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Automated Breast Ultrasound Not 

Seen as a Threat to Sonographers – 

Could Mean More Demand for Advanced Sonography Skills 

A traditional breast sonogram involves the 

sonographer manually manipulating the transducer 

over the breast. As with all sonograms, it is highly 

dependent on the skills of the operator. 

Over the last six years or so, three companies have 

introduced automated breast ultrasound. The three 

are: SomoV by U-Systems of Silicon Valley, California, 

Automated Whole Breast Ultrasound (AWBUS) by 

SonoCine, Inc, of Reno, Nevada, and the ACUSON 

S2000 Automated Breast Volume Scanner (ABVS) by 

Siemens Healthcare of Malvern, Pennsylvania. 

“The concept of automated breast ultrasound is 

excellent,” says Cindy Rapp, BS, RDMS, RDCS, FSDMS, 

FAIUM, Senior Clinical Marketing Manager at Toshiba 

America Medical, and a specialist in breast ultrasound. 

“It makes it possible for sonographers at different 

skill levels to be able to perform screening breast 

ultrasound.” 

Each year in America, more than 200,000 women are 

newly diagnosed with breast cancer. Of women with 

breast cancer, nearly 40,000 will die. When 

detected early, breast cancer survival 

improves dramatically. 

Screening mammography has long been 

the mainstay of detecting early, nonpalpable 

breast cancers which are the 

most curable. However, mammography 

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Election 2012 • 5 Cindy Rapp on TV’s The Doctors to demonstrate 3D “Fly Thru” sonography • 

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is not as accurate in women with dense breasts as it is 

women with fatty breasts. And studies show women 

with dense or more glandular breasts are at higher 

risk of developing breast cancer. About 40 percent of 

women have at least some dense breast tissue. 

More and more facilities are providing breast 

ultrasound for women with dense breast tissue. A 

blinded, prospective, multi-center clinical trial of 

women with dense breast tissue done by SonoCine 

found that more and smaller cancers are found 

with mammography and breast ultrasound than by 

mammography alone. 

Not a replacement for mammograms 

Breast ultrasound is seen as a complement and not 

a replacement for mammography. While demand 

for breast sonography is growing, if it can be done 

automatically, what does it all mean for sonographers? 

Admittedly some sonographers may feel threatened 

by automation. It doesn’t help, Rapp says, “that a 

lot of the automated breast ultrasound equipment 

manufacturers are telling their customers you can 

have anyone run the machine and acquire the 

information.” 

But Rapp and others agree: the automation is good for 

sonographers and is in no way a threat to their jobs 

or their skills. Indeed, they say, if anything, automated 

breast ultrasound could mean more work and more 

demand for the sonographers’ skills. 

“Automated acquisition takes breast ultrasound 

to a more advanced level, increasing the value of 

sonographers and their skills,” says Jacqueline Bailey, 

RDMS, RVT, RT, Global Marketing Manager at Siemens 

Medical Solutions, Ultrasound Business Unit. “This is 

advancing sonographers, enhancing their skills and 

giving them more valuable responsibilities.” 

Chiqeeta Jameson, Director of Marketing for 

SonoCine, also sees the growing use of automated 

breast ultrasound resulting in more demand for 

sonographers. “As more women are beginning to say, 

‘Mammography is not enough. I want an additional 

test to find out if there is something there,’ physicians 

are turning to automated breast ultrasound for a more 

complete and comprehensive examination and that is 

job security for sonographers,” she says. 

It’s job security, Jameson says, because “this is an 

additional exam that will require more [sonographers] 

to perform, and thus the diagnostic exam and biopsy 

procedure that will ultimately follow.” 


Karen Emory, RT(R)(M), a senior clinical specialist with 

U-Systems, concedes that its system occasionally 

meets with some resistance from sonographers 

initially. But once they understand what it is all about, 

they’re happy their facilities acquired it, she says. 

“Truly, I can’t think of any facility we’ve been in where 

the sonographers aren’t pleased after they see what 

we’re doing and how the images are acquired. The 

sonographers realize it is of great benefit to them as 

far as helping with their workday. It allows them to 

focus on diagnostic exams and biopsies.” 

“If anything, automated 

breast ultrasound could mean 

more work and more demand 

for the sonographers’ skills.” 

