Founders’ Award for Lifetime Achievement in Echocardiography for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Disease

2024 Awardee: Tal Geva, MD, FASE

Pediatric and Congenital Heart Disease Council Founders’ Award recognizes continued major scholarly contribution to the field of pediatric echocardiography. This biennial award is presented during ASE’s Annual Scientific Sessions.
This award is rotated with the Excellence in Teaching in Pediatrics Award and is presented every other year.

Criteria for the award include:

An individual with documented lifelong exemplary contribution to the advancement of the field of Echocardiography in Pediatric and Congenital Heart Disease
This awardee is selected by the Pediatric and Congenital Heart Disease Council. Members who have suggestions should share them with Tricia Meeks for consideration by the Council by no later than September 15, 2025.

Past Awardees

2024

Tal Geva, MD, FASE

2022

Lisa Hornberger, MD, FASE

2019

Lindsey D. Allan, MD, FRCP

2017

Jean Claude Fouron, MD, FRCP(c), CM, OQ

2015

Hugh D. Allen, MD

2013

Jack Rychik, MD

2011

James C. Huhta, MD

2009

Charles Kleinman, MD, FASE

2007

Steven Colan, MD, FASE

2005

Jeffrey Smallhorn, MBBS, FRACP, FRCP(C)

2004

Stephen Sanders, MD

2003

David Sahn, MD

2002

Richard Meyer, MD

2001

Mayo Clinic Cardiologists

2000

Norman Silverman, MD

1999

Roberta Williams, MD

1998

J Stevenson, MD, FASE, FACC

1997

Stanley Goldberg, MD