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
Course Syllabus
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Understanding the Ultrasound Machine | Scott Manchester, RVT, BA, MA
Basics of Physics in Vascular Imaging | Traci B. Fox, EdD, RT(R), RDMS, RVT
Peripheral Arterial Studies – UPPER | Ido Weinberg, MD
Peripheral Arterial Studies – LOWER | Shipra Arya, MD
Extremity Case studies, Pearls, Tricks, and Techniques | Jill Sommerset, RVT
The Role of the Vascular Laboratory in the Diagnosis of Renal and Mesenteric Artery Disease | Michael Jaff, MD
Carotid Duplex Ultrasonography | Michael Jaff, MD
Subclavian and Vertebral Ultrasonography | Umberto Campia, MD
Cerebrovascular Intracranial (Transcranial Doppler) | Sarah LaRose Michaud, RVT
High Yield Pathologies Tested on the Registered Physician in Vascular Interpretation (RPVI) | Alaska Pendleton MD
Extremity Bypass Graft Surveillance Using Ultrasound | Mark Conrad, MD
Endovascular Stent Graft Surveillance – Aortic | Jordan Stern, MD
Dialysis Access Surveillance and Case Presentations | Viviane Seki-Sassaki, MD, RVT, RDMS, RP
Ultrasound Guided Vascular Access and Peripheral Interventions | Srini Tummala, MD
Venous Ultrasound 1 – Venous insufficiency, Ultrasound in Office Based Venous Procedures | Julianne Stoughton, MD
Venous Ultrasound 2 – Venous Thrombosis/Obstruction, Pelvic Congestion Syndrome | Ann Marie Kupinkski, PhD, RVT, RDMS, FS
The Lower Extremity Venous Ultrasound Exam: A Practical Approach | Drena Root, RVT
Transcranial Doppler (TCD) Case Presentations | Scott Silverman, MD
Carotid Arterial Case Presentations | Glen LaMuraglia , MD
Subclavian & Verterbral Arterial Case Presentations | Yongsheng Li, MD, RVT
Peripheral Artery and Bypass Graft Case Presentations | Caitlin Hicks, MD, Hiba Juboori, RVT
Aortic Graft Ultrasound Case Presentations | Jeniann Yi, MD
How to Build a Vascular Ultrasound Lab Program – Medical Director Perspective | Michael Jaff, MD
How to Build a Vascular Ultrasound Lab Program – Technical Director Perspective | Drena Root, RVT
Registered Physician in Vascular Interpretation (RPVI) Exam: Pearls to Passing | Gabriela Velazquez MD
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