Created in 1990, the annual Edler Lecture honors the founder of echocardiography, Dr. Inge Edler. This lecture is presented during ASE’s Annual Scientific Sessions in June.

 

Edler Lecturers

  • 2024: Stephen Little, MD, FASE – “Interventional Echocardiography: A New Subspecialty Unfolds”
  • 2023: Raymond Stainback, MD, FASE –  “The Living History of Echocardiography for Mechanical Circulatory Support Devices”
  • 2022: Catherine Otto, MD, FASE – “Aortic Valve Stenosis: Moving from Diagnosis to Patient Outcomes”
  • 2021: Madhav Swaminathan, MD, FASE – “Echo, Equity, and Empowerment: A Framework for the Future”
  • 2020: Jonathan Lindner, MD, FASE – “The Role of Imaging Today for Developing Drugs of Tomorrow”
  • 2019:  Vera Rigolin, MD, FASE – “Time Flies When You Are Having Fun With Aortic Stenosis”
  • 2018: Allan L. Klein, MD, FASE – “Dermatology of the Heart: Tales from the Pericardial Sac”
  • 2017: Susan E. Wiegers, MD, FASE – “The Point of Care”
  • 2016: Neil J. Weissman, MD, FASE – “The Future of Echocardiography: Disrupter or Disrupted?”
  • 2015: Patrick O’Gara, MD, FACC – “Innovation in CV Medicine: Whose Responsibility Is It?”
  • 2014: Patricia A. Pellikka, MD, FASE – “Echocardiography in an Era of Multimodality Imaging”
  • 2013: James D. Thomas, MD, FASE – “The Miracle of Echocardiography: From Physics to Physiology to Population Health”
  • 2012: Roberto M. Lang, MD, FASE – “3D Echocardiography has Come of Age: Promises and Perspectives”
  • 2011: Gov. Howard Dean, MD – “Healthcare Reform – What it Means to Patients as Well as Physicians”
  • 2010: William A. Zoghbi, MD, FASE – “Echocardiography: A 20/20 Vision”
  • 2009: Thomas Ryan, MD, FASE – “The Capacity for Change: A Look at Echocardiography in the Next Decade”
  • 2008: Jos Roelandt, MD, PhD, FASE – “Imaging, Ingenuity and Serendipity”
  • 2007: Michael H. Picard, MD, FASE – “The Future of Echocardiography: Lessons from History, Biology and Art”
  • 2006: Bijoy K. Khandheria, MBBS, FASE – “Back to the Future”
  • 2005: Linda D. Gillam, MD, FASE – “Cardiology’s Number One Detective Agency: The Echo Lab”
  • 2004: Randolph P. Martin, MD, FASE – “Making a Difference in Individual Lives”
  • 2003: Pamela S. Douglas, MD, FASE – “Good Morning ASE”
  • 2002: Pravin M. Shah, MD, FASE – “SAM is 30-something and Going Strong”
  • 2001: Harry Rakowski, MD, FASE – “Echocardiography: Opening Windows to Your Heart”
  • 2000: A. Jamil Tajik, MD, FASE – “Echocardiography: From Evolution to Revolution”
  • 1999: Richard E. Kerber, MD, FASE – “Deconstructing the Body: Medical Imaging, Medical Art and the Art of Medicine”
  • 1998: Alan S. Pearlman, MD, FASE – “The Changing Face of ASE – Past, Present, and Future”
  • 1997: Julius M. Gardin, MD, FASE – “Echocardiography: A Ventricular View”
  • 1996: Alfred F. Parisi, MD, FASE – “The Miracle of Echocardiography – A Clinician’s Retrospective”
  • 1995: Arthur E. Weyman, MD, FASE –  “The End of the Beginning”
  • 1994: David J. Sahn, MD, FASE – “Milestones in the Development of Echocardiography: Where Have We Come From? Where Are We Going?”
  • 1993: Joseph A. Kisslo, MD, FASE – “Coping in the 1990s: Regulation, Restriction & Reduced Reimbursement”
  • 1992: Anthony N. DeMaria, MD, FASE – “Technologic Advances in an Era of Socioeconomic Constraints – Future Tension in Echocardiography”
  • 1991: Richard L. Popp, MD, FASE – “Second Annual Feigenbaum Lecture”
  • 1990: Harvey Feigenbaum, MD, FASE – “Echocardiography: Past, Present, and Future”

Stephen Little, MD, FASE, 2024 Edler Lecturer