Created in 1990, the annual Edler Lecture honors the founder of echocardiography, Dr. Inge Edler. This lecture is presented during ASE’s Annual Scientific Sessions.
2025
Benjamin Eidem, MD, FASE – "The Legacy of Inge Edler: Historical Perspectives on the Birth of Echocardiography"
2024
Stephen Little, MD, FASE – "Interventional Echocardiography: A New Subspecialty Unfolds"
2023
Raymond Stainback, MD, FASE – “The Living History of Echocardiography for Mechanical Circulatory Support Devices”
2022
Catherine Otto, MD, FASE – “Aortic Valve Stenosis: Moving from Diagnosis to Patient Outcomes”
2021
Madhav Swaminathan, MD, FASE – “Echo, Equity, and Empowerment: A Framework for the Future”
2020
Jonathan Lindner, MD, FASE – “The Role of Imaging Today for Developing Drugs of Tomorrow”
2019
Vera Rigolin, MD, FASE – “Time Flies When You Are Having Fun With Aortic Stenosis”
2018
Allan L. Klein, MD, FASE – “Dermatology of the Heart: Tales from the Pericardial Sac”
2017
Susan E. Wiegers, MD, FASE – “The Point of Care”
2016
Neil J. Weissman, MD, FASE – “The Future of Echocardiography: Disrupter or Disrupted?”
2015
Patrick O’Gara, MD, FACC – “Innovation in CV Medicine: Whose Responsibility Is It?”
2014
Patricia A. Pellikka, MD, FASE – “Echocardiography in an Era of Multimodality Imaging”
2013
James D. Thomas, MD, FASE – “The Miracle of Echocardiography: From Physics to Physiology to Population Health”
2012
Roberto M. Lang, MD, FASE – “3D Echocardiography has Come of Age: Promises and Perspectives”
2011
Gov. Howard Dean, MD – “Healthcare Reform – What it Means to Patients as Well as Physicians”
2010
William A. Zoghbi, MD, FASE – “Echocardiography: A 20/20 Vision”
2009
Thomas Ryan, MD, FASE – “The Capacity for Change: A Look at Echocardiography in the Next Decade”
2008
Jos Roelandt, MD, PhD, FASE – “Imaging, Ingenuity and Serendipity”
2007
Michael H. Picard, MD, FASE – “The Future of Echocardiography: Lessons from History, Biology and Art”
2006
Bijoy K. Khandheria, MBBS, FASE – “Back to the Future”
2005
Linda D. Gillam, MD, FASE – “Cardiology’s Number One Detective Agency: The Echo Lab”
2004
Randolph P. Martin, MD, FASE – “Making a Difference in Individual Lives”
2003
Pamela S. Douglas, MD, FASE – “Good Morning ASE”
2002
Pravin M. Shah, MD, FASE – “SAM is 30-something and Going Strong”
2001
Harry Rakowski, MD, FASE – “Echocardiography: Opening Windows to Your Heart”
2000
A. Jamil Tajik, MD, FASE – “Echocardiography: From Evolution to Revolution”
1999
Richard E. Kerber, MD, FASE – “Deconstructing the Body: Medical Imaging, Medical Art and the Art of Medicine”
1998
Alan S. Pearlman, MD, FASE – “The Changing Face of ASE – Past, Present, and Future”
1997
Julius M. Gardin, MD, FASE – “Echocardiography: A Ventricular View”
1996
Alfred F. Parisi, MD, FASE – “The Miracle of Echocardiography – A Clinician’s Retrospective”
1995
Arthur E. Weyman, MD, FASE – “The End of the Beginning”
1994
David J. Sahn, MD, FASE – “Milestones in the Development of Echocardiography: Where Have We Come From? Where Are We Going?”
1993
Joseph A. Kisslo, MD, FASE – “Coping in the 1990s: Regulation, Restriction & Reduced Reimbursement”
1992
Anthony N. DeMaria, MD, FASE – “Technologic Advances in an Era of Socioeconomic Constraints – Future Tension in Echocardiography”
1991
Richard L. Popp, MD, FASE – “Second Annual Feigenbaum Lecture”
1990
Harvey Feigenbaum, MD, FASE – “Echocardiography: Past, Present, and Future”
2026 Lecturer: Theodore Abraham, MD, FASE – "From Hurricanes to Hypertrophy: Insights from Computational Flow Dynamics"