2023 Research Awards Gala

2023 Award Recipients

Physician Lifetime Achievement Award
Rebecca Hahn, MD, FASE
Columbia University Medical Center

New York, NY

Richard Popp Excellence in Teaching Award
Cynthia Taub, MD, FASE
Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center
Lebanon, NH

Excellence in Teaching in Pediatrics Award
Peter Frommelt, MD, FASE
Herma Heart Institute-Children’s Wisconsin/Medical College of Wisconsin
Milwaukee, WI

Cardiovascular Sonographer Distinguished Teacher Award
Richard Palma, BS, ACS, RCCS, RCS, FASE
Duke University Medical Center
Durham, NC

Outstanding Achievement in Perioperative Echocardiography Award
Madhav Swaminathan, MD, MMCi, FASE
Duke University Medical Center
Durham, NC

A special thank you to the evening’s supporters
(as of 5/6/23)

Advocate Level Table Captains

• David Adams, ACS, RCS, RDCS, FASE
• Federico Asch, MD, FASE on behalf of MedStar Health Research Institute
• Stephen Little, MD, FASE & William Zoghbi, MD, FASE on behalf of Houston Methodist
• G. Burkhard Mackensen, MD, PhD, FASE
• Akhil Narang, MD, FASE on behalf of Northwestern University
• National Board of Echocardiography, Inc.
• Geoffrey Rose, MD, FASE on behalf of Sanger Heart & Vascular Institute
• Marielle Scherrer-Crosbie, MD, PhD, FASE
• Lissa Sugeng, MD, MPH, FASE
• Madhav Swaminathan, MD, MMCi, FASE on behalf of Duke University Medical Center

Benefactor Level Table Captains

• Theodore Abraham, MD, FASE on behalf of University of California, San Francisco
• Rebecca Hahn, MD, FASE on behalf of Columbia University
• Omar Khalique, MD, FASE on behalf of St. Francis Hospital & Heart Center®
• Jae K. Oh, MD, FASE on behalf of Mayo Clinic
• Patricia Pellikka, MD, FASE on behalf of Mayo Clinic
• Samuel Siu, MD, SM, MBA, FASE on behalf of Western University
• Raymond Stainback, MD, FASE on behalf of Texas Heart Institute, Baylor St. Luke’s Medical Center

Patron Level Table Captains

• Carolyn Altman, MD, FASE on behalf of the ASE Pediatric and Congenital Heart Disease Council
• Gerard Aurigemma, MD, FASE & Matthew Parker, MD, FASE on behalf of UMass Memorial Health
• Merri Bremer, EdD, RN, ACS, RDCS, FASE on behalf of Mayo Clinic
• Keith Collins, MS, RDCS, FASE on behalf of the ASE Cardiovascular Sonography Council
• Craig E. Fleishman, MD, FASE on behalf of the ASE Pediatric and Congenital Heart Disease Council (2)
• Peter Frommelt, MD, FASE on behalf of Herma Heart Institute – Children’s Wisconsin/Medical College of Wisconsin
• Judy Hung, MD, FASE
• James Kirkpatrick, MD, FASE on behalf of University of Washington
• National Board of Echocardiography, Inc.
• Siemens Healthineers
• Jordan B. Strom, MD, MSc, FASE on behalf of Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

Thank you to the National Board of Echocardiography, Inc. for sponsorship the DJ entertainment for the evening.