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Sonographers Find Having
Multiple Credentials Makes Them
More Marketable, Flexible
By Beth W. Orenstein
A sonographer friend encouraged Wretha
Goodpaster, MS, RT(R )(M)(CT)(QM), RDMS,
RVT, of Hillsboro, Kentucky, to earn her first
sonography credential after she began scanning
in 1984.
When Goodpaster became an associate professor
and program coordinator for Diagnostic Medical
Sonography at Morehead State University in
Morehead, Kentucky, in 1998, she decided to
earn additional credentials in all sonography
specialty areaas that the program offers.
Goodpaster has earned her RDMS in three
specialties – abdomen, OB/GYN and breast – and
her RVT for vascular ultrasound. She earned all
of the additional credentials in a two-year period
between 2001 and 2003.
“Once I got started,” Goodpaster says, “it was very
addicting actually.”
Goodpaster is one of a relatively small number of
In this issue
sonographers who holds multiple credentials.
According to the American Registry for
Diagnostic Medical Sonography (ARDMS), 74
percent of its registrants have one credential,
21 percent have two credentials, and 4 percent
hold three credentials. Less than 1 percent of
registrants hold four or more.
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cover story: Sonographers Find Having Multiple Credentials Makes Them More Marketable, Flexible
• 4 Attention Advanced Practice Sonographers and Ultrasound Practitioners • 5 President’s Message:
Passage of the CARE Bill Critical to the Future of the Profession • 6 SDMS Product Spotlight • A r e
You Going to Work Naked? 7 New Member Scan • Call for Nominations – SDMS Awards • 8 Exhibitors!
Be a part of the 2012 SDMS Annual Conference in Seattle! • Congratulations to February’s $100
VISA Gift Card Winner! • 9 SDMS Fellow Spotlight • 10 IAC Changes Division Names, Streamlines
Accreditation Process • 11 Upcoming SDMS Webinars • 12 SDMS Welcomes New Members
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In addition, 47 percent of ARDMS registrants have
earned one specialty, 29 percent have earned two
specialties, and 15 percent, three specialties. Only a
fraction of 1 percent have six to eight specialties. (See
charts on page 4.)
Goodpaster and other sonographers who hold
multiple credentials say studying and taking multiple
registry exams required a good deal of work on their
part, but is well worth it in the long run.
Credentials attractive to employers
The multi-credentialed sonographers find they are
more marketable and enjoy the variety of scanning
that their impressive resumes afford them.
Goodpaster, currently a SDMS Membership
Committee member, says she became an advocate
for sonographers becoming credentialed when she
saw “so many people performing ultrasound exams
who had no idea of what they were doing and why.”
Becoming credentialed, she says, “demonstrates that
you have a core competency in the work you’re doing.”
Several multi-credentialed sonographers believe they
are more attractive to their employers because of the
number of registries they hold.
Amanda Reed, BS, RT(R), RDMS, RVT, of Sibley, Iowa,
who is credentialed in three specialties and vascular
ultrasound, is one of them. She earned her credentials
in abdomen, OB/GYN and neurosonography in the fall
of 2009 and her RVT in 2011.
Reed works full-time at Osceola Community Hospital
in Sibley, as an X-ray technologist and sonographer.
She also works as a PRN – “as needed” – for the
Sanford Worthington Medical Center in Worthington,
Minnesota, taking call on weekends.
“I feel like having all the credentials that I do definitely
makes me more marketable,” she says. “Not all the
sonographers in this area have taken their boards and
passed.”
Reed is grateful to the SDMS Foundation, which
awarded her a certification exam grant to help defray
some of the cost. The grant included $250 and a free
registry review book from the National Certification
Exam Review series.
Aubrey Rybyinski, BS, RDMS, RVT, of Vineland, New
Jersey who has been certified in abdomen, breast,
neurosonography, OB/GYN and vascular, believes
having all of them on his resume certainly has opened
doors for him.
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“Having more than just a basic credential shows
dedication to your profession,” says Rybyinski, who is
a staff sonographer at the Hospital of the University of
Pennsylvania in Philadelphia.
“There is not a relationship between number of
credentials you have and your ability to scan,” he says.
However, he adds, “studying for multiple certification
exams does not just give you knowledge in multiple
specialties, it teaches you a thought process that you
use in your daily scanning. Having multiple credentials
demonstrates drive because the exams document
personal achievement of recognized professional
standards and are difficult.”
Most employers today want their sonographers to
have at least one RDMS credential and prefer RVT, says
Rybyinski, “So having four RDMS certifications and RVT
certainly doesn’t hurt and is very attractive to employers,”
he says. It is clear that sonographer credentialing has
become the “community standard of care.”
Canada requires credentials
Nancy Chouinard, MAppSc, RDMS, RDCS, RVT, says
the situation is different in Canada where she works
as clinical coordinator and instructor at the British
Columbia Institute of Technology in Vancouver.
“You won’t get hired as a sonographer in Canada unless
you are credentialed because the public health system
requires it,” Chouinard says. “That’s a good thing,” she
adds.
However, it’s not necessary to have four credentials as
Chouinard does – she can boast of earning her RDMS
in abdomen and OB/GYN, her RDCS in adult echo and
RVT.
Chouinard decided to sit for her boards in OB/GYN
and abdomen. “It wasn’t a legal requirement,” she says,
“but it was required by my employer and I agree with
that policy. I also wanted to take them to make sure I
had the knowledge to do the best job I possibly could
whenever I scan a patient.” She sat for those boards
soon after graduating from her sonography program.
About a year later, while working, Chouinard found
she was being called on to do cardiac sonography
and decided on her own to sit for her RDCS credential.
