Agenda

7.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ and SVU-CME Credits

 

  8:00 – 8:10 am

  Welcome and Course Overview

   Ultrasound Essentials: Information for Successful Scanning

  8:10 – 8:40 am

  Image Optimization and Avoiding Imaging Artifacts
  Tish Poe

  8:40 – 9:10 am

  Ergonomics: Avoiding MSK Injuries in Sonography
  Kathy Palmieri     

  9:10 – 9:40 am

  Hemodynamics 101: What Waveforms Tell Us
  Tish Poe

  9:40 – 10:00 am

  Session Break

    Cerebrovascular Session

  10:00 – 10:30 am

  How to Obtain a Pertinent History Prior to Vascular Exams
  Kathy Palmieri

  10:30 – 11:00 am

  Performing Carotid Duplex Exams & Common Pitfalls
  Kathy Palmieri

 11:00 – 11:30 am

  Carotid Interpretation Criteria: Is it Time to Standardize?
   Dr. Steve Leers

 11:30 am – 12:00 pm   Carotid Case Study Examples
  Kathy Palmieri & Dr. Steve Leers

 12:00  – 1:00 pm

  Lunch

    Arterial Session
 1:00 -- 1:30 pm  Live Demonstration: Current Vascular Testing Techniques
 Deb Pirt

  1:30 – 2:00 pm

  An Algorithm for Evaluating the PAD Patient
  Dr. Steve Leers

  2:00– 2:30 pm

  Physiologic Testing: How to Interpret Pressures and  Waveforms
  Deb Pirt

  2:30 – 3:00 pm

  Challenging Arterial Cases
  Deb Pirt & Dr. Steve Leers

  3:00 – 3:15 pm

  Session Break

           

   Abdominal and Venous Session

  3:15 – 3:45 pm

  Renal Ultrasound Criteria: Native Vessels and Stents
  Dr. Steve Leers

  3:45 – 4:15 pm

  Evaluation of Aortic Disease and EVAR Follow-up
  Tish Poe

  4:15 – 4:45 pm

  What's New in DVT Imaging
  Deb Pirt

  4:45 – 5:15 pm

  Venous Insufficiency from Diagnosis to Treatment
  Tish Poe

  5:15

  Adjourn