worldwide. We will also put more young talents on stage in sessionswhere they can interact with the more senior members of our group.Meetings are all about interacting and learning from one another onhow we approach our professional challenges. For the pediatric andcongenital echocardiography community, ASE offers a unique forumto discuss what is happening in the field, and the Scientific Sessionsenhance the social interactions between the different professionals in-

Dr. James Thomas, 2011-12 ASE President, congratulates DebAgler, RCT, RDCS, FASE, recipient of the Cardiovascular So-nographer Distinguished Teacher Award.

President Thomas with Mary Etta King, MD, FASE, recipient ofthe Excellence in Teaching in Pediatrics Award, at the 2012ASE Foundation Gala. This black-tie gala was a sell-out withover 260 seats sold to raise the funding needed to support the2012 research grants.

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volved in congenital echocardiography. We had a great sonographerrepresentation this year, actively participating in different sessions.We hope to have an even larger group next year, on stage and activein the audience.

We are looking forward to seeing you all in the Twin Cities. We willtry to make the sessions so attractive that even the Mall of Americawill not tempt you away from the Scientific Sessions!

23rd Annual Scientific Sessions

Highlights, June 30–July 3, 2012

ASE’s 2012 Physician Lifetime Achievement Award recipientMiguel A. Qui~nones, MD, with wife Maria.

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

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

Gerard Aurigemma, MD, FASE accepts the Richard Popp Ex-cellence in Teaching Award fromASE President James Thomas,MD.

ASE Foundation’s Alan D.Waggoner, MHS, RDCSSonographerStudent Scholarship Award recipients. From left: Hemda Lewis,Tanya Michnevitz, Tamara Beam, Denise Spiegel, Richard Yan-notta, Young Joo Jang, and Jennifer Lasecki.

During the annual business meeting, Dr. Patricia Pellikka, in-coming ASE president, thanks Dr. James Thomas for his serviceas president.

2011 Honorary FASE recipient Jorge Lowenstein, MD, FASE(left) and James Thomas, MD, FASE congratulate 2012 EdlerLecturer Roberto M. Lang, MD, FASE.

Dr. Thomas with the 2012 Meritorious Service Award recipientArthur E. Weyman, MD, FASE.

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Judges for the 2012 Arthur E. Weyman Young Investigator’sAward Competition listen as Paul Lee, MSc, of St. Michael’sHospital in Toronto presents his study. Paul Lee was chosenas the winner of the prestigious competition.

Phillippe Pibarot, DVM, PhD, FASE of Laval University in Que-bec, Canada is congratulated on giving the 2012 FeigenbaumLecture by ASE’s first president, Harvey Feigenbaum, MD,FASE.

2012 Young Investigator’s Award Competition finalists andjudges, from left: Judy Hung, MD, FASE, abstract chair; finalistHuili Fu, PhD; finalist Cooper Moore, BSE; winner Paul Lee,MSc; Jonathan Lindner, MD, FASE, abstract co-chair; StantonShernan, MD, FASE, judge; and judge Arthur Weyman, MD,FASE, for whom the competition is named. Not pictured: finalistKenya Kusunose, MD, PhD, and judges Luigi Badano, MD; Mi-guel Qui~nones, MD, and Kiyoshi Yoshida, MD, PhD.

The 2012 Young Investigators Award competition played toa full house. Over 2,400 medical professionals attended the So-ciety’s annual conference in National Harbor, Maryland.

Dedicated ‘‘Meet the Investigators’’ viewing times in the Exhibitand Poster Hall brought attendees face to face with investiga-tors to discuss the latest research and advances in cardiovascu-lar ultrasound.

Marti McCulloch, ASE’s Board Secretary, congratulates Dr.Sherif Nagueh, on his leadership as Program Chair for the 23rd

Annual Scientific Sessions.

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ASE 2012-2013 Executive Committee. Front row, from left: SueMaisey, MBA, RDCS, RCS, FASE, Member-at-large; JamesThomas, MD, FASE, Immediate Past President; Patricia Pel-likka, MD, FASE, President; Sherif Nagueh, MD, FASE, Trea-surer; back row, from left: Marti McCulloch, MBA, BS, RDCS,FASE, Secretary; Neil Weissman, MD, FASE, Vice President;Benjamin Byrd III, MD, FASE, President-elect; Robin Wiegerink,MNPL, Chief Executive Officer.

Hearts in Space session presenters included (left to right) BenLevine, MD; Leroy Chiao, PhD, a former astronaut who nowworks for the National Space Biomedical Research Institute;James Thomas, MD; and Scott Dulchavsky, MD.

Dr. Patricia Pellikka, ASE President, and Jane Marshall, RDCS,sign memory books for 2012 ASE award winners.

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ASE 2012-13 Board of Directors and leadership.

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