Council Objectives include:
- Support circulation and vascular ultrasound interest areas by communicating issues of importance to the membership;
- Provide guidance to the ASE Board of Directors regarding circulation and vascular ultrasound;
- 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 circulation and vascular patients, including guidance to Scientific Sessions Program Committee
- To provide guidance on standards of care related to circulation and vascular ultrasound to the Board and Guidelines and Standards Committee
Council on Circulation & Vascular Ultrasound Steering Committee Activities
- Quarterly article in the Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography (JASE)
- Targeted track at ASE Scientific Sessions instructing how to perform vascular ultrasound, review clinical cases, and understand risk assessment in the practice of primary prevention
- Advocacy efforts related to circulation and vascular ultrasound practice
- Circulation and Vascular community on Connect@ASE
- Bi-monthly message from chair
- Resource library
- Allows members to discuss issues and network
- Forum for news and announcements about ASE and circulation and vascular ultrasound
Participating in the Council on Circulation & Vascular Ultrasound:
Membership in ASE’s councils is a complimentary member benefit. You can join one or more subspecialty councils of interest to you by checking the relevant boxes on your membership application or by selecting them in your online membership profile.
Most of the information about council activities, announcements, discussion boards and volunteer opportunities are available in the council’s community on Connect@ASE, ASE’s online networking site. This site is an ASE member benefit, and allows council members the opportunity to network, discuss issues, be aware of deadlines for travel grants and volunteer opportunities, and be in the know about council initiatives, concerns and news. Members can opt for daily or weekly digests of news related to the council communities in which they chose to participate. Simply opt to join the communities of interest
Council on Circulation & Vascular Ultrasound Steering Committee:
Chair: Amer Johri, MD, FASE
Chair Elect: Bryan Wells, MD, FASE
Immediate Past Chair: Esther Kim, MD, MPH, RPVI, FASE
Council Representative on ASE Executive Board: Wyman Lai, MD, MPH, FASE
Education Committee Representative: Vijay Nambi, MD, FASE
Guidelines & Standards Committee Representative: TBD
Scientific Sessions Track Chair: Bryan Wells, MD, FASE
Scientific Sessions Track Co-Chair: Fadi Shamoun, MD, FASE
Members at Large: Christina Fanola, MD; Rebecca LeLeiko, MD and Matthew Vorsanger, MD
Guideline and Standard Rep.: Rebecca LeLeiko, MD.