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.

October 6–10, 2012. Echo Florida: Contemporary Echocardiography . Includes special sessions on hand held echocardiography and echocardiography for transcatheter interventions. Disney’s Contemporary Resort, Walt Disney World®, FL. Jointly sponsored by ASE and the ASE Foundation. Program Director: Michael H. Picard, MD, FASE. Contact: Beth Woloski. Tel: 919-297-7157; Fax: 919-882-9900; E-mail: echoflorida@asecho.org ; Web site: www.asecho.org / education .

October 6–8. 2012. Echo Northwestern 2012: Echo Innovations to Meet Today’s Clinical Challenges. Northwestern Memorial Hospital, Chicago, IL. Co-sponsored by Northwestern Memorial Hospital and Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine. Program Directors: Kameswari Maganti, MD, FASE; David J. Mehlman, MD, FASE; Issam Mikati, MD, FASE; Vera H. Rigolin, MD, FASE. Contact: Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine. Tel: 312-503-8533; E-mail: a-kick@northwestern.edu ; Web site: www.cme.northwestern.edu/conferences .

October 28–30, 2012. 31 ^st Advanced Echo Conference 2012. Marriott Hotel, Newport Beach, CA. Sponsored by Hoag Hospital and held in cooperation with ASE. Program Director: Pravin M. Shah, MD, FASE. Contact: Hoag Hospital. Tel: 800-514-4624; Fax: 949-764-5820; Web site: http://www.hoag.org/echo-2012 .

November 3, 2012. Focused Cardiac Care Ultrasound Workshop . Chicago Marriott Downtown, Chicago, IL. Jointly sponsored by ASE and the ASE Foundation. Program Directors: Kirk Spencer, MD and Nilam Soni, MD. Contact: Beth Woloski. Tel: 919-297-7157; Fax: 919-882-9900; E-mail: bwoloski@asecho.org ; Web site: www.asecho.org / education .

December 2, 2012. Valves in the Young. Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY. Co-sponsored by the Department of Medicine at Mount Sinai School of Medicine and ASE. Course Directors: Shubhika Srivastava, MBBS, FASE; H. Helen Ko, BS, RDMS, RDCS, FASE; and Leo Lopez, MD, FASE. Contact: Office of CME. Tel: 212-731-7950; Fax: 212-731-7930; E-mail: cme@mssm.edu ; Web site: http://www.mssm.edu/education/continuing-medical-education/courses/valves-in-the-young .

January 21–25, 2013. 23 ^rd Annual Echo Hawaii . Hapuna Beach Prince Hotel, Kohala Coast, Big Island, HI. Jointly sponsored by ASE and the ASE Foundation. Program Director: James D. Thomas, MD, FASE. Contact: Beth Woloski. Tel: 919-297-7157; Fax: 919-882-9900; E-mail: echohawaii@asecho.org ; Web site: www.asecho.org/education .

February 9–13, 2013. 26 ^th Annual State-of-the-Art Echocardiography . Montelucia Resort and Spa, Scottsdale, AZ. Jointly sponsored by ASE and the ASE Foundation. Program Co-Directors: Roberto M. Lang, MD, FASE; Bijoy Khandheria, MD, FASE; Vera Rigolin, MD, FASE; and Matt Umland, RDCS, FASE. Contact: Brandi Delany. Tel: 919-297-7171; Fax: 919-882-9900; E-mail: SOTA@asecho.org ; Web site: www.asecho.org/education .

April 28–30, 2013. 2013 ASCeXAM/ReASCE Review Course. Marriott Copley Place, Boston, MA. Jointly sponsored by ASE and the ASE Foundation. Program Director: Steven Lester, MD, FASE. Contact: Brandi Delany. Tel: 919-297-7171; Fax: 919-882-9900; E-mail: reviewcourse@asecho.org ; Web site: www.asecho.org/education .

June 29–July 2, 2013. ASE 24 ^th Annual Scientific Sessions. Minneapolis Convention Center, Minneapolis, MN. Jointly sponsored by ASE and the ASE Foundation. Course Chair: Judy Hung, MD, FASE. Contact: ASE. Tel: 919-297-7157; Fax: 919-882-9900; E-mail: registrar@asecho.org ; Web site: www.asescientificsessions.org .

October 25–27, 2013. 2 ^nd Echocardiography Societies World Summit . New Delhi, India. Primary World Summit 2013 Partners (to date): American Society of Echocardiography (ASE), European Association of Echocardiography (EAE), a branch of the European Society of Cardiology, Indian Academy of Echocardiography (IAE), Asociacion de Ecocardiografia de la Sociedad Interamericana de Cardiologia (ECOSIAC), Chinese Society of Echocardiography (CSE), and Canadian Society of Echocardiography (CSE). Program Directors: J.C. Mohan, MD and Partho P. Sengupta, MD, MBBS, DM, FASE. Contact: Rhonda Price. Tel: 919-297-7159; Fax: 919-882-9900; E-mail: rprice@asecho.org ; Web site: www.asecho.org/worldsummit .