Agenda

Saturday, April 14, 2018 -- Earn up to 8.25 CME Credits!
6:45 am Registration & Breakfast  
7:45 am Welcome and program overview David L. Dawson, MD RVT RPVI; Edward L. Ronningen, BS RVT
   
Aorta and Visceral Vascular  
8 am Aortic aneurysm screening - Choosing Wisely Shaun Gifford, MD
8:15 am Evaluation of the thoracic aorta Thomas Smith, MD
8:30 am Renal artery diseases and renovascular hypertension David L. Dawson, MD RVT RPVI
8:45 am Techniques of visceral annd renal artery evaluation Makenzie Seckora, MHA RVT
9 am Interpretation criteria - AAA, aorta-iliac, renal R. Eugene Zierler, MD RPVI
9:15 am Evaluations after stents and bypasses Aaron Baker, MD RPVI
9:30 am Evaluation of renal transplants Kevin E. Lindholm, BS RVT
9:45 am Panel discussion -Questions and Review David L. Dawson, MD RVT RPVI
     
10 - 10:30 am BREAK  
     
Innovations and Quality Improvement  
10:30 am Imaging at the point of care Lisa D. Mills, MD
10:50 am How Point of Care Ultrasound Impacts the Vascular Lab Leah Jolly, BS RVT
11:05 am Procedure Guidance and Intraoperative Assessment William C. Pevec, MD RVT RPVI
11:20 am Quality Assurance and the Vascular Quality Initiative David L. Dawson, MD RVT RPVI
11:35 am Structured Reporting - Technologist and technical director perspectives Kourtney A. Spencer, BS RVT; Edward L. Ronningen, BS RVT
11:50 am Education and professional development in the vascular lab Leah Jolly, BS RVT
12:05 pm Panel discussion -Questions and review R. Eugene Zierler, MD RPVI
     
12:20 - 1:15 pm LUNCH  
     
Cerebrovascular  
1:15 pm Carotid artery diagnostic criteria: what to use and how R. Eugene Zierler, MD RPVI
1:30 pm Carotid scanning when things are unusual and/or abnormal Holly Gray, BS RVT
1:45 pm Carotid artery stenting: current status, future directions Aaron Baker, MD RPVI
     
Peripheral Venous  
2 pm Acute thrombosis and chronic venous disease Meryl A. Simon, MD RPVI
2:15 pm DVT prophylaxis and treatment Jennifer Branch, Pharm.D.
2:30 pm Venous duplex scanning: simple and complex Molly J. Baxter, BS RVT
2:45 pm Determination of thrombus age David L. Dawson, MD RVT RPVI
3 pm Iliocaval venous pathologies Shaun Gifford, MD
3:15 pm Lower extremity reflux testing techniques and standards Nasim Hedayati, MD RPVI
3:30 pm Panel discussion -Questions and review Nasim Hedayati, MD RPVI
     
3:45 to 4 pm BREAK  
     
Peripheral Arterial  
3:45 pm Claudication and critical limb ischemia Meryl A. Simon, MD RPVI
4 pm Physiologic testing for PAD Kourtney A. Spencer, BS RVT
4:15 pm Lower extremity arterial duplex scanning Makenzie Seckora, MHA RVT
4:30 pm Evalulation prior to and after transfemoral heart valve procedures Thomas Smith, MD
4:45 pm Interpreting extremity arterial studies R. Eugene Zierler, MD RPVI
5 pm Adjusting the exam to fit the patient Edward L. Ronningen, BS RVT
5:15 pm Panel discussion -Questions and review Edward L. Ronningen, BS RVT
5:45 pm Adjourn David L. Dawson, MD RVT RPVI; Edward L. Ronningen, BS RVT
     
     

Sunday, April 15, 2018 -- Earn up to 4.0 CME Credits!


Workshops 8:00-12:00  
7:30 am Registration and continental breakfast  
     
1 Lower extremity venous insufficiency Makenzie Seckora, MHA RVT;
Molly J. Baxter, BS RVT
2 Cerebovascular and upper extremity duplex scanning Kourtney A. Spencer, BS RVT; Chad Trevisan, BS RVT;
R. Eugene Zierler, MD RPVI
3 Abdominal vascular duplex scanning Kevin E. Lindholm, BS RVT; Meagan Shaw, BS RVT;
Aaron Baker, MD RPVI
4 Lower extremity arterial testing Holly Gray, BS RVT; David L. Dawson, MD RVT RPVI