SVU Special Vascular Laboratory
Testing and Management Course

June 6, 2007 | Baltimore, MD | Baltimore Convention Center

Course Schedule

7:00 am	Registration and Continental Breakfast
LABORATORY MANAGEMENT AND ADMINISTRATION
8:00 am	Show Me the Money: Billing and Coding Robert Zwolak, MD PhD
8:20 am	Recruitment and Retention of Vascular Technologists Donna Blackburn, RN MS RVT FSVU
8:40 am	Accreditation and Quality Assurance Cynthia Weiland, RVT RRT
9:00 am	Workflow: Databases and Reporting Gail Size, BS RVT RDMS RT RVS FSVU
9:20 am	Credentialing of Technologists and Physicians R. Eugene Zierler, MD
9:40 am	Government Relations in Ultrasound: A CQU Update Anne Jones, RN BSN RVT FSVU
10:00 am	Break
10:20 am	Panel Discussion and Questions Faculty
EVALUATION OF ENDOVASCULAR INTERVENTIONS
10:40 am	Carotid Stents: Do We Need New Duplex Criteria? Ann Marie Kupinski, PhD RVT FSVU
11:00 am	Follow-up of EVAR I: What the Surgeon Needs to Know David Dawson, MD
11:20 am	Follow-up of EVAR II: Duplex Technique and Case Studies Kathleen Carter, RN BSN RVT FSVU
11:40 am	Endovenous Ablation: Ultrasound Guidance and Follow-up George Meier, MD RVT
12:00 noon	Lunch
1:30 pm	Surveillance After Peripheral Artery Stents and Atherectomy Dennis Bandyk, MD
1:50 pm	Panel Discussion and Questions Faculty
	Panel Discussion and Questions Faculty
SCREENING FOR VASCUAR DISEASE: HOW AND WHY
2:10 pm	Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms David Dawson, MD
2:30 pm	Accreditation for Vascular Disease Screening Rita Shugart, RN RVT FSVU
2:50 pm	Extracranial Carotid Disease Marsha Neumyer, BS RVT FSVU
3:10 pm	Break
3:30 pm	IMT Measurements Terrence Needham, BS RVT FSVU
3:50 pm	Venous Disease Mark Meissner, MD
4:10 pm	Peripheral Arterial Disease Jeffrey Olin, MD DO
4:30 pm	Panel Discussion and Questions Faculty
5:00 pm	Adjourn

COURSE CO-DIRECTORS
Tish Poe, BA RDCS RVT Senior Technologist Vascular and Transplant Specialists Hampton, VA	R. Eugene Zierler, MD Professor of Surgery Medical Director, Vascular Diagnostic Service University of Washington Medical Center Seattle, WA
FACULTY
Dennis F. Bandyk, MD RVT Professor of Surgery Director, Div. of Vascular Surgery College of Medicine University of South Florida Tampa, FL Donna Blackburn, RN MS RVT FSVU Director, Vascular Laboratory Northwestern Memorial Hospital Chicago, IL Kathleen A. Carter, RN BSN RVT FSVU Technical Director, Vascular Laboratory Vascular & Transplant Specialists Norfolk, VA David Dawson, MD RVT Associate Professor University of California, Davis Dept. of Surgery Division of Vascular Surgery Sacramento, CA Anne M. Jones, RN BSN RVT RDMS FSVU Severna Park, MD Ann Marie Kupinski, PhD RVT FSVU Vice President Northeast Vascular Imaging Group, Inc. Clifton Park, NY and Assistant Professor of Surgery Albany Medical College Albany, NY George H. Meier, MD RVT FACS Chief of Vascular Surgery & Associate Professor of Surgery Eastern Virginia Medical School Vascular & Transplant Specialists Norfolk, VA Mark M. Meissner, MD Associate Professor of Surgery Harborview Medical Center Seattle, WA	Terrence Needham, BS RVT FSVU Director, Vascular Center Erlanger Health System Chattanooga, TN Marsha Neumyer, BS RVT FSVU International Director Vascular Diagnostic Educational Services Vascular Resource Associates Harrisburg, PA Jeffrey W. Olin, DO FACC Professor of Medicine Director, Vascular Medicine Mount Sinai School of Medicine New York, NY Tish Poe, BA RDCS RVT Senior Technologist, Peripheral Vascular Laboratory Vascular and Transplant Specialists Hampton, VA Rita Shugart, RN RVT FSVU Manager, Diagnostic Vascular Lab Cardiovascular & Thoracic Surgeons of Greensboro, P.A. Greensboro, NC Gail Size, BS RVT RDMS RT RVS FSVU President Inside Ultrasound, Inc. Pearce, AZ Cynthia Weiland, RRT RVT Director of Accreditation Intersocietal Accreditation Commission Columbia, MD R. Eugene Zierler, MD Professor of Surgery Medical Director, Vascular Diagnostic Service University of Washington Medical Center Seattle, WA Robert M. Zwolak, MD PhD Professor of Surgery Dartmouth Medical School, and Medical Director, Noninvasive Vascular Lab Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center Lebanon, NH

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SVU Special Vascular Laboratory Testing and Management Course

Course Schedule

LABORATORY MANAGEMENT AND ADMINISTRATION

EVALUATION OF ENDOVASCULAR INTERVENTIONS

SCREENING FOR VASCUAR DISEASE: HOW AND WHY

COURSE CO-DIRECTORS

FACULTY

Earn 6.5 CMEs!

SVU Special Vascular Laboratory
Testing and Management Course