Research Awards Gala

16th Annual Research Awards Gala

The Annual Research Awards Gala is the ASE Foundation’s premiere fundraising event. This year’s Gala will take place Saturday, September 6, 2025 at the Omni Nashville Hotel in Nashville, TN. You are invited to join us for our Golden Gala, where we will celebrate ASE’s 2025 Award Winners and cardiovascular ultrasound research. Advance registration is required to attend. Must be 21+ years of age.

REGISTRATION OPEN! 
Log into the ASE Portal and select “Events”

Table & Ticket Options
A portion of each table or ticket sale is considered a U.S. charitable donation to the ASE Foundation’s 2025 Annual Appeal.

ADVOCATE TABLE – $6,350 SOLD OUT
Purchasing a table at this level receives premier seating for 10, a full-page, print-ready ad and recognition in the Gala program*, a slide in the ASE Scientific Sessions filler slide deck**, a listing on the ASEF website, as well as recognition during the event.

BENEFACTOR TABLE – $5,350 
Purchasing a table at this level receives prime seating for 10, recognition in the Gala program*, a listing on the ASEF website, and recognition during the event.

PATRON TABLE – $4,350 SOLD OUT
Purchasing a table at this level receives seating for 10, recognition in the event program*, and a listing on the ASEF website.

ADVOCATE TICKETS – $635 SOLD OUT

BENEFACTOR TICKETS – $535 EACH 

PATRON TICKETS – $435 EACH 

SUPPORTER TICKETS – $360 SOLD OUT
Purchasing a ticket at this level will reserve an individual seat, the final location will be determined by ASEF as space is available.

*Deadline for advertisement and recognition in the Gala Program is August 1. Advertisement is of your own design.
**Deadline for slide to be included in the ASE Scientific Sessions filler slide deck is August 15.

Congratulations to this year’s 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

Meritorious Service Award
Steven Lester, MD, FASE
Mayo Clinic
Scottsdale, AZ

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, MBBS, MD, 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
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
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 Advocate Health – Weyman Legacy Table
Siemens Healthineers

Benefactor Level
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, MBBS, MD, 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 Methodist DeBakey Heart & Vascular Center