REGISTRATION IS NOW OPEN FOR THE 2008 NWVT CONFRENCE
Register today for the annual meeting September 20th and 21st in Spokane, WA.
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Please let us know if you encounter any problems and we'll help get you registered. We have a very exciting meeting planned and hope to see you there!
Thank you, NWVT 2008 Committee
SAVE THE DATE! September 20-21st is the Annual NWVT Conference - Spokane, WA
2008 Annual Conference 2008 in Spokane, WA
This year’s annual conference will be held Saturday & Sunday September 20-21 at the Davenport Hotel in Spokane. The meeting will be held from 8-5pm on Saturday and 8-12pm on Sunday.
Dr. Michael Zammit: Computerized storage and reporting: Early experience of a small vascular lab Dr. Ryan Nachreiner: Carotid Stenting Dr. Gregory Luna: Arterial bypass graft Dr. Stephen Murray: Vein closure case studies Dr. Joseph Davis: Dialysis access fistula evaluations Colleen Douville, RVT: Stroke/TCD Monte Madsen, RDMS RVT: Noninvasive venous insufficiency examinations Sandra Tidwell, ARNP: Venous stasis signs and symptoms Brian Hembling, RVT: PACS and database technology Jeffrey Pope, RDMS: Incidental ultrasound findings during vascular examinations Kassandra Garrison, RDMS RVT RT: Perforator pathology and thermal ablation David Stromberg, RVT: Intimal medial thickness examinations Dr. Alfonso Oliva: Mapping perforating arteries for tram flap reconstruction procedures Mike McVay, RVT: Technology demonstration of scheduling/PACS/reporting software
Registration will begin July 20th. Remember to join as a member for FREE first then you can register!
Merrill P. Spencer Symposium "Neurovascular Ultrasound and Stroke Care Management" on June 19-21, 20
June 9, 2008
Dear ultrasound colleague:
We would like to personally invite you to attend our Symposium “Neurovascular Ultrasound and Stroke Care Management” on June 20 and 21, 2008 sponsored by the Swedish Neuroscience Institute. This CME educational event (14.5 credits) will help you advance your knowledge of stroke and the important role of ultrasound in diagnosing and treating the growing population of patients with Cerebrovascular Disease.
This program offers intensive instruction in Basic & Advanced Transcranial Doppler and Transcranial Doppler Imaging and will be held in the new, state-of-the-art bioskills lab at the Seattle Science Foundation and at the new Swedish Education Center located in the same building. This is an opportunity to learn the practical skills necessary to perform and interpret Neurovascular ultrasound from a group of highly experienced instructors. The basic track will provide you with all the information required to begin performing diagnostic studies. For the advanced group there will be higher-level hemodynamics lectures and a brain dissection will enhance your understanding of correlative neuroanatomy. You will be able to develop your hands on skills in performing studies for all types of intracranial disease, vasospasm, patent foramen ovale, functional tests and for monitoring in a variety of surgical and endovascular settings.
MERRILL P. SPENCER SYMPOSIUM: NEUROVASCULAR ULTRASOUND AND STROKE CARE MANAGEMENT
SAVE THE DATE: JUNE 20TH AND 21ST, 2008 (CLICK HERE) Swedish Neuroscience Institute Swedish Medical Center/Cherry Hill
-Tentative Agenda Below-
This
symposium will focus on established and new applications and techniques
of cerebrovascular ultrasound for healthcare professionals of patients
with or at risk for cerebrovascular disease and stroke. Participants
will learn relative neuroanatomy and pathology along with the basic
skills for performing and interpreting transcranial Doppler and Imaging
studies through didactic and practical sessions. Improving the
assessment, treatment, and management of stroke patients requires a
multidisciplinary approach involving clinicians across several
specialties, emergency medical systems and hospital administrations
that develop stroke centers with certification and specialization. The
goal of this meeting is to bring experts in diagnostic testing,
clinical care and systems development together.
Stroke is the
third leading cause of death in the United States with 700,000 people
suffering a stroke each year. Stroke remains the number one cause of
adult disability. Prompt and accurate diagnosis in this population is
of great importance in order to rapidly implement the most appropriate
therapies. In acute stroke the lapse of time becomes even more
critical as the window of opportunity to administer lytic agents is
narrow. Clinicians caring for this population need updates on the
latest diagnostic, pharmacologic, surgical and endovascular techniques
used in diagnosing and treating stroke. This course will provide these
clinical updates along with the opportunity to have in-depth dialogue
with leaders in this field and active participation in clinical case
study reviews.
