Awards Committee

Charge(s):

Select candidates for ASE Awards (or future awards) and make recommendations to Executive Committee.

  • Alan D. Waggoner Scholarships/Katanick Scholarship Award
  • Feigenbaum Student Travel Grant
  • Mentorship Award
  • Richard Popp Excellence in Teaching Award
  • Cardiovascular Sonographer Distinguished Teaching Award (every other year)
  • Feigenbaum Lecturer

Approve nominees for ASE Awards and make recommendations to Executive Committee.

  • Physician Lifetime Achievement Award (Presidential Nomination)
  • Sonographer Lifetime Achievement Award (Council Nomination, every other year)
  • Meritorious Service Award (Presidential Nomination)
  • Pediatric & Congenital Heart Disease Council Founders Award (Council Nomination, every other year)
  • Outstanding Achievement in Perioperative Echocardiography Award (Council Nomination)
  • Excellence in Teaching in Pediatrics (Council Nomination, every other year)
  • CAVUS Luminary Award (Council Nomination, every other year)

Members of the Awards Committee are not eligible for nominations during their term of service.

2023 – 2024 Committee Members:
Sherif Nagueh, MD, FASE – Chair
Madeline Jankowski, BS, RDCS, ACS, FASE – Co-Chair

Courtney Bennett, DO – Critical Care Representative
Stephen Little, MD, FASE – Interventional Representative
David Parra, MD, FASE – Pediatric Representative
Loren Francis, MD, FASE – Perioperative Representative
Brian Fey, BA, RDCS (AE, PE), ACS, FASE – Sonographer Representative
Stavros Agorastos, MHA, RDCS, RVT, FASE – Vascular Representative
Jennifer Betz, BS, RDCS, FASE – Member at Large
Salvatore Costa, MD, FASE – Member at Large
Richard Grimm, DO, FASE – Member at Large
John Kovalchin, MD, FASE – Member at Large
Eric Kruse, BS, ACS, RDCS, RVT, FASE – Member at Large
Michael Picard, MD, FASE – Member at Large
Sharon Mulvagh, MD, FASE, FRCP(C), FACC – Member at Large
Robert Tunks, MD, MHS, FASE – Member at Large
Gary Huang, MD, FASE – Member at Large
Anthony Gallagher, MHA, RDCS (AE, PE), FASE – Member at Large
Jennifer Panahi, ACS, BHS, RDCS, FASE – Member at Large
Suzanne Morris, Staff Liaison