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Marguerite Marlowe, BS RN RVT Technical Director Medical University of South Carolina Mount Pleasant, SC
Marguerite Marlowe, RN RVT was elected to the Board of Directors of the Society of Vascular Ultrasound to serve a 3 year term beginning January 2017. She served as Chair of the SVU Academic Committee from 2014-16. She began her medical career as a registered nurse on vascular surgery unit at the Medical College of Virginia Hospitals (MCV) in Richmond in 1983. In 1986, she was fortunate to be offered a job in the vascular lab at the MCV, where she received ‘on-the-job’ training; this vascular lab was started just a few years prior by Bob Barnes, M.D. and Lee Nix, RN, RVT. She continued with education and received her Bachelor’s Degree from the Oregon Institute of Technology, in vascular technology. She has been employed at the Medical University of South Carolina in Charleston for 18 years and is Technical Director of the vascular lab. She has also worked for the Intersocietal Commission for Accreditation as a site reviewer and application reviewer for over 10 years.
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Melissa Church RTR RVT RDCS Chief Tech Non-Invasive Cardiovascular Services Cone Health Gibonsville, NC
Missy Church, RT-R RVT RDCS is on the SVU Board of Directors of SVU for 2017 – 2019. Prior to her election, she served on the Board of the North Carolina Vascular Technologists society for four years. Missy has been a Vascular and Cardiac sonographer for 26 years, and prior to that worked as a Radiologic Technologist for 10 years. Missy is committed to advancing the profession of vascular ultrasound, and to the quality of care given to our patients---". . . every patient, every time." She works for Cone Health in Greensboro, NC, and lives nearby in the small town of Gibsonville, where she raised her four children. She is continuing her education at Oregon Institute of Technology.
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Brian Fowler, BS, RVT, FASE Peripheral Vascular Core Lab Technical Director Columbus, OH
Brian Fowler BS, RVT, FASE is the technical director of Syntropic Vascular and Wound Core Lab located in Columbus, Ohio. The core lab provides image interpretation for vascular clinical trials, ultrasound training courses and clinical trial consulting. Brian has been a vascular technologist and technical director for more than fifteen years and a member of the Society for Vascular Ultrasound for twelve years. He has more than ten years of experience in didactic and hands-on teaching with physicians and sonographers. Brian has published a number of vascular ultrasound articles in peer-reviewed journals along with presenting at many regional and national level conferences.
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Joshua Lee, BS, RVT Director of Vascular Ultrasound Premier Surgical Knoxville, TN
Josh Lee, BS, RVT was selected to the Board of Directors for the Society of Vascular Ultrasound to serve a 3 year term beginning January 2018. He served as Chair of the CME committee from 2013-2017 and is currently the Co-Chair of the Abstracts Committee. He was the founder of the Southeastern Vascular Association where he held multiple Board positions: Treasurer, President and Past President between the years of 2009 and 2017. He has been the Director of Vascular Ultrasound at Premier Surgical Associates in Knoxville, TN since October 2016. He previously worked for University Surgical Associates as the Vascular Lab Educational Coordinator & Administrative Director of Health Information Management and Health Information Technology 2006-2016. He was also an Adjunct Professor of Vascular Technology at Chattanooga State Technical College from 2012-2016. He lives in Knoxville, TN with his wife and two children.
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Brian Schnoor, MBA RVT RDMS RDCS Peace Health Eugene, OR
Brian A. Schnoor, MBA RVT RDMS RDCS has served on the SVU Board of Directors since January 2017. He is currently President of Northwest Vascular Technologists and has served as VP of the organization. Brian has been employed by PeaceHealth for 21 years and has leadership duties of the Vascular Lab, Echo Department and Patient Access Reps of Oregon Heart and Vascular Institute. Brian has resided in Eugene, OR for most of his life and enjoys the outdoor recreation opportunities of the region.
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David M. Williams, MS, RDCS, RVT Technical Director SC Cardiovascular Surgery Florence, SC
Mr. Williams has more than twenty-nine years of experience in diagnostic cardiovascular medicine and research. He holds a Bachelor of Science in Psychology from John Carroll University and a Master of Science in Exercise Physiology from the University of Pittsburgh. For eight years, he worked as a psychophysiology researcher at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center on a variety of research grants involving Raynaud’s Disease, panic disorder, vestibular dysfunction, ambulatory blood pressure monitoring and echocardiography. He is dual registered in Vascular Technology and Adult Echocardiography. A published author, he regularly reviews manuscripts for the Journal for Vascular Ultrasound and the Journal of Diagnostic Medical Sonography. Mr. Williams has been an invited lecturer at the Society for Vascular Ultrasound (SVU) annual conference, Advances in Vascular Imaging and Diagnosis (AVID) Symposium, The Leading Edge in Ultrasound, The Mercy-St. Louis Vascular Symposium and several local conferences. His educational specialties focus on cardiovascular hemodynamics, cardiac effects on Doppler waveforms, complex graft imaging, peripheral arterial and venous disease, as well as cerebrovascular disease. Mr. Williams is currently the Technical Director of the echo and vascular lab at SC Cardiovascular Surgery in Florence, South Carolina. He serves a multispecialty clinic that includes vascular surgery cardiac surgery, cardiology and pulmonology.
