2022-2023 Cardiovascular Sonography Council Steering Committee:
Chair: G. Monet Strachan, ACS, RDCS, FASE (July 2022 – June 2024)
Chair-Elect: Allyson Boyle, MHA, ACS, RDCS, FASE (July 2022 – June 2024)
Immediate Past Chair: Keith Collins, MS, RDCS, FASE (July 2022 – June 2024)
ASE Council Representative: Keith Collins, MS, RDCS, FASE (July 2022 – June 2024)
Education Committee Rep: Carol Mitchell, PhD, RDMS, RDCS, RVT, RT(R), ACS, FASE (July 2021 – June 2023)
Guidelines & Standards Committee Rep: Melissa Wasserman, RDCS, RCCS, FASE (July 2021 – June 2023)
Scientific Sessions Co-Chair: Madeline Jankowski, BS, RDCS, FASE (July 2022 – June 2023)
Scientific Sessions Incoming Co-Chair: Eric Kruse, BS, ACS, RDCS, RVT, FASE
Member at Large: Patrice McKay, RDCS, FASE (July 2022 – June 2024)
Member at Large: Joshua Pearson, RCS, CCSS, CRAT, FASE (July 2022 – June 2024)
Member at Large: Ken Horton, ACS, RCS, FASE (July 2021 – June 2023)
Member at Large: Kathy Olejnik, BS, RDCS, ACS, FASE (July 2021 – June 2023)
Staff Liaison: Suzanne Morris
The ASE Cardiovascular Sonography Council is dedicated to the following objectives:
- Support cardiovascular ultrasound interest areas by communicating issues of importance to the membership;
- Provide guidance to the ASE Board of Directors regarding sonographer issues;
- Provide a forum for members with similar interests to network;
- Appoint directors to the ASE Board of Directors (as council representatives)
- To provide educational offerings for sonographers, including guidance to Scientific Sessions Program Committee
Awards:
The Council has two awards, which alternate every other year:
- ASE Cardiovascular Sonographer Distinguished Teacher Award was awarded in 2020 to Merri L. Bremer, EdD, RN, ACS, RDCS, FASE of Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN.
- Sonographer Lifetime Achievement Award will be awarded in June at the Scientifics Sessions to Carol Mitchell, PhD, RDMS, RDCS, RVT, RT(R), ACS, FASE of University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI
Scientific Sessions Travel Grant Award
In partnership with the ASE Sonography Council, the ASE Education and Research Foundation will sponsor two perioperative trainees to attend the ASE Annual Scientific Sessions.
Congratulations to our 2022 Scientific Sessions Travel Grant Award Recipients!
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- Elise Hawes, BAS, ACS, RDCS, FASE, Henry Ford Health Jackson Hospital, Albion, MI
- Megan Schoessling, BS, RDCS, Children’s Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI
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2023 Scientific Sessions Travel Grants Application will open Spring 2023
Sonographer resources on asecho.org: ASE offers information on sonographer education and training and FAQs on the following webpage: https://www.asecho.org/clinical-information/sonographer-training/.
Industry Standards for the Prevention of Work Related Musculoskeletal Disorders in Sonography