Annual Conference Final Program

Wednesday, June 4, 2008

7:00-8:00am

Registration and Continental Breakfast

Grand Ballroom Foyer North
(Level Four - Omni Hotel)

PRE-CONFERENCE PROGRAMS

8:00am-5:00pm

SVU Vascular Laboratory 2008: Management, Testing and Interpretation

Separate fee required.
Salon A&B (Level Four - Omni Hotel)

1:00-4:00pm

ICAVL Accreditation Workshop

Free, registration required.
Gallery 2 (Across the Street from Omni Hotel - Street Level)

• Cindy Weiland, RRT RVT; ICAVL Director of Accreditation
• Shelly Burns, LPN RVT; ICAVL Technical Manager

1:00-4:00pm

Abdominal Imaging Session

Separate fee required.
Gallery 1 (Across the Street from Omni Hotel - Street Level)

• Renal: Courtney Nelms, BS RVT RDMS FSVU (sponsored by GE Healthcare)
• Aorta-Iliac: Pamela Thompson, BS RVT
  (sponsored by Philips Healthcare)
• Liver/Tips: Steve Knight, BSc RVT

1:00-5:00pm

**NEW THIS YEAR!**
Educate the Educators Session

Separate fee required.
Gallery 3 (Across the Street from Omni Hotel - Street Level)

1:00

The National Education Curriculum
-- Marsha Neumyer, BS RVT FSVU

1:30

Using the Internet as a Learning and Teaching Tool
-- Gail Size, RVT RVS FSVU

2:00-

Incorporating Emerging Technologies in your Teaching
-- JP Moreland, RT(R)(CT) RDMS RVS

2:30

Break

2:50

Effective Clinical Instruction
-- Terry Case, MEd RVT FSVU

3:20

Adapting the New JRC-DMS Guideline to your Program
-- Eileen French-Sherry, MSS RVT

3:50

Resources for the Educator
-- Leann Maupin, MEd, RT(R) RVT FASA

4:20

Dealing with Cultural Diversity
-- Donna Blackburn, MS RN RVT FSVU

4:50

Q&A/Panel Session

7:00-8:00pm

SVU Meet and Greet Reception

(Sponsored in part by the Red River Valley Vascular Society and Healthcare Providers Service Organization (HPSO))
Palm Terrace (outside) (Level Six - Omni Hotel)

Thursday, June 5, 2008

6:30am-5:00pm

SVU Annual Conference Registration

(Ground Level – Outside Exhibit Hall A/B1--SDCC)

7:00-8:15am

CONCURRENT TUTORIALS

Separate registration and fee of $10 per tutorial required.
(Continental Breakfast in each tutorial room)

Tutorial 1: Echo

(Sponsored by Biosound)
Carol Miranda, RDMS RVT RDCS FSVU
Room 17 B (Mezzanine Level -- SDCC)

Tutorial 2: Physiologic Arterial Testing

(Sponsored by Unetixs Vascular, Inc.)
Marsha Neumyer, BS RVT FSVU FAIUM FSDMS
Room 17 A (Mezzanine Level -- SDCC)

Tutorial 3: Iatrogentics Injury

(Sponsored by Philips Healthcare)
Watson B. Smith, BS RVT RDMS
Room 16 B (Mezzanine Level -- SDCC)

7:30 am-6:00 pm

SVU Poster Display

Room 7 A&B (Upper Level -- SDCC)

7:45-8:30 am

Coffee

Room 6 E Foyer (Upper Level -- SDCC)

8:30-8:45 am

SVU OPENING GENERAL SESSION

Room 6 D&E (Upper Level- SDCC)

Welcome and Opening Announcements

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

8:45-9:00 am

SVU President’s State of the Society

Michael Schwebler, MBA RVT FSVU

9:00-10:30 am

Gene Strandness, MD, Scientific Session

Moderator: Gregory L. Moneta, MD

10:30-10:50 am

Break

10:50-11:00 am

Meet the SVU Annual Election Candidates

Nominations Subcommittee Chair Michel Comeaux, RN BSN RVT RDMS FSVU

11:00 am-12:15 pm

Invited Speakers Session: IMT

(Sponsored by Siemens)

Moderator: Joseph Polak, MD

• How Is IMT Performed? What Measurements Are Taken? — Jean Alessi-Chinetti, AB RVT RDMS
• Prevention vs. Disease Identification — Marie Gerhard-Herman, MD RVT
• Risk Engine/Risk Stratification — David Parlato, BA RVT
• Reimbursement — Joseph Polak, MD

12:00 pm - 6:30 pm

Exhibit area open

(Halls A/B1 -- Ground Level-SDCC)

12:15-1:30 pm

Lunch with the Experts

Separate fee required. (Sponsored by ARDMS)

Clinical Trials

(Drug Trials, Plaque Remodeling, CREST, Sapphire, Coral)

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

Room 17 A (Mezzanine Level -- SDCC)