“I was just making sure that I had the knowledge I
needed to do the job well,” she says.
Chouinard has been teaching for the last 15 years and
decided to earn her RVT as well. “I teach the vascular
component of the program,” she says. “So more recently

I did my RVT exam for the same reason I did the
others. I really wanted to be sure I had appropriate
background information.”
Chouinard has no doubt having the credential makes
her a better teacher. “I know my information is a lot
more complete and a lot more solid,” she says.
Required or not, sonographers should earn their
credentials in all areas where they practice, Chouinard
says. “It is the professional thing to do,” she says.
Studying time-consuming, not difficult
The sonographers who have multiple credentials say it
isn’t as difficult as it may seem to sit for all the boards
and to maintain the credentials once you have them.
Even though it had been a while between the time
Chouinard earned her first credentials and she
returned to get her RVT, she managed quite well.
“I hadn’t sat down and written a large multiple choice
exam in years,” she says. “It was somewhat challenging
to approach.”
The computer-based exam was new to her as well.
“What I found helpful,” Chouinard says, “was doing
review to get my brain in gear for dealing with
multiple-choice questions again.”
None of the exams Chouinard took was as difficult as
she imagined. “But I feel like I prepared as much as I
could,” she says. “I didn’t have any issues with doing the
exams.”
Goodpaster recalls studying for the various
credentialing exams she took wasn’t always easy. “It
takes a lot of time on your own,” she says. “After you’ve
worked a full day, you then have to go and study.” But
she says, the payoff – passing them – was well worth
the effort.
The multi-credentialed also have found that the
knowledge they need to pass the different registries
overlaps and so taking different exams wasn’t always
as difficult as it might seem.
Multi-credentialed can fill in where needed
The multi-credentialed sonographers also like that
because of their certifications they can be called on to
perform a variety of scans.
Judi Green, BS, RT(R), RDMS, RDCS, RVT, FASE, of
Hagerstown, Maryland, holds an RDMS in three
specialties – OB/GYN, abdomen and breast. She also
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has an RVT credential and RDCS in adult and pediatric
echo.
Green is Technical Director at Hagerstown Heart, a
private cardiology practice where she does cardiac
and limited vascular studies. She also is a guest
lecturer for breast ultrasound and assists with fetal
echo and musculoskeletal ultrasound at George
Washington University in Washington, D.C.
When Green worked as a sonographer at Washington
County Hospital in Hagerstown, because of her
various credentials, she was able to float from
department to department depending on their needs.
Originally a radiologic technologist, “sometimes I was
in cardiology and sometimes in radiology,” she says. “If
they were short because someone had to leave for a
sick child or someone was on vacation, I could fill in,”
she says. “Being diverse was certainly a big bonus for
me.”
When she worked as an Applications Specialist, she
traveled a great deal and found it advantageous to
be flexible as well. “Being multicredentialed helped
immensely with demos, installations, and teaching
customers,” she says. “They could send me anywhere
and I could handle the situation.”
Green believes having multiple credentials can be
really important for sonographers working in more
rural areas where the staff isn’t as specialized. “If you’re
in a rural area and you have multiple credentials, you
may be given the opportunity to do more things
versus someone who works in a large hospital in a big
city where each area is so specialized,” she says.
Helps when volunteering
Chouinard also found her diverse background helpful
with her volunteer committee assignments for SDMS.
“When practice management issues come up from
different areas as they do from time to time, it gives
me diverse background with which to look at the
issue,” she says.
For example, she says, when she was on the
committee helping to draft a statement on nondiagnostic
use of ultrasound, she really hadn’t done
much OB sonography. “I don’t work as much in OB as
I do vascular,” she says, “but having my OB credential
and background, that helped.”
The multi-credentialed sonographers say maintaining
their varied credentials hasn’t been difficult either.

Come 2019, when sonographers will have to begin
taking exams to recertify their ARDMS credentials, it
may be a lot of work, Green concedes. But for now, she
says, many of the CMEs she needs overlap, so it’s not a
lot of extra work to hold more than one credential.
If there’s a drawback to having multiple credentials,
it may be the cost - it’s one of the reasons the SDMS
Foundation awards a number of $250 grants to
deserving sonography students and sonographers
who successfully complete a sonography certification
examination. The grant is paid as reimbursement.
Earning additional credentials keeps the job
of sonographer moving forward, Green says:
“Learning constantly keeps an excitement and
newness about our profession. It is easy to become
stagnant if you don’t continually challenge yourself
professionally.”
Beth W. Orenstein is a writer for SDMS.
Ask me
if I’m
Certified!
Number of Credentials Held by
ARDMS Registrants
1 Credential 74%
2 Credentials 21%
3 Credentials 4%
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% of ARDMS Registrant
Population (as of 2/15/2012)
4 Credentials Less than 1%
Number of Specialties Held by
ARDMS Registrants
1 Specialty 47%
2 Specialties 29%
3 Specialties 15%
4 Specialties 6%
5 Specialties 1%
6 Specialties .23%
7 Specialties .05%
8 Specialties .02%
% of ARDMS Registrant
Population (as of 2/22/2012)
Promote your credentials!
Your employers already know, but your patients may not. Show that
you care, and put your patients at ease by telling them about your
credentials and what you do to maintain them!
Attention Advanced Practice Sonographers and
Ultrasound Practitioners
Your Participation Requested in a Survey – Deadline Extended to March 16!
