June 15 , 2006, Vol. 7, No. 12 www.asecho.org

1. ASE 2006 in Baltimore a Success
2. New York Wins Local Society Echo Challenge at 2006 Scientific Sessions
3. Team East Wins Pediatric Echo Bowl at ASE 2006
4. Missed the Scientific Sessions? Buy the CD online!
5. New! Valvular Regurgitation Guideline Poster
6. Dr. Navin Nanda to Receive Ellis Island Medal of Honor
7. ASE in the News
8. Calendar of Important Events

1. ASE 2006 in Baltimore a Success

ASE thanks the more than 3,000 individuals who attended the 17th Annual ASE Scientific Sessions in Baltimore and made them such a success! This fun and educational 5-day program would not have been possible if it were not for this years excellent Program Committee. ASE would like to thank Chairman William Zoghbi, MD, FASE and the rest of his committee for all of the energy they put into making the 2006 annual meeting a spectacular event.

The Sessions featured a tremendous line-up of talent with something for everyone. Highlights included Past-President Dr. Bijoy Khandherias Edler lecture entitled Back to the Future and Dr. Jonathan Lindners Feigenbaum Lecture entitled Thinking Big, Looking Small: Diagnostic Opportunities by Echo Imaging of the Molecular Basis of Disease. Echo Jeopardy with a new 2006 Mission Impossible theme was packed, and Dr. Steven A. Goldstein outplayed fellow contestants to be proclaimed the winner for the second year in a row.   The new Cases Competition was a real draw, and the winners were Case 46: Rheumatic Mitral Valve Disease: Huge Left Atrial Thrombus; Raja Dashti, MD, Amiri Hospital, Kuwait. Case 21: Failure of Guideline Based Anticoagulation in a Patient with Atrial Fibrillation and a Mechanical Mitral Valve; Halil Mutlu, Berkshire Medical Center, Pittsfield, MD.

The winner of the Young Investigator Competition was Dr. Josef Korinek, MD, of the Mayo Clinic College of Medicine in Rochester, MN. As the winner, he will be a featured speaker at the EuroEcho10 meeting in December.

Pictures from the meeting will be posted on the ASE Website (www.asecho.org) next month and featured in the September issue of the Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography.

Plan now to join us at the 2007 ASE Scientific Sessions in Seattle, June 16-20 ( online registration will open on Dec. 1, 2006)

2. 2006 Local Society Echo Challenge Winner- New York Echo Society

Congratulations to the New York Echocardiography Society for winning the 2006 ASE Local Society Echo Challenge in Baltimore! Muhamed Saric, MD, PhD, Director, Echocardiography Laboratory University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, and Daniel Spevack, MD, Director, Echocardiography Laboratory, Montefiore Medical Center, led their Society to victory against the Long Island Echo Society (2nd place), the Southern Arizona Society of Cardiac Imaging (3rd place), and the Northern Illinois Echo Society. ASE thanks all who participated.

3. Team East Wins Pediatric Echo Bowl at ASE 2006

Congratulations to Team East for winning the 2006 Pediatric Echo Bowl. Team members Ira Parness, MD of the Mt. Sinai Medical Center, Pediatric Cardiology, in New York and Adel Younoszai of the Cleveland Clinic led Team East to victory. ASE thanks all of the participating teams!

4. Missed the Scientific Sessions? Buy the CD online!

Select sessions from the 2006 ASE Scientific Sessions are available on a CD-Rom for purchase online at www.asecho.org . Tracks include: Sonographer Track Sessions, Essentials of Echo Track Sessions, and Vascular Track Sessions. Purchase individual tracks, or buy all three! All CD-ROMs also include three bonus sessions: 2006 Meeting Highlights, Edler Lecture by Bijoy Khandheria, MBBS, and Feigenbaum Lecture by Jonathan Lindner, MD.   The CD-ROMs will be shipped within 4-6 weeks.

