GRAND FINALE-2011 SVU ANNUAL CONFERENCE

The GRAND FINALE will be on Saturday, June 18. Hopefully by now everyone has an idea as to which events/sessions they will attend. Here is a schedule of events for Saturday. LAST DAY SO ENJOY YOURSELVES!!!!

7:00am-8:15am

There will be several tutorials taking place at the same time. Im sure at least one of these will interest us all. As a reminder, separate registration and fee of $10 per tutorial is required. As always a continental breakfast will be served at each tutorial.

Professional Development: Taking it to the Next Level—Research, Journal Articles, Poster, Education. Given by: Rob Daigle, BA RVT FSVU

Pearls and Pitfalls of the Visceral Vascular Examination. Given by: Patrick Washko, BS RT RDMS RVT Sponsored by GE Healthcare
-YES, I'M SURE BOWEL GAS WILL BE TALKED ABOUT!!!

Workforce Development: Bridging the Generation Gap and Other Cultural Divides. Given by: Rachel Kendoll, MAEd RVT


Ultrasound Guidance During Interventions. Given by: Kelly Byrnes, RVT and Joshua Cruz, RVT Sponsored by ONKIVT/KVS Chapters

8:30am-10:00am

Ergonomics Session



ICAVL Requirement. Given by: Marge Hutchisson, LPN RVT RCVT RDCS

Documentation of Pain/Injury. Given by: Marge Hutchisson, LPN RVT RCVT RDCS

Pain Management. Given by: Steven P. Stanos, DO

Q&A Session – All faculty



Wouldn't it be nice if we can somehow do ALL our exams in this manner!!!
I believe we ALL absolutely HAVE to attend this session. I'm sure there have been days where each one of us goes home with a sore back, wrist, shoulder, or neck. While I was a student, each one of my instructors were REALLY particular about correct body positioning. I had to learn a lot of adjustments being 6 feet tall. Come to this session and save yourself from taking those pain killers!!!!
Sponsored by Sound Ergonomics

10:30am-11:30am

Balancing Carotid Criteria: How Do We Maximize Accuracy
Moderator: George Berdejo, RVT FSVU
Edward I. Bluth, MD
Gene Zierler, MD
Greg Moneta, MD
Marie Gerhard-Herman, MD RVT



As a student, I had the opportunity to rotate through 4 different labs. One thing I noticed was the overwhelming differences in Carotid Stenosis Criteria (mostly in PSV) for a "hemodynamically significant stenosis" of >50%.


11:30am-12:00pm

Awards and Annual Election Results



SVU Scientific Awards/Poster Awards – Megan D. Hodge, RN BS RVT, Chair, Awards Subcommittee
Chapter Awards – Jeanette Flannery, RVT RDMS FSVU, Chair, Chapters Subcommittee
Annual Election Results – Debbie Pirt, RVT FSVU, Chair, Nominations Subcommittee

12:15pm-1:30pm

LUNCHEON OPTIONS

Box Lunch in Exhibit Hall (separate fee required)
OR Lunch With the Experts (separate fee required)
"Transcranial Doppler Exams"
Speaker: Anne Jones, RN BSN RVT FDMS FSVU
Sponsored by CareFusionOR Lunch on your own

1:45pm-3:15pm

Configuration of the Circle of Willis and Its Influence on the Extracranial Carotid Waveforms
Moderator: Bob Scissons, RVT FSVU
Speaker: Kirk W. Beach, PhD MD

3:15pm-3:30pm

Former NFL Star Joe Theismann and the Find the AAAnswers Coalition’s AAA Public Awareness Campaign (HIGHLIGHT OF THE DAY!!!!)

Stay tuned for more info about Find the AAAnswers and Joe Theismann's story on my next blog post!!!!



Sponsored by Toshiba America Medical Systems, Inc.
3:30pm-3:45pm

Break-IM SURE WE ALL CAN USE THIS BREAK!!!

3:30pm-4:45pm

A Good Day in the Vascular Lab Is Better Than a Bad Day Fishing: Interesting Vascular Case Studies
Patrick Washko, BS RT RDMS RVT
Kathy Ziegler, RVT


4:45 pm

Closing Remarks

2012 SVU Annual Conference Program Committee Chair Patricia "Tish" A. Poe, BA RVT RDCS FSVU

THAT'S A WRAP!!!