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Joseph Polak, MD, MPH Tufts University School of Medicine Jamaica Plain, MA
Dr. Joseph F. Polak MD, MPH, is Professor of Radiology at Tufts University School of Medicine and Chief of Radiology at the Lemuel Shattuck Hospital in Boston, MA. A graduate of McGill University School of Medicine and of the Harvard School of Public Health, is major clinical interests are in the use of ultrasound imaging to detect and follow atherosclerosis. He has co-authored more than 310 peer reviewed papers and 100 non-peer reviewed articles and chapters. He is sole author of a text book on Vascular Ultrasound: ”Peripheral Vascular Ultrasound. A practical guide” as well as co-editor of a textbook: “Introduction to Vascular Ultrasonography”. He has served on the Editorial Board of Radiology and currently serves on the Editorial Boards of the Journal of Neuroimaging, the Journal of Vascular Ultrasound, and the Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine. He is past-president of the Intersocietal Commission for the Accreditation of Vascular Laboratories, has served on the Board of the American Institute in Ultrasound in Medicine, and is currently serving on the Board of the Society of Vascular Medicine. He has been co-investigator and director of the Ultrasound Reading Center that was funded by the NIH and evaluated many ultrasound markers of atherosclerosis such as carotid artery intima-media thickness, carotid artery plaque, carotid artery distensibility, brachial artery reactivity, and currently brachial artery intima-media thickness. He is working on developing a calibrated methodology that can be used for cardiovascular risk assessment.
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Lisa Evans Administrative Coordinator The University of Cincinnati Medical Center College of Medicine Cincinnati, OH
Lisa Evans is the Administrative Coordinator for the Division of Vascular Surgery and Program Coordinator for the Integrated Vascular Surgery Residency and Fellowship at the University of Cincinnati Medical Center / College of Medicine. She served on the Board of Directors for the Society for Vascular Ultrasound 2015-2016, and is currently serving as an At Large Director through January 2019. Lisa also serves on the Strategic Task Force Committee for the SVU, Task Force Committee – Empowerment, Co-chair, and has served on the abstract, awards and nominations committees. Lisa attended The University of Cincinnati College of Design Art and Architectural Planning for Interior Design/Fine Art and switched her career path in 2011 to pursue her interest in Graduate Medical Education and Vascular Surgery. She currently serves on the Graduate Medical Education Committee, Board of Directors for University of Cincinnati / Medical Center College of Medicine.
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Physician Director |
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David L Dawson, MD RVT RPVI Vascular Surgeon Scott & White Medical Center Temple, TX
David L. Dawson, MD, RVT, RPVI is a vascular surgeon at Baylor Scott & White Health - Temple. His practice includes all aspects of endovascular and open vascular surgery. He serves as the physician member on the Society for Vascular Ultrasound Board of Directors. Dr. Dawson is a graduate of the University of Southern California School of Medicine. After surgery residency at the University of Washington, Dr. Dawson completed his vascular surgery fellowship under D. Eugene Strandness, Jr., MD, the “father of the vascular laboratory.” He then entered service in the US Air Force, for 10 years on active duty, followed by Reserve serve, retiring at the rank of colonel. He is an educator, with appointment as Clinical Professor in the Texas A&M University College of Medicine. He has authored numerous journal articles and book chapters on vascular laboratory topics and he is co-editor of the current edition of Strandness’s Duplex Scanning in Vascular Disorders.
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Vendor Director |
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Kyra Gray President D.E. Hokanson, Inc. Bellevue, WA
Kyra Hokanson Gray is president and owner of D. E. Hokanson, Inc. (Hokanson). Hokanson designs and delivers tools that assist healthcare providers with their diagnosis and management of patients' cardiovascular health. D. Eugene Hokanson, Gray’s father, founded the company in 1973 and she has carried the business forward since 2005. Gray leads the company’s manufacturing, product development, regulatory activities, and sales and marketing. Gray holds a Master of Medical Engineering from the University of Washington, a Bachelor of Science in Physics from the University of Puget Sound, and a Certificate in Management from the University of Washington. She is an active member of the Women Presidents’ Organization and a member of the advisory board for Meany Center for the Performing Arts at the University of Washington. Prior to joining Hokanson, Gray worked in technical sales and contract administration for Spacelabs Medical, Inc. and Lasentec, Inc. She lives with her family near Seattle.
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Emily Coelho Oregon Tech Coburg, OR
Emily Coelho is the Student Representative on the Board of Directors for the Society of Vascular Ultrasound. Emily is currently completing her fourth year of Oregon Tech’s Vascular Technology program, and is set to obtain a BS in vascular technology in June. She is living in Reno, Nevada for her externship at Renown Regional Medical Center. She is excited and eager to begin her career and learn more about vascular technology as the field continues to advance.
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