The American Society of Echocardiography 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.

April 16-17, 2010. 16 ^th Annual Pediatric Echocardiography Conference . Westin Atlanta North, Atlanta, GA. Co-sponsored by Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta and ASE. Course directors: Derek A. Fyfe, MD, FASE; C. Wesley Lindsey, MD; and Jennifer Brown, MD. Contact: Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta. Tel: 404-785-5198; Fax: 404-785-7673; Website: www.choa.org/cme .

April 22-25, 2010. 7th 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 Mayo Clinic. 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 24, 2010. ASE 2010 Chicago Sonographer Update: Pre- and Post-Operative Congenital Heart Disease Pathology and Echocardiography Review . The Hyatt Lodge at McDonald’s Campus, Oak Brook, IL. Sponsored by ASE. Course directors: Luciana Young, MD, FASE and Kailope Berdusis, MBA, RDCS, FASE. Contact: Amber Buff. Tel: 919-297-7157; Fax: 919-882-9900; E-mail: abuff@asecho.org . Website: www.asecho.org .

April 28-30, 2010. 12th Annual Echocardiography Conference: State-of-the-Art 2010 . 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 6-8, 2010. 32 ^nd Annual Recent Advances in Clinical Nuclear Cardiology and Cardiac CT . Ritz-Carlton, Washington, DC. Co-sponsored by ACCF and ASE. Course directors: Daniel Berman, MD; Guido Germano, PhD, MBA; and Jamshid Maddahi, MD. Contact: American College of Cardiology Foundation. Tel: 800-253-4636; Fax: 202-375-7000; Website: www.acc.org/nuclearcard .

May 27-30, 2010. Sights and Sounds of Echocardiography in the Heart of the Big Apple. Sheraton New York Hotel and Towers, New York, NY. Jointly sponsored by ASE and MedMeetingsEtc., Ltd. in cooperation with Aurora Healthcare and New York University School of Medicine. Course directors: Itzhak Kronzon, MD, FASE; Roger L. Click, MD, PhD; Natesa G. Pandian, MD; James B. Seward, MD, FASE; and Bijoy K. Khandheria, MD, FASE. Contact: MedMeetingsEtc., Ltd. Tel: 507-261-4270; Fax: 507-252-9071; E-mail: info@medmeetingsetc.org ; Website: www.medmeetingsetc.org .

June 12-15, 2010. ASE 21 ^st Annual Scientific Sessions: Practical Applications of Cardiovascular Ultrasound in the 21 ^st Century . San Diego Convention Center, San Diego, CA. Sponsored by ASE. Course director: Vera H. Rigolin, MD, FASE. Contact: Amber Buff. Tel: 919-297-7157; Fax: 919-882-9900; E-mail: abuff@asecho.org . Website: www.asescientificsessions.org .

September 19-21, 2010. 2010 ASCeXAM/ReASCE Review Course. Boston Marriott Copley Place, Boston, MA. Sponsored by ASE. Course directors: Gerard P. Aurigemma, MD, FASE; Ravin Davidoff, MBBCh, FASE; Dennis A. Tighe, MD; and Susan E. Wiegers, MD, FASE. Contact: Amber Buff. Tel: 919-297-7157; Fax: 919-882-9900; E-mail: abuff@asecho.org . Website: www.asecho.org .

October 7-9, 2010. Heart Valve Summit 2010: Medical, Surgical, and Interventional Decision Making. Chicago Marriott Downtown Magnificent Mile, Chicago, IL. Co-sponsored by AATS, ACCF and ASE. Course directors: David Adams, MD; Steven Bolling, MD; Robert Bonow, MD; and Howard Herrmann, MD. Contact: ACC Resource Center. Tel: 800-253-4636 x 5603; E-mail: resource@acc.org .

October 9, 2010. ASE 2010 Vascular Imaging Symposium: Vascular Techniques and Interpretation . The Hub Cira Centre, Philadelphia, PA. Sponsored by ASE through an educational partnership with the Society for Vascular Medicine. Course directors: Emile R. Mohler, III, MD and Jeffrey Olin, DO. Contact: Lindsay Coble. Tel: 919-297-7158; Fax: 919-882-9900; E-mail: lcoble@asecho.org ; Website: www.asecho.org .