From Obama's home city to Obama's current city, see you in Washington D.C. next year at the Gaylord National Convention Center!!!

2011 SVU Student Case Study Competition Winners

This is just a shout out to all the hard-working students who participated in SVU's first-ever 2011 SVU Student Case Study Competition.

The rules were that full-time students would need to submit a case by March 31st, 2011. They would need to have had an active role in the study, submitted a written and oral presentation (i.e. PowerPoint), and have their case reviewed by their ultrasound program's Program Director or faculty. The categories that each case would fall under included:

1. Peripheral Arterial
2. Peripheral Venous
3. Cerebrovascular
4. Abdominal
5. Special Circulation Studies
6. Other

Major props to all the students out there because putting together a well-written and well-researched case study is a lot of hard work. I know in my own case about bidirectional flow in the CCA, which didn't win :(, I was fortunate enough to follow my patient at her initial scan all the way to post-surgical treatment. It was a lot of research! Also, students don't really get to choose the kind of pathology they get. Sometimes you just need to be at the right place at the right time, get some crazy case, and hopefully learn from it.

So here were the winners from the first ever SVU Student Case Study Competition:

Alicia Formato
Rush University, Chicago, IL
“A Vascular Ultrasound Finding on a Pediatric Patient” in the Abdominal Category.

Elizabeth Tenny
Alvin Community College, Alvin, TX
“A Real Pain in the …Arm?” in the Peripheral Arterial Category.

Danielle Ofsowitz
Nova Southeastern University, Ft. Lauderdale, FL
“Carotid Restenosis Post CEA” in the Cerebrovascular Category.

Keara Dwyer
Nova Southeastern University, Ft. Lauderdale, FL
“Renal Transplant” in the Special Circulatory Category.

Hamzeh Darwiche
Nova Southeastern University, Ft. Lauderdale, FL
“Incidental Findings” in the Other Category.

What a really great competition! It's so awesome to see students take an active role in challenging themselves in competitions like these. Major props to these students and we can expect nothing but bright futures for them. Really awesome stuff. Hopefully these students get to go to the SVU Annual Conference this year, I would love to meet them.

To see the student's case presentations (PDF file), click on the link and look under "Competition Winners":
http://www.svunet.org/i4a/pages/index.cfm?pageid=3300





Major props to Elizabeth Tenny and Alicia Formato's presentation, they were pretty awesome. The other cases were awesome too..but ya know...bonus points for fancy colors. Hahaha.

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I got to speak to fellow Rush University classmate Alicia Formato recently, and I was really fascinated by her case. What started out as a pediatric renal duplex exam became a full-fledged abdominal scan. Alicia noticed diminished waveforms throughout the abdomen which led her to suspect coarctation of the aorta. MR angiography later confirmed and diagnosed Alicia's suspicions of the coarctation.



Alicia Formato recently graduated magna cum laude last Saturday so major props to her and the rest of Rush University's students.

Cheers,
Manny :)

Eat Learn Scan

In the movie Eat Pray Love, which is based on Elizabeth Gilbert's memoir of the same name, we watch an individual basically munch her way through exotic locales and discover her inner strengths.

You too can have that same experience (though not as exotic) by checking out the Lunch with the Expert sessions at the 2011 SVU Annual Conference. Yes, that's right. You too can eat delicious food, find the inner vascular clinician spirit within you, and come away a stronger individual.

In the end, let these sessions be a testament to the beauty of community, being around like-minded individuals that inspire us to be better vascular clinicians, and having a plate of good food. Yah!

Here's a quick rundown of sessions. Please remember that each session is a separate fee and comes with a delicious lunch.

Lunch with the Experts:

Thursday
12:30pm-1:45pm
Strategic Approach to the Abnormal Vascular Examination with:
S. Wayne Smith, MD, FACP FSVM RVT

Friday
12:20pm-1:30pm
Lab Management: Innovative Ideas with:
Ajay Zachariah, BS RVT RDMS RDCS,
Kathy Ziegler, RVT, and
Michael Schwebler, MBA RVT FSVU

Saturday
12:15pm-1:30pm
Transcranial Doppler Exams with:
Anne Jones, RN BSN RVT FDMS FSVU

Cheers,
Manny :)