OR

Lunch in the Exhibit Hall

12:00 pm

SVU Voting Booth open

Visit Exhibit Hall

1:45-2:45 pm

Invited Speakers Session: Hemodialysis Assessment

Moderator Michael Lilly, MD

• Fistula First — Michael Lilly, MD
• Grafts vs. Fistula — Allan Goodman, MD
• Normal and Abnormal Findings by Duplex — Tish Poe, BA RVT RDCS

2:45-3:15 pm

Case Study Session

Moderator: Courtney Nelms, BS RVT RDMS FSVU

3:15-3:45 pm

Break in Exhibit Hall

3:45-5:15 pm

Practice Panel

Moderator: Anne Jones, RN BSN RVT RDMS FSVU

• ICAVL — Sandra Katanick, CAE
• ARDMS — Dale Cyr, MBA RDMS RDCS CAE and Robert Patterson, MD
• JRC/DMS — Gene Zierler, MD
• CCI — Aaron White

5:30-6:30pm

Combined Opening Night Reception "Taste of California Wines"

Exhibit Hall
All VAM 2008 Attendees

Friday, June 6, 2008

6:30-8:30 am

Registration

7:00-8:15am

CONCURRENT TUTORIALS

Separate registration and fee of $10 per tutorial required. (Continental Breakfast in each tutorial room)

Tutorial 4: Taking a History on the Vascular Patient

Steve Talbot, RVT FSVU
Room 17 A (Mezzanine Level -- SDCC)

Tutorial 5: Advanced Procedures with TCD

(Sponsored by Cardinal Healthcare)
Ajay Zachariah, BS RVT RDMS RDCS
Room 16 B (Mezzanine Level -- SDCC)

Tutorial 6: Aortic Endograft-Duplex Basics and the Use of Contrast

(Sponsored by GE Healthcare)
Megan Hodge, RN RVT
Room 16 A (Mezzanine Level -- SDCC)

7:00-8:15 am

Chapters Breakfast

Host: Jeanette Flannery, RVT RDMS, Chapters Subcommittee Chair
Room 17 B (Mezzanine Level -- SDCC)

7:30 am-6:00 pm

SVU Poster Display

Room 7 A&B (Upper Level -- SDCC)

7:45-8:30 am

Coffee Break

Room 6 E Foyer (Upper Level -- SDCC)

8:30-9:30 am

GENERAL SESSION

Room 6 D&E (Upper Level- SDCC)

Alex Chao, MD, Young Investigators Scientific Award Session

(Sponsored by Philips Healthcare)
Moderator: Russell Samson, MD

9:30-10:15 am

Ergonomics: Understanding the Basics of Staying Healthy as a Sonographer in the Workplace

Joan Baker, MSR RDMS RDCS FSDMS

10:00 am - 4:30 pm

Exhibit area open

10:15-10:45 am

Break in Exhibit Hall
Poster Session

10:45 am-12:30 pm

Invited Speakers Session: Hemodynamics

(Sponsored by Parks Medical Electronics, Inc.)

• Foundational Hemodynamics: Bridging the Equations and Cardiac Performance with Vascular Doppler — Frank Miele, MSEE
• Arterial Hemodynamics — Robert Scissons, RVT FSVU
• Venous Hemodynamics — Mark Meissner, MD
• Carotid Hemodynamics — Don Ridgway, BA RVT

12:30-2:00 pm

Lunch in the Exhibit Hall

OR

12:30-1:45 pm

Lunch With the Experts

Separate fee required (Sponsored by ARDMS)

Endovascular Topics: (Subintimal Angioplasty, Cryo, Imaging pre and post procedure, Intraoperative Imaging, Stent Placement)
George H. Meier, MD
Room 17 A (Mezzanine Level -- SDCC)

2:00-2:10 pm

Alex Chao, MD, Young Investigators Award Presentation

(Sponsored by Philips Healthcare)
Pat Marques, RN RVT FSVU, Awards Subcommittee Chair

2:10-3:30 pm

Advocacy Committee Update

• Anne Jones. RN BSN RVT RDMS FSVU - 2008 CARE Bill Status/Update on Role of Alliance for Quality Medical Imaging and Radiation Therapy, and CQU
• Michael Lilly, MD — Oregon Medical Imaging Licensure Bill Status
• Cliff Sales, MD — Update on Fistula First Breakthrough Initiative
• Robert Zwolak, MD — Update on Medicare cuts on the ultrasound profession/SAAAVE Act
• Q&A

3:30-4:00 pm

Break in Exhibit Hall

4:00-5:30 pm

Venous Topics

(Sponsored by VNUS Medical Technologies, Inc.)
Moderator: John Bergan, MD

• Upper Venous (Central lines, trauma, etc.) — Kari Olmsted, BS RVT
• Congenital Venous Abnormalities — Lisa Mekenas, AS AA RVT
• Treatment Options for Chronic Venous Insufficiency — John Bergan, MD
• The Art of Imaging Perforators— Kassandra Garrison, RVT RDMS RT(R)(M)
• TCD Detection of Paradoxical Emboli following Venous Procedures — Diana L. Neuhardt, RVT

