The 2018 Annual Conference was held at the Westin in Bellevue on October 13th and 14th, 2018. There were 12 CMEs for those in attendance.
Saturday, October 13th
7:00–8:00 Registration / Breakfast Buffet
8:00–8:15 Opening Remarks / Announcements
8:15–8:45 Critical Limb Ischemia – Nam Tran MD
8:45–9:15 Plantar Acceleration Time (PAT): A novel technique to evaluate blood flow in the foot – Jill Sommerset RVT
9:15–9:45 The Role of Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy in Treating Leg Ischemia
– Terrence Quigley MD
9:45–10:05 ‘Your genes matter, your development matters’-Clinical vignettes in Interventional Radiology – Sanjiv Parikh MD
10:05– 10:30 Coffee Break/Visit Exhibitors
10:30 – 10:50 Carotid / TCD – Mimi Johnson RVT
10:50 – 11:15 Differences in carotid plaque characteristics and how these differences may influence progression and outcome
– Thomas Hatsukami MD
11:15 – 11:45 PFO studies and updates on research, scanning tips and tricks
– Krislynn Barnhart RVT
11:45 – 1:00 PM Buffet Lunch / Visit Exhibitors
Gore 12:00 – 12:20 PM
Boston Scientific 12:20 – 12:40 PM
Mindray 12:40 – 1:00 PM
1:00 – 1:15 Temporal Arteritis: What we know so far – Bonnie Brown, RVT
1:15 – 1:40 Looking for a zebra in a herd of horses: Fibromuscular Dysplasia (FMD)
– Becky Holesapple RVT
1:40 – 2:05 Pseudoaneurysms – Bethany Cookro RVT
2:05 – 2:40 Refreshments/ Visit Exhibitors
Consensus Medical 2:10 – 2:30 PM
2:40 – 3:10 Student presentations – Leni Karr RVT
3:10 – 3:30 Iliocaval venous obstruction – Ridge Johnson RVT
3:30 – 4:00 IAC requirements for venous ultrasound – How it applies to your lab
Sara Skjonsberg RVT, RPhS
4:35 – 5:15 Vascular Jeopardy – MD’s and RVT’s Arterial vs. Venous Team
5:15 Closing Remarks and Wine Social immediately to follow
*Wine social event is sponsored by:
Gore Boston Scientific Mindray
Sunday, October 14th
7:00 – 8:00 Registration and Breakfast
*Breakfast sponsored by: Consensus Medical
8:00 – 8:05 Opening Remarks
8:05 – 8:30 Bone Perforators – Mark Kim MD, RVT, RPVI
8:30 – 9:00 TBD – Gregory Landry MD
9:00 – 9:30 Persistent Sciatic Artery – Tony Smet RVT
9:30 – 10:15 Break – Visit Exhibitors
10:15 – 10:45 Endovascular Aortic Repair (EVAR) duplex – Molly Baxter RVT
10:45 – 11:15 Popliteal adventitial cyst with surgical repair – Kirstyn Kennedy RVT
11:15 – 11:35 AV Fistula Pseudoaneurysms – Mariah Elliott RVT, RPhS
11:35 – 12:05 Break – Visit Exhibitors
12:05 – 12:30 Basic Musculoskeletal Imaging – Joseph Augustyn & Amy Bailey RDMS, RMSKS, RVT
12:30 – 1:15 Raffle Drawings / AME Award / Closing remarks
~APPROVED for 12 credits; This program meets the criteria for SVU-CMEs ~
Thank you to our exhibitors for their generous support:
Mindray, Gore, Boston Scientific, Consensus Medical, Hokanson, Philips, Canon (Toshiba), GE, USI Instruments, Neural Analytics, Medstreaming, Siemens, Medtronic