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Sonographers Make Their Way to Music City
for the 2009 SDMS Annual Conference
No matter how many SDMS annual conferences
Mary Whitsett RT(R), RDMS, RVT, of Northampton,
PA, attends, she always leaves having learned
something new.
This year it was a trick from Frank Miele, MSEE,
president of Pegasus Lectures of Forney, Texas,
on how to choose the students who are most
likely to succeed in the sonography program
at the community college where Whitsett is
an adjunct professor. The program is highly
competitive and choosing from among the many
qualified applicants is always difficult, Whitsett
said.
“He suggested a way of testing the students on
problem-solving and spatial resolution,” Whitsett
said. “He explained that they don’t have to tell
you an answer. What’s more important is how
they react to the problem – to see if they’re able
to think on their feet as they would [have to] as a
sonographer.”
The annual conference held at the 3,000-room
Gaylord Opryland Resort and Convention Center
in Nashville Oct. 15-18 had something to offer
not only seasoned professionals like Whitsett, a
clinical ultrasound specialist at St. Luke’s Hospital
Frank Miele offers test taking strategies to Student Concalve attendees.
in Bethlehem, PA, but also student sonographers
like Brigham Turner of Springfield, OH.
Turner, too, was impressed with Miele, whose
sessions he attended during the Student
Conclave Thursday morning. “His last lecture on
test-taking was very informative,” said Turner,
who will graduate from Kettering College of
Medical Arts in Dayton this summer. Turner, who
has already passed the Sonography Principles
and Instrumentation Examination, picked up
several test-taking strategies that will be helpful
when he sits for his specialty registries, he said.
“He told us how to organize our time which is
important,” he said.
In this issue
cover story: Sonographers Make Their Way to Music City • 4 Like Mother, Like Daughter • 5 Letter From
the President • 6 Congratulations to 2009 Award Winners • 7 Credentialed Sonographer Workplace Recognition
Program • SDMS Product Spotlight • 8 Launch of NEW SDMS Foundation a Success! • 9 Call for Course and
Faculty Proposals • 10 Call for Nominations for SDMS 2010 Elections • Upcoming Webinars • 11 SDMS Fellow
Spotlight • 12 New Member Scan • SDMS Member Benefit Spotlight • 13 SDMS Welcomes New Members
Society of Diagnostic Medical Sonography www.sdms.org

Turner, who is also a nurse, also checked out the job
board to get an idea of what might be out there when
he’s ready to find a sonographer position.
The conference was about a five-hour drive for Turner,
who came with four classmates and all four of their
instructors.
While Turner’s trip was relatively short, Debbie Bruce-
Duncan, RT(D), RDMS, had to cross the Atlantic. She
is the only sonographer on the U.S. military base
in Vincenza, Italy, that is home to more than 3,000
soldiers and their families. Bruce-Duncan could
have taken courses and gotten her CMEs online, she
said, but attending the conference also allowed her
to catch up with fellow sonographers and to enjoy
herself. “It’s multi-purpose,” she said. “I get my CMEs
and I get refreshed.” As the only sonographer at her
post, she feels somewhat isolated at times and being
surrounded by sonographers at the conference is
comforting, she said.
By walking the Exhibit Hall between sessions, Bruce-
Duncan also had the opportunity to see what’s new
in the field. “I was very interested in seeing new
equipment because we are opening an enhanced
multi-million dollar health center for the soldiers
and their families next year and it will have all new
equipment,” she said.
This year’s conference was very well attended despite
a down economy by over 1,300 participants. Students,
sonographers and educators sat in on all or part of the
four days of sessions that were offered in four tracks:
abdominal, cardiac, OB/Gyn and vascular sonography.
Attendees came from all 50 states as well as Australia,
Bermuda, Canada, Guyana, South Korea and Trinidad
and Tobago. More than 60 exhibiting companies filled
the Ryman Exhibit Hall, showcasing their expertise,
products and services.
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Dawn Fessett, marketing manager for GE Healthcare
women’s health and specialty ultrasound, in
Wauwatosa, WI, said while many companies have
scaled back their marketing because of the recession,
she believed it critical for GE to attend the SDMS
annual conference. “This is our audience,” she said
looking around the Exhibit Hall during the Thursday
night grand opening party. “We can show the students,
our existing customers and potential customers who
are here our technology and its newest features. If they
have questions about the equipment, we can answer
it right here on the floor. It’s nice one-on-one time. We
have models and phantoms that they can use to try
out the new equipment, too.”
Erin P. Owen, RVT, RDMS, RDCS, senior manager of
general imaging ultrasound marketing for Toshiba
America Medical Systems Inc., based in Tustin, CA,
agreed that for vendors, the SDMS conference isn’t
necessarily “a conference to sell, but a conference
to touch our customers. You’ve got to be here,” she
added, “because when it comes to making purchasing
decisions, sonographers are going to give their input.”
Rich Schubert, product sales manager at Biodex
Medical Systems of Shirley, NY, said he came because
he wants feedback from the sonographers who use the
company’s ergonomically designed scanning tables.
“It’s a good way for us to know, ‘Are we doing the
right things?’ Who better than the ones who use it to
provide feedback? Over the years, we have changed
our designs from the direct feedback that we get from
sonographers.”
Michael Cyll, BA/BS, RDCS, RCT, CCRP, FASE, of
Scottsdale, AZ, came because he is about to add fetal
echo to his responsibilities at Scottsdale Healthcare,
“and I wanted to get exposure to it.” It was a whirlwind
trip for Cyll, who flew to Nashville from Rochester, MN,

where he had been attending the Mayo Conference
on Echocardiography in Pediatric and Adult Congenital
Heart Disease. “But I loved it,” he said, waiting for his
turn in the Exhibit Hall for a complimentary massage
provided by Cardiovascular Credentialing International
(CCI.) “I’ve been very impressed with the magnitude
and quality of it. The lectures have been outstanding
and the people have been very friendly.”
