Registration and Continental Breakfast

8:00 am-6:00 pm

SVU Special Vascular Laboratory Testing and Management Course

(Separate fee required)

1:00-4:00 pm

ICAVL Accreditation Workshop (FREE, Registration Required)

• Cindy Weiland, RRT RVT,
  ICAVL Director of Accreditation
• Monica M. McCrea, RDMS RVT,
  ICAVL Technical Manager

1:00-4:00 pm

Abdominal Vascular Lecture/Hands-on Workshop

(Separate fee required)
Moderator: Paula Walsh, RVT RDCS RDMS

3 Sessions (participants rotating among the 3 sessions every 50 minutes)

• Renal – Susan Gustavson, BA RVT
  Sponsored by GE Healthcare
• Aorto-Iliac – Courtney Nelms, BS RVT RDMS
  Sponsored by Philips Medical Systems
• Abdominal/Venous – Bob DeJong, RDMS RDCS RVT
  Sponsored by Siemens Medical Solutions

6:30-8:30 am

Registration

7:00-8:15 am

CONCURRENT TUTORIALS

(Separate registration and fee of $10 per tutorial required)
Continental Breakfast for Tutorial Attendees

Tutorial 1: Incidental Findings During Lower Extremity Venous Duplex

Mark Oliver, MD RVT

Tutorial 2: How to Set Up a Screening Program

Michael Schwebler, MBA RVT FSVU

Tutorial 3: Aortic Endograft Duplex

Kathleen Carter, RN BSN RVT FSVU

7:45-8:30 am

Coffee Break

SVU OPENING GENERAL SESSION

8:30-8:45 am

Welcome and Opening Announcements

Paula Heggerick, BS RVT RDMS FSVU, Annual Conference Program Committee Chair

8:45-8:55 am

SVU President’s State of the Society Report

Melissa A. Vickery, LPN-B RVT

8:55-9:00 am

Recognition of Founding Members and Past Presidents

Melissa A. Vickery, LPN-B RVT

9:00-10:30 am

Gene Strandness, MD—Scientific Abstracts Session

Moderator: R. Eugene Zierler, MD

9:00

Variability of Carotid Intimal Medial Thickness Measurement – Ann Marie Kupinski, PhD RVT FSVU

9:11

Changes in Perforating Vein Reflux Following Saphenous Vein Ablation – Tara Parks, RVT

9:22

The Relationship Between Velocity and Cerebral Resistance During Vasomotor Reactivity Testing – Sheila Byrd-Raynor, PhD RVT

9:33

Ultrasound Guided Duplex Imaging During Radiofrequency Ablation of Incompetent Venous Perforators – Megan Hodge, RN RVT

9:44

New Transcranial Doppler (TCD) Waveform Shape Parameters: A Repeatability/Reproducibility Study – Sheila Byrd-Raynor, PhD RVT

9:55

Duplex Evaluation After Carotid Stenting: When Do Patients Need to be Referred for Angiography? – Megan Hodge, RN RVT

10:06

Potential for Significantly Overestimating Doppler Velocity Measurements – Robert Scissons, RVT FSVU

10:16

Q & A Session

Meet the Annual Election Candidates Session

Michael Schwebler, MBA RVT, Nominations Subcommittee Chair

10:40-11:00 am

Break

11:00-12:30 pm

Invited Speakers Session: Neurovascular Session

Moderator: Colleen Douville, BA RVT

11:00

The Vulnerable Plaque –
Marie Gerhard-Herman, MD RVT

11:20

Carotid Stenting and Duplex Ultrasound – Leni Karr, RVT

11:40

TCD for Testing of Right to Left Cardiac Shunts – Ajay Zachariah, BS RVT RDMS RDCS

12:10

12:20

Q & A

12:00-6:30 pm

Exhibits Open

Visit SVU Booth #453 and Vote in SVU’s Annual Election. See Exhibit Hall floor plan

12:30-2:00 pm

Lunch on your Own

or

Lunch with the Experts Session

(Separate fee required)