Screening could mean more ultrasound-guided 

breast biopsies 

If more breast screenings are performed with 

ultrasound, it could lead to more ultrasound guided 

biopsies, which require the skills of a trained 

sonographer, Bailey says. Automatic breast ultrasound 

can provide a good overview of the breast tissue, 

but if specific areas need further review, handhelds 

could target them better. “Ultrasound guided biopsy 

is where you need the skills of a trained sonographer,” 

says Jameson, a breast cancer survivor who wishes the 

automated breast ultrasound technology had been 

available for her. 

Rapp likes that the automated breast ultrasound takes 

the pressure off the sonographer and puts it back on 

the radiologist. “A lot of times the sonographer will 

scan the breast and not see anything, but you could 

be less than a centimeter away from a lesion you 

didn’t catch,” she says. Because the automated breast 

ultrasound scans the entire breast, it puts the onus 

of finding suspicious lesions back on the radiologist 

reading the results. 

Bailey says some radiologists using the ACUSON 

S2000 Automated Breast Volume Scanner are having 

mammographers do the scan but are asking their 

sonographers to look at the multitude of slices on the

workstation before they do. The sonographers who 

have the training are being asked to provide the first 

look and bookmark areas of interest. “This is taking 

advanced sonographers and giving them more skills 

and responsibilities,” Bailey says. 

Should the radiologists see something on the 

ultrasound slices that they want to look at more 

closely, they will have the sonographer do the followup 

scan using handheld ultrasound, Bailey says. “They 

will ask the more trained sonographer to go and do a 

second look.” 

Automation helps cut down repetitive stress injuries 

Another advantage for the sonographer is that the 

automation cuts down on repetitive stress injuries that 

are causing many to leave the profession. Screening 

breast ultrasound requires very repetitive motions. 

Because it’s automated, it eliminates the repetitive 

motion injury issue that so many sonographers face 

early in their careers, Bailey says. 

Some facilities with SonoCine’s automated whole 

breast ultrasound equipment are having their 

mammographers do the initial screenings, Jameson 

says. But while they train one or two mammographers, 

most sites also have a sonographer serve as the lead, 

she says. “There is a learning curve and this is why it’s 

advised a sonographer be one of the technologists in 

the SonoCine examination.” 

Sonographers at many sites are so overworked already 

they’re going to be happy if the responsibility falls to 

mammographers and not them, Rapp says. 

One of the drawbacks that could keep automated 

breast ultrasound from taking off as a diagnostic tool 

is the cost, Rapp notes. “One of the problems is there is 

no CPT code for screening breast ultrasound. Women 

who are having it are paying out of their own pockets, 

unless they live in Connecticut, which just passed a 

law requiring it be covered.” California narrowly missed 

passing a similar law. 

While sonograms are far less costly than MRIs, which 

also are used for cancer screening in high-risk women, 

women may not want to pay out of pocket. 

More automation to come? 


Could breast ultrasound be just the first of many 

sonograms to be automated? 

Bailey and Rapp don’t think so. “Screening breast 

ultrasound with a handheld transducer is very tedious 

and very un-reproducible,” Bailey says. “Automating it 

makes the scan very efficient and reliable.” 

The main reason automated breast ultrasound 

equipment was devised is that handheld screening 

breast ultrasound is not easy for everyone to do, 

Rapp says. “You’ve got to make sure you’ve looked at 

everything and have documentation.” No one wants 

to miss finding suspicious lesions. “There are probably 

more lawsuits filed for missing breast cancer than any 

other cancer,” Rapp says. 

The U-Systems and Siemens automated breast 

ultrasound equipment use a larger transducer to 

automatically scan the entire breast in about 10 

minutes. “We don’t set dynamic range or what 

megahertz transducer we’re going to use,” Emory says. 

“The machine does that automatically.” 

“It’s about one minute for one volume scan of which 

typically three per breast are done to construct the 

image,” Bailey says. The three-dimensional scans are 

sent to the workstation where the radiologist reads 

them. 

Since 2005, U-Systems’ automated breast ultrasound 

has had clearance for diagnostic studies. In April, 

U-Systems received FDA panel approval for use of its 

automated breast screening device as an adjunct to 

mammography. “It’s really up to the facilities to decide 

how they’re going to use it,” Emory says. 

