Advanced Practice Sonographer® (APS®) Roster

Listed below are the SDMS members who have received the Advanced Practice Sonographer® (APS®) designation. This new membership category is designed to create opportunities for advancement and recognition of the membership within the ultrasound profession, to educate the medical community and healthcare consumers, and to assist in the establishment of a career ladder for advancement within the profession of sonography. The APS® is intended to serve as a model for recognition of clinical excellence and standards of excellence in ultrasound specialties.

These members have fulfilled extensive requirements to qualify for this membership designation, including: ARDMS verification of specialty registration for a minimum of five years; employment verification for a minimum of five years of specialty specific clinical experience of at least 24 hours a week and 800 exams a year; official transcripts from an accredited college/university from which they received their bachelor's degree (in lieu of a bachelor's degree an additional ten years of verified clinical experience can be used to meet the education requirement through December 21, 2002); publication of an article/paper/case report in a peer-reviewed journal; and finally, maintenance of at least fifteen CME credits per APS® specialty per triennium.

As new APS® candidates qualify for this membership category their names will be printed in News Wave and added to the roster below. For more information about the APS® membership category, click here.

Advanced Practice Sonographer®*	Specialty Area(s)
	Abdomen	Cardiac: Adult	Cardiac: Pediatric	Neuro- sonology	OB/GYN	Ophtha- mology	Vascular
Janet Adams, RT(N),RDMS,RVT,CNMT Fort Thomas, KY
Theresa Adams, RDMS Milford, OH
Jerome Adell, BS,RT(R),RDMS,RVT S Euclid, OH
Amelia Allen, RT(R),RDMS Lexington, KY
Lisa Allen, BS,RDMS,RDCS,RVT Syracuse, NY
Jaymie Almon, BS,RN,RDMS Owensville, IN
Susan Alvarez, RT(R),RDMS Jonesboro, GA
Caroline Anderson, RDMS Tucson, AZ
Dennis Anthonis, RDCS,FASE Saint Louis, MO
Tracy Anton, BS,RDMS San Diego, CA
Clifford Asbury, BA,RT(R),RDMS,CNMT Palm Desert, CA
Steve Baier, BS,RDMS Tigard, OR
S. Kay Ballard-Taraschi, RDMS Indialantic, FL
Cathleen Barry-Kiefer, RDMS Overland Park, KS
Lori Bateman, RT(R),RDMS Saint Augustine, FL
Constance Bennett, RDMS Topsham, ME
Carolyn Best, RT(R),RDMS Exeter, CA
Christine Bird, BS,RDMS,RVT Finksburg, MD
Gretchen Blume, RDMS,RDCS Wasilla, AK
Donna Bogdan, BS,RDMS,RDCS Norfolk, VA
Cheryl Boodt, BS,RDMS Holland, MI
Joyce Bouffard, RDMS,RDCS,RVT South Portland, ME
Kevin Brennan, RT(R),RDMS,RDCS Middletown, CT
Laurie Briare, RT(R),RDMS,RVT Las Vegas, NV
Ulrike Brucks, RDMS,RVT North Barrington, IL
Vida Camp, RN,RDMS Fort Collins, CO
Karen Capaccioli, BA,RDMS Hanover, MA
Robert Cardona, RT(R),RDMS,RDCS,RVT Portland, ME
Nancy Carson, RT(R),RDMS,RVT Rochester, NY
Marilyn Catania, BA,RT(N),RDMS,CNMT Lincoln, CA
Heidi Clark, RDMS Derry, NH
Susan Clements, RDMS Savannah, GA
Debbie Corrao, RT(R),RDMS,RDCS,RVT Fort Worth, TX
Michelle Cozzo, RDMS Pembroke Pines, FL
Paula Criss, RDMS Portales, NM
Letitia Curran, BS,RT(N),RDMS,CNMT Oak Lawn, IL
Peter Dannevik, RDMS Beecher, IL
Debbie Davis, RDCS,RCS,CCT,FASE Salt Lake City, UT
Lisa Deiranieh, BS,RDMS La Mesa, CA
John Deyton, BS,RDMS,RDCS,RVT Sewickley, PA
Keri-leigh Doiron, RDMS Chestnut Hill, MA
