The May 2023 Echo magazine is now online! This issue contains interesting articles written by ASE members, including:

• The House of Cardiology, page 4
• Your Sonographer Scientific Sessions Questions Answered, What Sessions to Attend!, page 6
• Sonographer Volunteer of the Month-May, Congratulations Courtney Cassidy, RDCS, FASE, page 9
• Excitement at the ASE 2023 Scientific Sessions: The Interventional Echocardiography Track, page 11
• Perioperative Echocardiography Council Track Highlights of the ASE 2023 Scientific Sessions, page 13
• A Short History of ASE’s Scientific Sessions, page 15
• Recognizing ASE’s 2023 Award Winners, page 19
• Recap of the ASE Foundation’s March Games Fundraising Competition, page 27

ASE members can write and submit articles to Echo magazine for publication. The article submission deadline for the August 2023 issue is June 15. Visit ASE’s website to review the author submission guideline requirements on formatting, word length, etc. Contact Echo@ASEcho.org with questions and view past issues at ASEcho.org/EchoMagazine.

Free for ASE Members

Register now for ASE’s next live webinar on June 6, 2023, 6:00 PM – 7:00 PM ET, Entering the ICE Arena: Steps for the Imager to Learn Intracardiac Echocardiography. This webinar will offer an introduction to the use of 2D and 3D ICE for structural heart procedures. This webinar is free for ASE members and $40 for nonmembers.

Speakers: Muhamed Saric, MD, FASE, and Markus Scherer, MD, FASE

Learning Objectives:

• Understand orientation of ICE views and comparison with other imaging modalities
• How to acquire ICE views with catheter manipulation
• How to interact with 3D ICE data sets on the echo cart

Did you miss Echo Hawaii or State-of-the-Art Echocardiography (SOTA) earlier this year? Or maybe you are looking for unlimited on-demand access to the latest education on established and emerging cardiovascular ultrasound technologies? Good news! Register for ASE’s Advanced Echo Online Course and access 49 presentations compiled from the 2023 Echo Hawaii and SOTA courses. Expert faculty discuss state-of-the-art technologies with a particular focus on how they can be effectively applied in a clinical setting.

Registration includes access to course materials until March 27, 2024, CME credits, and MOC points, and ASE members receive reduced registration fees as a benefit of membership. Just log in to your ASE Member Portal before registering.

June 15, 2023, 12:00-1:00 PM ET

The Canadian Society of Echocardiography (CSE) is working with the Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography (JASE) Editorial Team to present a live podcast discussing the May 2023 JASE Article The Impact of Sonothrombolysis on Left Ventricular Diastolic Function and Left Atrial Mechanics Preventing Left Atrial Remodeling in Patients With ST Elevation Acute Myocardial Infarction.

Attendees can watch and listen to the live, collaborative podcast on Thursday, June 15, from 12:00 – 1:00 PM ET on Zoom. Speakers representing CSE and JASE will join in the online discussion. Attendees are eligible to receive Royal College MOC credits and no registration is required to attend.

So far this year, ASE has welcomed 42 distinguished Fellows of the American Society of Echocardiography (FASE) recipients! These members exemplify excellence in the field of cardiovascular ultrasound through education, research, leadership, and volunteerism. They are ambassadors for ASE and recognized experts in their field. Join us in congratulating the newest FASE recipients:

