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Invited Faculty

David Adams, RCS, RDCS Cardiac Sonographer, Duke Medical Center Deborah Agler, RCT, RDCS, FASE Cardiac Sonographer Specialist, Cleveland Clinic Robert Amatore Financial Advisor, Associated Securities Dennis Atherton, BS, RDCS, FASE Director of Non-Invasive Cardiology, Maine Heart Center Joan Baker, MSR, RDMS, RDCS, FSDMS Co-Founder, Sound Ergonomics Oksana Baltarowich, MD Associate Professor of Radiology, Thomas Jefferson University Hospital George Bega, MD Assistant Professor of Ob/Gyn and Director, 3-D/4-D Ultrasound Imaging Program, Thomas Jefferson University Jill Beithon, RT, RDMS, RDCS, RVT Supervisor-Ultrasound Department, Lake Region Healthcare Corporation Phillip Bendick, PhD, RVT Director-Peripheral Vascular Diagnostic Center, William Beaumont Hospital Michelle Bierig, MPH, RDCS, RDMS Supervisor, Core Echocardiography Laboratory at Saint Louis University Merri Bremer, RN, M.Ed., RDCS, FASE Quality Improvement/Training Specialist, Mayo Clinic Rochester Patrick Coon, RDCS Technical Director, Noninvasive Cardiac Imaging Laboratories, The University of Chicago Hospitals Colleen Czarnecki, MS, RDCS Cardiac Sonographer, New Britain General Hospital Rob Daigle, BA, RVT, FSVU President, Summer Publishing Robert DeJong, RDMS, RDCS, RVT Radiology Technical Manager, Ultrasound, Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions Stanton Drake, RDCS, RCVT Lead Cardiac Sonographer, New Britain General Hospital. Terry DuBose, MS, RDMS, FSDMS, FAIUM Associate Professor & Director Diagnostic Medical Sonography Program, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences Sid Edelman, PhD Director, ESP Ultrasound Donna Ehler, BS, RDCS, FASE Director of Cardiovascular Services, Centerpoint Medical Center Stephanie Ellingson, MS, RDMS, RDCS, RVT, RT(R) Director of Diagnostic Medical Sonography, University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics Pamela Foy, BS, RDMS Clinical Instructor, Ohio State University Medical Center Amanda Glassing Accreditation Coordinator, JRC-DMS B. Kelly Gleason Han, MD The Children's Heart Clinic Edward Grant, MD, FACR Professor and Chairman, USC Keck School of Medicine Jeffrey Guse, RT(R), RDMS, RVT, CUA Senior Sonographer & Urodynamics Technologist, Delta Medix PC Gail Hadley, RN, RVT, FSVU Technical Director, VasCore Gwen Henderson Director-Registrant Service, ARDMS Charlotte Henningsen, MS, RT, RDMS, RVT, FSDMS Chair and Professor Sonography Department, Florida Hospital College of Health Sciences Jill Herzog, BS, RT(R), RDMS, RVT Program Director, Vanderbuilt University Jeffrey Hill, BS, RDCS, FASE Clinical Research, Echocardiography, University of Massachusetts Memorial Medical Center Catheeja Ismail, MA, RDMS Director of the Sonography Program, George Washington University Fred Kremkau, PhD Professor & Director, Center for Medical Ultrasound Katie Kuntz, M.Ed, RDMS, RVT, RT(R), FSDMS Assistant Professor, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine Ann Marie Kupinski, PhD, RVT Vice President, Northeast Vascular Imaging Group Michelle Larocque, BS Echo Sonographer, St. Francis Hospital and Medical Center Douglas Marcum, BA, RDMS, RDCS, RVT President, Advanced Ultrasound Consultants Rebecca Mathiasen, BS, RDMS, RT(R) Program Director for Diagnostic Medical Sonography, Nebraska Methodist College Patricia McConkey Manager-Registrant Services, ARDMS Marti McCulloch, BS, RDCS, FASE Director, Methodist DeBakey Heart Center Rick Meece, RDCS, RCS, RCIS Research Sonographer and Technical Director of the 3-D Echo Program, Saint Thomas Heart Institute of Ascension Health Systems Duane Meixner, RDMS, RVT Instructor of Radiology, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine Daniel Merton, BS, RDMS, FSDMS, FAIUM Technical Coordinator of Research & Clinical Instructor, The Thomas Jefferson Research & Education Institute Frank Miele, MSEE President, Pegasus Lectures, Inc. Don Milburn, RDCS, RVT, FSDMS Manager of Customer Education Programs, General Electric Healthcare Technologies, Ultrasound Division Mani Montazemi, RDMS Director of Ultrasound Research & Education, Abbott Northwestern Hospital Susan Murphey, BS, RDMS, RCDS, CECD Co-Founder, Sound Ergonomics Marsha Neumyer, BS, RVT International Director, Vascular Dig Eddo Services & Vascular Resource Associates Rita Novello, RDCS Senior Sonographer, The Philadelphia Congenital Heart Center Ann Obergfell, JD, RT(R) Dean, School of Health Sciences St. Catharine College Cindy Owen, RT, RDMS, RVT Consultant in Ultrasound, Diagnostic Ultrasound Services Richard Palma, BS, RDCS, FASE Director and Clinical Coordinator, Hoffman Heart and Vascular Institute School of Cardiac Ultrasound Jean Primozich, BS, RVT, FSVU Non-invasive Vascular Research Technologist, Department of Surgery at University of Washington Cynthia Rapp, BS, RDMS, FAIUM, FSDMS Sonographer Practitioner Rick Rigling, BS, RDCS, FASE Technical Director, Danbury Hospital Echocardiography Laboratory Mitzi Roberts, MS, RDMS, RT(R) Chair, Assistant Professor, Baptist College of Health Sciences Anne Sandoval, BS, RDMS, RVT Chief Sonographer and Supervisor of the Ultrasound Section, University of California San Francisco William Sarraille, JD Partner, Sidley Austin Brown & Wood LLP G. William Shepherd, PhD, RDMS, RVT Supervisor of Ultrasound Department, Benedictine Hospital Jean Lea Spitz, MPH, RDMS, FSDMS Professor and Chairman, College of Allied Health at the University of Oklahoma Regina Swearengin, BS, RDMS Department Chair of Sonography, Austin Community College Steven Talbot, RVT, FSVU Technical Director Vascular Lab, University of Utah Medical Center Felicia Toreno, MSEd, RDMS, RVT Director, Tidewater Community College Kerry Weinberg, MPA, RDMS, RDCS, FSDMS Master Teacher/Program Director, New York University Diagnostic Medical Sonography Program Ann Willis, MS, RDMS, RVT Assistant Professor, Baptist College of Health Sciences Thomas Winter, MD Professor of Radiology, Director of Ultrasound, University of Wisconsin Medical Center Dennis Wisher, RDMS, RVT Director of Education and Product Management, Medison America, Inc William Zang, BS, RDMS, RVT Ultrasound Clinical Marketing Specialist, GE Healthcare

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