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REGISTRATION IS NOW OPEN FOR THE 2008 NWVT CONFRENCE
Register today for the annual meeting September 20th and 21st in Spokane, WA.

Here is how to register:

1.) To register for the meeting you need to login to your account. 
2.) If you don't have an account, look on the right hand side of the website and you'll see "no accout yet?", go ahead and click "create one".
3.)  If you have an existing account but have forgotten your password, go ahead and click "password reminder" on the right hand side of the website.
4.) Once you are logged in, click "2008 Conference Registration" on the left hand side of the site. 
5.) There are two ways to pay, via paypal or by check.

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.

Davenport Hotel  Reservations:  1-800-899-1482 (Our rate is $159/night)  www.thedavenporthotel.com

Tentative Presentations:

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.  

Please click on the following link to access the online registration:  http://www.swedish.org/body_frameset.cfm?id=2553.

We look forward to meeting you at this exciting event.

Sincerely,
 
Colleen Douville BA, RVT- Director, Vascular Ultrasound, Swedish Neuroscience Institute

David W. Newell MD- Executive Director, Medical Director, Swedish Neuroscience Institute
 
William Likosky MD, FAHA, FAAN- Medical Director, Swedish Stroke Program

 
Tammy Cress RN, MSN, FAHA- Stroke Program Manager, Swedish Neuroscience Institute


Merrill P. Spencer Symposium - Program Brochure
Download the program brochure here.  Here is the web link to register for the meeting:

http://www.swedish.org/body_frameset.cfm?id=2553
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:


General Session
Track I: Basic Transcranial Doppler (TCD) & TCD Imaging
Track II: Advanced Transcranial Doppler & TCD Imaging
Track III: Stroke Care Management

Friday June 20, 2008

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
9:30 am 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 pm Station 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
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