Kimberly Dunn, RDMS Fort Thomas, KY
Sharon Durbin, MS,RN,RDMS Eau Claire, WI
Linda Emerson, RT(R),RDMS,RVT Spiceland, IN
Sylvia Epstein, BA,RDMS New City, NY
Eve Anne Felker, RT(R),RDMS Fort Collins, CO
Sheila Foote, AS,RT(R),RDMS Warren, NH
Pamela Foy, BS,RDMS Westerville, OH
Anita Freeman, RT(R),RDMS,RVT Middleburg, VA
Lori Gaudette, RDMS,CMA Tucson, AZ
Elizabeth Gibson, MS,RDMS,RVT Kent, WA
Sharon Gieringer, RDMS Raymond, ME
Kathy Gil, RDCS,RVT Bradenton, FL
Dianne Glassford, RDMS Las Vegas, NV
Candace Goldstein, BS,RDMS Solana Beach, CA
Jonathan Greer, RDCS Mission Viejo, CA
Lois Hart, RDMS,LPN Quincy, MA
Carolyn Hartfield, RDMS Pembroke Pines, FL
Dianna Heidinger, RT(R)(M),RDMS Las Vegas, NV
Donald Hill, AS,RT(R),RDMS Blackstone, MA
Jennifer Hill, RT(R),RDMS Kenosha, WI
Cindy Hooper, BS,RDMS,RVT Moore, OK
Linda Hosken, RDMS,RVT Buffalo, NY
Toni Hurton, BA,RDMS Lynnford, MA
John Jain, BS,RVT Albuquerque, NM
Elizabeth Juziuk, BS,RDCS Presque Isle, MI
Rod Khothsymuong, RDMS,RVT Antioch, TN
Lauren Kopecky, RDMS,RVT Covington, LA
Zulfikarali Lalani, RDMS,RDCS San Leandro, CA
Laura Lamb-Susca, RN,RVT Red Bank, NJ
Connie Lanham, BS,RDMS,RVT Moweaqua, IL
Barbara Lavoie, BS,RDMS Saratoga Springs, NY
Tena Lechtanski, BS,RDMS,RDCS,RVT Alanson, MI
John Leighton, RDMS,RDCS,RVT Costa Mesa, CA
Karen Lennon, RDMS,RDCS Fort Collins, CO
Wayne Leonhardt, BA,RDMS,RVT Oakland, CA
Becky Levzow, BS,RDMS,RDCS,RVT Rio, WI
Deborah Mangiacasale, RDCS Queensbury, NY
Douglas Marcum, BA,RT(R),RDMS,RDCS,RVT Oviedo, FL
Deena Martin, RDMS,CNMT Mount Airy, NC
Vicki Mauk, RDMS Schaumburg, IL
Deborah McCollom, RT(R),RDMS Henderson, KY
Cyrethia McShane, BS,RDMS Baldwin, MD
Dana Meads, RT(R),RVT Winston-Salem, NC
Kimberly Michael, MA,RT(R),RDMS,RVT Elkhorn, NE
Stephanie Mitchell, BS,RDMS,RDCS Edmonds, WA
Annitta Morehead, BA,RDCS Parma, OH
Lawrence Myers, MBA,RDMS,RVT Winston-Salem, NC
Richard Palma, BS,RDCS,FASE Burlington, CT
Rosemarie Patterson, RDMS Southport, NC
Lisa Pearson, AS,RDMS,RVT Orange, CA
Lee Pendergast, RT(R),RDMS Napa, CA
Susana Perese, BS,RVT Whittier, CA
James Phan, RDCS,RVT San Diego, CA
Helen Polito, RDCS Chandler, AZ
Joanne Porter, RDMS,RVT Basking Ridge, NJ
Max Poye, RT(R)(M),RDMS,RVT Fayetteville, AR
Patricia Prince, RT(R),RDMS,RVT Moon Township, PA
Dawn Roberts, RDMS Satellite Beach, FL
Ruth Roehrs, RDMS,RVT New Berlin, WI
Carol Rossa, RDMS,RVT Eastlake, OH
Nancy Rossley, RVT,LPN Iowa City, IA
Denise Royer, RDMS Hartford, CT
Patricia Ann Saliani, BS,RDMS Stony Point, NY
Nayer Samadi, RDMS La Jolla, CA
Michael Sampson, RVT Harrison, OH
Maureen Sasaki, RT(R),RDMS,RVT North Royalton, OH
Sharon Schneider, RT(R),RDMS Whittier, NC
Linda Shaw, RN,RDMS Louisville, KY
Gail Size, BS,RVT,RVS Pearce, AZ
Marilyn Slutsky, RDMS,RVT San Diego, CA
Annette Smith, RDCS,FASE Lexington, KY
Flo Stein, PhD,RVT Albuquerque, NM
Pamela Switalski, RDMS,RDCS Weston, FL
Susan Thompson, RDMS,RVT Deland, FL
Cheryl Turner, BS,RDMS Mount Juliet, TN
Terrence Tye, MS,RDMS,RDCS Palo Alto, CA
Judy Veal, MA,RT(R),RDMS Milledgeville, GA
Jeanne Wafalosky, RDMS,RDCS Temperance, MI
Shirley Wagner-Sevy, RDCS,RVT,RCS,RVS Easton, PA
Andy Wallace, RT(R),RDMS,RDCS,RVT Whitelaw, WI
Tracy Wallace, RT(R),RDMS,RDCS,RVT Whitelaw, WI
Elaine Warrick, RT(R)(N),RDMS,CNMT Woodland Park, CO
Charmin Whitsett, RDMS Decatur, AL
Duoneng Zhang, MS,RDCS El Monte, CA