SVU VASCULAR LABORATORY 2008
Management, Testing, and
Interpretation Course

June 4, 2008 | Omni Hotel | San Diego, CA

Course Schedule

Wednesday June 4, 2008
7:00 am	Registration and Continental Breakfast
8:00 am	Billing and Coding in 2008 Robert Zwolak, MD, PhD
8:20 am	What’s New in the ICAVL Standards Rita Shugart, RN RVT FSVU
8:40 am	How to Do QA Without Alternative Imaging Cynthia Weiland, RRT RVT
9:00 am	Legislative Issues and Government Relations Anne Jones, RN BSN RVT RDMS FSVU
9:20 am	Credentialing: RVT and RPVI R. Eugene Zierler, MD
9:40 am	Panel Discussion and Questions Faculty
10:00 am	Break
TESTING UPDATE
10:20 am	Carotid Stents: New Criteria for In-Stent Stenosis Dennis F. Bandyk, MD
10:40 am	Role of Duplex in Follow-up of EVAR Bonnie Johnson, RVT RDMS FSVU
11:00 am	Evaluation of Chronic Venous Insufficiency Rob Daigle, BA RVT FSVU
11:20 am	Scanning of Calf Veins: How and Why Terry Needham, RVT FSVU
11:40 am	Panel Discussion and Questions Faculty
12:00 noon	Lunch
TESTING UPDATE
1:20 pm	Physics: Doppler, Spectral Analysis, and Color-Flow Frank Miele, MSEE
2:00 pm	Diagnostic Criteria for Carotid Testing George H. Meier, MD FACS
2:20 pm	Carotid Case Studies Marsha Neumyer, BS RVT FSVU
2:50 pm	Break
3:10 pm	Diagnostic Criteria for Venous Testing David Dawson, MD
3:30 pm	Venous Case Studies Steven Talbot, RVT FSVU
4:00 pm	Diagnostic Criteria for Visceral Vascular Testing Michael R. Jaff, DO
4:20 pm	Visceral Vascular Case Studies Gail Sandager-Hadley, RN RVT FSVU
5:00 pm	Adjourn

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COURSE CO-DIRECTORS

Tish Poe, BA RDCS RVT
Peninsula Technical Director 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
Professor of Surgery
Director, Div. of Vascular Surgery
College of Medicine
University of South Florida
Tampa, FL

Robert Daigle, BA RVT FSVU
Vascular Ultrasound Consulting
Summer Publishing, President
Littleton, CO

David Dawson, MD
Associate Professor
University of California, Davis
Dept. of Surgery
Division of Vascular Surgery
Sacramento, CA

Michael R. Jaff, DO
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Harvard Medical School
Director, Vascular Medicine
Massachusetts General Hospital
Boston, MA

Bonnie Johnson, RVT RDMS FSVU
Clinical Research Manager
Bioengineering & School of Medicine
Stanford University
Stanford, CA

Anne M. Jones, RN BSN RVT RDMS FSVU
Vascular Ultrasound Consultant
Severna Park, MD

George H. Meier, MD FACS
Vascular Surgeon
University of Cincinnati College of Medicine
Cincinnati, OH

Frank Miele, MSEE
President
Pegasus Lectures, Inc.
Forney, TX

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

Gail Sandager-Hadley, RN RVT FSVU
Technical Director, VasCore
Massachusetts General Hospital
Boston, MA

Rita Shugart, RN RVT FSVU
Vascular Ultrasound Consultant
Greensboro, NC

Steve Talbot, RVT FSVU
University of Utah
Cardiovascular Center
Vascular Laboratory
Salt Lake City, UT

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 VASCULAR LABORATORY 2008 Management, Testing, and Interpretation Course

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Wednesday June 4, 2008

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SVU VASCULAR LABORATORY 2008
Management, Testing, and
Interpretation Course