2024 – 2025 Perioperative Echocardiography Council Steering Committee
Chair: Sheela Pai Cole, MD, FASE (July 2023 – June 2025)
Chair-Elect: Douglas Shook, MD, FASE (July 2023 – June 2025)
Immediate Past Chair: G. Burkhard Mackensen, MD, PhD, FASE (July 2023 – June 2025)
ASE Council Representative: Kelly Thorson, DHSc, MSRS, ACS, RDCS, FASE (July 2024 – June 2026)
Education Committee Rep: Andrew Notarianni, MD, FASE, FASA (July 2024- June 2026)
Guidelines & Standards Committee Rep: Sharon McCartney, MD, FASE (July 2024 – June 2026)
Scientific Sessions Perioperative Rep: Kiran Belani, MD, FASE (July 2023 – June 2025)
Member at Large: Abimbola Faloye, MD, FASE (July 2023 – June 2025)
Member at Large: Charles Nyman, MBBCH (July 2023 – June 2025)
Member at Large: Himani Bhatt, MD, MPA, FASE (July 2024 – June 2026)
Member at Large: Loren Francis, MD, FASE (July 2024 – June 2026)
Staff Liaison: Tricia Meeks
The ASE Perioperative Echocardiography Council (COPE) is dedicated to the following objectives:
- Support perioperative echocardiography interest areas by communicating issues of importance to the membership;
- Provide guidance to the Board regarding perioperative echocardiography issues;
- Provide a forum for members with similar interests to network;
- Provide a representative (council chair) to ASE Board of Directors, as required;
- To provide educational offerings for those practicing cardiovascular ultrasound for perioperative patients, including guidance to Scientific Sessions Program Committee
- To provide guidance on standards of care related to perioperative echocardiography to the Guidelines and Standards Committee
Awards
The council has the following annual award:
- Outstanding Achievement in Perioperative Echocardiography Award was awarded in June 2024 to Feroze Mahmood, MD, FASE, of Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, in Boston, MA
What’s new with the COPE Council?
New Product Alert!
COPE in Echo Magazine:
What it means to be a Perioperative Echocardiographer in 2024
COPE at 2024 Scientific Sessions
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