2024-2025 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: Kelly Thorson, DHSc, MSRS, ACS, RDCS, FASE (July 2024 – June 2026)
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 PCHD Rep: Adam Dorfman, MD, FASE (July 2023 – June 2025)
Scientific Sessions PCHD Rep: Laura Mercer-Rosa, MD, MSCE, FASE (July 2024 – June 2026)
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: Lily Berhe, RDCS, MHA (July 2024 – June 2026)
Member at Large: Elena Kwon, MD, FASE (July 2024 – June 2026)
Member at Large: Kenan Stern, MD, FASE (July 2024 – June 2026)
Staff Liaison: Suzanne Morris
Join the PCHD Council for a Learning Event:
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 chair) to ASE Board of Directors, as needed;
- 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.
Awards
The Council has two awards, which alternate every other year:
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- Founders’ Award for Lifetime Achievement in Echocardiography for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Disease was awarded in 2024 to Tal Geva, MD, FASE of Boston Children’s Hospital, Boston, MA.
- Excellence in Teaching in Pediatrics was awarded in June 2023 to Peter Frommelt, MD, FASE of Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin in Milwaukee, WI.
What’s new from the PCHD Council?
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PCHD in Echo Magazine:
Conversation with Tal Geva Founders’ Award winner
Pediatric Advanced Cardiac Imaging Match
2024 Scientific Sessions PCHD Overview
Pediatric and Congenital Heart Disease Training and Fellowships
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