2023-2024 Pediatric and Congenital Heart Disease Council Steering Committee:
Chair: Craig Fleishman, MD, FASE (July 2023 – June 2025)
Chair- Elect: Pei-Ni Jone, MD, FASE (July 2023 – June 2025)
Immediate Past Chair: Carolyn Altman, MD, FACC, FAHA, FASE (July 2023 – June 2025)
ASE Council Representative: Keith Collins, MS, RDCS, FASE (July 2022 – June 2024)
Education Committee Rep: Shubhika Srivastava, MD, FASE (July 2023 – June 2025)
Guidelines & Standards Committee Rep: Andreea Dragulescu, MD, PhD, FASE (July 2023 – June 2025)
Scientific Sessions Track Chair: Anitha Parthiban, MD, FASE (July 2023 – June 2024)
Scientific Sessions Track Co-Chair: Adam Dorfman, MD, FASE (July 2023 – June 2024)
Member at Large: Daniel Forsha, MD, MCS, FASE (July 2023 – June 2025)
Member at Large: Rebecca Klug, BA, ACS, RDCS, RT(R), FASE (July 2023 – June 2025)
Member at Large: Jimmy Lu, MD, FASE (July 2022 – June 2024)
Member at Large: Shiraz Maskatia, MD, FASE (July 2022 – June 2024)
Member at Large: Rita France, RDCS, RDMS, RT, FASE (July 2022 – June 2024)
Staff Liaison: Dallas Lyons III
The ASE Pediatric and Congenital Heart Disease Council is dedicated to the following objectives:
- Support pediatric and congenital heart disease ultrasound interest areas by communicating issues of importance to the membership;
- Provide guidance to the Board regarding pediatric and congenital issues;
- Provide a forum for members with similar interests to network;
- Provide a representative (council chairman) to ASE Board of Directors;
- To provide educational offerings for those practicing cardiovascular ultrasound for pediatric patients and those with congenital heart disease, including guidance to Scientific Sessions Program Committee
- To provide guidance on standards of care related to pediatric and congenital heart disease to the Board and Guidelines and Standards Committee.
On-Demand Events:
Save the date for the 2nd Annual Echo in Pediatric & Congenital Heart Disease Virtual Experience, September 30 – October 1. Registration NOW OPEN!
Awards
The Council has two awards, which alternate every other year:
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- Excellence in Teaching in Pediatrics was awarded in June 2023 to Peter Frommelt, MD, FASE of Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin in Milwaukee, WI.
- Founders’ Award for Lifetime Achievement in Echocardiography for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Disease was awarded in 2022 to Lisa Hornberger, MD, FASE of Stollery Children’s Hospital, Edmonton, AB, Canada
- Scientific Sessions Travel Grant Award, in partnership with the ASE Pediatric & Congenital Heart Disease Council (PCHD), the ASE Foundation sponsored three pediatric trainees to attend the 34th ASE Annual Scientific Sessions in National Harbor, MD, June 23-26, 2023. Three travel grants of $1,000 each were awarded. Congratulations to our winners!
- Christiane Mhanna
- Grace Kong, MD
- Yasaman Farsiani
Additional pediatric and congenital resources on ASEcho.org
- Information on pediatric and congenital heart disease training and fellowships is available here.
- Pediatric Appropriate Use Criteria for Transthoracic Echocardiography: Performance Improvement Module
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