SonoCine uses the transducer of the facility’s existing 

ultrasound machine to produce images in a movie 

format, which produces a fully documented, quality 

controlled and reproducible examination. The format 

allows cancers to be identified by dynamic disruption 

of normal tissue architecture between frames. “It’s as 

if the doctors are standing there and looking at the 

entire image,” Jameson says. 

Beth W. Orenstein is a writer for SDMS.


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Cindy Rapp on TV’s The Doctors to demonstrate 

3D “Fly Thru” sonography 

Cindy Rapp, BS, RDMS, RDCS, FSDMS, FAIUM 

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BS, RDMS, RDCS, FSDMS, 

FAIUM, on an episode of The 

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but they found it was easier just to have Rapp do it. 

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‘new in sonography,’ Toshiba’s 3D volume rendering 

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SDMS Spotlight 

Platt College Director on Benefits of CAAHEP Programmatic Accreditation 

The SDMS believes that 

individuals entering the 

Diagnostic Medical Sonography 

profession should graduate 

from an educational program 

that is programmatically 

accredited by the Commission on Accreditation 

of Allied Health Education Programs (CAAHEP) 

through the Joint Review Committee on Education 

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or the Joint Review Committee on Education in 

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we will feature a Q&A with the director of a 

programmatically accredited education program. 

Platt College launched its Diagnostic Medical 

Sonography Program in February 2009. The first 

cohort graduated in September 2011. 

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Sonography is available at two Platt College campuses: 

Ontario-Inland Empire and Alhambra-Los Angeles. 

Blanca Caro MD, RDMS, is Program Director. 

Why did your program make the commitment 

to acquire and retain CAAHEP programmatic 

accreditation? 

Caro: Our program goals are the same as CAAHEP 

standards: to provide an educational experience that 

reflects the accepted standards of the profession and 

to graduate students who are clinically, technically 

and professionally prepared to be sonographers. 

How have your students and faculty benefitted from 

being a CAAHEP accredited educational program? 

Caro: The students have set their goals to become 

registered sonographers, not only by presenting and 

obtaining a passing score in their SPI examination, 

but also by pursuing their specialty examination. The 

faculty benefits by helping to prepare students to 

work in an honorable profession and by seeing their 

efforts rewarded. 

How have employers in your region benefited 

from having graduates from a CAAHEP accredited 

program available as prospective employees? 

Caro: Employees know they have quality and 

competent prospective employees who can stimulate 

the continuous learning experience of their current 

employed sonographers. 

Describe some of the positive aspects of CAAHEP 

accreditation and your relationship/partnership 

with your clinical education sites? 

Caro: Becoming an accredited program has opened 

new opportunities to our continuous effort to bring 

new quality clinical affiliates. This will help us offer our 

students and graduates an improved program and 

better employment opportunities. 

What are some things that sonographers and 

physicians in your region say about your CAAHEP 

accredited program? 

Caro: The physicians and sonographers acknowledge 

that we are a new program with ambitions of growth 

and improvement of our students competitiveness. 

They congratulated us for accomplishing accreditation 

standards and have committed to supporting our 

effort. Some of these affiliates have also hired some of 

our graduates. 

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programs that are considering pursuing CAAHEP 

programmatic accreditation? 

Caro: Nothing worth obtaining is easy. Our faculty 

knows this very well and is working every day 

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invite those who are interested in programmatic 

accreditation to visit the CAAHEP webpage and read 

the standards and to work as a team pursuing this 

goal.