The Advanced Practice Committee of
the SDMS, in collaboration with the
American Registry of Diagnostic Medical
Sonography (ARDMS), is hosting an
“Advanced Practice in Sonography”
survey. SDMS is soliciting participation
from sonographers who are currently
functioning in the capacity of a mid-level provider,
physician extender. The link to complete this survey
is: http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/LT9YMJB
The SDMS has been actively working on the concept of
an Ultrasound Practitioner (UP) for over a decade. The
foundation for the UP concept is the creation of a midlevel
provider of sonography services that functions
as a physician extender. While there is currently no
“official” designation, title, or certification examination
associated with this position, we know that some
sonographers are currently functioning at this level. It
is important that we know and understand the extent
to which some sonographers have already moved into
this role, and the responsibilities and clinical activities
that they have assumed in making this transition. To
document this information to aid in future decisions,
the SDMS and ARDMS have developed this survey.
We ask that sonographers who are currently functioning
in this physician extender role (not to be interpreted
as a “lead sonographer” or the SDMS APS membership
classification, to complete the survey). For purposes of
this survey, this sonography physician extender shall be
referred to as an Ultrasound Practitioner.

President’s Message
Passage of the CARE Bill Critical to
the Future of the Profession
The “Consistency, Accuracy, Responsibility, and
Excellence in Medical Imaging and Radiation Therapy”
(CARE) bill has, once again, been introduced in
Congress and is currently awaiting consideration by
our country’s lawmakers. HR-2104, the CARE bill,
the 112 th Congress’ iteration of the CARE bill has
been assigned to the House Energy & Commerce
Committee chaired by Representative Fred Upton
(Republican – Michigan). SDMS works closely with the
Alliance for Quality Medical Imaging and Radiation
Therapy (Alliance) to promote passage of the bill.
This is the 6 th Congressional session in which a CARE
bill has been filed. The CARE bill has come close
to passage in several other sessions, but stalled in
the final days of bill consideration. It is an unusual
history for a bill that has no organized opposition, and
is a generally regarded as good public policy and a
“white-hat” issue. SDMS remains firmly committed to
the CARE bill and the changes it would affect at the
national level.
In summary, the CARE bill would establish
certification requirements for non-physician
providers of medical imaging services, including
sonographers. Sonographers, as well as other nonphysician
providers of medical imaging services,
would be required to have demonstrated minimal
level competency by having successfully completed
one of the national certification exams offered by
nationally recognized credentialing organizations.
Within the ultrasound professional community there
are three organizations who provide nationally
recognized certification examinations; the American
Registry of Diagnostic Medical Sonography (ARDMS),
Cardiovascular Credentialing International (CCI), and
the American Registry of Radiologic Technologists
(ARRT). The motivation for states to comply with
the provisions of the CARE bill would be the link
to Medicare and Medicaid reimbursement. The
argument supporting this approach is that tax payers
who provide financial support for the Medicare
and Medicaid programs should have a reasonable
expectation that medical imaging exams are being
conducted by personnel that have been appropriately
educated and met
certification standards to
warrant their fiscal support.
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We believe that the
establishment of certification
standards is one of the basic Joy Guthrie, SDMS President
building blocks required to
move sonography into a true profession. Certification
standards, along with appropriate educational
standards, will need to be put into place before
sonography will be able to command its rightful
position as a recognized medical profession. SDMS is
a strong supporter for the creation and enforcement
of both certification and educational requirements
as an “entry to practice”, and the CARE bill is but one
component needed to achieve that objective.
There are a number of high profile issues that have
captured the attention of our lawmakers. These
include national debt resolution, Medicare reform,
and the future of our social security program. We
are committed to promoting the CARE bill message
as good public policy, an efficient expenditure of
taxpayer monies, and an effective tool for ensuring
quality care and patient protection. We will need to
remain vigilant in our message delivery to insure that
lawmakers both “hear” and are attuned to acting on
our pending legislation.
When the time comes and the CARE bill is made ready
for movement in this congressional session we will
turn to our members to help insure that our message
is heard. We ask our members to watch for and be
prepared to assist when the “Call to Action” is issued.
As always, I welcome the thoughts, comments, and/or
suggestions from the membership. I can be reached
via email at: jguthrie@sdms.org
Sincerely,
Joy Guthrie, DHSc, RDMS, RDCS, RVT, RCS, RVS, ROUB, FSDMS
SDMS President

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New Member
SCAN
Julia Brugman is currently
finishing her last year in
the Diagnostic Medical
Sonography Program at
Fort Hays State University in
Hays, Kansas. She was born
and raised in Wichita, Kansas.
Julia immediately began the
program at Fort Hays State
University after graduating
from high school.
When asked what inspired Julia to choose a career in
sonography, she replied I knew my junior year of high
school that I wanted to study sonography. Her mother
and grandmother are in the nursing profession and
she wanted to follow in their footsteps with a career
in the medical field. Julia has a passion for working
with people and the fact that she would be able
to interact with patients on a daily basis, and assist
with the diagnosis and recovery process of a patient
was exciting. She was also drawn to the profession
because of the continuous opportunities for ongoing
educational and technical skill development
throughout her sonography career.
Julia’s favorite SDMS benefit has been the Journal of
Diagnostic medical Sonography (JDMS) and the online
access to the articles and free CME opportunities.
The journal articles and archives provide excellent
educational resources and technical tools. Julia
attended her first SDMS Annual Conference in
Atlanta last year and said the conference opened her
eyes to how big the spectrum of sonography really is!
Julia welcome to the SDMS!
Nominate a Colleague for a SDMS Award
Due Date: March 15, 2012
SDMS is now accepting nominations for the Joan P. Baker Pioneer Award and SDMS Distinguished Educator
Award as well as SDMS Fellow Membership.