• William Bradley, DNP, NP-C, ACNP, ACHPN, FASE, AACC
• Stephanie Paige Coleman, RDCS, FASE
• Corrado Fiore, FASE
• Karan Kapoor, MD, FASE
• Jessica A. Kolb, RDCS, FASE
• Hsin-Yueh Liang, MD, FASE
• Christina Luuly Luong, BSc, MD, MHSc, FASE
• Majd Makhoul, MD, FASE
• Renato Morcerf, RDCS, FASE
• Davoy R. Murray, MD, FASA, FASE
• Lakshmi Muthukumar, MD, FASE
• Andrew Philip Notarianni, MD, FASE
• Seyedehzahra Mahshid Ojaghihaghighi, MD, FACC, FASE
• Priscilla Paladino-Rivieccio, RCS, FASE
• Aaron Robert Prosnitz, MD, FASE
• Sajjadur Rahim, ACS, RDCS, RVT, MBBS, FASE
• Samreen R. Raza, MD, FASE
• Jason N. Salamon, MD, FASE
• Vahid Sepehri, MD, FASE
• Karen Elizabeth Singh, MD, FASE
• Vianney Tedjamulia, MD, FIHA, FASE
• Nicholas Thomas Thielen, MD, FASE
• Dongngan T. Truong, MD, FASE
• Karen Miller, RDCS, FASE
• Sahar Mohammed Abdelhamid, MD, FASE
• Rowa Attar, MD, FRCPC, FASE
• Kelley Robert Branch, MD, FASE
• Nicholas J. Enger, RDCS, FASE
• Patrick T. Gleason, MD, FASE
• Ythan H. Goldberg, MD, FASE
• Stanislav Henkin, MD, MPH, FASE
• Patrick Thomas Hussey, MD, FASE
• Kamalesh R. Karthikeyan, MD, FASE
• Dor Markush, MD, FASE
• Pooja Natarajan, MD, FASE
• Yaser Saeed Nemshah, MBBS, FASE
• Cassandra Polsen, BS, RDCS, FASE
• Gabriel Shaya, MD, FASE
• Erik Ryan Su, MD, FASE
• Raymond K. Young, MD, FASE
• Raffael Pereira Cezar Zamper, PhD, FASE
• Erick Calderon-Aranda, MD, FASE

A complete list of FASE members can be found at SeeMyHeart.org. If you are interested in applying for FASE, or would like more information, visit ASEcho.org/FASE. The next deadline to apply is June 1, 2023.

September 30 – October 1, 2023

Calling all Sonographers: Save the date for the 2nd Annual Echo in Pediatric & Congenital Heart Disease Virtual Experience! This two-day virtual course will take place September 30 – October 1, 2023, and contain echo-specific education for the pediatric community.

Learn about established and emerging cardiovascular ultrasound technologies, clinical care, and practical considerations in children and adults with congenital heart disease. Registration will open June 2023, and participants can earn up to 12 CME credits.

ASE has surpassed 10,000 followers on its LinkedIn Company Page! Thank you for your support in helping us reach this social media milestone. Did you know there are two ways to connect and engage with ASE on LinkedIn? Follow our LinkedIn Company Page to stay in-the-know about the latest ASE happenings and offerings, and request to join our LinkedIn Group page to collaborate with nearly 29,000 members from the cardiovascular ultrasound community.

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October 7-9, 2023, at Disney’s Yacht & Beach Club Resorts in Florida

Join us live, in-person for ASE’s 11th Annual Echo Florida course that will take place October 7-9, 2023, at Disney’s Yacht & Beach Club Resorts in Lake Buena Vista, Florida. This course offers a comprehensive review of cardiovascular ultrasound and includes dedicated sessions on cardiomyopathies, coronary artery disease (including stress testing), valvular heart disease, pericardial disease, heart failure, emerging technologies, complex congenital heart disease and case-based demonstrations on the role of 2D, and real time 3D/4D echocardiography, as well as strain imaging. Attendees can earn up to 23.50 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™

Accommodations: ASE has secured a block of rooms at a discounted rate of $315 per night plus tax (based on single/double occupancy) at Disney’s Yacht & Beach Club Resort. Learn more and book your room.

Free for ASE Members

The Critical Care eCASE Series was a new blended online learning activity offered by ASE that is now available On Demand in the ASE Learning Hub. The flipped learning style allowed registrants to review a case prior to a live Q&A session, where an expert panel and the participants discussed the interpretation of the case and how they might approach diagnosis and treatment. This activity includes three recorded Critical Care eCASES. All clinical providers interested in POCUS in regards to its use in diagnosing and managing critically ill patients are encouraged to check out the series!

The three cases covered are titled:

1. Case 1: Is it cardiac tamponade or not? That is the question.
2. Case 2: Is oxygen delivery adequate? That is the question.
3. Case 3: Does the patient need a transesophageal echo, TEE? That is the question.

This activity is free for ASE members and $45 for nonmembers. Earn 4.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ (pending approval) for participation in the entire three-part series.