The 2024 ASE member renewal season is here! Did you know that ASE has an auto-renewal feature that is a convenient way to avoid a lapse in your membership and have uninterrupted access to all your ASE benefits? When you renew your membership this year, follow the steps below to sign up. Next year on November 1, 2024, ASE will charge your saved payment method with your membership renewal.*

First, add or update your payment method:

• Log in to your Member Portal, and click My Saved Payment Methods along the left-hand side.
• Select the + New Credit Card button, and enter your card information.
• Click Save.

Then, proceed to renewing your 2024 membership and sign up for auto-renewal:

• Select Renew Your Membership on the left navigation.
• Click the Renew button to renew your membership.
• Check the Sign-up for Auto Renewal box, and then click the Renew button.

All payment information is securely protected. Please contact ASE with questions regarding this process. You can also sign up for auto renewal by phone at 919-861-5574 or by email at ASE@ASEcho.org.

*To sign up for automatic renewal, you must complete the renewal process and renew your ASE membership for 2024. You can cancel auto-renewal at any time.

Now is your opportunity to become a leader in ASE! We are seeking the best and brightest members to move forward the mission and goals of the Society and the ASE Foundation. We are accepting nominations for available positions on the ASE Executive Committee, ASE Board of Directors, ASE Foundation Board of Directors, and ASE Council Steering Committees. If you are an active member and meet the criteria outlined for the position, ask a friend or colleague who is also an ASE member to submit a nomination on your behalf. The deadline for candidates to submit all required materials is November 30, 2023 (no exceptions).

All positions are open to any member regardless of their specialty, and ASE is looking for a diverse pool of nominees. Contact Nominations@ASEcho.org with questions.

The latest issue of CASE is now available with seven fascinating reports, including “Cysts Around the Heart: Differential Diagnosis and Multimodality Imaging Strategies for Paracardiac Cysts” by Maidman et al. CASE Editor-in-Chief, Vincent L. Sorrell, MD, FASE, remarked, “CASE specializes in providing readers with real-life CV imaging examples that can be used to help you better diagnose and manage your patients. Our goal, as we work with authors during the editorial review process to create educationally meaningful images, is to provide you with common presentations of uncommon diseases and uncommon presentations of common diseases. The CASE series by Maidman et al. fulfills this goal and offers readers a reference guide to be kept in their echo lab for future use. Paracardiac cysts are very common, but their differential is diverse, making them difficult to accurately diagnose. These authors did a fabulous job of including the echocardiographic findings of the most common paracardiac cysts. The accompanying correlative images demonstrate the value of ultrasound enhancing agents, 3D echo, and tomographic imaging. Additionally, the authors created a table of the most common discriminatory echo characteristics to guide your interpretation. This is yet another CASE report that should be added to your Echo Lab CASE Files!”

This issue contains a second case in Multimodality Imaging, featuring a variety of images and tissue characteristic patterns for the diagnosis of an underlying idiopathic etiology in a patient with an LV apical aneurysm. A stunning case of a spontaneous coronary sinus thrombosis in Cardiac Tumors and Pseudotumors accompanies two astute reports in each of the Atypical Presentations of Heart Disease and Just Another Day in the Echo Lab categories, including one on a patient with a classic clinical presentation of vasculitis who later obtains the unexpected diagnosis of infective endocarditis. Dr. Sorrell’s editorial serves as a reminder of the continued importance in considering hemodynamic setting at the time of echo acquisition.

Looking for a journal to submit your case report to? We want to hear from you! Email us with questions or submit your report today. Be sure to check out the latest Sonographer Sound-Off and Unlock the CASE features on the CASE Homepage to view more extraordinary work from your colleagues.

Did you know that each issue of the Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography (JASE) includes a free CME article? The articles are added to the ASE Learning Hub each month. Browse the catalog, choose JASE CME Articles under category and click review, learn, and earn at least 12 FREE CME credits each year. CME certificates are available for immediate access once you have successfully completed the activity.

Read the latest JASE free CME article available now in the Learning Hub titled, A Practical Approach to Echocardiographic Imaging in Patients with Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy, and earn up to 1.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™.

33^rd Annual Echo Hawaii™ and the 36^th Annual State-of-the-Art Echocardiography™ registration and accommodations are now open! For more than three decades, both courses have featured outstanding faculty who share the latest in echocardiography education with attendees. Echo Hawaii will take place January 15-19, 2024, at the Fairmont Orchid, Kohala Coast, Big Island, Hawaii, and SOTA will be February 16-19, 2024 at The Westin Kierland Resort & Spa, Scottsdale, Arizona.