Joan P. Baker Pioneer Award
In 1994, the SDMS established
the Joan P. Baker Pioneer Award
in honor of Joan P. Baker, MSR,
RDMS, RDCS, FSDMS for her
significant contributions to the
sonography profession.
SDMS Distinguished
Educator Award
The Society of Diagnostic
Medical Sonography (SDMS)
is dedicated to recognizing
and honoring exceptional
sonography educators. The SDMS
Distinguished Educator Award honors exceptional
educators in the field of diagnostic medical sonography.
SDMS Fellow Membership
The SDMS Fellow membership
category recognizes individual
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outstanding contributions to
the field of sonography and
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Exhibitor Fast Facts
The Society of Diagnostic Medical Sonography
(SDMS) is the largest professional association
in the world representing sonographers. Our
members practice in every specialty area —
Abdomen, MSK, Breast, Neurosonography,
Obstetrics/Gynecology, Vascular, and Adult,
Fetal, and Pediatric Cardiac Sonography— and
in every type of practice setting.
2012 SDMS Annual Conference Dates and
Location
September 20-23, 2012
Washington State Convention and Trade Center,
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SDMS Fellow
Spotlight
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This is a continuing series of interviews of
our distinguished SDMS Fellow members.
Anne Jones, BS, RN,
RDMS, RVT, FSDMS, FSVU
Current position: Clinical
Instructor in Neurology
and Neurosciences at
the Medical University of
South Carolina (MUSC) in
Charleston, SC.
Year named fellow: 2011
What inspired you to make a career of sonography?
While working as a nurse at Wake Forest Baptist
Medical Center, I was invited by a neurologist,
William McKinney, MD, to visit his newly established
“neurosonology” lab. Sonography was in its infancy
then, and while I was intrigued by the technology, I
was uncertain about where it was going. Dr. McKinney
was very enthusiastic, and assured me that I would
be getting in on the “ground floor” if I left my nursing
position and joined the Center for Medical Ultrasound.
After much discussion with my husband, we decided
I had nothing to lose, and could always return to
nursing if it did not work out. Thirty-four years later, I
have never regretted the decision to change careers. It
was the best decision I never made.
Did you have a memorable role model/teacher?
Who was it?
I was so lucky! Little did I know that my mentor, Dr.
McKinney, was a pioneer in the field of ultrasound.
Because of his involvement at AIUM (American
Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine), he not only
taught me about the emerging technology and
worked with me every day, but was friends with
many of the early leaders in the field. The first week
that I joined him in the department of neurology
and ultrasound, I was on a plane to Seattle, Wash.,
where Joan Baker, MSR, RDMS, RDCS, FSDMS, (former
President of SDMS) met me at the airport. She took
me on a tour of the centers for ultrasound in Seattle,
where I met Dr. Eugene Strandness and Dr. Merrill
Spencer. Dr. Strandness, a vascular surgeon and
scientist, was a pioneer in vascular ultrasound. We
became good friends and colleagues, working for
decades on issues critical to the field of vascular
ultrasound. Dr. Spencer, another pioneer, allowed
me to spend two weeks at his facility, learning the
basics of carotid Doppler, as well as the value of this
new technology in the evaluation of patients with
vascular disease. That time in Seattle taught me critical
values that hold true today. If I had known at the time
that I was being introduced to the megastars of my
profession, I probably would have been too tonguetied
to speak to them. Ignorance is bliss!
What was the most significant advance in the
technology that you directly experienced?
In the past 30 years, I have had a front row seat for so
many advances. When I first began performing carotid
ultrasound exams, we used continuous wave Doppler
flow mapping, because we did not yet have B-mode
imaging. As impossible as it seems, the studies
we performed were very accurate and repeatable,
despite the lack of imaging or color flow. I believe that
basic knowledge allowed me to develop a thorough
understanding of vascular hemodynamics that has
served me well in all future endeavors. Years later, gray
scale imaging came along and helped us to evaluate
not just hemodynamics, but anatomy. It was a
landmark change in the evaluation and management
not only of vascular disease, but also all other areas
of ultrasound. As technology improved, combining
Doppler and imaging technology, instrumentation
became portable, more user-friendly and more
accurate. Ultrasound machines that once required
an entire room could be dropped into the pocket
of a lab coat. But the most important advancement
in the use of technology has been the education,
wisdom and expertise of the sonographer using the
instrumentation. The best technology is completely
worthless without a qualified sonographer performing
the sonogram. The importance of technology plus
expertise has finally been appreciated and recognized.

Were there any memorable developments, cases
or events that changed the way you practiced
sonography?
There have been many memorable patients over
the years who made me realize the impact of what I
do every day. But I still remember the question that
changed the focus of my professional life. While
assisting at a Trans-Cranial Doppler Ultrasound (TCD)
educational program in Augusta, GA, a pediatric
hematologist walked up to me, introduced himself,
and asked if I would like to use my expertise to save
lives? Two weeks later, I was in a van full of portable
TCD machines, two neurologists and the hematologist
on my way to a Sickle Cell clinic in South Georgia.
When we arrived, a tiny, cramped and very warm
room was packed full of mothers and children, waiting
for a TCD study. I performed TCDs for two days, and
have been doing so ever since. I have never done an
ultrasound examination I loved more, and the TCD
study has since proven to be crucial to the evaluation
of these patients, and is considered the standard of
care in all children with Sickle Cell anemia.
What advice would you give to students/future
sonographers?
If you are going to be a great sonographer, you must
love sonography. But to love sonography, you must
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understand it through education. After graduating,
continue learning, maintain passion and enthusiasm,
and you will have a career you love, every day of
your life. Throughout your career, never settle, never
compromise; give back to your profession and those
who have believed in you. And finally, always believe
in yourself!
