The American Society of Echocardiography is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians. ASE recognizes courses as supplements to formal training in an established echocardiographic laboratory. For more information about a course, please call the number listed. To list a course in the Continuing Education and Meeting Calendar, send the date(s), title, location, sponsor, course director(s), and contact information to ASE, Attn: Cheryl Williams, 2100 Gateway Centre Boulevard, Suite 310, Morrisville, NC 27560; Tel: 919-861-5574 x7160; E-mail: cwilliams@asecho.org .
Ongoing courses, preceptorships, accredited programs and schools will be listed only once a year. Please refer to the ASE Web site, www.asecho.org , for a complete listing of course offerings.
May 2–5, 2015. 2015 ASCeXAM/ReASCE Review Course. Sheraton Philadelphia Downtown, Philadelphia, PA. Jointly provided by ASE and the ASE Foundation. Course Director: Martin Keane, MD, FASE. Contact: Brandi Delany. Tel: 919-297-7171; Fax: 919-882-9900; E-mail: reviewcourse@asecho.org ; Website: www.asecho.org/education .
June 12–16, 2015. 26 th Annual Scientific Sessions. Hynes Convention Center, Boston, MA. Jointly provided by ASE and the ASE Foundation. Course Director: Rebecca Hahn, MD, FASE. Contact: ASE. Tel: 919-297-7157; Fax: 919-882-9900; E-mail: registrar@asecho.org ; Website: www.asescientificsessions.org .
September 19–21, 2015. 37 th Annual Echo Northwestern 2015. Northwestern Memorial Hospital, Chicago, IL. Sponsored by Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine and held in cooperation with ASE. Course Director: Vera Rigolin, MD, FASE. Contact: Office of CME. Tel: 312-503-8533; Fax: 312-503-4531; E-mail: nums-cme@northwestern.edu ; Website: http://www.cme.northwestern.edu/conferences/ .
October 11–13, 2015. 4 th Annual Echo Florida . Disney’s Yacht and Beach Club, Walt Disney World®, FL. Pre-conferences will be held on October 10. Jointly provided by ASE and the ASE Foundation. Course Director: Rebecca Hahn, MD, FASE. Contact: Beth Fulk. Tel: 919-297-7157; Fax: 919-882-9900; E-mail: echoflorida@asecho.org ; Website: www.asecho.org/education .
October 23–25, 2015. 1 st Echo ASE ASEAN. Conrad Bangkok, Bangkok, Thailand. Jointly provided by ASE and the ASE Foundation and held in cooperation with the Thailand Society of Echocardiography. Course Directors: Jonathan Lindner, MD, FASE and James Thomas, MD, FASE. Contact: Beth Fulk. Tel: 919-297-7157; Fax: 919-882-9900; E-mail: bfulk@asecho.org ; Website: www.asecho.org/education .
November 7–10, 2015. Echocardiography 2015: The Role of Cardiac Imaging in Perioperative and Critical Care Medicine. The Ritz-Carlton Golf Resort, Naples, FL. Provided by the UNMC Department of Anesthesiology in conjunction with the UNMC Center for Continuing Education. Held in cooperation with ASE. Course Directors: Sasha Shillcutt, MD, FASE; Nicholas Markin, MD; and Walker Thomas, BA, RDCS, FASE. Contact: Brenda Ram, CMP, CCMEP. Tel: 402-559-9250; E-mail: bram@unmc.edu ; Website: https://unmc.edu/cce/catalog/clinicmed/echo2015/index.html .
November 19–22, 2015. 10 th Echo Hong Kong. Ruttonjee Hospital and Sheraton Hong Kong Hotel 7 Towers, Hong Kong. Organized by Ruttonjee &Tang Shiu Kin Hospitals and endorsed by ASE. Program Director: Dr. Yuk-Kong Lau. Contact: Conference Secretariat. Tel: 852-2566-2889; Fax: 852-2570-4773; E-mail: info@echohongkong.com ; Website: www.echohongkong.com .