What the Vascular Technologist/Sonographer Needs to Know about Stents—
Carotid/Renal/Peripheral

• Piotr Sobiesczyk, MD
• William Zang, BS RVT RDMS

Sponsored by ARDMS

2:00- 3:30 pm

Invited Speakers Session: Endovascular Topics

Sponsored by Philips Medical Systems

Moderator: Richard J. DeMasi, MD FACS RVT

2:00

Eximer Laser Assisted Angioplasty and Stenting – Brian W. Nolan, MD

2:15

Subintimal Angioplasty and Duplex Follow Up – Richard DeMasi, MD FACS RVT

2:30

Duplex Guidance Application During Treatment of Challenging and Rare Vascular Pathology Cases – Natalie Marks, RVT RDMS

2:45

The Role of the Vascular Lab in the Pre-op and Post-op Assessment for Stent Placement: What an Interventionalist Needs to Know – Rhonda Quick, MD

3:00

Robotic Assisted Laparoscopic Aortic Surgery – Judith Lin, MD

3:15

Q & A

3:30-4:00 pm

Break in Exhibit Hall

Visit SVU Booth #453 and Vote in SVU’s Annual Election

4:00-5:30 pm

Vascular Laboratory Practice Panel

Moderator: Anne Jones, RN BSN RVT RDMS FSVU

• ARDMS Update: RVT, RPVI, and Single Physics Exam – Steven Leers, MD, and Dale Cyr, MBA RDMS RDCS CAE
• ICAVL Update – Sandy Katanick, RN RVT FSVU CAE and Rita Shugart, RN RVT FSVU
• CCI Update – Aaron S. White
• Advanced Practice – Marsha Neumyer, BS RVT FSVU FAIUM, and Anne Jones, RN BSN RVT RDMS FSVU

5:30-6:30 pm

Combined Opening Night Reception

Exhibit Hall, Baltimore Convention Center

Registration

7:00-8:15 am

CONCURRENT TUTORIALS

(Separate registration and fee of $10 per tutorial required)
Continental Breakfast for Tutorial Attendees

Tutorial 4: TCD

Keith Fujioka, BS RVT FSVU
Sponsored by VIASYS

Tutorial 5: Renovascular Duplex in Native Kidneys and Transplants

Kathryn Sorrell, BSN RN RVT

Tutorial 6: Digital Age

Kathy Palmieri, RN RVT and
Jonathan Edwards, RVT

• DataStar Systems - Dave Behrens
• Custom Labs - Rick Grave, RVT
• Lumedx - TBA

7:00-8:15 am

Chapters Breakfast

GENERAL SESSION

8:30-8:45 am

Announcement and Recognition of SVU Fellows and Honorary Members

Michel Comeaux, RN BSN RVT RDMS FSVU
SVU Vice President

Alex Chao, MD - Young Investigators Scientific Abstract Session

Sponsored by Philips Medical Systems

Moderator: Dennis Bandyk, MD

8:45

Correlation Between the Renal Resistive Index and Glomerular Filtration Rate – Kumar Gaurav, MD

8:56

Duplex Findings in Takayaysu’s Arteritis – Rashad Choudry, MD

9:07

Ultrasound Guided Thrombin Injection for Gluteal Pseudoaneurysm Resulting from Tran-sacral Drain Removal – Nancy L. Harthun, MD RVT

9:18

Fishing for BASS: Surveying Primary Physicians in the Barriers to Aortic Screening Study – Andrew D. Dueck, BSc MD FRCSC

9:24

Q & A

9:45-10:15 am

Aches, Pains, Twitches & Spasms: Ergonomics in Sonography

Susan Murphy, BS RDMS RDCS CECD

10:00 am-4:00 pm

Exhibits Open

See Exhibit Hall floor plan

10:15-10:45 am

Break in Exhibit Hall

• Visit SVU Booth #453 — Vote in SVU’s Annual Election
• Poster Session in back of Ballroom III, Level 300

