ASE Foundation Board of Directors
Chair (term expires December 31, 2024)
James Kirkpatrick, MD, FASE
University of Washington Medical Center, Seattle, WA
Vice Chair (term expires June 30, 2025)
Cynthia Taub, MD, FASE
SUNY Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, NY
Treasurer (term expires June 30, 2027)
Akhil Narang, MD, FASE
Northwestern Medicine, Chicago, IL
Members at Large
Nausheen Akhter, MD, FASE (term expires December 31, 2025)
Northwestern Medicine, Chicago, IL
Merri Bremer, EdD, RN, ACS, RDCS, FASE (term expires June 30, 2025)
Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN
Keith Collins, MS, RDCS, FASE (term expires December 31, 2026)
Northwestern Medicine, Chicago, IL
Jonathan Lindner, MD, FASE (term expires June 30, 2025)
University of Virginia Medical Center, VA
Bharatbhushan Patel, RDCS, RVS, RDMS, FASE (term expires December 31, 2025)
Robert Wood Johnson Hospital, New Brunswick, NJ
Qiong Zhao, MD, PhD, FASE (term expires December 31, 2026)
Inova Fairfax Hospital, McLean, VA
2024 – 2025 ASE Foundation Annual Appeal Committee
Committee Members
James Kirkpatrick, MD, FASE – Chair
University of Washington Medical Center, Seattle, WA
Cody Frye, BA, RDCS, FASE – Co-Chair
Sanger Heart and Vascular Institute – Atrium Health, Charlotte, NC
Gloria Ayuba, DO, FASE
UT Southwestern Medical Center, Southlake, TX
Timothy Barry, MBBCh, BAO
Mayo Clinic Arizona, Scottsdale, AZ
Judith Becker, MD
Texas Children’s Hospital, Houston, TX
Brittany Byrd, RDCS (AE, FE, PE), FASE
Raleigh, NC
Courtney Cassidy, RDCS, FASE
Children’s Hospital Colorado, Denver, CO
Ebere Chukwu, MD
Baylor Scott & White Health, Temple, TX
Mary Corretti, MD, FASE
Johns Hopkins Hospital School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD
Holly Diglio, RCS, FASE
Atlantic Health System – Morristown Medical Center, Morristown, NJ
Jens Eichhorn, MD, PhD, FASE
Carolinas Healthcare System, Charlotte, NC
Kristie Jo Johnson, ACS, RDCS, RRT, RCP, FASE
Carolinas Medical Center, Charlotte, NC
Noreen Kelly, MD, MBA, FASE
Sanger Heart and Vascular Institute, Charlotte, NC
Megan Krajewski, MD
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Brookline, MA
Jennifer Liu, MD, FASE
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY
Bharat Marwaha, MD, FASE
Adena Health System, Chillicothe, OH
Ivory Mejia, RDCS
Wellstar West Georgia Medical Center, LaGrange, GA
Purvi Parwani, MD
Loma Linda University Medical Center, Redlands, CA
Shivani Patel, MBBS, MS, FASE
Ann and Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago, Chicago, IL
Brian Soriano, MD, FASE
Seattle Children’s Hospital, Seattle, WA
Betul Yilmaz, MD, FASE
Texas Children’s Hospital, Houston, TX
