ASE Headquarters will be closed Monday, December 24 – Wednesday, December 26, as well as Monday, December 31 and Tuesday January 1 during the holiday season. We assure you that all questions, calls, and emails will be answered upon our return to the office. We appreciate your patience during this time and Happy Holidays.

ASE depends on its members to get involved and advance our mission. Our volunteers help set standards, develop products, create courses, direct subspecialty activities, advocate for echo on the federal and state levels, and so much more. If you are a new volunteer interested in serving on an ASE committee or a member currently serving on a committee and would like to continue to serve, log in to your ASE member portal, click on “Resources” on the top menu bar, select “Call for Committee Volunteers” from the dropdown, and complete the interest form and annual disclosure statement.

The application process will remain open through January 7, 2019. The term of service for new appointments will be July 2019 – June 2020.

The end of 2018 is quickly approaching.  Are you looking for a way to spend unused research or echo lab funding? ASE is here to help! Take advantage of an additional 20% off all ASE products on ASEMarketPlace.com through December 31, 2018. At checkout, please use code HAPPYHOLIDAY2018 to receive your discount. Login to your member portal  and take a look around ASEMarketPlace to make your purchase today.

Show your friends and colleagues that you value their contribution by giving them the gift of ASE membership.

Top 5 Reasons to Give ASE Membership:

1. They will receive free learning opportunities which are also CME/MOC credits.
2. They will get immediate access to the latest cardiovascular ultrasound news, guidelines, and research, including Echo Headlines 4 days a week!
3. They will have ample opportunities for leadership and professional development.
4. They can easily connect and network with other echo-enthusiasts from across the globe.
5. It’s the gift that keeps giving, 365 days a year!

Call 919-297-7172 or email Suzanne Morris at SMorris@ASEcho.org  to purchase memberships for others! Remember if you gift five new memberships, YOU get a free membership in 2020! This is a great way to use any leftover money you might have in your budget for 2018. We will notify the gift recipients of this special gift by email and would be happy to customize the message on your behalf.

Due to inclement weather, ASE Headquarters is closed Monday, December 10, 2018.

If you will be attending EuroEcho in Milan, Italy, we invite you to join ASE leadership, staff, and your colleagues at the ASE Member Reception on Wednesday, December 5, from 7:00 to 9:00 PM. The reception will take place at La Corsia del Giardino, Via Manzoni 16, 20121, Milan. This will be a great opportunity for conversation in a relaxed atmosphere. If you have any questions regarding this reception or location, please contact Rhonda Price at rprice@asecho.org, or stop by the ASE booth, C300 in the EuroEcho exhibit hall. Download the invitation here.

ASE Headquarters will be closed Monday, December 24 – Wednesday, December 26, as well as Monday, December 31 and Tuesday January 1 during the holiday season. We assure you that all questions, calls, and emails will be answered upon our return to the office. We appreciate your patience during this time and Happy Holidays.

Save the date! Interact with your colleagues in our next Twitter Journal Club on Tuesday, December 11, from 8:00 – 9:00 PM US EST. From JASE, December’s Twitter Journal Club will review Transcatheter Mitral Valve Implantation in Degenerated Bioprosthetic Valves (Sunil V. Mankad, MD, FASE, Gabriel S. Aldea, MD, Natalie M. Ho, MD, Rekha Mankad, MD, FASE, Sorin Pislaru, MD, PhD, FASE, L. Leonardo Rodriguez, MD, FASE, Brian Whisenant, MD, Karen Zimmerman, BS, ACS, RDCS (AE, PE), RVT, FASE).

Follow @ASE360, and please plan to join ASE’s journal club, including moderator Dr. Ritu Thamman as she discusses this article. Be sure to use the hashtag, #ASEchoJC for all tweets. Click here to find out when the Twitter Journal Club is taking place in your timezone. If you have any questions on this event, please contact Arissa Cooper at acooper@asecho.org.

The end of 2018 is quickly approaching. Are you looking for a way to spend unused research or echo lab funding? ASE is here to help! Take advantage of an additional 20% off all ASE products on ASEMarketPlace.com through December 31, 2018. At checkout, please use code HAPPYHOLIDAY2018 to receive your discount. Login to your  member portal  and take a look around ASEMarketPlace to make your purchase today.

Giving Tuesday was a remarkable day for the ASE Foundation. Thanks to the generous support of our donors, the Foundation received a record breaking $33,786 in just 24 hours! Our goal to raise $15,000 was more than doubled and we owe it all to you, our incredible donors.

The success from yesterday is not solely represented by the amount raised, but also in the number of donors who participated. Last Giving Tuesday, 76 donors supported ASEF with $26,982 in donations. This year’s $33,786 is the result of 104 donors!

ASEF sends a special thank you to the ASE leaders, Drs. Jose Banchs, Burkhard Mackensen, and Ritu Thamman, who made early pledges to match the first $3,000 raised yesterday and to the collective of sonographer leaders who teamed up to match the first $2,170 donated by sonographers. The sonographer match was almost tripled, resulting in $6,086! Four members of the Inaugural ASE Leadership Academy class donated as well, illustrating how the Society’s investment in the future of our field is being paid forward. We also had a number of members who gave in memory of Kirk Spencer, MD, FASE. We are so grateful for all these gifts and our donors – you are what makes the Foundation successful and meaningful!

If you missed Giving Tuesday yesterday, there’s still time to support the Foundation’s 2018 Annual Appeal before December 31 and help us reach our overall goal for the year of $250,000. Visit ASEFoundation.org/Donate or contact the Foundation at foundation@asecho.org.