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Cynthia Domenech, RVT 

Kristin Dosanjh, RDMS 

Marion Drobnich-Armstrong, RDMS 

Francis Dube, MD 

Robyn DuPuis, RT(R), RDMS 

David Durham, RDMS 

Kwame Dwirantwi 

Alecksandr Dzhanashvili, MD, RVS 

Laura Easterling, RDMS 

Sherry Ebersole, RDMS 

Laura Eddlemon, RDMS 

Stephanie Edgerton, BS, RDMS, RDCS, RVT 

Barbara Ellifrits, CCT 

Deidre Elrod 

Mojgan Elston, RDMS 

Mark Evans, BS 

Steven Evans, RDMS, RVT 

Lori Ewing, RDMS, RDCS, RVT 

Marjorie Faller, RDCS 

Michael Farnam, RT(R)(CT), RDMS 

Afsaneh Fatahi, RVT 

Casey Federmeyer, RVT, RVS 

Kimberly Feeney, RDMS 

Marla Feichtenbiner, RT(R), RDMS, RVT 

Sheril Ferguson 

Michael Fernandez 

Diana Ferrell, BS, RVT 

Lisa Fertile, BS, RDMS 

Susan Fiala-Gedeon, RDMS 

Deirdre Firth, RDMS 

Haley Flores, RT(R), RDMS 

Michael Foley, RDMS 

David Forster, MD, RVT 

Megan Franasiak 

Alma Francis, RN, RDMS, RVT 

Jonna Frankforther, RDMS 

Lindsey Frantz 

Theodora Fraser, RDMS 

Elyse Fredin, RT(R)(M), RDMS, RVT 

Misty Fuller, RT(R), RDMS 

Gina Galani, RDMS 

Brian Gallaher, RT(R)(CT), RDMS 

Stephen Galloway, BS, RDCS, RVT


Jamie Garbutt, RDMS 

Erica Garcia, RDMS 

Gina Garibaldi, RT(R), RDMS 

Sergio Garibay, RDMS 

Meredith Gaskins, RT(R)(S) 

Angelica Gasparro 

Mary Gaughan 

Olena Gener-Kruse, RT(R), RDMS, RVT 

Shella Generowicz, RDMS 

Brooke George, RDMS 

Corri German 

Stacey Gibbs, RDCS 

Leigh Giles-Brown, JD, MPA, RDMS, RVT 

Amy Ginesta, RT(R), RDMS 

Deirdre Gisonna, BS 

Analisa Gonzalez 

Sepideh Gooran 

Bonnie Gowen, RDMS 

Sheryl Grace, BS, RN, RT(R), RDMS 

Brandi Graham, BS 

Jennifer Graham 

Celestine Gramlich, RT(R), RDMS, RVT 

Elizabeth Green, RT(R)(M), RDMS 

Donna Griffith, RDCS, RCS 

Debbie Grimm, RDMS 

Roseann Grippaldi 

Dionne Grishby, BS 

Samantha Guerrero 

Laura Guido, RDMS, RVT 

Jessica Gutierrez 

Jeffrey Halstead 

Jennifer Hannah, RDMS 

Angela Hansen, RDMS 

Tina Hardee, RDMS 

Kelly Harris 

Tammy Hartfiel, RDCS 

Larry Harvey, RT(R), RDMS 

Sajiha Hassan, BS, RDMS 

Jason Havice, BS, RDMS, RVT 

Tracy Heidkamp, CCT 

Christopher Helton, RDMS 

Terri Hendee, BS, RT(R), RDMS, RVT 

Laura Henley 

Brandon Hennon, RDCS 

Catherine Herman, RDMS 

April Herndon, RDMS, RDCS, RVT 

Nicole Herrington, BS, RT(R), RDMS, RVT 

Maxine Hill 

Rita Hill, RDMS, RDCS 

Francine Himstedt, RT(R), RDMS 

Marie Hirschbuhl 

John Hobby, RDMS, RVT 

Doris Hoffman, RDMS 

Brian Holland, MD 

Jody Hollander, RDMS 

Danielle Holtgrieve 

Jodi Holton, RDCS 

Diane Honeycutt, RDCS 

April Horvath, RT(R), RDMS 

Michelle Houck 

Hsiaoling Hsu, RDMS 

Frances Hunt, RT(R)(M), RDMS 

Deana Hurley, RT(R), RDMS 

Erin Hurrle, BS, RDCS 

Dianna Hurt, RT(R) 

Oana Ionescu, RDMS 

Dalia Israilov, RDMS 

Igor Ivanov, RDMS 

Angelia Jaudon, RDMS 

Denise Jeong, BS, RT(R), RDMS 

Deborah Johnson, RT(R), RDMS, RDCS, RVT 

Laura Johnson, RDMS, RVT 

Delores Jones, RT(S) 