10:45 am-12:30 pm

Invited Speakers Session: Hemodynamics Topics

Moderator: Laurence Needleman, MD

10:45

Foundational Hemodynamics: Bridging the Equations and Cardiac Performance with Vascular Doppler – Frank Miele, MSEE

11:15

Carotid Waveform Analysis: Beyond Peak Systolic Velocity – Laurence Needleman, MD

11:35

Peripheral Resistance in the Extremities With & Without Exercise – Robert Daigle, BA RVT FSVU

11:55

Understanding Venous Blood Flow Patterns – Ann Marie Kupinski, PhD RVT FSVU

12:15

Q & A

12:30-2:00 pm

Lunch on Your Own

Visit Exhibits and SVU Booth #453 and Vote in SVU’s Annual Election

Lunch With the Experts Session

(Separate fee required)

Management Topics: Coding and Billing; Components of a Final Report and the Impact of Lab Accreditation – Claudia A. Benge, RDCS RDMS RVT RVS

2:00-2:10 pm

Alex Chou, MD, Young Investigator Award Presentation

Patricia Marques, RN RVT FSVU, Chair of Awards Subcommittee

2:10-3:30 pm

Government Relations Session

Panel discussion of the latest regulatory and legislative advocacy issues

Moderator: David Parlato, BA RVT

• Regulatory Efforts with CMS on DRA Cuts, CARE Bill, and Other Issues – William Sarraille
• Fistula First Initiative – Cliff Sales, MD
• Latest on RVUs for Vascular Ultrasound – Robert Zwolak, MD
• Coalition for Quality in Vascular Ultrasound (CQU) – Anne Jones, RN BSN RVT RDMS FSVU

3:30-4:00 pm

Break in Exhibit Hall

Visit SVU Booth #453 and Vote in SVU’s Annual Election

4:00-5:00 pm

Interesting Case Studies Session

Moderator: Terry Needham, BS RVT FSVU

5:00-6:00 pm

Concurrent SVU Committee Meetings & Annual Conference Focus Group

• Membership & Chapters Committees
• Academics Committee
• Annual Conference Focus Group

7:00-11:00 pm

SVU 30th Anniversary Gala Reception

(Separate fee required)
Chesapeake Ballroom – Sheraton Inner Harbor Hotel

Registration

7:00-8:15am

CONCURRENT TUTORIALS

(Separate registration and fee of $10 per tutorial required)
Continental Breakfast for Tutorial Attendees

Tutorial 7: Venous Insufficiency

Terry Needham, BS RVT FSVU
Sponsored by GE Healthcare

Tutorial 8: Basic Echo for the Vascular Technologist

Carol Miranda, RVT RDCS RDMS

Tutorial 9: Arterial Physiologic Testing: Abnormal ABI & Its Relationship to CAD

Marsha Neumyer, BS RVT FSVU
Sponsored by Unetixs

9:00 am-2:00 pm

Exhibits Open

See Exhibit Hall floor plan

GENERAL SESSION

8:30-9:45 am

Oral Clinical Abstract Session

Moderator: George Berdejo, BA RVT FSVU

8:30

Transthoracic Echocardiogram and Transcranial Doppler Detection of Emboli Following Foam Sclerotherapy of Leg Veins – Kristin Hansen, BS RDCS

8:41

Use of a Structured Interpretation Report Audit in Vascular Ultrasound Quality Initiatives – Douglas L Wooster, MD

8:52

Ultrasound Detection of Intermittent and Position Dependent Endoleaks: Evidence for a Novel Mechanism – Kathryn Busch, DIP APP SC

9:03

Reflux Patterns in the Anterior Accessory Saphenous Vein and Superficial Veins –Sergio Salles-Cunha, PhD RVT FSVU

9:14

Endovascular Repair of Popliteal Artery Aneurysms Under Duplex Guidance – Natalie Marks, RVT RDMS