Grants from the SDMS Foundation made it possible
for a large number of students and sonographers to
attend this year’s conference; 130 grants of varying
amounts (with a total value of $50,000) were
awarded, it was announced at the awards dinner held
Friday night. One of the grant recipients was Danielle
Costello, who will graduate as a sonographer in May
from Fort Hays State University in Hays, KS. She had
been worried that the conference sessions would
be over her head, but quickly found that was not the
case. “The conference helped bring home many topics
that were hard for me to learn in class,” she said. “It
was like I had an ‘ah-ha’ moment during many of the
sessions I attended. The conference also opened my
eyes as to how many sonographers there are and
how important each and every one of us is. Everyone
was so kind and caring at the conference it was
unbelievable!”
After the awards dinner, many had a fun time at the
“Tennessee Two-Step,” which featured the live country
music of Layne Wrye, and a chance to see SDMS
board members and sonographers, students and their
instructors, having a grand time.
Patricia Williams, RDMS, of Cordova, TN, enjoyed
everything about the conference, especially Victoria
Labalme’s amusing and inspiring keynote address
titled “Crazy, Busy, Nuts: Getting off the Conveyor Belt
of Life.” “I thought the motivational speaker was just
awesome,” said Williams, who attends at least one
professional conference every year at her employer’s
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expense. If she can, she said, she chooses SDMS
because “it’s geared toward the sonographer and what
we do.” So, she added, she’s sure she will be back.
Victoria Labalme inspired attendees with her keynote address :Crazy, Busy, Nuts:
Getting off the Conveyor Bewlt of Life”
Labalme was followed
by Kevin Evans, PhD,
FSDMS, who delivered
the Stephen M.
McLaughlin Memorial
Lectureship. His
50-minute talk was
titled: “The Crisis of
Leadership: Relighting
the Volunteer Spirit.”
During his talk, Evans
emphasized the need
for sonographers to get
involved in their profession and SDMS just as, Stephen
McLaughlin, a past president who died of brain cancer
in 2005, had done during his luminary career as a
sonographer.
Many found the time between sessions to take in the
sights and sounds of Nashville, including the Grand
Ole Opry, the Ryman Auditorium, the “Mother Church
of Country Music,” and the Country Music Hall of
Fame.
Next year, the annual conference will be held at the
Hyatt Regency in Denver and the Colorado Convention
Center Oct. 14-17. Many who attended this year’s
conference in the Music City are already making plans
to be in the Mile-High City as well because they want
more of SDMS style hospitality and education.
Beth W. Orenstein is a writer for SDMS.
Kevin Evans, PhD, FSDMS receiving the
Stephen M. McLaughlin Lectureship Award

Like Mother, Like Daughter
Joy Guthrie, DHSc, RDMS, RDCS, RVT, RCS, RVS, ROUB and her daughter Allison
By Beth W. Orenstein
At the SDMS Annual Conference in Nashville,
attendees could spot not only SDMS president-elect
Joy Guthrie, DHSc, RDMS, RDCS, RVT, RCS, RVS,
ROUB, of Madera, California, but also her daughter,
Allison, of Fresno, who will graduate in December
2010 from the Merced College Diagnostic Medical
Sonography Program.
Allison had started California State University at Fresno
as a business major. Two years in, after going to work
with her mother a few times, she decided she wanted
to pursue a career in sonography.
When they went to work together, Joy, lead
sonographer for Children’s Hospital Central California
in Madera, had explained to Allison what she was
seeing. Allison was impressed and, one day, which
to Joy seemed to be out-of-the-blue, told her mother
of her change in career plans. “My mom asked many
times if I was sure that this is what I wanted to do and
each time I replied ‘yes,’’’ Allison recalls.
Joy is thrilled with her daughter’s decision. “I think it’s
a great field for any young person. It provides a sound
career and advancement opportunities,” says Joy, who
completed her doctorate in health sciences in 2006.
“And it’s always changing.”
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Joy is quite proud of her daughter. “Allison has made
a remarkable effort to put herself in the position of
being accepted into the program. She has found her
passion. I sit in awe of her spirit, her drive, and her
commitment at such a young age,” Mom says. “The
first time I held her hand to position it on a patient
correctly tears came to my eyes. Tears of joy… to be
able to share this journey with her. I’m very proud.”
To be accepted at the sonography program at Merced,
Allison needed a bachelor’s degree. So she stepped
up her studies continuing at Fresno and enrolling in
the University of Phoenix, where 16-week courses
are concentrated into five weeks. “Doubling up with
my classes, I quickly graduated with a bachelor’s
degree in business management. This allowed me to
be accepted into the Sonography Program at Merced
College and begin my studies in June,” Allison says.
Joy is not only mom but instructor for Allison. “She
tells me I ruin her life every month because my tests
are so hard,” Joy says with a laugh.
Allison’s version of the story is different: “One night,
I was sitting in bed studying for an exam I had the
next day, I was somewhat confused on what exactly
the test was going to cover. So, I sent my mom a
text message asking her what exactly we needed
to study,” Allison says. “Her response was ‘Study it
all.’ I responded with: ‘You ruin my life,’ to which she
replied. ‘I love you too!’”
Allison says that she and her mom are constantly
joking around with each other, “which makes for a
great mother-daughter relationship and also lightens
up the mood when things get a little stressful with
school.”
