Merri L. Bremer EdD, RN, ACS, RDCS, FASE

Merri L. Bremer, Ed.D., RN, ACS, RDCS, FASE is the Echocardiography Laboratory Education and Quality Coordinator and Advanced Cardiovascular Sonography (ACS) Program Director at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, MN. Dr. Bremer is board-certified as a Registered Nurse and holds the sonographer credentials of RDCS and ACS. She holds an academic appointment as Assistant Professor of Medicine in the Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and earned a doctoral degree in Educational Leadership from the Saint Mary’s University of Minnesota. Dr. Bremer is an active member of the American Society of Echocardiography (ASE) and the Society of Diagnostic Medical Sonography (SDMS) and is currently Chair of the Intersocietal Accreditation Commission (IAC) Board of Directors. She participates in ultrasound program accreditation through the Joint Review Committee on Education in Diagnostic Medical Sonography (JRC-DMS) and is a member of the Cardiovascular Credentialing, Intl (CCI) ACS Credentialing Exam Committee. During the past 20 years, Dr. Bremer has lectured extensively at national meetings on various echocardiography topics, education, sonographer ergonomics, quality improvement, and accreditation; in addition, she has co-authored several publications.