What’s your favorite part of your job?
I love so much about my profession: teaching patients
about ultrasound, advocating for our profession,
encouraging sonographers to get credentialed, and
teaching students. But the best part of my job is
the time spent with patients. You just cannot beat
the feeling you experience when helping a patient
and doing your best for him or her - whether it is an
80-year-old who seems to take forever to walk across
the room or a 2-year-old who would rather run in
circles than lie still for a TCD exam. The satisfaction of a
good day cannot be beat. I never tire of my profession
– I tire of deadlines and unrealistic schedules – but
I try to keep it all in perspective, and address one
patient at a time, treating them all as I would like to
be treated. I fear that today’s focus on reimbursement,
technology and patient volume may cause many to
become weary, but I hope we can always just keep the
focus on doing a good job, one patient at a time.
IAC Changes Division Names, Streamlines
Accreditation Process
Resulting from the culmination of extensive
research of the needs of facilities seeking
accreditation, the Intersocietal Accreditation
Commission (IAC) has renamed its six individual
accrediting divisions and implemented multiple
enhancements to streamline the process.
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Maria Agon, RDMS
Rachel Albans, BS, RDMS
Andrecia Alexandre, RCS
Fatima Ali, RDMS
Neisha Alvira, RT(R)
Lynn Ama, RT(R), RDMS
Dawn Anders, RDMS
Emily Anderson, BS
Maureen Anderson, RDMS
Dana Angles, RDMS
Sheryl Annino, RDMS
Linda Anthony
Nancy Arcaro, RT(R), RDMS
Gloria Ashe
Cheryl Ashman, RT(R)(M), RDMS, RVT
Kimm Ashworth, RT(R), RDMS
Donna Bailey, RT(R), RDMS
Alyssa Bandy, RT(R), RDMS
Rita Baneviciene, MD, RDMS
John Barbato, MD, RVT
Caitlin Barber
Amy Barnett, BS, RDMS, RDCS, RVT
Jennifer Barnett, BS, RT(R), RDMS
Richard Baronti, RDMS, RCS, RVS
Amy Bass, RCS
Marlene Bauer, RDMS, RDCS
Tanji Baxter
Janelle Beard, RDMS
Shannon Beaver, BS, RT(R), RDMS
Ashley Beller, BS, RT(R), RDMS, RVT
Carla Bengtson, BS, RT(R), RDMS
Meaghan Bennett
Mary Kay Berntgen, RT(VS), RDMS
Charles Berube, RDMS
Charlie Bess, RT(R), RDMS
Karen Bishop, RDMS
Cara Blancuzzi
McKenzie Bohn, RDMS
Cricket Bonds
Bailey Boring
Angela Bottega
Shea Bower, BS, RDMS
Beverly Bower Hopler, BS
Kristi Boyanton, RDMS
Brandon Bradshaw, RT(R), RDMS, RDCS, RVT
Audrey Brady
Vanessa Brown, RT(R), RDMS
Katrina Bryant
Susan Buda
Abby Buerkett, BS
Michelle Burden, BS, RDMS
Judith Burgos, RDCS, RCS, CCT
Anna Burke, RDMS
Yolanda Burke, BS, RT(R), RDMS
Lora Burkhalter, RVT
Yashika Burton, BS, RT(R), RDMS
Melissa Busch, RDMS, RVT
Bridget Butler, RT(R)
Cynthia Butowicz, RDCS
Alice Byrne, BS, RDMS
DeAnn Cain, RT(R), RDMS, RDCS, RVT
Teresa Caldwell, RT(R), RDMS
Cory Callahan
Mary Jo Canale, RDMS
Trinidad Cantero, RDMS
Lauren Capossela
Tiffany Carmichael, RDMS, RCS
Kari Carrillo
Jenny Carruth, RCS, RVS
Janet Carter, RDMS
Nancy Carter, RDMS
Melinda Castor, BS, RDMS
Rebecca Chambers, RT(R), RDMS, RVT
Huiyen Chang, MS
Rhonda Christie, RDMS, RVT
Pamela Ciston, RN, RDMS
Jennifer Clark, RVT
Shannon Cleaver
Kim Colbert, RDMS
Joette Cole, RT(R), RDMS
Kim Conn, RDMS, RVT
Jim Conner, RT(R)
Julie Conroy
Brenda Corbett, RDCS
Lisa Cornwell, BS, RDMS
Julie Cosar-Knapp, BS, RDMS, RVT
Melinda Cowan, RDMS
Dina Cowit, RDMS
Thomas Craig, RDMS
Cynthia Cronin
Cheryl Crowley, RDMS
Natalia Csencsits, MS, RDMS
Suzanne Curran, RDCS
Karen Dalia, RDMS
Whitney Dalton, BS, RT(R)
