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 Website, www.asecho.org , for a complete listing of course offerings.

February 7–12, 2011. 14 ^th Annual Comprehensive Review & Update of Perioperative Echo. Sheraton San Diego Hotel and Marina, San Diego, CA. Sponsored by the Society of Cardiovascular Anesthesiologists in partnership with the ASE. Course Directors: Katherine P. Grichnik, MD, FASE and Christopher A. Troianos, MD. Contact: SCA. Tel: 804-282-0084; Fax: 804-282-0090; Website: www.scahq.org .

February 13–16, 2011. 24 ^th Annual State-of-the-Art Echocardiography. InterContinental Montelucia, Scottsdale, AZ. Co-sponsored by ASE and Mayo Clinic. Program Chairs: Bijoy K. Khandheria, MD, FASE and Roberto M. Lang, MD, FASE. A special preconference workshop will be held from February 12-13, 2011. Contact: Deidre Lewis. Tel: 919-297-7171; Fax: 919-882-9900; E-mail: dlewis@asecho.org ; Website: www.asecho.org .

February 23–26, 2011. 14 ^th Diastology and New Echo Technologies Summit – Featuring Heart Valve and Contrast Echo Mini-Symposium. The Westin Beach Hotel, Fort Lauderdale, FL. Co-sponsored by ASE and Cleveland Clinic. Course Director: Allan L. Klein, MD, FASE. Contact: Cleveland Clinic. Tel: 216-448-0777; Fax: 216-448-0783; E-mail: cmeregistration@ccf.org ; Website: www.ccfcme.org/echo11 .

February 25–26, 2011. ASE Foundation Learning Lab—Echocardiography in 2011: A Hands-on Workshop for Cardiac Sonographers. ASE Foundation Learning Lab, Research Triangle Park, NC. Jointly sponsored by ASE and the ASE Foundation. Course Directors: David B. Adams, RCS, RDCS, FASE and Marti L. McCulloch, RDCS, FASE. Contact: ASE Foundation Learning Lab. Tel: 919-297-7171; Fax: 919-882-9900; E-mail: learninglab@asecho.org ; Website: www.asefoundation.org .

March 13–16, 2011. 17 ^th Charleston Symposium—Multi-Modality Imaging. Francis Marion Hotel, Charleston, SC. Co-sponsored by the Medical University of South Carolina and ASE. Course Chair: Girish S. Shirali, MBBS, FASE. Contact: Debbie Bryant. Phone: 843-792-3286; Fax: 843-792-3284; E-mail: bryantd@musc.edu ; Website: www.asecho.org .

March 25–26, 2011. ASE Foundation Learning Lab—Echocardiography in Adult Congenital Heart Disease. ASE Foundation Learning Lab, Research Triangle Park, NC. Jointly sponsored by ASE and the ASE Foundation. Course Directors: Wyman W. Lai, MD, MPH, FASE and Leo Lopez, MD, FASE. Contact: ASE Foundation Learning Lab. Tel: 919-297-7171; Fax: 919-882-9900; E-mail: learninglab@asecho.org ; Website: www.asefoundation.org .

April 1–2, 2011. 17 ^th Annual Pediatric Echocardiography Conference: Segmental Approach to Evaluation of Congenital Heart Disease for the Adult Sonographer. Westin Atlanta North, Atlanta, GA. Co-sponsored by Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta and ASE. Course directors: Derek A. Fyfe, MD, FASE; Eric Ferguson, MD; and Jennifer Brown, MD. Contact: Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta. Tel: 404-785-7833; Fax: 404-785-7817; Website: www.choa.org/cme .

April 2, 2011. e ³ 2011—Essential Echocardiography with Experts: Focus on Adult Congenital Heart Disease. Ernest N. Morial Convention Center, New Orleans, LA. Sponsored by ASE. Program Chair: Mani A. Vannan, MBBS. Contact: Lindsay Coble. Tel: 919-297-7158; Fax: 919-882-9900; E-mail: lcoble@asecho.org ; Website: www.asecho.org .

