2019 Annual Conference

The 2019 Annual Conference was held at the Bellevue Courtyard Marriott on October 12th and 13th, 2019.

October 12th

07:00 – 08:00 - Registration/Breakfast Buffet

8:00 - 8:15 - Opening Remarks/Conference Details/Thank Vendors and Raffle Reminder

8:15 – 8:45 – Krislynn Barnhart, RVT - Detection of Cerebral Emboli Using PM-TCD

8:45 – 9:00 – Issac Hopps – Case Study ICA and a 80-99% stenosis of the left proximal ICA

9:00 – 10:00 – Kirk Beach, MD – CEREBROVASCULAR EXAMINATION REVOLUTION The circle of Willis and the Vulnerable Atheroma

10:00 -10:30 Vendors/Break

10:30 -11:00 – Colleen Douville, RVT – Intracranial Thrombectomy for Acute Stroke and the Role of Transcranial Doppler

11:00-11:15 – Mathew Huff, Student – Cerebrovascular Case Study

11:15-12:15 - Dr. Florence Sheehan – Transcranial Doppler Simulator introduction and hands on demonstration

12:15 –– 1:00 - Buffet Lunch / Vendors

1:00 – 1:45 – Becky Holesapple, RVT – From a patients perspective: being diagnosed with Fibromuscular Dysplasia

1:45 - 2:15 - Brian Sapp RVT– (Iliac vein compression studies, tips/tricks, and techniques)

2:15 – 2:45 – Break Vendors/Refreshments

2:45 - 3:45 - Bonnie Brown, RVT Diagnosing Dural AV Fistulas via Carotid Duplex

3:45 – 4:00 – Jill Sommerset, RVT : Pedal Arch Duplex

4:00 – 5:15 – Jill Sommerset, RVT and Leni Karr, RVT : Pedal Arch Duplex scanning

5:15pm - Closing Remarks & Wine Social immediately to follow

October 13th

7:00 – 7:55 - Registration and Continental Breakfast

7:55 – 8:00 - Opening Remarks

8:00 – 8:30 – Steven Knight, RVT - Update on SVU/SVM Waveform Description Writing Group

8:30 – 9:00 – Thomas Hatsukami, MD – Carotid Intraplaque Hemorrhage: Clinical Relevance and Gaps in Knowledge

9:00 – 9:30 - Peter Gregory, May-Thurner Syndrome

9:30 – 10:00 – Steve Knight, RVT - Up your Professional Game in the Digital Age

10:00 – 10:30 - Vendor Break - Snack

10:30 – 11:00 -Kai Johansen, MD - : Thoracic Outlet Syndrome and the Vascular Lab

11:00 -11:30 - Courtney Crawford, RVT – Kidney disease, access to dialysis in Ethiopia

11:30 – 12:00 – Terrance Quigley, MD - Think Like a Referring Provider (or: Answer the Question You Think Was Being Asked)

12:00 – 12:30 – Terrance Quigley, MD: Introduction to Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy

12:30 - 1:00 –Adjourn/Raffle Drawing / Closing Remarks/AME Award