Critical Care Echocardiography Council

2024-2025 Critical Care Echocardiography Steering Committee

Chair: Paul Mayo, MD, FASE (July 2023 – June 2025)
Chair-Elect: David Dudzinski, MD, FASE (March 2024 – June 2025)
Immediate Past Chair: Arthur Labovitz, MD, FASE (July 2023 – June 2025)
ASE Council Representative: Kelly Thorson, DHSc, MSRS, ACS, RDCS, FASE (July 2024 – June 2026)
Education Committee Rep: Sam Orde, MBBS, FASE (July 2024- June 2026)
Guidelines & Standards Committee Rep: Smadar Kort, MD, MPA, FASE (July 2022 – June 2025)
Scientific Sessions CCE Rep: Mike Lanspa, MD, FASE (July 2023 – June 2025)
Member at Large: Lindsay Hammond, RDCS  (July 2023 – June 2025)
Member at Large:
Sara Nikravan, MD, FCCM, FASE (July 2023 – June 2025)
Member at Large:
Younghoon Kwon, MD (July 2024 – June 2026)
Member at Large: Matthew Pierce, MD (July 2024 – June 2026)
Member at Large: Karen Zimmerman, BS, ACS, RDCS (AE, PE), RVT, FASE (July 2024 – June 2026)
Staff Liaison: Tricia Meeks

The ASE Critical Care Echocardiography Council (CCE) is dedicated to the following objectives:

  • Support critical care echocardiography interest areas by communicating issues of importance to the membership;
  • Provide guidance to the Board regarding critical care 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 critical care patients, including guidance to Scientific Sessions Program Committee
  • To provide guidance on standards of care related to critical care echocardiography to the Guidelines and Standards Committee

What’s new from the CCE Council?

Recent Echo Magazine Articles:
From the Sonographers Perspective
Why we should all learn Lung Ultrasound
Pathways for Critical Care Fellows
CCE Board Review Course

Guidelines
Multimodality Imaging of LVADs and TMCS
Recommendations for Cardiac Point-of-Care Ultrasound Nomenclature

Product alert…. Check out the Critical Care eCase series:

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