Allison says she could ask for no better teacher. “She
is a great teacher,” she says. “Many have said, ‘the
best teacher I could ever have,’ and that is certainly
true. I feel honored to have her as my teacher. One
thing I would like everyone to know is that my mom
has not only been successful as a teacher, in her
career, and in the SDMS, but she has also managed
to be 100% successful in being an amazing mom to
my brothers and me.”

Letter From the President
By Charlotte Henningsen, MS, RT(R), RDMS, RVT, FSDMS
SDMS President’s Transition:
Continuing Commitment to
Membership Support
During the recent SDMS Annual Conference in
Nashville, Tennessee, I had the privilege of being
sworn into office as the new SDMS President. My term
of office will last through October of 2011. As I assume
the responsibilities of serving as the SDMS President
for the Society, I must first say thank you to the
members, for providing me this opportunity to serve. It
is a humbling experience, but one that I intend to fulfill
to the best of my abilities. I must also acknowledge
the work and commitment of those who came before
me and who have been my mentors, especially our
Immediate Past-President, Shannon Boswell, who did
an outstanding job of guiding the association through
challenging times. The recessionary economy has
created challenges for us all, and the association is not
immune from those pressures. The SDMS membership
has my commitment that I will work to ensure that
the association remains a viable, well-managed
organization responsive to its members needs.
Despite a significant downward trend in participation in
national meetings, the 2009 SDMS Annual Conference
at the Gaylord Opryland was another success.
Attracting over 1,300 participants, the conference
provided excellent speakers and professional
luminaries in all of the sonography specialty areas
including: OB/GYN, Abdominal, Vascular sonography,
and Cardiac sonography. Additionally, the Educators’
Tutorial and the Student Conclave, both held the day
before the conference started, drew record numbers.
The anecdotal comments from participants on-site
were overwhelmingly positive. Comments I heard
personally during the conference reflected the esteem
in which the SDMS Annual Conference is held by
the membership and the professional community.
Attendees told me that they thought, “this was the
strongest meeting yet,” and “I have learned so much
that I can take back to my workplace.”
If you have not had the opportunity to participate in an
SDMS Annual Conference, I would strongly encourage
you to plan on attending next year’s meeting in
Denver, Colorado. The meeting will be hosted at the
Hyatt Regency Denver and the Colorado Convention
Center October 14-17, 2010. This is one of the most
picturesque times of
the year to come to
the “Mile High City.”
Make your plans to be
with us in Denver now,
and I hope to see you
there.
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Things that you can
expect to see during
my term of office will
all be referenced back
to the association’s
Strategic Plan. The
Strategic Plan, accessible on the SDMS website at:
www.sdms.org/members/plan.asp, provides the
framework for our decision making. I encourage all
SDMS members to familiarize themselves with the
Society’s Strategic Plan and provide feedback on how
you feel your elected leaders are doing in meeting our
stated goals and objectives. To encourage feedback
from the membership, I have started an SDMS
President’s Blog accessible at: www.sdms.org/blog,
and also maintain a President’s Forum on the SDMS
Discussion Forums at: www.sdms.org/members/
forums.
Specific activities that the membership will see
throughout my term of office, many a continuation of
work efforts started months or even years ago, include:
•
Support for establishing mandatory certification
standards for sonography
• Expand free CME activities in all sonography
specialty areas
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Ensure that state-based licensure activities
targeted at medical imaging, and including
sonographers, are focused appropriately
Provide continued support for musculoskeletal
injury prevention for the sonographer population
Continue collaborating with other professional
organizations to support our members’ interests
Increase support for the SDMS Foundation to
ensure that members-in-need have a place to go to
for financial assistance
I look forward to maintaining the successful track
record that SDMS is noted for, and expanding the
services and benefits that SDMS members may access
through YOUR Professional Society.

Congratulations
to the 2009 SDMS
Award Winners!
The following awards and competitions winners
were honored at the 2009 SDMS Awards Dinner
during the 2009 SDMS Annual Conference in
Nashville, TN.
Stephen McLaughlin Memorial
Lectureship
2009 Presenter:
Kevin D. Evans, PhD, RT(R)(M)(BD), RDMS,
RVS, FSDMS
The Crisis of Leadership: Relighting the
Volunteer Spirit
W. Frederick Sample Student
Excellence Award
Original Research Category
1st Place: Alison Freeberg
False Positive Outcomes of Standard
Morphological Imaging Predictors of Fetal Aortic
Coarctation
2nd Place: Erika Hutson
An Examination as to the Usefulness of
Tourniquet Application When Mapping Upper
Extremity Veins for Hemodialysis Assess
Literature Review Category
1st Place: Bailey Nelson
Fetal Intra-abdominal Umbilical Vein Varix: A
Review of the Literature
2nd Place: Tess Mansour
Ultrasound Microbubble Contrast and Liver
Applications: A Literature Review
Kenneth R. Gottesfeld Award
1st Place:
Kevin D. Evans, PhD, RT(R)(M)(BD), RDMS,
RVS, FSDMS
Yvette Ramos, RDMS, RVT
Image Segmentation for Evaluating Axillary
Lymph Nodes
2nd Place:
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Ted Scott, MAppSc, RDMS, RDCS, RVT
Jaime Huff, RDCS
Judy Jones, BSc, RDMS, RDCS
Increasing the Detection Rate of Normal Fetal
Cardiac Structures: A Real-Time Approach
3rd Place:
Lisa Smith, RDMS
Andrea Perron, RDMS
Angela Persico, RDMS
Enhancing Image Quality Using Advanced Signal
Processing Techniques
Scientific Presentation Competition
1st Place: Eun Jung Park, RN, RDMS
First-Trimester Ultrasound Screening For Fetal
Aneuploidy in Twin Pregnancy
Poster Competition Winners
Student Poster Competition
1st Place: Kathryn Zale
Utilizing Power Doppler to Detect Arteriole Blood
Flow in the Nerve and Muscle of a Subject
Ohio State University Allied Medical Professions
2nd Place: Class of 2010
Achy Breaky Heart
Vanderbilt University Medical Center Diagnostic
Medical Sonography Program
3rd Place: Jean Wright and Karen Brown
What’s Holding You Back? Rendering the
Perceptions of 3D/4D Sonography
Kettering College of Medical Arts Sonography
Program
Sonographer Poster Competition
1st Place: Susan Gomien, RDMS
Echocardiographic Findings in Fetuses with
Vascular Lesions or Malformations
2nd Place: Regina Keller, RDMS, RDCS, RVT
Comparison of Ventricular Cardiac Output in
Fetuses with Coarctation
3rd Place: Christine Schulte, RDCS
The Preeminent Role of Echocardiography in
Kawasaki Disease

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Credentialed Sonographer
Workplace Recognition Program
The Society of Diagnostic Medical Sonography
(SDMS) believes all sonographers should be
credentialed. SDMS created the ‘Credentialed
Sonographer Workplace’ recognition program
to show our appreciation to employers who only
employ credentialed sonographers.
