Continuing Education and Meeting Calendar The American Society of Echocardiograplw recognizes courses as a supplement to formal training in an established echocardiographic laboratory. For more information about a course, please call the number listed with the course. To appear in the Continuing Education and Meeting Calendar, the title, sponsor, director, place, and contact telephone number for a course should be sent to ASE, 4101 Lake Boone Trail, Suite 201, Raleigh, NC 27607. 1991 january Echocardiography I and II-advanced (Doppler). New York University Medical Center. 10 weeks. Trudy Dubinsky, Program Director, or Kerry Weinberg, Continuing Education Coordinator. New York, New York. (212)340-6644. january 7-17 Ultrasound. Costa Mesa, California. Owen R. Bro~n, Director. january 11-13 Workshop in Cardiac Ultrasound. Costa Mesa, California. Owen R. Brown, Director. ( 503) january 14-15 Workshop in Cardiac Ultrasound. Costa Mesa, California. Owen R. Brown, Director. january 14-18 Physics and Instrumentation. Division of Diagnostic Ultrasound, Department of Radiology, Thomas Jefferson University Hospital. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Judith e. Kaneff, Education Coordinator. (215)955-8533. january 15-17 Costa Mesa, California. Owen R. Brown, Director. 18A january 19 Fourth Annual Symposium on Doppler Color Flow Imaging: Practical Applications in Congenital Heart Disease. Hewlett-Packard Company. Barry Marcus, MD, Program Director. North Hollywood, California. Contact: Patricia Ing. (818)509-2495. january 21-25 Echo Hawaii. American College of Cardiology. Stress Digital Echo, Doppler Hemo Dynamics, Color Flow Imaging, Intravascular Intraoperative Echo. Maui, Hawaii. Program Director: A. Jamil Tajik, MD, FACe. (800)253-4636. In Maryland, (301)897-5400, ext. 226. january 30 Transesophageal Echocardiography. Live demonstration course and symposium. Los Angeles Society of Echocardiography. Richard F. Wright, MD, Director. Santa Monica, California. (213)829-7678. February-july Adult Echocardiography. School of Cardiac Ultrasound, Arizona Heart Institute Foundation. 23 weeks. Terry Reynolds, BS, Director. Phoenix, Arizona. (602)266-2200. February 1-3 New Diagnostic and Therapeutic Techniques in Clinical Cardiology. American College of Cardiology. e. Richard Conti, MD, FACC, Course Director. Lake Buena Vista, Florida. (800)253-4636. In Maryland, (301)897-5400, ext. 226. February 6-9 Cardiovascular Conference at Snowbird. American College of Cardiology. Eighteenth annual comprehensive meeting on new diagnostic and therapeutic applications in contemporary cardiology. Fourday program. Jeffrey L. Anderson, MD, FACC, Program Director. Snowbird, Utah. (800)253-4636. In Maryland, (301)897-5400, ext. 226.
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~I\rnedcan Society of Echocardiography - New Member Application $50.00 Technician/Medical Student/Fellow ($25.00 a year of your dues IS allocated for your subscription to the Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography) $65.00 Physician, Physical Scientist, Ph.D. ----- $20.00 Surcharge for members outside United States and Mexico. Dues must be paid in U.S. currency. Name Last First Middle Degree: M.D. Ph.D. B.S. Other Preferred Title: Dr. Mr. Mrs. Ms. ~~M.A~re-~~~eUE~~ThreeUM~------------~ln-s7ti~W~t7io-n----------------------------- Street BusinessTelephone ~~--------~~--------~-------- City State Zip Home Address: Street Preferred address for mailings: Home Business City State Zip Please make check payable to: American Society of Echocardiography For American Express payment: Card no. Expiration date Signature QUESTIONNAIRE Queslionnaire MUST be compleled in order 10 become a member in Ihe Sociely. The dala are only for slatistical purposes and do NOT influence the applicant's eligibility for membership. o PHYSICIAN o TECHNOLOGIST o PHYSICAL SCIENTIST TO BE COMPLETED BY PHYSICIAN ONLY Discipline: o Cardiologist o Pediatrician o Nuclear Medicine o Family Practitioner o Pediatric Cardiologist