Schedule for Friday

Good evening everyone! 

      We are getting really close to the beginning of the SVU Conference, just 2 more days to go!  Kristen has kindly posted the detailed schedules for Wednesday and Thursday on the prior blogs. Here is a detailed schedule for Friday. Hope that these blogs can help better plan your days. 

6:00am-5:30pm	SVU Annual Conference Registration
7:00am-9:00am	SVU Technical Showcase Industry/Company Highlights Moderator: Julia Dmitrieva, MPA RDMS RVT RDCS Sponsored by: Consensus Medical Systems, Inc. GE Healthcare D.E. Hokanson, Inc. MedStreaming Philips Healthcare Supersonic Imagine Unetixs Vascular
SVU GENERAL SESSION
9:15–9:45am	Quality vs. Efficiency: Is There a Balance We Can Live With? Keynote Speaker: George Berdejo, BA RVT FSVU
9:45–10:45am	SVU Town Hall Meeting: State of the Society SVU President Debbie Pirt, RVT FSVU SVU Executive Director Steve Haracznak, BA Hot Topic: Appropriate Indications for Vascular Studies - David Parlato, BA RVT FSVU Announcement of 2012 SVU Fellows - David Parlato, Chair, Fellows Subcommittee
10:45–11:15am	Break/Exhibit Hall
11:15am–12:30pm	Alex Chao, MD, Young Investigator Scientific Presentations Moderator: R. Eugene Zierler, MD Quantifying Flow Volumes in AV Access with Steal: A Predictor? - Charudatta Bavare, MD MPH Is Contrast Ultrasound the Endograft Imaging Modality of the Future? - Rayshelle G. Finch Accuracy of Duplex Ultrasound to Evaluate Renal Malperfusion Syndromes and late Renal Outcomes on Aortic Dissection - Timothy K. Williams, MD Q&A Session Oral Clinical Presentations Moderator: R. Eugene Zierler, MD Virtual Guidance Ultrasound: A Tool to Obtain Diagnostic Ultrasound for Remote Environments - Timothy L. Caine Hydrostatic Pressure Augmentation for Noninvasive Pressure Measurements in Ischemic Limbs - Steven J. Knight, BSc RVT RDCS Duplex Ultrasound Findings in Intravenous Drug Users with Femoral Vein Injection - Watson B. Smith, BA RDMS RVT  Q&A Session
12:30–1:45pm	LUNCHEON OPTIONS Box Lunch in the Exhibit Hall  (Separate fee required on SVU Registration Form) OR Lunch with the Experts Sponsored by Unetixs Vascular (Separate fee required on SVU Registration Form) "Screening and Point of Care Examinations" Moderator: Michael Schwebler, MBA RVT FSVU Kathy Ziegler. AS RVT Speaker TBA OR Student/Recent Graduate Luncheon  (No fee for students, but sign up at SVU Registration Desk) Moderators: Stephanie Wilson, BS RDMS RVT and Tricia Turner, BS RDMS RVT Michelle Garcia, BS - Student Representative on the 2011 SVU Board Bonnie August, AAS RVT - Former Student Representative on the 2008 SVU Board Student Testimonials: "What is My Best Experience Thus Far" OR Lunch on your own
2:00–3:20pm	Student Breakout Session Sponsored by GE Healthcare Moderator: Kathy Ziegler, AS RVT Vascular Ultrasound Certification - Gwen Henderson - ARDMS - Aaron White, CAE - CCI Connecting with Externship Locations: Maximizing the Experience - Bonita “Bonnie” August, AAS RVT - Stephanie Wilson, BS RDMS RVT - Tricia Turner, BS RDMS RVT Job Interview Skills  - LeAnn Maupin, MEd RTR RVT FASA FSVU Meet and Greet the Experts
2:00–3:00pm	Job Related Stress: Tell Me Where It Hurts Moderator: Debbie Pirt, RVT FSVU Working with You is Killing Me! (GI Distress) - George Berdejo, BA RVT FSVU Healthcare Environment Pressure (Dizziness & Syncope) - Rita Shugart, RN RVT FSVU and Gina Witt, AS RDMS RVT RPhS Business of Our Business: How to Expand! (Headache & Chest Pain) - JP Hughes, RVT RCVT RVS FSVU The ICAVL Itch - Marge Hutchisson, RVT RDCS
3:00–3:20pm	SVU AC Awards Presentations Awards Subcommittee
(SVU attendees move to the SVS meeting room)
3:30–5:00pm	SVS/SVU Joint Session on Hemodialysis Access Moderators: SVS: Alan Dietzek, MD SVU: Gail Sandager-Hadley, RN RVT FSVU Protocol Excellence in Pre-Operative Access Mapping - Kelly Byrnes, BS RVT Case Examples: Duplex Findings that Influence Access Choice - Virginia Makeham, RVT How to Decide on the Best Access for a Patient: Is Compliance with K/DOQI Guidelines Always Best? - Eric Peden, MD How to Determine When an Access is Ready for Use and is Ongoing Surveillance Worth the Cost? - Cliff Sales, MD Access Related Complications - Larry Scher, MD What’s New in Hemodialysis Access and What’s on the Horizon - George Meier, MD Q&A Session – All Presenters
7:00–11:00pm	SVU 35th Anniversary Annual Conference Celebration Reception Gaylord National Hotel, Cherry Blossom Ballroom Host: Judy Fried, Chair, SVU 35th Anniversary Committee

Kristen and myself can't wait to see everyone! It's going to be a blast : )