If your employer requires you and your colleagues
to be credentialed, SDMS would like to officially
thank and recognize your employer for hiring and
supporting only credentialed sonographers.
For more information on the Credentialed
Sonographer Workplace Recognition Program, visit:
http://www.sdms.org/membership/workplace.asp

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Launch of NEW SDMS Foundation a Success!
The new Society of Diagnostic Medical Sonography
(SDMS) Foundation was officially debuted at the
2009 SDMS Annual Conference in Nashville, TN on
October 15.
This year the SDMS Foundation awarded $50,000
in annual conference grants to sonographer and
student SDMS members. Over 130 grant recipients
were able to attend the 2009 SDMS Annual
Conference because of the new SDMS Foundation’s
financial support.
Tammy Stearns, BS, RT(R),
RDMS, RVT
The SDMS Foundation also
honored its first sonographer
scholarship recipient, Tammy
Stearns, BS, RT(R), RDMS,
RVT of Springfield, MO at the
SDMS/SDMS Foundation
Awards Ceremony & Dinner. The
student scholarship recipient,
Judene Manger from Islip,
NY was not able to attend the
ceremony.
Tammy, Judene, and the Annual Conference grant
recipients were not the only ones who benefitted from
the SDMS Foundation at the conference. The SDMS
Foundation also gave away a Kindle® DX, iPod® Touch,
two $100 American Express® gift cards and three
INSTANT WIN prizes to seven lucky winners in the
SDMS Exhibit Hall.
Attendees who visited the SDMS Foundation booth
to learn more about the new Foundation and its
programs were able to spin the BIG SDMS prize wheel.
SDMS Foundation President Shannon Boswell and $100 American Express
gift card winner Wendy Storm.
SDMS Foundation Prize Wheel Winners
Kerri Trumps $100 American Express
gift card
Wendy Storm $100 American Express
gift card
Pamela Rhodes iPod® Touch
Kelsey Colbert Kindle® DX
The SDMS Foundation would like to thank Biodex
for providing one of the $100 American Express® gift
cards and Felicia Toreno, PhD, RDMS, RDCS, RVT for
providing the three Instant Win prizes. Thank you for
your support.
You can learn more about the new SDMS Foundation and its 2010 Grant and Scholarship Program at:
http://www.sdmsfoundation.org/Programs.aspx

2010 SDMS Annual Conference
Call for Course and
Faculty Proposals
PROPOSALS DUE BY NOVEMBER 30, 2009
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The SDMS Conference Management Committee (CMC) will begin planning the 2010 SDMS Annual Conference
in the next couple of months. To assist the CMC in its continuing efforts to provide a conference that meets your
needs and exceeds your expectations, you are encouraged to submit course and faculty proposals for the 2010
SDMS Annual Conference in Denver, CO. All proposals will be considered by the CMC during the 2010 SDMS
Annual Conference planning meetings.
Course proposals should contain
the following:
• Course Title
• Course Learning Objectives
• Brief Course Description
• Suggested Length
• Suggested Format (lecture, case
presentation, etc.)
• Suggested Faculty Names and Contact
Information
The CMC reviews all proposals and may:
• Accept the proposal as submitted
• Accept the proposal as submitted but choose a
different speaker to present the course
• Modify the proposal
• Not select the proposed course
The CMC will consider many factors when
reviewing the proposals. For example:
• Needs assessment data
• Appropriateness of the course
• Attendees’ evaluation of previous courses and
faculty
• Number of courses allotted in each educational
track
• Availability of faculty in geographic proximity to
the 2010 SDMS Annual Conference in Denver
• Ability of faculty to present several courses
• Budgetary restraints or concerns
By January 31, 2010, you can expect a letter
from the CMC regarding the action taken on
your proposal(s). The CMC will carefully consider
each submitted proposal. It is important to
understand that the faculty you recommend will not
automatically be chosen if your course proposal is
accepted. However, if the CMC selects the faculty
you recommend, that person will be contacted by
one of the committee members with an invitation to
present the course.
To submit a proposal:
Please email your proposal to meetings@sdms.org
or mail it to:
SDMS
Attn: Meetings
2745 N Dallas Pkwy Ste 350
Plano, TX 75093-8730
2010 SDMS Annual Conference
Hyatt Regency Denver/Colorado Convention Center, Denver, CO
October 14–17, 2010

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Call for Nominations for 2010 Elected Positions
DEADLINE:
February 12, 2010
SDMS members may
submit their nominations
for the elected positions
listed, as well as nominate
a SDMS member for
Fellow status at:
http://www.sdms.org/members/nominateform.asp
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SDMS Board of Directors:
Sonographers, There’s Finally A Solution
for Neck and Shoulder Pain!
