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Program Schedule

Friday, September 8, 2006

7:30 am

Registration and Continental Breakfast

8:30 am

Preliminary and Final Reports: Format and Terminology

R. Eugene Zierler, MD

9:00 am

Cerebrovascular Testing: Perspectives on Interpretation

R. Eugene Zierler, MD

9:30 am

Break

9:45 am

Carotid Duplex Scanning: Live Demonstration

Leni N. Karr, BA RVT

10:15 am

Cerebrovascular: Case Presentations and Interpretation Practice

Leni N. Karr and Dr. Zierler

11:30 am

Current Applications of Transcranial Doppler

Leni N. Karr, BA RVT

12:00 pm

Lunch on your own

1:30 pm

Testing for Acute DVT: Perspectives on Interpretation

Steven A. Leers, MD RVT

2:00 pm

Peripheral Venous Duplex Scanning: Live Demonstration

Claudia A. Benge, RVT RDMS RDCS

2:30 pm

Assessment of Chronic Venous Insufficiency

David P. Parlato, BA RVT

3:00 pm

Duplex Scanning in Venous Interventions: Vein Mapping, Sclerotherapy, and Endovenous Ablation

Steven A. Leers, MD RVT

3:30 pm

Break in exhibit area

3:45 pm

Venous: Case Presentations and Interpretation Practice

Claudia Benge and Dr. Leers

5:00 pm

Panel Discussion: Review of Interpretation Guidelines and Cases

Faculty: Benge, Karr, Leers, Parlato, and Zierler

5:45-6:45 pm

Reception in the Exhibit Area

Saturday, September 9, 2006

7:00 am

Registration and Continental Breakfast

8:00 am

Visceral Vascular Testing: Perspectives on Interpretation

R. Eugene Zierler, MD

8:30 am

Renal and Mesenteric Duplex Scanning: Live Demonstration

Susan M. Gustavson, BA RVT

9:00 am

Visceral Vascular: Case Presentations and Interpretation Practice

Susan Gustavson and Dr. Zierler

10:15 am

Break in Exhibit Area

10:30 am

Hepato-Portal Duplex Scanning

Tish Poe, BA RVT RDCS

11:00 am

Duplex Assessment of Dialysis Access Grafts

Steven A. Leers, MD RVT

11:30 am

Surveillance of Lower Extremity Bypass Grafts

R. Eugene Zierler, MD

12:00 pm

Lunch in Exhibit Area

1:15 pm

Scanning Tips and Techniques: Demonstrations

by Faculty in Exhibit Area

1:45 pm

Peripheral Arterial Testing: Perspectives on Interpretation

Steven A. Leers, MD RVT

2:15 pm

Peripheral Arterial Physiologic Testing: Live Demonstration

David P. Parlato, BA RVT

2:45 pm

Arterial: Case Presentations and Interpretation Practice

Dave Parlato and Dr. Leers

3:30 pm

Break in Exhibit Area

3:45 pm

Duplex Follow-up of Aortic Endografts

Steven A. Leers, MD RVT

4:00 pm

Advanced Applications of Arterial Physiologic Tests

Susan M. Gustavson, BA RVT

4:15 pm

Duplex Follow-up of Carotid Stents

Leni N. Karr, BA RVT

4:30 pm

Panel Discussion: Review of Interpretation Guidelines and Cases

Faculty: Karr, Leers, Gustavson, Parlato, Poe and Zierler

5:00 pm

Adjourn

Sunday, September 10, 2006

7:30 am

Continental Breakfast

8:30 am

Establishing a Successful Vascular Laboratory

Claudia A. Benge, RVT RDMS RDCS

9:00 am

What's New in Accreditation and Credentialing

R. Eugene Zierler, MD

9:30 am

Q&A

Faculty: Benge and Zierler

9:45 am

Break

10:00 am

Final Interpretation Review

Faculty will present cases in all clinical areas covered by this course for participants to practice their interpretation skills.

11:30 am

Adjourn