5:00-6:00 pm

Concurrent SVU Committee Meetings

• Combined Membership Committee & Chapters Subcommittee {Room 16 B (Mezzanine Level -- SDCC)}
• Academics Subcommittee {Room 17 B (Mezzanine Level -- SDCC)}

Saturday, June 7, 2008

6:30am

Registration

7:00-8:15am

Concurrent Tutorials

Separate registration and fee of $10 per tutorial required (Continental Breakfast in each tutorial room)

Tutorial 7: Mapping for Chronic Venous Insufficiency

(Sponsored by GE Healthcare)
Joseph Zygmunt, RVT
Room 17 B (Mezzanine Level -- SDCC)

Tutorial 8: Basic Abdomen: Basic Renal and Mesenteric Duplex Exams

(Sponsored by GE Healthcare)
Anne Musson, BS RVT
Room 17 A (Mezzanine Level -- SDCC)

Tutorial 9: Human Resource Issues in the Vascular Lab

(Sponsored by Ohio Northern Kentucky Indiana Vascular Technologists (ONKIVT) Chapter and Kentucky Vascular Society (KVS) Chapter)
Michael Schwebler, MBA RVT FSVU
Room 16 B (Mezzanine Level -- SDCC)

7:45-8:30 am

Coffee Break

Room 6 E Foyer (Upper Level -- SDCC)

8:30-9:45 am

GENERAL SESSION

Room 6 D&E (Upper Level- SDCC)

Oral Clinical Papers

Moderator: Rob Daigle, BA RVT FSVU

9:00 am - 2:00 pm

Exhibit area open

9:45-10:45 am

SVU Business Meeting and Induction of Fellows

• President Michael Schwebler, MBA RVT FSVU
• Executive Director Steve Haracznak, BA
• Fellows Subcommittee Chair Debbie Pirt, RVT FSVU

10:45-11:15 am

Break in Exhibit Hall

11:15am-12:30 pm

Stents: Normal and Abnormal Findings

Moderator: R. Eugene Zierler, MD

• Carotid — Ann Marie Kupinski, PhD RVT FSVU
• Renal — R. Eugene Zierler, MD
• Peripheral Arterial — Dennis Bandyk, MD

12:30-2:00pm

Lunch on your own

OR

12:30-1:45pm

Lunch With the Experts

Separate fee required

Management Topics

(Coding/Billing, Components of a Final Report, Impact of Lab Accreditation)
Joseph P. Hughes, RVT RCVT RVS FSVU
Room 9 (Upper Level -- SDCC)

2:00-3:00 pm

Invited Speaker Session: Screening Topics

• U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) Recommendations on Screening
  — David Parlato, BA RVT
• ICAVL Screening Protocols/CAMS
  — Cindy Weiland, RRT RVT
• Public Funding for Screening
  — Thomas J. White, BA
• Logistics of Setting up a Screening Program
  — William Schroedter, BS RVT FSVU

2:00-3:00 pm

Vendors Skills Lab Sessions

• Arterial Physiologic Testing (Sponsored by Unetixs Vascular, Inc.) {Room 16 B (Mezzanine Level -- SDCC)}
• Venous (upper extremity) (Sponsored by Zonare) {Room 16 A (Mezzanine Level -- SDCC)}
• Venous (lower extremity) {Room 15 B (Mezzanine Level -- SDCC)}
• Carotid (Sponsored by Siemens) {Room 15 A (Mezzanine Level -- SDCC)}
• TCD (sponsored by Cardinal Healthcare) {Room 17 B (Mezzanine Level -- SDCC)}

3:00-3:15 pm

Awards and Election Results

• Awards Subcommittee Chair Pat Marques, RN RVT FSVU
• Chapters Subcommittee Chair Jeanette Flannery, RVT RDMS
• Nominations Subcommittee Chair Michel Comeaux, RN BSN RVT RDMS FSVU

3:15-3:30 pm

Break

Room 6 D&E Foyer (Upper Level-SDCC)

3:30-5:00 pm

Joint SVS/SVU Session: Monitoring EVAR

Room 5A&B (Upper Level - SDCC)

• Current Role of CT/MRA in Post Op Follow-Up of Aortic Endografts — Martin Back, MD
• Color-flow Duplex Ultrasound After Aortic Endografts — Noel Parent, MD
• The Role of Contrast Enhanced Duplex Ultrasound in Post-Operative Monitoring of AAA Endografts — Peter Lin, MD
• Basic EVAR Assessment Protocol by Ultrasound— George Berdejo, BA RVT FSVU
• EVAR: Troubleshooting by Ultrasound— Bonnie Johnson, RVT RDMS FSVU
• Pressure Sensing Devices in the Follow-Up of Aortic Endografts — Ross Milner, MD

5:00 pm

Closing Remarks

Paula Heggerick, Annual Conference Program Committee Chair