Date: Thursday, November 5, 2009
Time: 8:00 pm (Eastern); 7:00 pm (Central);
6:00 pm (Mountain); 5:00 pm (Pacific)
CME Credits: 1.0 SDMS CME Credit (OT)
FEATURED SPEAKERS:
Joan Baker, MSR, RDMS, RDCS, FSDMS and
Carolyn Coffin, MPH, RT(R), RDMS, RVT, RDCS, FSDMS
Neurosonography
Date: Thursday, December 10, 2009
Time: 8:00 pm (Eastern); 7:00 pm (Central);
6:00 pm (Mountain); 5:00 pm (Pacific)
CME Credits: 1.0 SDMS CME Credit (NE)
FEATURED SPEAKER:
Charlotte Henningsen, MS, RT, RDMS, RVT, FSDMS
http://www.sdms.org/members/webinars.asp
• At Large Director (3 open positions)
• At Large Director (international)
SDMS Committee Positions:
• Nominating Committee Member
(3 positions open)
• Finance Committee Member
(1 position open)

SDMS Fellow
Spotlight
Jeanette Burlbaw, BS,
RDMS, FSDMS
Year awarded fellow
status: 1999
Current position: Perinatal
Sonographer, Owner, Prenatal
Imaging Centers, LLC,
Kansas City, MO
What inspired you to make a career of
sonography?
I casually wandered into this great profession of
sonography in 1974. I graduated from college,
returned from the Peace Corps and the recession
of 1971 was still having an impact. I discovered
the allied health field. I was a very old radiologic
technology student at the time, 24. My sonography
mentor, Belinda Prilliman-Ferguson, was one of
the few people close to my age. I spent as much
time as I could in the sono room. Her company
and the exams she did kept me interested in this
free two-year training I had discovered. From the
moment she taught me how to write my name in
the air with a single transducer, I was hooked. She
did everything – adult echo to ob/gyn. Because
of my interest and Belinda’s great teaching skills I
became her backup as an X-ray student. I was hired
after graduation to work with her. In 1981, Howard
Grundy, the new perinatologist in town, came to
the hospital where I was working to do a consult.
I imaged the patient and we talked. I was one of a
few sonographers in Kansas City with the ARDMS
credential. Dr. Grundy knew 25 years ago that a
sonographer should hold the ARDMS credential. He
asked me to consider working with him at St. Luke’s
Hospital in the new department he was creating.
Today I have my own office, Prenatal Imaging Center,
LLC. Dr. Grundy was one of the many people
that I discussed my new concept with when I created
my office. Being independent allows me to offer
quality diagnostic ob/gyn exams that the uninsured
and underinsured can afford. I schedule plenty of
time for each appointment to ensure the patient
is allowed to see her baby and all questions are
answered. I don’t enjoy rushing or accomplishing
the maximum amount of exams anymore. I found
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This is a continuing series of interviews of
our distinguished SDMS Fellow members.
that after 30 years I still love the modality but it’s the
patients I find fascinating. As in other diagnostic offices,
I offer the non-diagnostic 3D exam. I volunteer
this service to a home for pregnant homeless teens
and the Kansas City perinatal hospice. The opportunity
to give of my skills and time is important to me.
What important changes have you seen in the
profession?
I took my first ARDMS exam in 1978. I waited eight
months to get my results from the written portion; it
was manually graded, before I was allowed to take
the oral portion. I sat with a physician and reviewed
films, and then I sat with a sonographer and
critiqued films for the quality and technique. I laugh
just thinking about my quaking body and how kind
the physician was and how tough the sonographer
was. The exam now gives you instant results. It is
truly objective and is now international.
Did you have a memorable role model/teacher?
Who was it?
Dr. Grundy taught me the joy of this dynamic field. He
encouraged me to publish my interesting case studies
and to participate in my professional organization.
Each day was fun and interesting. In 1984, I became
local program chair for the AIUM/SDMS meeting
to be held in Kansas City. This was an introduction
to some remarkable sonographers and the SDMS.
Marveen Craig was the executive director and was in
all the meetings with me. She was the most incredible
advocate. Just watching her was an education
in strength and independent thought. I served on
both the SDMS and ARDMS boards with outstanding
sonographers. The discussions were energetic and
lively but we all had a passion for the profession so
our thoughts and concerns had great energy.
What advice would you give to students/ future
sonographers?
I encourage sonographers to volunteer, communicate
with your elected board about your concerns
and offer your creative thought. Be a dynamic part
of the sonography profession. You will always receive
more than you give. Also, educating the public
as to whom we are and how important it is that the
transducer is held by an ARDMS sonographer is the
most important task we still face.

New Member
SCAN
In this issue of the SDMS
News Wave, we are
highlighting Lois Hubbell,
RT(R)(M), RDMS, RVT
from Dodge CIty, KS. Lois
is multi-credentialed and
married with two children,
both of which are currently
in college.
Lois Hubbell has been a
registered sonographer with the American Registry
for Diagnostic Medical Sonography (ARDMS) since
1996. Before she became a sonographer, Lois
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worked as a registered Radiologic Technologist for
13 years. Since 2000, Lois has been employed with
C&F Imaging located in Dodge City, Kansas as a
mobile sonographer. She provides services to local
and rural hospitals and clinics.
When we asked what inspired Lois to choose a
career in sonography? She answered, “no one
thing inspired me.” It was just a natural progression
in the field of Diagnostic Imaging.” She started
performing sonography early in her professional
career and has always loved doing it.