Neurovascular ultrasound is a subspecialty of
diagnostic vascular ultrasound and requires focused training that is
difficult to obtain. The breakout sessions on Transcranial Doppler and
Advanced Transcranial Doppler will offer the theoretical and
technological training for sonographers performing exams. Interactive
case studies following didactic theoretical sessions will provide
interpreting physicians with mentored experience in interpretation of
complex cases from a faculty of experts.
Hospital Administrators
are increasingly seeking knowledge in stroke care management and to
advance relationships with major stroke centers. The stroke care
management breakout sessions will provide an opportunity to share
expertise and explain the cost of care in terms of stroke.
This
conference is intended for neurologists, neurosurgeons,
neuroradiologists, cardiologists, vascular surgeons, vascular
technologists, neurodiagnostic technologists, emergency physicians,
nurses, EMS medics and EMS dispatch coordinators with an interest in
stroke care, and hospital administrators who are interested in stroke
care center certification.
TENTATIVE AGENDA - NEUROVASCULAR ULTRASOUND AND STROKE CARE MANAGEMENT
SAVE THE DATE: JUNE 20TH AND 21ST, 2008 (CLICK HERE) Tentative Agenda:
7:00 am Registration/Continental Breakfast 7:45 am Introduction and Welcome - William Likosky MD 8:00 am Keynote Address- Stroke priorities for the 21st Century - Helmi Lutsep MD 8:30 am New Research Implications for Prevention and Treatment of Stroke - Damir Janigro PhD 9:00 am Neurosonology Research and Clinical Implementation - Andrei Alexandrov MD 9:30am Breakout Session Instructions 9:40 am Break
General Session 10:00
am Diagnostic Imaging of Stroke in the Acute Setting – Interactive
Session on the use of CT/MR & Ultrasound - Session Chair: Andrei
Alexandrov MD Advanced CT/MR in the Initial Evaluation of Stroke - Bart Keogh MD 10:20
am Fast Track Carotid Duplex & TCD- Quick Acquisition of Useful
Diagnostic Information for Acute Stroke - Andrei Alexandrov MD 10:40 am Provocative Case Studies - Panel: Andrei Alexandrov MD, Bart Keogh MD, Anne Alexandrov PhD, RN, CCRN Acute Ischemic Stroke Treatment – Interactive Session on Available Therapies - Session Chair: Andrei Alexandrov MD 11:00 am Guidelines for the use of IV Lytics - Todd Czartoski MD 11:20 am Rescue Therapy, IA Lytics and the Merci Device - Philip Vogelzang MD 11:40
am Complex Case Studies - Panel: Andrei Alexandrov MD, Anne Alexandrov
PhD, RN, CCRN, Todd Czartoski MD, Bart Keogh MD, Philip Vogelzang MD 12:30 Lunch with the Experts
Track I- Basic Transcranial Doppler (TCD) & TCD Imaging 10:00 am Instrumentation – Tools of the Trade - Leni Karr BS, RVT 10:30 am Cerebrovascular Arterial Anatomy - Donalee Davis CNRN 11:00 am TCD Technique – Non-Imaging – Tricks, Pearls & Pitfalls - Donalee Davis CNRN 11:45 am TCD/Imaging Technique – Orientation, Landmarks & Skill Development - Leni Karr BS, RVT 12:30 pm Lunch with the Experts
General Session 1:30 pm MRI and the Vulnerable Carotid Plaque - Tom Hatsukami MD 1:50 pm Ultrasound and the Vulnerable Carotid Plaque - Kirk Beach PhD, Dan Leotta PhD, Jeanie Primozich BS, RVT 2:10 pm Brain Embolism Monitoring with TCD - Viken Babikian MD Emergent
Treatments for Intracranial & Subarachnoid Hemorrhage- Panel on
Surgical versus Non-Surgical Management - Session Chair: David Newell
MD 2:30 pm Guidelines for Medical Management of ICH - Aaron Heide MD 2:50 pm Surgical Approaches to ICH - Marc Mayberg MD 3:10 pm Interactive Case Studies - Aaron Heide MD, David Newell MD, Marc Mayberg MD 3:30 pm Surgical Approaches to SAH and Monitoring in the ICU - David Newell MD 3:50 pm Endovascular Treatment of Aneurysms – Coils & Stents - Joe Eskridge MD 4:10 pm Interactive Case Studies - Joe Eskridge MD, David Newell MD
Track I- Basic Transcranial Doppler and Imaging 2:30
pm Guided Hands on TCD & TCD/Imaging Instruction with Normal Models
