Below is the schedule for the SVU 2022 45th Anniversary Annual Conference & Marketplace.
Schedule subject to updates and changes.
Wednesday, August 3, 2022
Registration and bag pickup: 10:00 am South Registration Counter
This session will provide state of the art instruction using both lecture and hands on
scanning formats using state of the art technology. A faculty of experts in the field will
discuss protocols and the latest concepts in lower extremity venous reflux testing,
evaluation of pelvic vein disorders and therapeutic options.
Welcome/introductions: Discuss why we are not talking about standing vs reverse
trendelenburg
Moderator: Sara Skjonsberg, RVT RPhS
- Venous Anatomy: Review the basics and dive into the technicalities/debated
terminology -- Linda Antonucci, RVT RDCS RPhS - Hemodynamics: When to add the pelvis -- Donna Kelly, RVT RDMS RPhS
- Clinical examination for the venous sonographer -- Sara Skjonsberg, RVT RPhS
- Venous insufficiency: How to document and what to document “source, channel,
and drain” -- Jessy Farris, RVT RPhS - Nerve Identification in the LE, why it is important -- Marresa Houle, BS RVT
- LE Venous Treatment option review -- Krislynn Barnhart, RVT
- Q & A
Live scanning with hands on
Thursday, August 4, 2022
Registration and bag pickup: 6:00 am South Registration Counter
George L. Berdejo, BA RVT FSVU
Karen Burns, MBA RN RVT FSVU
Jill Sommerset, RVT
"The Patient Journey and Value of Vascular Ultrasound"
Miguel Montero-Baker MD
Chief, Division of Vascular Surgery
Methodist
- History and Physical: Important role in vascular ultrasound -- Joshua Lee, BS RVT FSVU
- Going beyond the protocol: Answering the clinical question -- George Berdejo, BA RVT FSVU
- Lower extremity arterial: A piece of artwork and pride -- Kayla Wieseckel, MHSc RVT RVS RPhS
- US, CT, MR, or Angio: There is no gold standard and that’s a good thing -- Laurence Needleman, MD FSVU
- Peripheral Intervention - Pre and post post duplex ultrasound -- David Dawson, MD RVT RPVI FSVU
Session 4: Advanced Arterial Duplex in the Setting of Chronic Limb Threatening Ischemia (CLTI) -- Miguel Montero-Baker, MD
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- Detailed Preoperative Arterial mapping in CLTI -- Leni Karr, BA RVT
- Update on Pedal Acceleration Time - Value in all phases of care -- Jill Sommerset, BS RVT
- It takes a village: A multidisciplinary approach to limb salvage (Pre-recorded) -- Brian Lepow, DPM
- Emerging Technologies in the CLTI and role of the Vascular Technologist -- Miguel Montero-Baker, MD
- Live Scan – Pedal Artery Duplex Imaging -- Jill Sommerset, BS RVT
- Super Panel Discussion
Importance Of The Physician-Vascular Technologist Relationship
“The decision point – influence of ultrasound findings on surgical planning”
- Carotid Duplex vs CTA: How hemodynamics augments imaging -- R. Eugene Zierler, MD RPVI FSVU & Ann Marie Kupinski, PhD RVT FSVU
- Complex Aortic Procedures: Update on the Latest Approaches -- Guillermo Escobar, MD & Melissa Warren, RVT
- Pelvic Venous Disorder: How the US findings help guide treatment plan -- Brian Sapp, RVT RPhS
- Panel Discussion
- Device Driven Hemodynamics: Effects on Carotid Duplex -- TBD
- Giant Cell Arteritis -- TBD
- Vertebral Artery Assessment: The Other Half -- Brenda Rinsky, RVT
- Extracranial Hints to Intracranial Pathology - Beyond the Bulb -- Brenda Rinsky, RVT
- TCD “Speed Dating” -- Leni Karr, RVT & Krislynn Barnhart, RVT
- Case Based Learning - Basic Intracranial Collaterals -- Krislynn Barnhart, RVT
- How TCD is utilized in different practices, How TCD drives treatment and intervention, and new trends in the field -- Brenda Rinsky, RVT
- Super Panel
Friday, August 5, 2022
Registration and bag pickup: 6:00 am South Registration Counter
- Aortoiliac Imaging: Protocols and Technical Tips -- Jason Roberts, RVT
- Surgical Planning and Treatment Options for abdominal aortic aneurysms -- Sean Roddy, MD
- Evaluating EVAR for Endoleaks Utilizing Standard Duplex -- Kayla Wieseckel, MHSc RVT RVS RPhS
- Renal Artery Evaluation: Why it is still important -- Muhammad Hasan, RPVI
- When to intervene on an endoleak + Case study -- John Carson, MD RPVI FACS