Lois joined SDMS in August of this year. We
asked what attracted her to SDMS? Lois replied, “I
knows the SDMS is a highly respected professional
organization and I can utilize the benefits provided,
especially the free continuing medical education
(CME) opportunities and the SDMS CME Tracker.”
At the end of the interview, Lois stated that she is
very satisfied with the value SDMS places on their
members and the benefits offered.
SDMS Member Benefit Spotlight:
ARDMS Audit Process and the
SDMS CME Tracker
The American Registry
for Diagnostic Medical
Sonography (ARDMS) has
recently sent out CME
‘audit’ letters to randomly
selected Registrants. The
audit letter states the
Registrant must provide
evidence of their completed
30 CME credits if audited.
BUT members of SDMS don’t have to worry about
reporting any completed SDMS CME credit to
ARDMS. As a benefit of SDMS membership, SDMS
automatically transfers all completed SDMS CME
credits into your personal ARDMS transcript through
the SDMS CME Tracker.
To view additional information about the SDMS CME
Tracker on the SDMS website visit:
http://www.sdms.org/membership/cmetracker.asp
For more information on the ARDMS Audit Process,
visit:
http://www.ardms.org/default.asp?contentID=181
You can also contact the SDMS Membership
Department at membership@sdms.org for any
questions.
Note: SDMS members do not need to register for the
SDMS CME Tracker program (but you must provide
your ARDMS registry number).
SDMS Membership Number Reminder
Forgotten your SDMS Membership number?
Visit http://www.sdms.org/members/remindme.asp, complete the form, and
your membership number will be sent to you via email.

Zufan Abera
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SDMS Welcomes New Members
September 2009
Asmik Abraamyan
Jessica Abraham
Abreham Adane
Juanito Alanes, RT(R), RDMS, RVT
Alicia Albright
Natalie Allio, BS, RDMS
Melissa Anderson, RT(R), RDMS
Irina Angorina, RDMS
Kellie Arce, RDMS
Connie Arline, RT(R), RDMS
Dominic Arman, BS, RDMS, RDCS,
RVT
Shelly Arora, RT(R), RDMS
Danicia Asberry, RT(R)
Marina Ashqar
Audra Atherton, RDMS, RDCS
Lisa Baker, RT(R)(M), RDMS
Kimberly Balsley, RDCS, RVT
Sharon Balzarini, RDMS, RVT
Marlyn Banks, RDMS
Marcos Barajas, RDCS
Michelle Barbee
Heather Barger
Veronica Barron, RDMS
Lanie Barry, RDMS
Julie Bartlett, RT(R)
Leah Bates
Katherine Bauch
Stacy Bean
Krystle Benetz
Anthony Benevento
Linda Bielicka, RDMS
Penni Blackburn, RDCS
Krystle Blalock
Jonathan Blaza, MD, RDMS, RDCS,
RVT
Susan Boal, RDMS
Serena Boaz, RDMS, RVT
Alison Boerner, RDMS
Connie Boutwell, RDMS
Sandra Boyles
Winston Bradshaw, RDMS, RDCS
Erin Branham, RDCS
Steven Brown, RDCS, RVT
Crystal Brown, RN, RDMS
Betsey Brown, RT(R)
Dina Brown
Jenifer Brown
Beverly Bruner, RT(R), RDMS
Michele Bryant
Natalie Bullard
Robert Bulos, RDMS
Laurinda Burrell, RN
Melissa Burroughs, RT(R)(S), RDMS
Melissa Busalacchi, CNA
Craig Buslee
Lacie Butner
Jessica Camacho
April Cameron
Connie Campbell, RDMS, RVT
Robert Carter
Sarah Carter
Lynne Caswell
Jennifer Cater
Katy Caylor
Tonya Cazzell
Lauren Cecconi, BS, RDMS
Marcia Chavez, RT(R), RDMS
Hazel Chavez
Hao Hui Chen, BS, RVT
Amtul Chodhry, RDMS
Kelley Cimo, RDCS
Adele Clairmont, RT(R)
Penelope Cloud, RDMS, RVS
Cirona Commander, RT(R), RDMS
Kayla Conley, RT(R)
Thomas Corney
Anna Maria Cortez, RDMS
Kevin Cosgrove, RCS
Redonna Cox, RT(R), RDMS
Brenda Crain, RT(R)(M)(CT),
RDMS
Cynthia Crawford, BS, RDMS
Karen Crowley, RT(R)
Maria Cruz
Mai Cuatok
Raylene Cumpsten, RT(R)
Brian Curry, RVS
Alexandra Czaplicki
Beatriz D’Amico, RDMS
Kimberly Davenport, RT(R)
Cynthia David, RDMS
Elvira Davis-Viloria, RDMS, RDCS,
RVT
Ashlea Deal, RT(R)
Elsie Deleon, RT(R), RDMS
Nanette Denis, RT(T), RDMS,
