The 17,000-member American Society of Echocardiography (ASE) named Jonathan R. Lindner, MD president of the organization on June 27 during its 29th annual scientific sessions in Nashville, Tennessee.

Lindner is currently director of cardiovascular imaging and professor of medicine at Oregon Health and Science University. He has served as ASE’s vice president and president-elect before being selected for a one-year term as president of the organization.

“I am honored and look forward to serving as ASE's 30th president,” Lindner said in a statement. “ASE is committed to improving healthcare not only in North America but worldwide through science, innovation, technology, and education. I plan on leveraging my background as a translational scientist to make sure our society continues to shape the evolution of cardiovascular ultrasound.”

In addition to electing Lindner, ASE also named the following new board of director members to two-year terms: Jayashri Aragam, MD, West Roxbury VA Hospital, Massachusetts; G. Burkhard Mackensen, MD, University of Washington Medical Center, Seattle; Michael Main, MD, Saint Luke's Mid America Heart Institute, Kansas City, Missouri; and Elaine Shea, Alta Bates Summit Medical Center, Oakland, California, Sonography Council Steering Committee Chair.