Certification

Scope of Work

The application of an advanced perioperative TEE examination is to utilize the full diagnostic potential of perioperative TEE including direction of the perioperative surgical decision-making process.

1. Ability to provide a current medical license with expiration date or letter of good standing. 
2. Valid Advanced PTEeXAM® Testamur status during the certification application period 
3. Completed a Cardiothoracic Anesthesiology and/or Critical Care fellowship or be a practicing Anesthesiologist

Testamurs seeking NBE Certification will apply online by uploading the required documentation. Once an application is complete, the Certification Committee will meet to review applications twice a year, and applicants will be notified in writing of the decision. Incomplete applications will not be reviewed by the Certification Committee until all requirements are met. 

Certification applicants should select one of the applicable pathways listed below. For more detailed information please refer to the Advanced PTEeXAM® Certification Handbook. 

Supervised Training within ACGME Fellowship  

Required Documentation 

1. Current Medical License including expiration date 

1. Medical Board Certificate 

1. Fellowship Certificate (Optional) 

1. Notarized Letter from Fellowship (document cases completed during training) 

1. Log of studied but not performed cases completed during training.  

Practice Experience 

Required Documentation 

1. Current Medical License including expiration date 
2. Medical Board Certificate 
3. Fellowship Certificate (Optional) 
4. Notarized Letter from Hospital/Practice (document cases completed in practice within the four (4) consecutive years, with a maximum of no more that 10 years prior to the application.) 
5. Fifty (50) hours of AMA Category 1 CMEs devoted to echocardiography in the preceding two years 

Maintenance of Testamur or Diplomate Status 

Beginning in July 2024, the recertification examinations are no longer administered. Testamurs and Diplomates will instead enter Maintenance of Testamur in Echocardiography (MOTE) or Maintenance of Certification in Echocardiography (MOCE). For more information visit www.echoboards.org/MOCE.

*All letters documenting cases completed during training or practice, must be on official letterhead, signed by an approved signor, and notarized, dated and stamped by a notary/justice of the peace/lawyer(barrister) at the time of witnessing the signing of the letter in person. All letters must be the original and not a copy of the original document.*

Supervised Training 

Sample notarized Letter from Fellowship

Sample Log of studied but not performed cases completed during training

Practice Experience 

Sample notarized Letter from Practice/Hospital