Bernard E. Bulwer, MD., MSc, FASE Founder and Project Director, Echo Stethoscope Academy Project Longwood Medical and Academic Area, Boston, MA, USA Contact: info@EchoScope.org; Considered the "Leonardo da Vinci and the Frank Netter of echocardiography" for his illustrative prowess, as well as "a visionary and strategic thinker ahead of his time" by leading experts at Harvard, Colombia, and the Cleveland Clinic-Dr. Bulwer brings his skills to fill a great need in modern medical education. It is the exciting juncture where the 200-year old traditional "audio" stethoscope is being replaced by the new ultrasound "echo" stethoscope. Their use will enable doctors and health care professionals to now "see and not just hear." To responsibly fulfil the promise of these instruments, it is imperative that users learn dynamic cardiac structure and function using a sonographic ultrasound "scalpel" in the living, and not just on a cadaver in the anatomy lab. "Transthoracic Echocardiography, Foundations of Image Acquisition and Interpretation" is designed to provide modern users of these new "echo stethoscopes," as well as advanced trainees in echocardiography, with a solid foundation and practical guide.