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Accreditation Documents

CAAHEP STANDARDS

Standards and Guidelines for the Accreditation of Educational Programs in Advanced Cardiovascular Sonography (2012)

Request for Accreditation Services for Educational Programs for Advanced Cardiovascular Sonographers

Self Study Report for Initial Accreditation

FOR PROGRAMS SEEKING INITIAL ACCREDITATION

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Getting Started:

• Request for CAAHEP Accreditation Services
• Self Study Report (contact the CoA-ACS office)
• Fees

Committee on Accreditation for Advanced Cardiovascular Sonography (COA-ACS)

Administrative Staff
Mary Alice Dilday

The Committee on Accreditation for Advanced Cardiovascular Sonography serves, under the auspices of the CAAHEP, to promote and advance the quality of educational programs for advanced cardiovascular sonographers.

Board Members

S. Michelle Bierig, MPH, RDCS, FASE, Chair
Fletcher A. Miller, Jr., MD, FASE, Vice Chair
Phillip J. Bendick, RVT
Pamela Burgess, BS, RDCS, RDMS, FASE
Ann L. Dempsey, RDCS, RDMS, RVT, FASE
Bijoy K. Khandheria, MD, FASE
Mary Etta King, MD, FASE
Smadar Kort, MD, FASE
Marti L. McCulloch, MBA, BS, RDCS, FASE
Sherif Nagueh, MD, FASE
Matt M. Umland, RDCS, FASE





For more detailed information on the development of the Advanced Cardiovascular Sonography profession, please click here to review the white paper published in the December 2009 issue of the Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography.

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