Dotsy Davis, BS, RDMS, RVT
Gayle Davis, RT(R), RDMS, RVT
Jefferson Davis
Annette Dawson, RDMS, RVT, RCS
Dawn Deakins, RDCS
Rebecca DeClark
Linda Dembinske, RDCS
Lucie Dempsey, RDMS
Lindsey DeRue, RDMS
Gina Desfosses
Margaret Dey
Ed Dileo, RDMS
Kate Dodge, BS, RT(R)
Katherine Dold, BS, RVT
Bryan Doldt, RDCS
Sara Dominiczak
Michelle Donovan, RT(S), RDMS
Miranda Donovan, BS, RT(R)
Tamara Doty-Kreutzer
Colleen Doucette, RDMS
Suzanne Downer, RDMS
Emily Downs, BS, RDMS, RDCS, RVT, RPVI
Greta Dozer, RDCS
Laura Drabik, BA, RDMS, RVT
Donna Drew, MBA, RT(R), RDMS
Jennifer Dueker, RN, RT(R)(M), RDMS
Jennifer Dukoff, RDMS
Stacy Dunbar
Charlene Durbin, RT(R), RDMS, RVT
Lindsey Durbin
Melanie Durtschi, RT(R), RDMS
Dennean Dyer, RT(R)(M), RDMS
Samantha Edwards, RDMS
Kim Egely, RDMS, RDCS, RVT
Jeryl Eichberg, RT(R), RDMS
Dawn Elam, BS, RT(R), RDMS, RDCS
Barry Ellman, MD, RVT
John Elmore, RT(R)(CT), RDMS
Ashley Elsner
Dianna English, RDCS
Terry Enslow
Jessica Epstein, RDMS
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SDMS Welcomes New Members
January 2011
Mary Fadie, RDMS, RVT
Mary Faron, BS, RDMS
Yun Feng, RDMS
Tracy Fisher, RT(R), RDMS, RDCS
Yacasta Ford, RT(R)(CT)(MR), RDMS
Adam Forsyth
Tamara Fort-Milord, BS, RDMS
Brandon Foster, RVS
Zachary Foster
James Fowler, RCS
Morley Fowler, BS, RCS
Jeri Frazier, BS, RT(R), RDMS
Elaine Freeman, RDMS
Sandra Frick, BS, RDMS
Jo Fritts, RT(R)(CT), RDMS
Colleen Fritz
Cherri Fuchs, RN, RDCS
Katie Fuhrman, RDMS
Elizabeth Garcia, RT(S)
Garry Garcia, RDMS, RVS
Lleni Garcia, RDMS
George Gentile
Rebeccah Gervasini, BS, RDCS, RVT
Mariann Giannone, BS, RDMS
Jeffrey Gibbs, MD, RPVI
Teresa Gibson, RDMS
Rasha Gillett, BS, RDMS, RVT
Victor Glavan, RDMS, RDCS, RVT
Ruth Glover
Carla Goettsch, RDMS
Phyllis Gold
Beverlee Gomez
Tia Gordon
Joseph Greenfield, RDCS
Amanda Grice, MS, RDMS
Irene Grosso
Teressa Guches, RDMS
Kimberly Gutierrez, RVS
Kimberly Gwaltney, RT(R)(M), RDMS, RVT
Brian Halcarson
Benjamin Hamilton, ATC
Dana Hammond, BS, RDCS
Deborah Hand, RVT
Angela Hannan, RDMS, RVT
Linda Hannibal, RT(R)
June Hapney, RVT

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Nelson Hargrove, RDCS, RVT
Billie Jones, RDCS
Belen Luna
Agatha Miltello
Mary Haring, RT(R), RDMS
Eric Jones
Jamie Lundy, BS, RDMS, RVT
Joan Minear, RDMS
Elizabeth Harrison, RDMS
Nannette Jones, RVT
Andria Luttrell, RCS
Kahlee Miracle, RDMS
Angela Hartley
Barbara Jordan, RDCS, RVT
Gina Maciejko, RDMS
Cynthia Mitchell, RVT
Rachel Hauptman, BS, RDMS, RVT
Dominique Joseph
Nancy Madden, RDCS
Shoukat Moin, BS, RDMS
Paige Hayden, RDMS
Zakayo Kabuga
Marybeth Mader, RDMS
Patricia Moore, RDMS, RVT
Bryon Headrick
Diane Kallay, BS, RDMS
Rebecca Magier, BS
Reza Moradian Rizi, RDMS, RDCS
Lauren Heidy
Rodostina Kaplanov, RDMS
Dawn Mahon, RT(R)(CT), RDMS, RVT
Kelly Moran, RDMS
Dion Heimink, RDMS
Randy Karfs, RDMS
Jamie Mann, RDMS
Kim Morgano, RT(R), RDMS, RVT
Clair Hein, RDMS, RVT
Susan Karlein
Janice Marchak, RVT
Kimberly Morrissey, BS, RDMS
Hilary Hendershot, BS, RDMS
Andres Katz, MD, RPhS
Alexandra Marhasin
Audra Mosher
Christi Hendricks, RDMS, RVT
Kayla Keener, AS
Minnes Markland, RDCS, RVT
Nancy Moss
Allison Herring Rohn
Carrie Keese, RT(R), RDMS
Christine Marks, RDMS
Lorelei Mote, RDMS, RVT
Kerrie Hess, RDMS
Cari Kelly, RDMS
Melissa Marr, RDMS, RVT
Natalie Mountney, RDMS
Suzanne Hettena, RT(R)(CT), RDMS
Ermina Keric, RDCS
Terri Martin, RVT
Gerald Moutra, RCS
Laura Hickerson, MS
Ronald Kerna, RDCS, RVT
Maria Martin del Campo, RDMS, RVT
Okuma Mudiaga
