Archives for January 2015

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Referring a peer to join ASE is now more of a win-win than ever! ASE is introducing its new “Get a Peer. Get a Prize.” campaign and wants you to join in on the fun. As a member of ASE, you already know which membership benefits are the most meaningful to you. Now, by referring a peer you will be entered to win great prizes, such as a free registration to ASE 2015 in Boston, MA and three free hotel nights, while your friend or colleague will receive the many benefits of ASE. Learn more about how you can help strengthen ASE and the echocardiography field by being a part of this campaign today. Visit www.asecho.org/peer for all of the details.

Join the ASE Education and Research Foundation on Saturday, June 13 for its premier fundraising event of the year! Tickets are now available for the 6th Annual Research Awards Gala – hosted with a theme of “Revolutionizing Research” and to be held at the Fairmont Copley Place in Boston during the ASE 26th Annual Scientific Sessions. Along with an evening of fine dining and dancing, the Gala will also celebrate the accomplishments of awardees and the dynamic field of cardiovascular ultrasound. By purchasing tickets to this event, you will be directly supporting echo research funding and the continued advancement of our field. Additionally, a portion of all Gala tickets are U.S. tax deductible. All prior Galas have sold out; purchase your tickets today.

The following award winners will be honored at the ASE Education and Research Foundation’s 6th Annual Research Awards Gala, Saturday, June 13, in Boston, MA during ASE’s  26th Annual Scientific Sessions:

• Physician Lifetime Achievement Award – Steven A. Goldstein, MD, MedStar Washington Hospital Center, Washington, DC
• Sonographer Lifetime Achievement Award – Margaret (Peg) Knoll, RCS, RDCS, FASE, University of California – Irvine Health, Orange, CA
• Meritorious Service Award – Roberto M. Lang, MD, FASE, University of Chicago Medical Center, Chicago, IL
• Richard Popp Excellence in Teaching Award – Marielle Scherrer-Crosbie, MD, PhD, FASE, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA
• Outstanding Achievement in Perioperative Echocardiography Award – Michael K. Cahalan, MD, University of Utah Health Care, Salt Lake City, UT
• Council on Pediatric and Congenital Heart Disease Founder’s Award – Hugh D. Allen, MD, Texas Children’s Hospital, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX

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As we start 2015, ASE plans to deliver a series of important documents that are in line with ASE’s mission of education and high standards for the practice of Echocardiography. You’ll notice in the January issue of JASE two new guideline documents from ASE – “Recommendations for Cardiac Chamber Quantification by Echocardiography in Adults: An Update from the American Society of Echocardiography and the European Association of Cardiovascular Imaging,” and “Guidelines for the Use of Echocardiography as a Monitor for Therapeutic Intervention in Adults: A Report from the American Society of Echocardiography.

Both guideline documents are currently available on the Journal of American Society of Echocardiography (JASE) website.  In addition, all ASE guideline documents can be accessed at www.asecho.org/guidelines.