Images for the 2025 Image Calendar Competition are due in THIS WEEK Deadline: August 7

The ASE Echo Image Calendar is a popular member renewal gift showcasing unique cardiovascular images captured by ASE members. Now through August 7, ASE members are encouraged to submit their echo images for the 2025 Image Calendar Contest.

You can upload as many images as you would like, but only one image per member will be featured in the calendar. Voting for the images to be included in the colorful, 12-month calendar will take place August 8 through September 9.

Submit 2025 ASE Award Nominations

ASE supports the cardiovascular ultrasound community through recognition of outstanding service, research, and training. A benefit of ASE membership is the ability to nominate deserving colleagues for prestigious ASE AwardsEmail the ASE Awards Committee by September 15, 2024, to nominate a friend, colleague, peer, or mentor.

Images For The 2025 Image Calendar Competition Are Due This WEEK Deadline: August 7

ASE’s 2024 Advanced Imaging Techniques: A Virtual Experience will focus on the practical how-to techniques of advanced Strain, Contrast, and 3D Imaging. A strong emphasis will be placed on data acquisition and analysis of raw datasets. The two-day, online course will feature a clinically applicable program aimed at the sonographer/practitioner directly involved in advanced echocardiography imaging.

Last year’s attendees praised the practical applications taught by expert faculty, and the detail and relevancy of the course content. Registrants can earn up to 6 CME/MOC credits.

Echo Magazine Will Now be Published Bi-Monthly—Six Times Each Year

Echo magazine is transitioning from a monthly online publication to bi-monthly (every other month), publishing six times each year. ASE’s Executive Committee approved this production change recommended by the Publications Committee to begin after the June 2024 issue. The next issue will publish in August instead of July.

The magazine is an outlet for all active ASE members to contribute interesting articles or images related to cardiovascular ultrasound that are not research-related, and also includes communications from the ASE President, Councils, and Specialty Interest Groups, as well as ASE Education Calendar.

The next submission deadline for the October 2024 issue is August 15. Review author guidelines, and email questions and potential article topics to Echo@ASEcho.org.

Call for Papers: Two Upcoming JASE Focus Issues Submission Deadlines in August

The Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography (JASE) is accepting submissions for two special Focus Issues: Right Heart and Pulmonary Hypertension and Diastolic Function. We invite you to submit original research studies, reviews, letters, and brief research communications on any aspect of echocardiography in the assessment of either the right heart and pulmonary hypertension or diastolic function. These issues will be published in early 2025 alongside ASE’s new guidelines on each respective topic. In line with our core values at JASE, we welcome multi-disciplinary collaborations (e.g. sonographers, nurses, physicians, scientists).

Submissions for the Right Heart and Pulmonary Hypertension Focus Issue are due to the JASE Editorial Manger by August 1, 2024. Please note in your cover letter that the submission is for the Right Heart Issue.

Submissions for the Diastolic Function Focus Issue are due to the JASE Editorial Manager by August 30, 2024. Please note in your cover letter that the submission is for the Diastolic Function Issue.

Questions? Email ASE’s Director of Publications Debbie Meyer.

ASE Leadership Academy Cohort 4 Applications Are Due Next Week Deadline August 1

Are you or someone you know interested in becoming a future ASE leader? Apply now for a spot in the 2024-2026 ASE Leadership Academy. Applications and recommendation letters will be accepted through August 1, 2024.

ASE is committed to the professional growth of its members, and this program provides a unique opportunity for members to increase their knowledge and develop skills that will help them be successful leaders throughout their careers. Over 19 months, participants will be paired with a senior adviser and gain access to high quality online tutorials on leadership, valued at over $7,500! Questions? Email LeadershipAcademy@ASEcho.org.

Read what Cohort 3 graduates had to say about this unique ASE program!

The ASE 2024 Scientific Sessions: Online Library is Now Available

The ASE 2024 Scientific Sessions: Online Library is available to purchase in the ASE Learning Hub. Get unlimited online access for three years to recordings from the main six rooms from this year’s Scientific Sessions. The Library includes special sessions like the Echo World Cup; ShowCASE; and the Young Investigator’s and Sonographer Research Award Competitions. As a sneak peak, you can view the Feigenbaum and Edler lectures on ASE’s YouTube channel today. Live audio, screen capture with animation, mouse pointer, and embedded videos will be included from all sessions (excluding the DIY Workshops and Learning Labs). This product does not offer CME/MOC credit.

ASE members save $100! Remember to log in to your ASE Member Portal to receive the discounted member price of $299 ($399 for nonmembers)!

Submit Your Images for the 2025 Image Calendar by August 7

The ASE Echo Image Calendar is a popular member renewal gift showcasing unique cardiovascular images captured by ASE members. Now through August 7, ASE members are encouraged to submit their echo images for the 2025 Image Calendar Contest!


How to Upload Your Echo Images
  1. Log in to Connect@ASE using your ASE username (email address) and password.
  2. Using the left navigation, scroll to Libraries and click Image Library.
  3. Click the folder named ASE 2025 Calendar Contest.
  4. Click Upload Resource under Folder Contents to upload your image(s). Image file size cannot exceed 30 MB. Remember to include a title and brief description of your image(s).
You can upload as many images as you would like, but only one image per member will be featured in the calendar. Voting for the images to be included in the colorful, 12-month calendar will begin on August 8 and end on September 9.

ASE Welcomes University of Kentucky HealthCare Gill Heart & Vascular Institute to the ImageGuideEcho™ Registry

The University of Kentucky HealthCare Gill Heart & Vascular Institute is the latest institution to join ASE’s ImageGuideEcho™ Registry, the nation’s first echo-specific clinical data registry for quality improvement. The University of Kentucky makes the fifth institution to join the Registry in the last year.
ASE members may participate in the ImageGuideEcho Registry for FREE. For more information about how your institution can enroll, email Registry@ASEcho.org or call 919-297-7174.

Registration is NOW OPEN for the 3rd Annual Echo in PCHD Virtual Experience October 26-27, 2024

You can now register for the 3rd Annual Echo in Pediatric & Congenital Heart Disease Echo Access Virtual Experience, which will take place October 26-27, 2024. This two-day virtual course will present the latest information on established and emerging cardiovascular ultrasound technologies, clinical care, and practical considerations in children and adults with congenital heart disease.
Expert physician and sonographer faculty, led by Course Co-Chairs Melissa Wasserman, RDCS, RCCS, FASE, and Shiraz Maskatia, MD, FASE, will discuss current technologies with a particular focus on how they can be effectively applied in the clinical setting. Faculty will be joining live to answer participant questions during dedicated Question and Answer time for each session. Participants can earn up to 13 CME/MOC credits. Remember to log in to your ASE Member Portal before accessing the Learning Hub to receive your member discount on registration.