CRGS
Donna Dennis, RT(R), RDMS
Nancy DePalma, RDMS
Hannah Derrick
Olivera Djekic
Angela Dodson
Olga Domanko
Teresa Doritty, RDMS, RVT
Nancy Dorsey, RDMS, RDCS, RVT
Suzanne Dowers, BS, RVT
Whitney Downie
Jennifer Draht, RT(R)
Jackie Drewry
Jackie Drews, RT(R)
Kym Duea
Lori Dumas, RT(R), RDMS
Shari Dupuis, RDCS
Erin Duthu, RDMS, RVT
Timothy Eden
Lee Eilerts, RDMS, RDCS, RVT
Amber Eisenmenger
Darlene Emerson, RCS, RVS
Brooke Engen
Charlotte English, RT(R), RVT
Stacey Esch
Diana Escobar-Cabrera
Carol Feely
Gordon Fierman
Wladyslawa Fit
Janice Flowers, RT(R), RDMS
Tonya Floyd, RCS
Ann Marie Fouquette
Kimberly Francis, BS, RT(R)(M), RDMS
Cynthia Francisco, RVT
Diane Franklin, RDMS
Tita Fromkes, RDMS
Kristin Gadre, RT(R)
Ann Dolores Galarza
Brenda Galluzzo, RDMS
Beth Gamber, RT(R), RDMS
Carl Gaona, BS, RDMS, RVT, RCS
Terri Gatewood, RT(R), RDMS
Amanda George
Brenda Gessner, RDMS
Donna Gibson
Kristy Gilbert, RDMS
Kimberly Gillett, RT(R)
M Giselle Gonzalez Cevini, RDMS
Kimberly Gregory
Tina Grinde, RDMS
Rebecca Grobes
Donella Grubb, RT(R)
Arvydas Gudonavicius, RDMS
Susana Gutman, RDMS, RDCS
Hamidah Ha, BS
Jennifer Hall, RCS

Khury Hall, RDCS
Sharmilla Hall
Abigail Hallgren, RDMS
Naheed Haneef, RDCS
Linda Hanson, RT(R), RDMS
Jennifer Harding, RDMS
Maria Harlukowicz, BS, RDMS
Maegan Harrell, RT(R)
Mary Harris, RT(R)(M), RDMS
Asra Haseeb, RDCS
Ramon Hazell
Jordan Heinen, RT(R)
Lori Hellermann
Sara Hemphill
Heather Henderson, RT(R)
Laura Henline
Keneshia Henry
Nora Herrera, RDMS
Natalie Herrera
Matthew Herz
Sara Hill
Jaclyn Hill
Nancy Hoffman, RN, RDMS
Kristin Holasck
Sandra Holley
Maxine Holmes, RDMS
Cassie Holtkamp
Michelle Huddleston, RDMS, RVT
Rebecca Hughes
Jason Hukill, RDMS
Kerry Hunt-Tarquinio, RDMS, RDCS,
RVT
Christopher Irvine, BA
Mary Jackson, RVT
Jersey Jacob
Jeanice Janke, RT(R)(M), RDMS
Bryn Jensen
Pacience Jones, RDMS
April Jones, RT(R)
Tammy Jones, RT(R), RDMS
Heidi Kari, RDMS, RVT
Mary Karsnak, MS, RT(R)
Manmeet Kaur, RDMS, RVT
Barbara Keeney
Nancy Kennicott, RDMS
Kelly Kester, RT(R), RDMS, RVT
Nafiysa Khabir, BS, RVT
Renice King
Anna Klancnik, RDMS
Elizabeth Kline, RDMS
Melissa Klingbeil
Robyn Knox, RDMS
Darla Kolb, RDMS
Marci Konrad, RT(R)(M)
Natalie Koontz
Brian Kopatich, RT(R)
Crystal Koski
Ellen Kravitz, RDMS
Eileen Karen Krechman, RT(T), RDMS
Kelly Kucera
Sunny Kuchauskas-Navarro, RDMS
Julie Kuntz, BS, RT(R)
Heather Landers-Saltz, BS
Judy Lane, RN
Leah Lauterbach
Danielle Lazarakis, RDMS
Tobie Ledford
Elizabeth Ledogar
Joanne Lewis
Andrea Lockhart, RDMS
Scott Logan, MD
Susan Lohr, RDMS
Catherine Long, RT(R), RDMS
Maria Longsworth, RT(R)
Julie Lonjak
Roxanne Lopez
Misty Losch, RT(R)
Angela Lovell, RT(R)
Danielle Lovett
Sheri Low
Adrienne Lowe, RT(R)
Pauline Mac, BS
Andrea Mackey, RVT
Mandy Mackie, RT(R)
Kevin Major, MD, RPVI
Sarah Marion, RT(R)(M), RDMS,
RVT
Nichole Markham, BS, RT(R), RDMS,
RVT
Kathleen Marks, RT(R), RDMS
Shari Lynn Marsh, RDMS, RDCS,
RVT
Angel Marshall
Evalene Martin, BA, RDMS, RDCS
Kimberly Martin, BS
Tracy Martin
Ann Martinec
Vanessa Martinez
Sherry Martinko
Lyubov Massina, RDCS
Rebecca Mayes, RT(R)
Ashden Mayfield
Alycia McDaniel
Patricia McGaughey, RDMS
Melissa McKirdie
Nicole McMartin
Karina Mecozzi, RDMS, RVT
Chin Mee Fong, RDCS
Melton Megan
Audra Mejias
Bridgette Mendenhall, BS, RT(R),
RDMS
Emely Menendez
Jacqueline Merritt, RT(R), RDMS
April Messner
Whitney Meyer, RDCS
Pati Meyer, RDMS, RVT
Amy Mitro, BS, RDMS
Denise Montes de Oca, RDMS
Charles Moore
Barbara Morris
Erin Morris
Carol Morrissey, RDMS
Shely Mota, RDMS
Aimee Mouton, RT(R)
Sarah Muhlbauer
Jane Mulet, RT(R)
Angela Mullins, RT(R)(M)(S), RDMS
Amy Murphy, RDMS, RVT
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Courtney Murphy