April 15–16, 2011. ASE Foundation Learning Lab—Managing Valvular Heart Disease: Using Echo Appropriately. ASE Foundation Learning Lab, Research Triangle Park, NC. Jointly sponsored by ASE and the ASE Foundation. Course Directors: Thomas Ryan, MD, FASE and Maryellen Orsinelli, RN, RDCS. Contact: ASE Foundation Learning Lab. Tel: 919-297-7171; Fax: 919-882-9900; E-mail: learninglab@asecho.org ; Website: www.asefoundation.org .

April 28–May 1, 2011. 8 ^th Annual Team Echocardiography ^® : The Heart of Cardiovascular Medicine. The Westin, Hilton Head Island, SC. Co-sponsored by ASE and Wake Forest University School of Medicine in collaboration with Aurora Health Care. Course directors: Bijoy K. Khandheria, MD, FASE; Pamela R. Burgess, BS, RDCS, RDMS, RVT, FASE; Frederick W. Kremkau, Ph.D; and Roger L. Click, MD, PhD. Contact: Wake Forest University Health Sciences. Tel: 336-716-4505; Fax: 336-716-2447; E-mail: cmu@wfubmc.edu ; Website: www.wfubmc.edu/ultrasound .

April 30, 2011. 8 ^th Annual ASE Chicago Sonographer Update: Adult Congenital Heart Disease Series: An Echo, Surgical and Pathology Review. The Hyatt Lodge at McDonald’s Campus, Oakbrook, IL. Sponsored by ASE. Course Directors: Luciana Young, MD, FASE and Kaliope Berdusis, MBA, RDCS, FASE. Contact: Amber Buff. Tel: 919-297-7157; Fax: 919-882-9900; E-mail: abuff@asecho.org ; Website: www.asecho.org .

May 4–6, 2011. 13 ^th Annual Echocardiography Conference: State-of-the-Art 2011. The Roosevelt Hotel, New York, NY. Co-sponsored by Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons and ASE. Course director: Rebecca Hahn, MD, FASE. Contact: Columbia University CME. Tel: 212-305-3334; Fax: 212-781-6047; E-mail: cme@columbia.edu ; Website: www.columbiacme.org .

May 5–7, 2011. 33 ^rd Annual Recent Advances in Clinical Nuclear Cardiology and Cardiac CT: Featuring Case Review with the Experts. The Ritz-Carlton, Washington, DC. Co-sponsored by ACCF and ASE. Course Directors: Daniel S. Berman, MD; Guido Germano, PhD.; and Jamshid Maddahi, MD. Contact: American College of Cardiology Foundation. E-mail: resource@acc.org ; Website: http://www.cardiosource.org/nuclearcard .

May 22–24, 2011. 2011 ASCeXAM/ReASCE Review Course. Omni at CNN Center, Atlanta, GA. Sponsored by ASE. Program Chair: Gerard P. Aurigemma, MD, FASE. Contact: Amber Buff. Tel: 919-297-7157; Fax: 919-882-9900; E-mail: abuff@asecho.org ; Website: www.asecho.org/education .

June 11–14, 2011. ASE 22 ^nd Annual Scientific Sessions. Palais des Congres de Montreal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Sponsored by ASE. Program Chair: Susan E. Wiegers, MD, FASE. Contact: ASE. Tel: 919-861-5574; Fax: 919-882-9900; E-mail: ase@asecho.org ; Website: www.asescientificsessions.org .

July 28–30, 2011. First Echocardiography Societies World Summit. Hotel NH, Buenos Aires, Argentina. Organized by the Echocardiography Association of the InterAmerican Society of Cardiology (ECOSIAC) in conjunction with the Council of Echocardiography of the Argentinian Society of Cardiology (SAC) and sponsored by ASE, ECOSIAC, EAE, JSE, IAE, KSE and Chinese Echo Working Group. Contact: Rhonda Price. Tel: 919-297-7159; Fax:919-882-990; E-mail: rprice@asecho.org ; Website: www.asecho.org .

August 27–28, 2011. Sonographer Registry Review . Hilton Portland and Executive Towers, Portland, OR. Sponsored by ASE. Course Director: Michelle Bierig, MPH, RDCS, FASE. Contact: Amber Buff. Tel: 919-297-7157; Fax: 919-882-9900; E-mail: abuff@asecho.org ; Website: www.asecho.org .