o Radiologist o o Other Internist TO BE COMPLETED BY PHYSICAL SCIENTIST ONLY Works with clinician DYes ONo Works for commercial company 0 Yes o No Duration of interest in echocardiography: 0 Fewer than 6 months o 6-12 months 0 1-3 years 0 Over 3 years TO BE COMPLETED BY TECHNOLOGIST ONLY MemberSDMS DYes ONo Member of Cardiopulmonary Technologists DYes ONo Member of Cardiovascular Technologists DYes 0 No Member of other technological group DYes o No If yes, which group? Background before echocardiographic experience: o High school graduate 0 College degree 0 Registered Nurse o Radiology technologist 0 Medical technologist 0 Cardiopulmonary technologist o Cardiovascular technologist D Prior experience with other cardiovascular tests o Prior experience with other ultrasound tests Echocardiographic examinations supervised by: o Cardiologist o Family practitioner 0 Pediatrician o Pediatric cardiologist 0 Radiologist o Nuclear medicine 0 Other -------------------------------------------------- TO BE COMPLETED BY PHYSICIANS AND TECHNOLOGISTS ONLY ECHOCARDIOGRAPHIC TRAINING: 0 No formal training; 0 On the job training; 0 Formal instruction or part of fellowship residency training; 0 Fewer than 3 months; o 3-6 months; 0 Over 6 months. POSTGRADUATE COURSE, DURATION OF COURSE: 0 None; 0 Fewer than 2 days; 0 2-4 days; 0 1 week; 0 Over 1 week. TYPE OF COURSE: o Lectures only; 0 Lectures and Practical. VISITS TO ESTABLISHED LABORATORIES: 0 None; 0 Fewer than 1 week; 0 1-4 weeks; 0 Over 4 weeks. ECHOCARDIOGRAPHIC EXPERIENCES: 0 None; 0 Fewer than 6 months; 0 6-12 months; 0 1-3 years; 0 Over 3 years. EXAMINATIONS CURRENTLY PERFORMED AND/OR INTERPRETED: 0 None; o Fewer than 5 per week; 0 5-10 per week; 0 10-20 per week; 0 Over 20 per week. ARE YOU INVOLVED WITH ANY ECHOCARDIOGRAPHIC RESEARCH: 0 Yes; 0 No. HOSPITAL AFFILIATION, TYPE OF INSTITUTION: 0 Private; 0 Veterans Administration; 0 University; 0 City or County; 0 Other. SIZE OF INSTITUTION: 0 Fewer than 200 beds; o 200-400 beds; 0 400-600 beds; 0 Over 600 beds. LOCATION OF ECHOCARDIOGRAPHIC LABORATORY: 0 Cardiology section; 0 Nuclear medicine; 0 Pediatric cardiology; o Private office; 0 Radiology department; 0 Ultrasound department. TYPE OF PATIENTS EXAMINED BY ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY: 0 Adults; 0 Children; 0 Infants; 0 Fetal; o All of the above. HOW MANY FELLOWS/TRAINEES/TECHNICIANS WORK IN YOUR LABORATORY: 0 None; 0 One; 0 2-3; 0 3-5; 0 Over 5.
February 6-9 Director. February 10-21 Ultrasound. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Owen R. Brown, Director. February 14-17 Fourth Annual State-of-the-Art Echocardiography: Color Flow Imaging Transesophageal Echocardiography, Diastolic Function, Intravascular and Digital Echo. American College of Cardiology. Tucson, Ariwna. A. Jamil Tajik, MD, FACC, and James B. Seward, MD, FACC, Program Directors. Registration Secretary, Extramural Programs Department, 9111 Old Georgetown Road, Bethesda, MD, 20814. (800)253-4636. In Maryland, (301) 897-5400, ext. 228. February 15-17 Workshop in Cardiac Ultrasound. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Owen R. Brown, Director. ( 503) February 18-19 Workshop in Cardiac Ultrasound. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Owen R. Brown, Director. (503)244- February 19-21 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Owen R. Brown, Director. February 24-27 AlUM, 35th Annual Convention. Atlanta, Georgia. (800)638-5352. (301)656-6117. March 1-10 Ultrasound. Sydney, Australia. Owen R. Brown, Director. March 3-7 40th Annual Scientific Session. American College of Cardiology. Atlanta, Georgia. (800)253-4636. In Maryland, (301)897-5400. March 4 I-Day Introduction to Ultrasound Physics. Gulfcoast Florida. Contact: Lori Green, Program Director. March 5 7 Workshop in Cardiac Ultrasound. Sydney, Australia. Owen R. Brown, Director. (503)244- March 8 9 Workshop in Cardiac Ultrasound. Sydney, Australia. Owen R. Brown, Director. March 9-10 Sydney, Australia. Owen R. Brown, Director. (503) March 