5. New! Valvular Regurgitation Guideline Poster

Check out the June issue of JASE for your free copy of ASEs new Valvular Regurgitation Guideline Poster! Large-sized posters (24 x 30) are available for purchase at www.asemarketplace.com.
$25.00 Nonmember Price: $35.00

6. Dr. Navin Nanda to Receive Ellis Island Medal of Honor

Dr. Navin Nanda, of The University of Alabama at Birmingham, will be presented with the 2006 Ellis Island Medal of Honor.

The National Ethnic Coalition of Organizations presents the Ellis Island Medals of Honor annually to ethnic Americans from all backgrounds to recognize outstanding professional and patriotic contributions. The medals were conceived to pay tribute to the immigrant experience, remarkable individual achievement, and above all, the spirit that makes America unique among nations.

The Ellis Island Medals of Honor are awarded to distinguished, living American citizens who exemplify the ideal of living a life dedicated to the American way while preserving values of their heritage, contribute extraordinary service enabling the growth and preservation of the diversity of American life, and also achieve a level of distinguished service to humanity. NECOs Ellis Island Medal of Honor is the only award of its kind sanctioned by both the United States Senate and the House of Representatives.

Past Ellis Island Medal of Honor winners include ASEs own A. Jamil Tajik, MD.

Congratulations to Dr. Nanda!

7. ASE in the News!

Five press releases, culled from the Scientific Sessions research abstract submissions, were featured by the Society during the 2006 Sessions in Baltimore. Check out the press release section on ASEs website to read the press releases and learn about the research findings. Several have already garnered media attention. Visit the ASE in the News section of the website to see articles that resulted from the press releases online and in publications such as The Washington Post and Forbes! Check back often to read the latest!

8. Calendar of Educational Events

July 1-8  Echo Alaska 2006: Integration of Echo Findings in Clinical Decision-Making , Aboard Zuiderdam Holland America, AK. Co-sponsored by ASE and the Mayo Clinic College of Medicine. Course Directors: Bijoy K. Khandheria, MBBS, and A. Jamil Tajik, MD. Contact: Mayo Clinic; Phone: 507-266-6703 or 507-284-0536; Fax: 507-266-7403; E-mail: echocme@mayo.edu. Download the Program Brochure. Register at: http://www.burschtravel.com/echoalaska.html Sold Out  to book for 2007 cruise contact 507-266-6703
 

July 18-21  Rocky Mountain Valve Symposium, St. Patrick Hospital and Heart Sciences Center, Missoula, MT. Sponsored by the International Heart Institute of Montana Foundation and Offered in Cooperation with ASE. Course Directors: Carlos M.G. Duran, MD, PhD and Blase Carabello, MD. Contact: International Heart Institute of Montana Foundation; Phone: 406-329-5668; Fax: 406-329-5880; E-mail: rocky@ihimontanafoundation.org.

July 31  August 3  20th Annual Echocardiographic Symposium at Vail: New Technologies, Live Scanning and Clinical Decision Making, Vail Marriott Mountain Resort and Spa, Vail, CO. Co-sponsored by ASE and the Mayo Clinic College of Medicine. Course Directors: George M. Gura, Jr., MD, Fletcher A. Miller, Jr., MD, FASE, and Jae K. Oh, MD. Contact: Mayo Clinic; Phone: 507-266-6703 or 507-284-0536; Fax: 507-266-7403; E-mail: echocme@mayo.edu. Download the Program Brochure. Online Registration is Open!

September 16-19  14th Annual Echocardiography for the Sonographer: Focus on Adult Echocardiography , Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN. Co-sponsored by ASE and the Mayo Clinic College of Medicine. Course Directors: Fletcher A. Miller, Jr., MD, FASE, Daniel D. Borgeson, MD, Barry L. Karon, MD, FASE, Leslie A. Elvert, BS, RDCS, and Bruce K. Daniels, BS, RDCS, FASE. Contact: Mayo Clinic; Phone: 507-266-6703 or 507-284-0536; Fax: 507-266-7403; E-mail: echocme@mayo.edu. Download the Program Brochure. Online Registration is Open!

