Dr. James Thomas, 2011-12 ASE President, congratulates Deb Agler, RCT, RDCS, FASE, recipient of the Cardiovascular Sonographer Distinguished Teacher Award.

President Thomas with Mary Etta King, MD, FASE, recipient of the Excellence in Teaching in Pediatrics Award, at the 2012 ASE Foundation Gala. This black-tie gala was a sell-out with over 260 seats sold to raise the funding needed to support the 2012 research grants.

ASE’s 2012 Physician Lifetime Achievement Award recipient Miguel A. Quiñones, MD, with wife Maria.

ASE Past President Sanjiv Kaul honors Otto Smiseth, MD, PhD of Oslo, Norway with Honorary FASE.

James Thomas, MD, FASE presents a plaque commemorating Honorary FASE status for Jose L. Zamorano, MD of Madrid, Spain.

Gerard Aurigemma, MD, FASE accepts the Richard Popp Excellence in Teaching Award from ASE President James Thomas, MD.

ASE Foundation’s Alan D. Waggoner, MHS, RDCS Sonographer Student Scholarship Award recipients. From left: Hemda Lewis, Tanya Michnevitz, Tamara Beam, Denise Spiegel, Richard Yannotta, Young Joo Jang, and Jennifer Lasecki.