Tracey Hidalgo, RT(R)(M), RDMS, RVT
Anna Khokhlova, BS, RDMS
Miranda Martinez
Peter Mudron, RDMS, RDCS
Jonathan Himel, RDCS, RVT
Pamela Kidd, RDCS
Carlos Martinez-Cadena
Lisa Murphy, RDMS
Miranda Hobson
Tracy Kiger, RT(R)(M), RDMS, RVT
Kate Maser
Sarah Murray, RDMS
Lisa Hohmann, RCCS
Mimi Kim, RDMS, RDCS
Jennifer Mashack, RDMS
Shazia Naveed, RDCS
Melanie Holland, RDMS, RVT
Taejeon Kim
Jennifer Mason, RDMS
Jennifer Ndibe
Marisa Hollingsworth, RT(R), RDMS, RVT
Laura King, BS, RDMS
Satee Mathews
Stephanie Nelson, RT(R)
Amber Hollis, BS, RDMS
Dawn Kirchner, BS, RDCS, RVT
Kristen Mattei, BS
Jami Nemitz
Rebecka Holman, RDCS
Carol Kirkland, RDMS
Jaclyn Matzen, BS, RDMS, RVT
Jan Newport, BS, RDMS, RDCS
Diedrich Holtkamp, MD, RPVI
Audrey Klein Feldman, BS
Jessica Maynor
Kim Yen Nguyen, RDMS
Clodyl Honore
Samantha Knaack, RDMS
David Mazor
Leigh Nickerson, RDMS
Peggy Hoosier, MEd, RT(R)(M)
Bev Kocher, RT(R), RDCS
Megan McAllister
Pamela Nicolini, RT(R)
Donna Hoover, RDCS
Cindy Kolo, RDCS, RVT
Christina McCauley, BS, RDMS
Cynthia Nied, RDMS, RDCS
Teresa Horn, RCS
Amanda Kovac, BS, RDMS
Nicole McClung
Dawn Noble, RDMS
Michael Horton, RDMS
Denise Kraayenbrink, RT(R)(M), RDMS
Margaret McDaniel, RDMS
Brenda Norcia, RDMS
Leslie Howell, RVT
Haley Krebbs
Kimberlee McDonald, RVT
Anna Nowak
Leslie Humphrey, RT(R)(M), RDMS, RVS
Tamara Kryzhanovska, BS, RDCS
Amy McFarlin Frazier, RT(R), RDMS
Heather O’Brien, BS
Elizabeth Hupe-Olano, RDCS
Nicole Kujawa, RDMS
Carla McKinney, RDMS, RVT
Joanne O’Brien, BS, RDMS
Ellen Hurlburt
Cari Landry, RT(R), RDMS
Simone McLean-Waugh, RDMS
Johnnie Oexler, RDMS
James Hynick, RDMS
Kristin Lange, RT(R), RDMS
Jena McMullen, BA, RDMS
Kristen Olejnik
Suellen Ikenberry, RDMS, RDCS
Sherry Larson, RT(R), RDMS
Valerie Meadows, RDCS
Leah Olmscheid
Syed Imaduddin, BS, RDMS
Mary Ann Lassell, RVT
Ashley Means, RDMS, RVS
Elena Ortega
Deborah Inman, RT(R)
Nicole Lautieri, RT(R), RDMS
Betsy Meharg, RT(N), RDMS, RVT
Christine O’Shaughnessy, RDMS, RDCS
Martha Inman
Amy Lehnert, RDMS
Snehal Mehta, BS, RDMS
Kristin Pakenham
Elona Irvill, BS
Kaykhine Lei, BS, RDMS
Jessica Meidl
Patricia Palmer, RDMS
Jennifer Isom, RDCS
Laurinda Leigh, RDMS, RVT
Lorena Melchor, RDMS
Elena Panoiu, BS, RDMS
Anne Ito, RT(R), RDMS
Shuk Han Leung, RDMS
Natalie Melikishivili
Karen Panski, RDMS
Jessica Jacobs
Caren Levine, BS, RDMS
Julie Melvin, RT(R), RDMS, RVT
Jeffrey Paolucci, RT(R), RDMS, RCS
Bridget Jaegers, RDMS, RVT
Robin Lewis, RDMS
Tammy Menser, RDMS
Shreenivas Paranjape, RDCS, RVT
Paula Jansen
Adrianne Little, RT(R)
Jennifer Merris
Hemeshwari Patel, BS
Lisa Jaroske, RDMS, RVT
Stacy Lobosco
Laura Michaels, RDMS
Brandi Peck
Jeffery Jarrard, RVT
Kimberly Lockwood, RDMS
Heidi Micolucci, BS, RDMS, RVT
Jamie Pennewell, RCS
Brook Jasperson, RT(R)
Lori Lofton, RDMS
Megan Milesi, RT(R), RDMS
Jamie Pennington, RT(R), RDMS, RDCS, RVT
Shannon Jepson
Natalie Lomeo, RT(R)(M), RDMS
Dale Miller, BS, RT(R), RDMS
Karan Penton, RDMS
Jenna Jesmin, RDMS
Rachel Lonning
Julie Miller
Ingrid Perry, BS, RVT
Laureen Johnson, RDMS
Chelsie Losselyong
Sara Miller
Cathleen Peterson, RDMS

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Helen Pfau, RDMS
Jennifer Sample
Teresa Stevenson, BS, RDMS
Lan Vo, RVT
Pamela Phillips, RVT
Stanley Sampson, RDMS, RDCS, RVT
Crystal Stewart, BS, RT(S), RDMS, RDCS, RVT
Sandrea Voeller, RDMS, RDCS
Janelle Pilarski, RT(R), RDMS
Jennifer Samuels, RDCS
Susan Strauss, BS, RVT
Margarita Vorobyova, BS
Ewa Pirog, RDMS
Keili Sanders, RT(R)
Christine Sudol, RDMS, RDCS