- Krislyn Barnhart RVT, Jim Brown RVT, Donalee Davis CNRN, Britta Fehst
RVT, Leni Karr RVT, John White RVT
Track II- Advanced Transcranial Doppler and Monitoring 2:30 pm Correlative Neuroanatomy, Pathology (Brain Cutting) Barbara Otto MSN, RN, CNRN, OCN, Steve Ronstad MD 3:30 pm Hemodynamics, Normal and Pathological Systemic, Waveform Recognition - Anne Alexandrov PhD, RN, CCRN 4:00 pm Diagnosing Cerebral Arterial Occlusion with TCD - Andrei Alexandrov MD 4:30 pm Reception 6:30 pm Faculty Dinner
Saturday June 21, 2008
7:00 am Registration & Breakfast 7:45 am Welcome - William Likosky MD
General Session 8:00 am Stroke Systems of Care – Access for Everyone - William Likosky MD 8:30 am Developing Systems of Stroke Care for Washington State - Washington State DOH Representative 9:00 am Differentiating a Primary Stroke Center from a Comprehensive Stroke Center - William Likosky MD 9:30 am Telemedicine as a Tool to Enhance Patient Care - Tammy Cress RN, MSN, FAHA 10:00 am Break 10:30 Assuring Guideline Care at any Medical Center - Sherene Schlegel RN, FAHA 11:00 am Panel Discussion 12:00 pm Lunch 1:00
pm The Swedish Telestroke Network *By Special Invitation - William
Likosky MD, Tammy Cress RN, MSN, FAHA, Sherene Schlegel RN, FAHA, Chad
Gabelein RN, BSN During this session, contracted facilities as well
as facilities interested in developing a telestroke relationship, will
have the opportunity to interact with the Swedish Telestroke Program
and community peers with similar interests/needs of this sort of stroke
relationship. For more information regarding registering for this
session, please contact Tammy Cress at
Track I- Basic Transcranial Doppler and Imaging 8:00 am Applications & Basic Waveform Interpretation - Leni Karr, RVT 9:00 am Interpretation of Intracranial Stenosis & Occlusion - Brenda Rinsky RDMS, RVT 10:00 Break 10:15 am Interpretation of Collateral Circulation - Donna Lee Davis CNRN 11:15
am Interpretation: Case Studies – Stenosis, Collaterals & Steal
Effects - Donalee Davis CNRN, Leni Karr RVT, Brenda Rinsky RDMS, AART,
John White RVT 12:00 pm Lunch
Track II: Advanced Transcranial Doppler & TCD Imaging 8:00 am Patent Foramen Ovale – Anatomy, Pathology, Diagnosis and Treatment Strategy - Paul Huang MD 8:45
am TCD Bubble Study for Patent Foramen Ovale – Technique, Protocol and
Interpretation with Grading of PFO - Ajay Zachariah BS, RVT, RDCS, RDMS
9:30 am Break 9:45 am Diagnosis of high grade
symptomatic Internal Carotid Artery Disease by Duplex- Relationship to
Intracranial Collateral Blood Flows - Reinhard Volkmann MD, PhD 10:15 am TCD Monitoring in the Surgical and Endovascular Environments - Viken Babikian MD 10:45
am Microembolic Signals Using Power M-Mode Transcranial Doppler in
Patients with High Grade Internal Carotid Artery Stenosis and Plaque
Characteristics - Reinhard Volkmann MD, PhD (colleague of) 11:15 am Provocative Case Study Interpretation - Panel - Reinhard Volkmann MD, PhD & Viken Babikian MD 12:00 pm Lunch
Track I- Basic Transcranial Doppler and Imaging 1:00 pm Instructed Hands-on Practice Station 1. Diagnostic Techniques – TCD & TCD/Imaging - Jim Brown RVT, Britta Fehst RVT, Leni Karr RVT, John White RVT Station 2. Monitoring Techniques - TCD - Donalee Davis CNRN, Krislyn Barnhart RVT
Track II: Advanced Transcranial Doppler & TCD Imaging 1:00 pm The Evolving Role of TCD - Viken Babikian MD 1:30 pm Vasomotor Reactivity Testing – Theroy,Techniques & Applications - James Halsey MD 2:00
pmStation 1- Demonstration of Combined TCD & Echocardiography
testing for PFO - Meryl Harley RVT, Josh Renz RVT, Kamal Mangat RDCS Station
2- Demonstration of Vasomotor Reactivity Testing – CO2 Challenge and
Breath Holding Techniques - Colleen Douville RVT, James Halsey MD,
Brenda Rinsky RDMS, AART, 3:00 pm Laboratory Management & Logistics – Reimbursements and Accreditation - Ajay Zachariah BS, RVT, RDCS, RDMS 4 p.m. Adjourn