Jennifer Jones, BS 

Leetta Jones, RDMS, RVT 

Sarah Jones, RT(R), RDMS 

Leelamma Jose, RDCS 

Jennifer Joyce, RVT 

Jeannette June, RCS, RVS 

Melodi Kaneshiro, RT(R)(M), RDMS 

J. Alex Katz, RDMS 

Moses Kauffman, RT(R), RDMS, RDCS, RVT 

Teresa Keegan, BS, RDMS, RVT 

Brittany Keele, BS, RDMS 

Rebecca Kemna, RDCS 

Erin Kennedy, RT(R), RDCS 

Trina Kennedy, RT(R) 

Emily Kerns, RDMS 

Wasif Khan 

Melissa Kimsey 

Gary Kirchner, RDCS 

Valerie Klass, RDCS, RVT 

Julie Kleintob, RDMS 

Jean Marie Klingl 

Pavani Kodali, RDMS 

Sarah Koehler, RCS 

Deana Kostick, RDMS 

Dusanka Kotarac, BS, RDMS 

Claudia Kotch 

Sue Krauss, RDMS 

Kate Kredo 

Alison Kroll, RT(R) 

Janet Kronemberg, RT(R) 

Chelsea Krysko, RDMS 

Diane Kuhn, RT(R)(M), RDMS 

Carrie LaBombard 

Bree Lafferty, RDMS 

Denise LaLonde, RDCS 

Anna LaMantia, RT(R), RDMS 

Yvonne Lammlein, RT(R), RDMS 

Melissa LaPaglia, RDMS 

Michael LaRiviere, RT(R), RDMS 

Matthew Law 

Sarah Lech 

Megan Lee 

Robert Lenington, MD, RVT 

Erica Lenox, RDMS 

Rachel Leon 

Karl Lindenbaum, RDCS, RVT 

Jenna Lozon, RDMS 

Yulia Lugovtsova, RDCS 

Samantha Luna 

Howard MacCalla, RT(R), RDMS, RVT 

Mary Jo MacLellan 

Sheena Majetich, RVT 

Kathryn Major-Clark 

Tara Malak 

Meresa Malin, RT(R) 

Kelly Malle, RT(R)(M), RVT 

Jane Mallette, RDMS 

David Maraman 

Jamie Marbut, RDMS 

Linda Marconi, RDMS 

Stephanie Marrero, RDMS 

Debra Martola, RDMS 

Michael Maurer, RVT 

Marina Maurice, BS, RDCS 

Travette McBride, BA, RT(R)(S), RDMS 

Ashlea McCauley, RT(S) 