Cynthia Walker, RT(R), RDMS
Marsha Pointe-Bravo, RT(R), RDMS
Constance Satter, BS
Chelsea Sutton
Tamara Walker, RT(R)
Jenny Pollard, BS
Cyril Saunier
Christann Sweat
Michele Wallace, RDCS, RVT
Sharon Preston, BS, RDMS
Darice Schauer
Rhiannon Sweetenburg, RDCS, RVT
Amy Ann Walters
Vilma Promesse-Morris, RDMS
Claudia Schneider, RDCS
James Swenson, RDMS
Stephen Wang, BS, RVT
Crishun Pruitt, RT(R)
Debra Schneider, RT(R)(M), RDMS
Krista Tatro, BS, RT(R), RDMS
Pagshuwa Washington, RDCS
Dara Punch, RDMS
Elizabeth Schultz
Jaclyn Taylor, BS
Roslyn Washington
Justyna Rabicka
Ronald Scott, BS, RCS, RVS
Judith Taylor, RCS, RVS
JoEllen Wear, RDMS
Yvette Ramos, RDMS, RVT
Stephanie Scott, BS, RDMS
Nicole Taylor, RT(R), RDMS
Kelly Weaver-Mitchell, RDMS
Shannon Randall, RDMS, RVT
Lance Seiler, RDCS
Rebecca Taylor, RT(R), RDMS, RVT
Dawn Wellspring
Renee Rapuano, RDCS
Donna Senzee, RT(R)(M)
Kristen Thomas
Corinne Wessner
Amanda Reaves, RDMS
Charles Sessa, RDMS, RVT
Mia Thomas, RVS, RCS
Ashton White
Terrie Rebstock, RDMS
Brittany Shaner
Jennifer Thurber, BS, RVT
Hayley White, BS, RVT
Brenda Redick, BS, RT(R)(M)RDMS, RDCS
Dawn Reising, RDMS
Deborah Reiter, RDMS
Revathy Rengaraj, RDMS
Kristina Rennison, BS, RDCS
Tracie Renwick
Ranae Reuther, RT(S)
Bree Reynolds
Angela Richards, RT(R)
Thomas Richardson
Pamela Rife, RT(S), RDMS
Dale Roach, RDMS, RVT
Janice Roach, RDMS
Ashley Robertson
Nikki Robertson
Stanley Robertson, RDCS
Amarilis Roman
Maria Roman, RDCS
Karen Rose, RDMS
Jessica Ruane, BS
Robert Ruaro, BS, RDMS
Debra Rucker, RDMS
Jacqueline Rule, RDMS
Barbra Rutledge
Kathleen Ruvolo, BA, RDMS, RVT
Rachel Saggboy, BS, RT(R)
Fran Shelley, RDMS
Yongdeok Shin, MS
Amy Shirey, RDMS
Ginger Short, RT(R), RDMS, RVT
Iryna Shurina, RDMS
Aisha Siddiqa, BS, RDMS
Thirugnana Simon, BS, RDCS
Jennifer Simpson, RCS
Shantae Singletary
Emily Skelton
Sarah Sless
Katrina Smith, RDMS
Linda Smith, RT(R)(M), RDMS
Mallory Smith
Richard Smith, RDCS, FASE
Sara Smith, RDMS
Debbie Smyth, RDCS
Christine Snyder, RDMS
Terry Sorensen, RDMS, RVT
Keriann Soricelli, RDMS
Corina Spatariu
Barbara Spotts, LPN, RCS
Jennifer Spyke, RDMS
Edward Starrett, BA, RDMS, RDCS
Mark Stella, RDCS
Tricia Stelling, RDMS, RVT
Amber Tilley, RDMS
Kristen Timbs
Jennifer Tirevold, RDMS, RVT
Margaret Tolleshaug
Francisco Torres, RDMS, RVT
Mary Beth Toth, RT(R)(M)(CT), RDMS, RDCS, RVT
Joen Traeger, RDMS
Linh Tran, RDMS
Alyssa Tressler, RVT
Britney Trexler, BS, RT(R), RDMS, RVT
Kristina Troutman, RDMS, RVT
Nicole Trovy, RDMS
Elizabeth Tucker, RDMS
Janell Tucker, RDMS
Bethany Tueller, RT(R)
Sandra Ulaszek, BS, RDMS
Yana Ulitskaya, BS
Carl Ullrich, RN
Ashton Underwood
Anthony Valdez, BS, RDMS
Emily Valentino, RT(R), RDMS
Julia VanBrocklin, BS, RDMS, RVT
Gretchen Vanden Berg, RDCS, RVT
Brian Vediz, RDMS, RDCS, RVT
Lauren Veres
Brett Vig
Shannon Whitmore, RDCS
Teresa Whitney, RDMS
Karen Whyte, RDMS
Christine Wickes, RDMS, RDCS, RVT
Jennifer Widenmeyer, RDMS
Suzette Wilcox, RT(R), RDMS, RDCS
Tessa Wilhite, RT(R), RDMS
Mishia Williams, RCS
Patricia Williams, BS, RDCS
Sarah Wilson
Ronna Wilson-Gangluff, RN, RDCS
Dawn Winkler, RDMS, RVT
Kathleen Woll, RT(R), RVT
Glenis Wright, RDMS
Jacquie Wright, RT(R)(M), RDMS
Pawel Wuzynski, RDCS
Rachel Wyatt, RT(S)
Jenna Wytosick
Bernardo Yahuaca, RDMS, RVT
Lynn Yamauchi, BS, RDCS
Jina Yang
Gehan Youssef, RDCS
Dayna Yue, RT(R), RDMS
Ruth Zale, RVT
Tracie Zolman
Judy Salesky Kramer, BS, RDMS
Wanda Stephens, RN, RDMS
Courtney Virgilio, MD, RPVI
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