard E. Kerber, MD, FASE, who passed away in November of 2016. Dr. Kerber championed issues of morality and ethics and how medicine fits into the broader world. To honor his legacy, this annual lectureship will feature an ethical dilemma or humanitarian patient care activity. Dr. Kirkpatrick will present his lecture entitled “Ethical Challenges in the Practice of Echocardiography: What is Right and How Do We Do It?” during the Dilated Cardiomyopathies session at this year’s Scientific Sessions in Nashville, TN. Plan to attend this session on Sunday, June 24th from 10:15 – 11:45 AM in the Tennessee Ballroom DE.