Research Awards Gala

16th Annual Research Awards Gala

The Annual Research Awards Gala is the ASE Foundation’s premiere fundraising event took place Saturday, September 6, 2025 at the Omni Nashville Hotel in Nashville, TN. The evening was an entertaining celebration of ASE’s 2025 Award Winners and cardiovascular ultrasound research, complete with a line dance performance from Dr. Theodore Abraham and friends. We hope you enjoy some of these snap shots from the night and congratulations, again, to the 2025 ASE Award Winners!

Physician Lifetime Achievement Award
Geoffrey Rose, MD, FASE
Sanger Heart & Vascular Institute
Charlotte, NC

Cardiovascular Sonographer Distinguished Teacher Award
G. Monet Strachan, ACS, RDCS, FASE
University of California, San Francisco
San Francisco, CA

Excellence in Teaching in Pediatrics Award
Andrew Powell, MD, FASE
Boston’s Children Hospital
Boston, MA

Outstanding Achievement in Perioperative Echocardiography Award
Alina Nicoara, MD, FASE
Duke University Medical Center
Durham, NC

Richard Popp Excellence in Teaching Award
Gregory Scalia, AM, MBBS, FASE
Prince Charles Hospital
Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

Thank you to this year’s partners!

Advocate Level
Theodore Abraham, MD, FASE, on behalf of University of California San Francisco (3 tables) – Schiller Legacy Table
Federico Asch, MD, FASE, on behalf of MedStar Health Research Institute
Bracco
Tal Geva, MD, FASE, on behalf of Boston Children’s Hospital
Linda Gillam, MD, MPH, FASE & Samuel Siu, MD, SM, MBA, FASE – King Legacy Table
Richard Grimm, DO, FASE, on behalf of Cleveland Clinic
Intersocietal Accreditation Commission
G. Burkhard Mackensen, MD, PhD, FASE & Alina Nicoara, MD, FASE, on behalf of the ASE Perioperative Echocardiography Council – Hatle Legacy Table
Akhil Narang, MD, FASE & Vera Rigolin, MD, FASE, on behalf of Northwestern University – Feigenbaum Legacy Table
Matthew Parker, MD, FASE & Lissa Sugeng, MD, MPH, FASE on behalf of the New England Society of Echocardiography
Geoffrey Rose, MD, FASE, on behalf of Sanger Heart & Vascular Institute – Weyman Legacy Table
Siemens Healthineers

Benefactor Level
Bristol Myers Squibb
Richard Grimm, DO, FASE, on behalf of Cleveland Clinic
Renuka Jain, MD, FASE & Matt Umland, BS, ACS, RVT, RDCS, FASE, on behalf of Aurora St. Luke’s Medical Center
Garvan Kane, MD, PhD, FASE (2 tables), on behalf of the Mayo Clinic Echo Lab
Laura Mercer-Rosa, MD, MSc, FASE & Melissa Wasserman, RCCS, RDCS, FASE, on behalf of Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
Jae Oh, MD, FASE
A. Jamil Tajik, MD, FASE

Patron Level
ASE Cardiovascular Sonography Council Steering Committee
ASE Pediatric & Congenital Heart Disease Council Steering Committee
Carolyn Altman, MD, FASE & Judith Becker, MD, on behalf of the ASE Pediatric & Congenital Heart Disease Council
Merri Bremer, EdD, RN, ACS, RDCS, FASE
Sheela Pai Cole, MD, FASE, on behalf of the ASE Perioperative Echocardiography Council
Cytokinetics
Craig Fleishman, MD, FASE, on behalf of the ASE Pediatric & Congenital Heart Disease Council
Judy Hung, MD, FASE
Juan Carlos Plana, MD & David Wiener, MD, FASE, on behalf of Thomas Jefferson University Hospital
Karl Richardson, MD, FASE & Joyce Johnson, MD, MS, FASE, on behalf of the ASE Leadership Academy Cohort 4
Gregory Scalia, AM, MBBS, FASE
Marielle Scherrer-Crosbie, MD, PhD
Partho Sengupta, DM, MBBS, MD, FASE, on behalf of Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
Jordan Strom, MD, MSc, FASE & Jessica Stout, BS, ACS, RDCS, FASE, on behalf of Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Matthew Vorsanger, MD, FASE, on behalf of the ASE Circulation & Vascular Ultrasound Council
Susan Wiegers, MD, FASE
William Zoghbi, MD, FASE, on behalf of Houston  Methodist Hospital

Thank you, Bristol Myers Squibb, for sponsoring the photobooth for the evening!