Attendees who register early can save up to $225! ASE Members: Receive your member discount by logging in to your Member Portal and clicking Events at the top of the page.

At the end of this month, the ASE Foundation will host its popular Coffee Day fundraiser from September 25 – October 1. Share a cup of joe with ASEF in honor of National Coffee Day on September 29 by making a donation in the amount you normally spend on a cup of coffee! After you donate, let us know on social media by tagging @ASE360 with a picture of your coffee or coffee selfie. Remember to use the hashtags #ASEFoundation and #GaveACup.

We set a goal to raise $5,000. Contact Sophie Pumphrey at SPumphrey@ASEcho.org to make an early pledge and help us wake up other donations. Remember, each donation helps to fuel ASEF scholarships, research grants, global outreach patient efforts, and more! 

YOU make ASE the largest voice in cardiovascular imaging in the world.

YOU know the value of membership and can share it with your colleagues.

YOU can encourage them to join ASE to maintain the influence of the echo community.

ASE Ambassadors who refer new members help create a stronger community of collaboration and advance the field of cardiovascular ultrasound to improve lives. Our Member Recruiting Toolkit makes recruiting new members easy! The toolkit offers tips and ideas on how to invite colleagues, friends, peers, and others to join ASE and—include an invitation email example. Additionally, if you refer 5 new members, you can earn a free 2025 ASE membership as a thank you for your referrals.

Thank you to the more than 150 ASE Ambassadors who participated in 2023 resulting in nearly 325 new members. We invite you to participate in ASE’s 2024 Member Ambassador Program and help spread the word about why ASE Membership Matters!

Nominations Accepted Now Through November 30, 2023

In honor of the founder and first president of ASE, Harvey Feigenbaum, MD, FASE, this lectureship is awarded to a young investigator in recognition of their significant contribution to research in the field and their potential to continue at a high level of achievement.

The Feigenbaum Lecture is a keynote session presented during the Arthur E. Weyman Young Investigator’s Award Competition at ASE’s Annual Scientific Sessions in June. This is a prestigious lectureship with a great lineage. Five of ASE’s past presidents were Feigenbaum lecturers early in their careers! The deadline to submit nominations for the 2024 Feigenbaum Lecturer is November 30, 2023.

September 25 – October 1

National Coffee Day is September 29, and the ASE Foundation is celebrating by hosting its 5^th annual Coffee Day fundraiser!

Join the Foundation September 25 – October 1 to help raise $5,000. Donate what you would normally spend on a cup of coffee to ASEF. Your contribution will help us meet our Annual Appeal goal and raise much needed funding that supports scholarships, guideline dissemination, and research!

Mark your calendars and plan to “Donate A Cup” to ASEF! Want to make an early pledge and get the brew going? Contact Foundation Specialist Sophia Pumphrey.

The September issue of JASE includes, “A Practical Approach to Echocardiographic Imaging in Patients With Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy.” Author Dermot Phelan, MD, PhD, FASE, remarks, “Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, often undetected or misdiagnosed, exhibits varied phenotypic expression. Echocardiography is pivotal for diagnosis, risk assessment, and management. Due to variable phenotypic manifestations and dynamic pathophysiology, specific imaging protocols are crucial; this article offers a practical guide, encompassing image optimization, measurement accuracy, clinical data inclusion, and how to address specialized clinical scenarios.”

This issue contains a multitude of clinical investigations on topics ranging from risk assessment with imaging in acute pulmonary embolism, to atrial mechanics for prediction of atrial fibrillation recurrence, to TEE imaging of the mitral valve, to the use of AI in the detection of RV dysfunction. Editorial comments accompany articles on biplane imaging and progress toward prognosis in patients with pulmonary embolism. Additionally, readers can look forward to two state-of-the-art reviews—one investigates key factors in the TEE diagnosis of PFO while another presents an echocardiographic evaluation of pulmonary embolism. Brief research communications include reports on prognosis predictors in patients with secondary mitral regurgitation undergoing mitral valve transcatheter edge-to-edge repair as well as a comparison of bedside automated function imaging and offline clinical workstation software in the biventricular deformation assessment of neonates.

Moreover, ASE has six core values that Dr. Eidem intends to expound upon in his future President’s Messages. Read along as he first examines the importance of diversity, equity, and inclusion in ASE’s efforts of bettering the field of cardiovascular ultrasound. Please see the September ASE Education Calendar for a listing of educational opportunities far and wide.