New translated webinars and documents are now available on ASEcho.org/Translations:

• Recommendations for Cardiac Chamber Quantification by Echocardiography in Adults – Persian translation
• Many new Chinese translations
• LV Diastolic Function webinars – translated in Portuguese (Dr. Arnaldo Rabischoffsky and Dr. Vera Rigolin) and Mandarin (Dr. Cynthia Taub and Dr. Chi-Ming Chow)
• More translations to come!  Bookmark ASEcho.org/translations and visit often.

All translations are provided by physician and sonographer volunteers in their native languages, with the names of the translators included on the title pages of the translated documents. We invite you to use these translated documents and webinars, and share them with your colleagues.

Would you like to organize a translation team for your favorite guideline document?  Contact Rhonda Price at rprice@asecho.org.

Join presenters, Geoffrey Te Jao, MD and Pamela Burgess, ACS, BS, RDCS, RDMS, RVT, FASE, as they present a webinar on behalf of IAC Echocardiography entitled Echocardiography Assessment of the Right Ventricle. The webinar takes place Wednesday, September 7 at 1:00 PM ET. Registered participants will receive 1.0 ASE CE Credit. Register here today.

Join lead author Meryl Cohen, MD, FASE, Professor of Pediatrics at the Perelman School of Medicine, on Wednesday, September 7th at 5:00 pm Eastern Time, for an interactive live webinar as she reviews and answers questions about Multimodality Imaging Guidelines of Patients with Transposition of the Great Arteries: A Report from the American Society of Echocardiography Developed in Collaboration with the Society for Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance and the Society of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography. Earn 1 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™ for attending this live webinar event.

To ensure your FREE registration for this event, please follow these three simple steps.

1. Log on to your ASE Member Portal with your ASE username (email) and password.
2. Select “ASEUniversity and CME Credits” on the left.
3. Select “Live Webinars” on the left and “Register” found in the Live Webinar Event Summary.

Refer five or more new members to join ASE by August 31st and your 2017 ASE membership will be FREE. Refer one new member to ASE and you both receive an ASE-branded travel phone charger.

Our members are our best advocates to encourage new members to join ASE so that we can continue to be the largest voice in cardiovascular imaging in the world.

Download a member recruiting toolkit and learn more by visiting ASEcho.org/MemberReferralProgram. This offer ends August 31, 2016.

Members-only resources help you save time and money in maintaining professional requirements. One of your benefits includes the ASE Career Center. This center can help you increase exposure and reach to cardiovascular ultrasound job markets. Upload a resume, post a job, apply for a position, and more. Each month you will also receive an email with top job opportunities. Learn about all your member benefits here.

The 2nd Annual Echo ASE ASEAN will take place in Bangkok, Thailand, October 21-23, 2016. The aim of this Symposium is to provide cardiovascular practitioners with information on state-of-the-art echocardiography technology. This year, new content including a 3D and Strain Live Imaging Workshop and a session on Congenital Heart Disease, is included in the program. Course Director, Jonathan R. Lindner, MD, FASE from Oregon Health & Science University, along with expert faculty from around the globe, will focus on the latest cardiovascular ultrasound technologies. Case-based learning approaches will be used to highlight new and established uses of echocardiography for diagnosis and guiding management in patients with a broad array of cardiovascular conditions. Download the Advance Program and register today.

Join lead author Meryl S. Cohen, MD, FASE, Professor of Pediatrics at the Perelma School of Medicine, on Wednesday, September 7 at 5:00 pm Eastern Time, for an interactive live webinar as she reviews and answers questions about Multimodality Imaging Guidelines of Patients with Transposition of the Great Arteries: A Report from the American Society of Echocardiography Developed in Collaboration with the Society for Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance and the Society of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography.

To ensure your FREE registration for this event, please follow these three simple steps.

1. Log on to your ASE Member Portal with your ASE username (email) and password.
2. Select “ASEUniversity and CME Credits” on the left.
3. Select “Live Webinars” on the left and “Register” found in the Live Webinar Event Summary.

ASE member Sangeeta Shah, MD, FASE, Co-Director, Adult Congenital Heart Program and Director, Cardiovascular MRI at Ochsner Heart and Vascular Institute, and member of the ASE Advocacy Committee, developed a video for patients explaining what a stress echo is, how to prepare for the test, and what to expect when having a stress echo. Dr. Shah graciously offered to share this video with all ASE members to help inform their patients and demonstrate the value that this key diagnostic tool plays in ensuring that they receive quality healthcare. Please feel free to share this video with your patients and your colleagues. Release of this video supports achieving ASE’s new strategic goal of developing educational campaigns for patients.

The Fellow of the American Society of Echocardiography (FASE) credential recognizes dedicated ASE members who have extraordinary commitment to the field. The next deadline for submission of FASE applications is August 1. If you have been an ASE member for two years, check out the criteria to see if you are eligible to apply. The criteria allow for specialists from a variety of practice areas to achieve this designation.

Applications are reviewed every other month. The deadlines for submission are February 1, April 1, June 1, August 1, October 1, and December 1.

If you have questions about the criteria or process, please contact Mary Alice Dilday, Vice President of Internal Relations.

Due to a power outage, the ASE Headquarters will be closed the rest of the day, Monday, July 18.