American Society of Echocardiography Elects Nine New Members to its 2026-2027 Board of Directors

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American Society of Echocardiography Elects Nine New Members to its 2026-2027 Board of Directors

(DURHAM, NC, April 20, 2026)—The American Society of Echocardiography (ASE) is pleased to announce that its membership has elected nine new members to serve on the 2026-2027 Board of Directors. They will begin their service on July 1, 2026, and will be introduced at ASE’s 37^th Annual Scientific Sessions in Aurora, Colo., June 26-28, 2026.

The ASE Executive Committee welcomes newly elected Vice President Carol Mitchell, PhD, ACS, RDMS, RDCS, RVT, RT(R), FSDMS, FASE, University of Wisconsin – Madison, Madison, Wis. who will serve a one-year term.

Additional new Executive Committee members who will serve for two years include:

• Margaret Park, BS, ACS, RVT, RDCS, FSDMS, FASE, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, Ohio—Secretary
• Merri Bremer, EdD, RN, ACS, RDCS, FASE, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minn.—Council Representative

The following new Board member was elected to serve

• David Dudzinski, MD, FASE, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, —Critical Care Council Chair

The following new Board members were elected to serve two-year terms:

• Bhaskar Arora, MD, FASE, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, Ore.—Member at Large
• Rebecca LeLeiko, MD, RPVI, FASE, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Ga.—Vascular Council Chair
• Matthew Parker, MD, FASE, UMass Memorial Medical Center, Boston, —Member at Large
• Shantanu Sengupta, MD, PhD, FASE, Sengupta Hospital and Research Institute, Nagpur, India—International Representative
• Neha Soni-Patel, MEd, BS, RCCS, RDCS, FASE, Cleveland Clinic Children’s, Cleveland, Ohio— Cardiovascular Sonography Council Chair

Previously elected members of the 2025-2026 ASE Executive Committee transitioning to a new position on the 2026-2027 Board are:

• Cynthia Taub, MD, MBA, FASE, SUNY Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, N.Y.—President
• Federico Asch, MD, FASE, MedStar Health Research Institute—President-Elect
• David H. Wiener, MD, FASE, Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, Philadelphia, Pa.—Immediate Past President

Continuing their service on the ASE Executive Committee through June 2027 are:

• Akhil Narang, MD, FASE, Northwestern Medicine, Chicago, Ill.—Treasurer
• Robin Wiegerink, MNPL, ASE, Durham, N.C.—Chief Executive Officer

Directors continuing their service through June 2027 are:

• Karima Addetia, MD, FASE, University of Chicago Medical Center, Chicago, Ill.—Member at Large
• Kristen Billick, BS, ACS, RCS, RDCS (AE, PE) FASE, Scripps Clinic and La Jolla Hospital, La Jolla, —Member at Large (extended for one year for exceptional service)
• Pei-Ni Jone, MD, FASE, Lurie Children’s Hospital, Chicago, Ill.—Pediatric and Congenital Heart Disease Council Steering Committee Chair
• Shiraz Maskatia, MD, FASE, Stanford University Medical Center, Palo Alto, Calif.—Leadership Academy Representative
• Monica Mukherjee, MD, FASE, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Md.—Member at Large
• Dermot Phelan, MD, PhD, FASE, Sanger Heart and Vascular Institute-Atrium Health, Charlotte, N.C.—Member at Large
• Vera Rigolin, MD, FASE, Northwestern Medicine, Chicago, Ill.—Past President Representative
• Douglas Shook, MD, FASE, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, Mass.—Perioperative Echocardiography Council Steering Committee Chair
• Lissa Sugeng, MD, MPH, FASE, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Conn.—Member at Large

ASE thanks the following nine Board members who will complete their service on June 30, 2026:

• Theodore Abraham, MD, FASE, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, Cali.—Immediate Past President
• Allyson Boyle, MHA, ACS, RDCS, FASE, Sanger Heart and Vascular Institute – Atrium Health, Charlotte, N.C. —Cardiovascular Sonography Council Chair
• Tony Forshaw, M Cardiac Ultrasound, B Ex Sci, AMS (Cardiac), FASE, Queensland University of Technology Queensland, Australia—International Representative
• Jennifer Liu, MD, FASE, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, N.Y. —Member at Large
• Kameswari Maganti, MD, FASE, Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, New Brunswick, N.J.—Member at Large
• Nishath Quader, MD, FASE, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, Mo.—Interventional Echocardiography Council Chair
• Kelly Thorson, DHSc, MSRS, MS, ACS, RDCS, FASE, Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital Stanford, Palo Alto, Calif.—Council Representative
• Matthew Vorsanger, MD, FACC, RPVI, FASE, NYU Grossman School of Medicine, New York, N.Y. —Circulation & Vascular Ultrasound Council Chair
• Melissa Wasserman, RCCS, RDCS, FASE, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pa.—Secretary

About American Society of Echocardiography
The American Society of Echocardiography (ASE) is the Society for Cardiovascular Ultrasound Professionals™. ASE is the largest global organization for cardiovascular ultrasound imaging serving physicians, sonographers, nurses, veterinarians, and scientists and as such is the leader and advocate, setting practice standards and guidelines for the field. The Society is committed to advancing cardiovascular ultrasound to improve lives. For more information, visit the ASE website ASEcho.org or social media pages on Facebook, X, LinkedIn, Instagram and Bluesky.

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