September 21-24  See My Heart: Keeping the Beat , JW Marriott Orlando Grande Lakes, Orlando, FL. Co-sponsored by ASE, the Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, and Wake Forest University School of Medicine. Course Directors: Bijoy K. Khandheria, MD, Pamela R. Burgess, RDMS, RVT, FASE, Roger L. Click, MD, and Frederick W. Kremkau, PhD. Contact: WFU Center for Medical Ultrasound; Phone: 336-716-4505; Fax: 336-716-2447; E-mail: cmu@wfubmc.edu. Download the Program Brochure. On-line Registration: www.wfubmc.edu/ultrasound

October 8-11  22nd Annual Echocardiography in Pediatric and Adult Congenital Heart Disease, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN. Co-sponsored by ASE and the Mayo Clinic College of Medicine. Course Director: Patrick W. OLeary, MD, FASE. Contact: Mayo Clinic; Phone: 507-266-6703; Fax: 507-266-7403; E-mail: echocme@mayo.edu.

October 19-21  Cases in Echocardiography, The Westin Seattle, Seattle, WA. Co-sponsored by ASE and the Mayo Clinic College of Medicine. Course Directors: Fletcher A. Miller, Jr., MD, FASE, and Rick A. Nishimura, MD. Contact: Mayo Clinic; Phone: 507-266-6703 or 507-284-0536; Fax: 507-266-7403; E-mail: echocme@mayo.edu. Download the Program Brochure! Online Registration is Open!

October 25-29  Cardiovascular Ultrasound: From Pictures to Information , Camelback Inn Marriott Resort, Golf Club & Spa, Phoenix, AZ. Co-sponsored by ASE, the Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and the Heart Rhythm Society. Course Directors: Fletcher A. Miller, Jr., MD, FASE, David L. Hayes, MD, Michael H. Picard, MD, and Steven J. Lester, MD. Contact: Mayo Clinic; Phone: 507-266-6703 or 507-284-0536; Fax: 507-266-7403; E-mail: echocme@mayo.edu. Download the Program Brochure Online Registration is Open!.

October 26-28  Advanced Echo 2006, Hilton Waterfront Resort, Huntington Beach, CA. Co-sponsored by ASE and the Hoag Heart and Vascular Institute of Hoag Memorial Hospital Presbyterian. Course Director: Pravin Shah, MD. Contact: Ellen Chitjian; Phone: 949-764-8123; Fax: 949-548-3188; E-mail: echitjian@hoaghospital.org.

November 11  iMAX 2006: Maximizing Imaging for Superior Diagnosis of Cardiovascular Disease , Marriott Downtown Magnificent Mile, Chicago, IL. Sponsored by ASE and developed in collaboration with the American Society of Nuclear Cardiology (ASNC), the Society of Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance (SCMR), and the Society of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography (SCVCT). A multi-modality case-based learning experience, this one-day event precedes the American Heart Association (AHA) Scientific Sessions. Program Chair: Mani A. Vannan, MBBS. Contact: ASE; Phone: 919-861-5574; Fax: 919-787-4916; Web site: www.asecho.org

November 18-25  Sights and Sounds of Cardiology, a cruise along the Mexican Riviera aboard the Diamond Princess, Mexico. Jointly sponsored by ASE and UltraEcho, Ltd. Course Directors: Bijoy K. Khandheria, MBBS, and A. Jamil Tajik, MD. Contact: UltraEcho, Ltd.; Phone: 507-266-6703 or 507-284-0536; Fax: 507-266-7403. Download the Program Brochure.

2007

April 18-20  2007 ASCeXAM Review Course, Omni CNN Hotel, Atlanta, GA. Sponsored by ASE. Course Director: Gerard P. Aurigemma, MD, FASE. Contact: ASE; Phone: 919-861-5574; Fax: 919-787-4916; Web site: www.asecho.org.

 June 16-20  18th Annual ASE Scientific Sessions, Washington State Convention & Trade Center, Seattle, WA. Sponsored by ASE. The five-day program includes invited lectures, manufacturers exhibits, symposia, case reviews, and both oral and poster presentations describing original work. The featured speakers are national and international leaders and teachers in the field of echocardiography and allied disciplines. Program Chair: Roberto M. Lang, MD, FASE. Contact: ASE; Phone: 919-861-5574; Fax: 919-787-4916; Web site: www.asecho.org.

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