9:25

Prevalence Patterns of Small Saphenous Vein Reflux – Diana Neuhardt, RVT

9:35

Q & A

9:45-10:45am

Annual SVU Business Meeting and Induction of Fellows

• President Melissa Vickery, LPN-B RVT
• Executive Director Steve Haracznak, BA
• Michel Comeaux, RN BSN RVT RDMS
  Chair of Fellows Subcommittee

10:45-11:15 am

Break in Exhibit Hall

11:15 am-
12:45 pm

Invited Speaker Session: Venous Interventional Therapeutics/Venous Ablation

Sponsored by The American College of Phlebology
Moderators: Diana L. Neuhardt, RVT, and Sergio Salles-Cunha, PhD RVT FSVU

Introductory Review: CEAP, Venous Disease Severity Score and Quality of Life Questionnaires – Sergio Salles-Cunha, PhD RVT FSVU

International Consensus on Venous Anatomy – John Mauriello, MD FACPh

Principles of Treatment of Varicose Veins – Steven E. Zimmet, MD FACPh

Union of International Phlebology (UIP) Consensus on Duplex Ultrasound Imaging Methodology – Joseph A. Zygmunt, RVT

Thermal and Chemical Ablation Techniques for the Treatment of Chronic Venous Valvular Insufficiency – Nick Morrison, MD FACPh

Advanced Concepts in Phlebological Ultrasound (US, TE, TCD): Technical Pitfalls, Side Effects, Adverse Events, and Follow-up – Diana L. Neuhardt, RVT, Joseph Zygmunt, MD, and Sergio Salles-Cunha, PhD RVT FSVU

12:45-2:00 pm

Lunch on Your Own

Lunch With the Experts Session: Clinical Trials

(Drug Trials, Plaque Remodeling, CREST, SAPPHIRE, CORAL) (Separate fee required)

• Michael Jaff, DO RVT RPVI
• Gail Hadley, RN RVT FSVU

2:00-2:30 pm

Announcement of Election Results, Service Awards, Scientific Awards, and Chapter Awards

• Michael W. Schwebler, MBA RVT FSVU – Chair, Nominations Subcommittee
• Patricia Marques, RN RVT FSVU – Chair, Awards Subcommittee
• Paula Walsh, RVT RDMS RDCS – Co-Chair, Chapters Subcommittee

2:30-2:45 pm

Break and Move to Concurrent Sessions

2:45-4:00 pm

Hot Topics in Vascular Lab Management

Moderator: Kathleen Palmieri, RVT

2:45

3:05

3:25

Criteria Conundrums: Clarifying the Confusion—Your Benchmark to Success – Ann Marie Kupinski, MS RVT PhD

3:45

2:45-4:00 pm

Skills Lab Session

Moderator: Deborah Pirt, RVT FSVU

• Upper Extremity Venous – Richard E. Rae II, RT(R) RDMS RVT
  Sponsored by Zonare
• Arterial Physiologic Testing – Thomas J. Hargens, RT RVT
  Sponsored by Parks Medical Electronics
• Venous Insufficiency – Marsha Neumyer, BS RVT FSVU
  Sponsored by Unetixs
• Carotid and IMT – Tish Poe, BA RDCS RVT
  Sponsored by Philips Medical Systems 
• Arterial/Venous Fistula – TBA
  Sponsored by Siemens Medical Solutions
• Transcrannial Doppler (TCD) – Katie Vollrath, RN BSN RVT FSVU, and Mary Powell, BS RVT
  Sponsored by VIASYS Healthcare
  

Hemodialysis Access Session

Moderator: William A. Zang, BS RVT RDMS

4:00

Pre-Access Placement Assessment in the Vascular Lab – Ann Needham, RN RVT

4:15

Hemodialysis Access Configurations – Clifford Sales, MD

4:30

Acute Intervention of Hemodialysis Grafts – Jonathan Levison, MD

4:45

Q & A

5:00 pm

Closing Remarks

Annual Conference Program Committee Chair
Paula Heggerick, BS RVT RDMS FSVU