11 19 Echocardiography. The Advanced Health Education Center. Marilyn Sackett, RT, MEd, FASRT, Director of Education. Houston, Texas. (713)522-8702. March 15-18 Third Annual Clinical Echocardiography Symposium. Cleveland Clinic Foundation. Ernesto E. Salcedo, MD, Director. Ft. Lauderdale, Florida. (800)762-8173. March 16 CCIINBCVT Credentialing Testing. For registration and site information, call (513)268-0268. March 18 28 Echocardiography 2D/M mode. Basic and Level Ultrasound. Charlotte, North Carolina. Owen R. Brown, Director. March 20 22 Cardiac Doppler. The Advanced Health Education Center. Marilyn Sackett, RT, MEd, FASRT, Director of Education. Houston, Texas. (713)522-8702. 21A
March 22-24 Workshop in Cardiac Ultrasound. Charlotte, North Carolina. Owen R. Brown, Director. (503) March 25-26 Workshop in Cardiac Ultrasound. Charlotte, North Carolina. Owen R. Brown, Director. (503)244- March 26-28 Charlotte, North Carolina. Owen R. Brown, Director. April Echocardiography I and II-advanced (Doppler). New York University Medical Center. 10 weeks. Trudy Dubinsky, Program Director, or Kerry Weinberg, Continuing Education Coordinator. New York, New York. (212)340-6644. April 8-18 Ultrasound. Columbus, Ohio. Owen R. Brown, Director. April 12-14 Workshop in Cardiac Ultrasound. Columbus, Ohio. Owen R. Brown, Director. April 15-16 Workshop in Cardiac Ultrasound. Columbus, Ohio. Owen R. Brown, Director. April 16-18 Columbus, Ohio. OwenR. Brown, Director. (503) April 18-19 Intermediate 1 Advanced Cardiac Doppler 1 Color Flow. Director. April 20 Transesophageall Stress Echocardiography (advanced level). Director. April 22-May 2 Basic 2D/M-mode Echocardiography. Technicians San Francisco, California. Owen R. Brown, Director. April 22-26 Echocardiography 2D/M-mode Level II. Technicians San Francisco, California. Owen R. Brown, Director. April 26-28 Workshop in Cardiac Ultrasound. San Francisco, California. Owen R. Brown, Director. (503) April 29-30 Workshop in Cardiac Ultrasound. San Francisco, California. Owen R. Brown, Director. (503)244- April30-May 2 San Francisco, California. Owen R. Brown, Director. May 1-4 Director. May 27-29 4th International Symposium on Echocardiography and Doppler in Cardiac Surgery. Course Directors: Gerald Maurer, MD, and Werner Mohl, MD, PhD. Innsbruck, Austria. Contact Barbara Kruger, INTERCONVENTION, Austria Center Vienna, A-1450 Vienna, Austria. Phone: +43/1/23 69-2642. FAX: +43/112369-648. 22A
June 3 I-Day Introduction to Ultrasound Physics. Gulfcoast Florida. Contact Lori Green, Program Director. June 5-8 Advanced Echocardiography and Doppler Methods; Transesophageal and Stress Echocardiography. American College of Cardiology. San Diego, California. Program Director: Pravin M. Shah, MD, FACe. (800)253-4636. In Maryland, (301)897-5400, ext. 226. June 15 CCIINBCVT Credentialing Testing. For registration and site information, call (513)268-0268. June 16-21 Two-Dimensional Echocardiography and Cardiac Doppler: 7th Annual Core Curriculum and Self Assessment. American College of Cardiology. Orlando, Florida. Program Director: Anthony N. DeMaria, MD, FACe. August Echocardiography I and II-advanced (Doppler). New York University Medical Center. 10 weeks. Trudy Dubinsky, Program Director, or Kerry Weinberg, Continuing Education Coordinator. New York, New York. (212)340-6644. August 7-10 Director. August 18-22 XIIIth Congress of the European Society of Cardiology. Amsterdam, The Netherlands. For registration: ECCO, Clarastrasse 57, P.O. Box 6, CH- 4005 Basel/Switzerland. Telephone (61)691 51 11, FAX (61)691 81 89. August 20-23 Intermediate I Advanced Cardiac Doppler I Color Flow. Director. August 24 Transesophageall Stress Echocardiography. Gulfcoast Florida. Contact: Lori Green, Program Director. September 21 CCIINBCVT Credentialing Testing. For registration and site information, call (513)268-0268. October 7 I-Day Introduction to Ultrasound Physics. Gulfcoast Florida. Contact: Lori Green, Program Director. December 4-7 Director. 23A