Memory Muscha, RT(R), RDMS
Katrina Myers, RDMS, RVT
Ewa Myslinska, RT(R)
Darima Nemanova
Jill Neumeyer, RT(R), RDMS
Jeannie Mai Nguyen
Jennifer Nicholas
Jennifer Nicholson, RT(R)
Susan Nickelsen
Maria Nickerson, RDCS
Katie Niebrugge, RT(R)
Jean Nolte, RDCS
Kenneth Noltensmeyer, RT(R), RDMS,
RDCS, RVT
Sheri Norris, RT(R), RDMS, RDCS, RVT
Julie O’Beirne, BS, RDMS
Irina Ocher
Patricia Oliveri, RDMS
Marcee Olschewske, RT(R), RDMS
Rebecca O’Neill, RVT
Celena Ossi, RDMS, RVT
Elizabeth Otovic, BS, RDMS, RVT
Abidah Ottley
Carolyn Overbeeke, RT(R), RDMS
Doris Ozaeta
Chae Hwa Pak
Sowntharyah Pararajasingham
Audra Parks
Lachovia Parrish, RVT
Darnella Patterson
Dennis Paul, RDMS, RDCS
Felicia Pellitteri
Odette Perez, RT(R)(M), RDMS
Mary Perez, RT(R), RDMS
Jeannette Petrecca, RT(R), RDMS
Dana Piedmont, RDMS
Wendy Pietrzak
Sanela Pjetrovic
Julie Pope, RDCS, CPT
Whitney Posten
Timeka Powell, BS, RDMS
Christopher Powell

Eric Preuss
Catherine Priestap, RT(R), RDMS
Richard Prindle
Emily Proffitt
Alice Quinn, BS, RT(R)(M), RDMS, RVT
Holly Rahman, RT(R), RDMS
Tracy Ralston
Carolyn Ramsey
Maegan Rasmussen
Rajendra Rastogi, RDMS, RDCS, RVT
Lori Ready, RDMS
Kendra Redick
Jacqueline Reed, RT(R)
Ronald Reed, RT(R)
Heather Reed
Bailey Reedy
Kelly Regan
Seresa Reyes
Mariel Reyes
Wendy Richman
Kim Riddle
Xiomara Rivera
Dawn Rivers
Amy Roberts
Sue Romelhardt, RN, RDCS
Leigh Rouse, RDMS, RVT
Kymberly Rudberg, RDMS
Jessica Rudnick
Jessica Sailors, RT(R)
Debra Saldana
Dana Salim, RDCS
Brianna Salinas
Bruce Sanders, RT(R), RDMS, RVT
Maya Sanders
Kelly Sands
Aritz Santana-Tejerino
Bradley Santora, RDMS
Rebekah Saunders
Jennifer Sawmiller, RDMS
Ashley Schultz, RT(R)
Patrice Schurig, RCS
Laurie Seabolt
Jeanette Seibert, RDMS
Kyle Shaffer, RDMS, RVT
Rebekah Shamburger, RDMS, RVT
Lisa Sharpe, BS, RDCS
D Beth Shearer, RT(R)(M), RDMS,
RVT
Christopher Shen, RDMS, RDCS,
RVT
Kathy Shenk, RDCS
Melissa Shepard, RT(R)
Shannon Shovlin
Ann Sickler
Lynn Silberman, RT(R), RDMS
Maya Skoczylas
Margaret Slage, BS, RDMS, RDCS,
RVT
Lori Slodic, RDMS, RVT
Lauren Smith, BS
Beverly Smith, RDCS
Carla Smith, RDCS
Laura Smith, RT(R)
Leslie Smith
Joanna Sneddon, RT(R), RDMS
Ashley Spencer, RT(R)
Randy Spielvogel, RDMS, RVT,
CNMT
Mihaela Spier, RDMS
Donna St Clair, BS, RT(R)(M),
RDMS
Mary Stadel, RT(R), RDMS
Kimberly Stapp
Linda Stark, RDMS
Jessica Stevenson, RT(R), RDMS,
RVT
Dixie Stierna, RT(R), RDMS, RDCS,
RVT
Kristine Stolt, RDMS
Julie Stoltz-Lovley, RDMS
Mallori Stoner, RT(R)
Charlene Stricsek
Shannon Surface-Goins
Michelle Swift
Myra Swisher, RT(R), RDMS
Brandi Tackett
Arnie Teppo, RDCS, CPT
Shelly Thrasher
Hannah Tolan, RT(R)
Fayann Tomes
Amanda Topping, RT(R)
Kimberly Torres
Amy Townsend, RDMS, RVT
Nichole Trapp
Kerri Trumps, RT(R)
Tommy Upchurch, RVT
Janine Urban, RDMS
Angi VanZandt
Heather Wagner, BS, RT(R), RDMS
Samantha Walk
Danielle Walker, RT(R)
Amber Walker
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Julie Warren, RT(R), RDMS
Debra Watford, RVT
Laura Wathen, RT(R), RDMS
Lee Wehnes, RCS, RVT
Hayden Weirich
Linda Weiss, RT(R)(M), RDMS
Sharon Weldon, RT(R), RDCS, RVS
Ching Chu Wen, RDMS
Chelsea Wenell, RT(R)
Tiffani Wharton
Leigh Wheaton, BS
Amy Whitmer
Jenna Wiedmar
Leeann Wiesemann, RT(R)
Misty Wilhite, RT(R), RDMS, RVT
Erin Williams, RDMS, RVT
Allison Williams, RT(R), RDMS, RVT
Lori Williams, RT(R), RDMS, RVT,
CNMT
Brian Willis, RDMS
Connie Wilson, RT(R), RDMS, RVT
Cecilia Wilson
Amanda Winchester, RT(R), RDMS
Joseph Wolz
Hope Woodard, RT(R), RDMS, RVT
Heidi Young, BS, RDMS, RVT
Nada Zaric, RT(R)
Diane Zeisweiss, BS, RT(R), RDMS
Patricia Ziebol, RDMS, RVT
Susan Zimmer, RT(R)(N), RVT,
NMTCB
Shawna Zimmerman, RT(R), RDMS
Marie Zorzi
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