- Super Panel Discussion
Session 10: Hemodialysis Access -- Moderators: Tony Smet, BS RVT RDMS & Karen Burns, MBA RN RVT FSVU
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- Revisiting pre-dialysis mapping -- Ann Marie Kupinski, PhD RVT FSVU
- Speaking the Same language: Terminology/Nomenclature -- Tony Smet, BS RVT RDMS
- Clues from the Clinical Presentation and Notes from Dialysis Centers -- Patricia Poe, BA RVT FSVU
- Obtaining Accurate Flow Volume Measurements -- Tony Smet, BS RVT RDMS
- EndoAVF Successes and Failures -- Jason Roberts, RVT
- Super Panel Discussion
- Endo AVF (pre-op mapping and post op implications) -- Jason Roberts, RVT
- Complex Carotid pathology and Intervention - Case Based Learning -- Melissa Warren, RVT
- MALS/Case Based Learning -- MaryBeth Georges, BS RVT
- WRMSK -- TBD
- State of the Society Address -- Anita Harrington, RN RVT FSVU, SVU President; Joshua Lee, BS RVT FSVU; Karen Burns, MBS RN RVT FSVU ; Marguerite Marlowe, BS RN RVT; Kelly Byrnes, BS RVT FSVU ; Carol Dingeldey, MPA CAE
- State of the Foundation Address -- John Carson, MD RPVI FACS
- Status of the Journal for Vascular Ultrasound (JVU) -- R. Eugene Zierler, MD RPVT FSVU
- Updates on Coding and Reimbursement -- Sean Roddy, MD
- Panel Discussion
- Scanning Giant Cell Arteritis (Phillips or GE)
- Thoracic Outlet Testing- arterial physiologic (Vasculab, Parks)
- Carotid Duplex pre op mapping T-Car (Silk Road) * Sara Skjonsberg is happy to do this hand’s on (I am a contracted educator for Silk Road which may or may not be a conflict for CME rules)
- Pre op mapping AVF (and endoAVF) (Metronic and BD)
- Pedal duplex Imaging (Philips)
- Pedal access (Cook)
- Mesenteric Imaging (Canon)
- Hepato-portal imaging (Siemens)
- Standing venous reflux (Hokanson)
- TCD/TCI (Nova Signal?)
- Calf vein imaging / Nerve (GE)
- Pelvic peri-venous/gross anatomy (US company)
- Aortic endograft (Gore)
Saturday, August 6, 2022
Registration and bag pickup: 7:00 am South Registration Counter
- The do's and don'ts of venous documentation -- Jessy Farris, RVT RPhS
- Why is this limb swollen: Lymphedema vs lipedema…. or something else? -- Anahita Dua, MD MS MBA
- Case based learning: Masquerading as venous disease -- Brian Sapp, RVT RPhS
- Audience interaction - polling, game with the super panel
Session 18: Combined Society for Vascular Ultrasound and American Vein and Lymphatic Society (AVLS) -- Moderator: Sara Skjonsberg, RVT RPhS
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- Pelvic Venous Disorders - Pathophysiology and SVP classification (Pre-recorded) -- Kathleen Gibson, MD
- Duplex Ultrasound for Pelvic Venous Disorders -- Sara Skjonsberg, RVT RPhS
- Pelvic Escape Points -- Donna Kelly, RVT RDMS RPhS
- Live scanning with super panel -- Aleata Rigsby
- Accreditation- What is new -- Joseph P. Hughes, RVT RVS FSVU
- Is it time to implement the new carotid criteria? -- R. Eugene Zierler, MD RPVI FSVU
- Stent criteria everywhere -- Anahita Dua, MD MS MBA
- Building the relationship with your physician -- Anahita Dua, MD MS MBA & Patricia Poe, BA RVT FSVU
- Update on Advanced sonography credential -- Kathy Kelly
Session 20: Curveballs and Controversies in Vascular Ultrasound -- Moderator: George Berdejo, BA RVT FSVU
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- Continued role for physiologic testing? -- Patrcia Poe, BA RVT FSVU & John Carson, MD RPVI FACS
- Advanced Vascular Sonography: Yes or No -- Kathy Kelly and Laurence Needleman, MD
- Carotid plaque’s wall shear rate, plaque progression, and clinical consequences -- Guillaume Goudot MD, PhD, FESC
- Efficacy of Transcranial doppler (TCD) assessment of Cerebral Vasomotor Reactivity (CMVR) and Pulsatility Index (PI) using CO2 stimulus as an initial measure of Neurological impact among young in Long COVID-19 or post-COVID-19 Neurological Syndrome (PCNS) -- Musharaf Mohiuddin, MBBS, MPH, MHS
- Using 3D Ultrasound to Accurately Measure Aortic Sac Volume -- Lars Stangenberg, MD PhD
- Patient Video
- Speak to legacy -- honoring people who have opened doors for us
- Highlighting gratitude! Love it! Shoulders of giants
Closing Remarks
