Clinical Approach to Vascular Ultrasound
and RPVI Prep Course
Course Director
Anahita Dua, MD, MBA, MS
Director- Mass General Hospital Division of Vascular Surgery
Co-Directors
Scott Manchester, BS, MS, RVT
Technical Director – Mass General Hospital Vascular Lab
Piotr Sobieszczyk, MD
Assistant Professor – Medicine Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Drena K. Root, BS, RVT
Technical Director, Vascular Lab, & Administrative Manager –
Waltham Vein Center of the Mass General Hospital Fireman Vascular Center
Agenda
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Streaming takes place in US Eastern Time
Friday June 3, 2022
| 7:50 AM – 8:00 AM |
Introduction
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| 8:00 AM – 8:55 AM |
Understanding the ultrasound machine
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| 8:55 AM – 9:50 AM |
Basics of Physics in Vascular Imaging
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| 9:50 AM – 10:05 AM | Break |
| 10:05 AM – 10:40 AM |
Peripheral Arterial Studies – UPPER
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| 10:40 AM – 11:10 AM |
Peripheral Arterial Studies – LOWER
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| 11:10 AM – 11:35 AM |
Extremity Case studies, Pearls, Tricks, and Techniques
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| 11:35 AM – 11:50 AM | Panel Discussion |
| 11:50 AM – 1:00 PM | Lunch Break |
| 1:00 PM – 1:40 PM |
The Role of the Vascular Laboratory in the Diagnosis of Renal
and Mesenteric Artery Disease
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| 1:40 PM – 2:15 PM |
Carotid Duplex Ultrasonography
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| 2:15 PM – 2:30 PM | Break |
| 2:30 PM – 2:55 PM |
Subclavian and Vertebral Ultrasonography
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| 2:55 PM – 3:35 PM |
Cerebrovascular Intracranial (transcranial doppler)
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| 3:35 PM – 4:00 PM |
High Yield Pathologies Tested on the Registered Physician in Vascular Interpretation (RPVI)
Speaker: Alaska Pendleton MD
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| 4:00 PM – 4:15 PM | Panel Discussion |
Saturday June 4, 2022
| 8:00 AM – 8:45 AM | Extremity Bypass Graft Surveillance Using Ultrasound
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| 8:45 AM – 9:35 AM | Endovascular Stent Graft Surveillance – Aortic
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| 9:35 AM – 9:45 AM | Break |
| 9:45 AM – 10:25 AM | Dialysis Access Surveillance and Case Presentations
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| 10:25 AM – 10:45 AM | Ultrasound Guided Vascular Access and Peripheral Interventions
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| 10:45 AM – 11:00 AM | Panel Discussion |
| 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM | Lunch Break |
| 12:00 PM – 12:40 PM | Venous Ultrasound 1 – Venous insufficiency, Ultrasound in Office Based Venous Procedures
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| 12:40 PM – 1:35 PM | Venous Ultrasound 2 – Venous Thrombosis/Obstruction, Pelvic Congestion Syndrome
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| 1:35 PM – 2:15 PM | The Lower Extremity Venous Ultrasound Exam: A Practical Approach
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| 2:15 PM – 2:25 PM | Break |
| 2:25 PM – 2:45 PM | Transcranial Doppler (TCD) Arterial Case Presentations
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| 2:45 PM – 3:10 PM | Carotid Arterial Case Presentations
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| 3:10 PM – 3:35 PM | Subclavian and Verterbral Arterial Case Presentations
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| 3:35 PM – 4:00 PM | Peripheral Artery and Bypass Graft Case Presentations
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| 4:00 PM – 4:10 PM | Aortic Graft Ultrasound Case Presentations
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| 4:10 PM – 4:30 PM | How to Build a Vascular Ultrasound Lab Program – Medical Director Perspective
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| 4:30 PM – 4:45 PM | How to Build a Vascular Ultrasound Lab Program – Technical Director Perspective
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| 4:45 PM – 4:55 PM | Registered Physician in Vascular Interpretation (RPVI) Exam: Pearls to Passing
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| 4:55 PM – 5:10 PM | Panel Discussion |
| 5:10 PM – 5:15 PM | Wrap up
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MyCE
Earn up to 15.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™
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Disclosures
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The Harvard Medical School designates this live activity for a maximum of 15.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
Nurse Practitioners and Registered Nurses
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Physician Assistants
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Disclaimer
CME activities accredited by Harvard Medical School are offered solely for educational purposes and do not constitute any form of certification of competency. Practitioners should always consult additional sources of information and exercise their best professional judgment before making clinical decisions of any kind.
Faculty
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Shipra Arya, MD
Associate Professor Stanford University Hospital
Umberto Campia, MD
Associate Physician, Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Mark Conrad, MD
Chief St Elizabeth’s
Anahita Dua, MD, MS, MBA
Assistant Professor Massachusetts General Hospital/Harvard Medical School, Director of the MGH Vascular Lab, Associate Director of the wound care program at MGH
Traci B. Fox, EdD, RT(R), RDMS, RVT
Caitlin Hicks, MD
Associate Professor of Surgery Johns Hopkins
A distinguished fellow of the American Board of Surgery, Dr. Hicks is the recipient of the Department of Surgery Rothman Early Career Development Award for Surgical Research and was selected as a Visiting Scholar to the American Board of Medical Specialties for 2018-2019. She is also an appointed member of a CMS Clinical Expert Subcommittee tasked with refining peripheral vascular disease cost measures for implementation in the Quality Payment Program.”
Michael Jaff, MD
Vice President of Clinical Affairs, Founder of VasCore (Vascular Ultrasound Core Laboratory)
Hiba Juboori, RVT
Young Kim, MD
Vascular Surgery Fellow, Massachusetts General Hospital/Harvard Medical School
Ann Marie Kupinkski, PhD, RVT, RDMS, FS
Clinical Associate Professor of Radiology at Albany Medical College
Glen LaMuraglia , MD
Professor of Surgery Massachusetts General Hospital/Harvard Medical School
Yongsheng Li, MD, RVT
Senior Vascular Lab Technologist
Scott Manchester, RVT, BA, MA
Technical Director of MGH Vascular Lab
Sarah LaRose Michaud, RVT
Technical Director and Lab Manager in the Cerebrovascular Laboratory
Alaska Pendleton MD
Drena Root, RVT
Technical Director Vascular Lab & Administrative Manager Waltham Vein Center of the MGH Fireman Vascular Center
Viviane Seki-Sassaki, MD, RVT, RDMS, RP
Vascular Sonographer Stanford Hospital
Scott Silverman, MD
Vascular Neurologist, Instructor of Neurology
Piotr Sobieszczyk, MD
Director of the PeaceHealth Thoracic and Vascular Surgery Vascular Lab
Jordan Stern, MD
Assistant Professor Stanford University Hospital
Julianne Stoughton, MD
Medical Director of the Venous Program at MGH, Associate Professor of Surgery, Instructor at Harvard Medical School
Srini Tummala, MD
Director of Vascular Services, Department of Interventional Radiology, University of Miami System
Gabriela Velazquez MD
Ido Weinberg, MD
Director, Vascular Medicine Fellowship
Jeniann Yi, MD
Assistant Professor University of Colorado Anschutz School of Medicine
Course Contact Info
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