Sarah McClanahan, RCS 

Erin McCusker, RDMS 

Danielle McDonald, RDMS 

Kimberly McDonald, RVT 

Glenda McDonough, RDMS, RVT 

Rosemary McFarland, RT(R), RDMS 

Deborah McFarren-Flamini, RDMS, RDCS 

Bonnie McMinn, RDMS, RDCS, RVT 

Leah McQuilliams, BS, RDMS, RVT 

Kimberly Mearns 

Natalie Melendez-Ortiz, RDMS 

Bridgette Mendenhall, BS, RT(R), RDMS 

Brenda Merrell, RT(R), RDMS 

Brandi Merrill, BS, RT(R), RDMS, RVT 

Patricia Merritt, RT(R), RDMS 

Maria Mical, RDMS 

Jessica Migliaccio, RT(R), RDMS 

David Millay, RT(R), RVS, RCS 

Steven Miller, BS, RDMS, RDCS 

Lia Mohr 

Tamie Mongold, RDMS 

Debra Monteiro 

Kelli Montgomery 

Diane Morgan, RDMS 

Rebecca Morgan, RT(R), RDMS 

Jessica Morris, BS 

Odivania Moscogliato, MD, RDMS 

Michelle Mosier, RDMS 

Natalya Moskalets 

Muhammad Munir, RDMS, RDCS, RVT 

Sherry Myers, RDMS, RDCS, RVT 

Denise Naminski, BS, RDMS 

Dagoberto Navialarosa, RDMS, RDCS, 

RVT, RCS 

Sajeela Naz, RDMS 

Irina Nesterova 

Forrest Nevill, RT(R), RDMS 

Ha Nguyen, RDMS 

Loria Nguyen 

Ven Nguyen, RDCS, RVT 

Laura Nott, RDMS 

Michele Nunes, RDMS 

Lea O’Brien, RDMS 

Amy Oliver, RT(R), RDMS 

Christine Orena, RDMS 

Ganiyu Oshodi, MD 

Osama Osman, MD, RDMS, RVT 

Kathleen Pace, RT(R)(M), RDMS, RVT 

Dianitza Padilla Cebollero 

Rupinder Padwal, BS, RDMS 

Michelle Pagan, RT(R), RDMS 

Carrie Pajak, BS 

Rhonda Palmertree, RDMS 

Christina Pappas, BS, RVT 

Dane Parchment, RT(N), RDMS 

Jennifer Parisi 

Melissa Pasteka, RT(S), RDMS 

Karen Patane, RDMS 

Julia Patterson, RDMS 

Marcelino Peguero, RDMS, RDCS, RVT 

Ayla Penchard


Alban Pepa, RDMS, RVT 

Melissa Rodriguez 

Ashley Smith 

Karen Trout, RDMS 

Kathleen Pepper, RCS 

Merilee Root, RDMS 

Deborah Smith, RT(R), RDMS, RVT 

Barbara Tucker, RN, RDMS 

Phillipa Perkins, RDMS 

Monika Rosado, RCS 

Ganaris Smith, RT(R), RDMS 

Rebecca Turner, RDCS 

Alberto Pernudi, RT(R), RDMS 

Theresa Rothdiener, RT(R)(M), RDMS 

Julie Smith, RDMS 

Cindy Valentine, BA, RDCS, RVT 

Nancy Perrotta, RDMS 

Kristine Royer, RDMS 

Kenna Smith, RDMS, RVT 

Lori Vaughn, RT(R), RDMS 

Peggy Perry, RCS 

Paulina Roznawski, RDCS 

Natalie Smith, RDMS 

Kaitlyn Vincent 

Christine Perusse 

Raymond Ruffin, RT(R), RDMS 

Nicole Smith, BS, RDMS 

Delicia Vinson 

Katherine Philo 

Graciela Ruiz 

Diane Snider, RT(R) 

Catherine Voltaire, RT(R)(M), RDMS 

Karan Pierce, RDMS 

Maria Ruiz-Huyke 

Denise Sparkman, RDCS, RVT 

Adrienne Wade, RDMS 

Margo Pierre 

Aisha Sabri, RDCS, RCS 

Stacey Spivey, RDMS, RVT 

Rebecca Waller, RDMS 

Michelle Plasters 

Alex Saidov, BS, RDCS 

Sara Spurlock, RDMS 

Bin Wang, RDMS 

Amy Plummer, RT(R)(CT), RDMS, RVT 

Lazaro Salas, RDCS 

Adrienne St Clair, MHS, RDMS, RDCS, RVT 

Li Wang, RDMS 

Ria Poblete, BS, RDMS 

Audrey Samuels, RCS 

Mollie Standring, MPSA, RT(R)(M)(T) 

Jody Warner, BS 

Kendra Pomeroy-Marr, RDMS 

Michael Santistevan, RDCS, RVT, CPT 

Bobbi Stebbins, BS, RDMS 

Chassidy Watson 

Rosa Ponce, RDMS 

Jacqueline Sasek, RVT, RPhS 

Tawny Straut 

Dana Webb, RDCS, RVT 

Brana Popovic 

Victoria Savu, RDMS, RVT 

Diana Striker, RT(R)(M), RDMS 

Sandy Wee, RDMS 

Jeanette Poston, RT(R)(M), RDMS 

Mary Scalley, RDMS, RVT 

Brenda Strunk, RDMS, RVT 

Aimee Weeden, RDMS, RVT 

Jesika Potts, RT(R), RDMS 

Abigail Scarbrough, BS 

Dean Su, RDCS 

Susan Weigold, RDMS 

Sherri Powell, RDMS, RVT 

Orpa Schick, RDMS, RVT 

Jennifer Suey, RDCS 

Alexis Weiler, RDMS 

Suzanne Prentovich, RDMS 

Sharon Schmalz, RT(R)(CT), RDMS, RVT 

Marina Svarishchuk 

Linda Weismiller 

Kristin Price, RT(R) 

Lisa Schmetzer, RT(R), RDMS 

Terry Swan, RT(R)(S), RDMS, RDMS 

Sara Wetterlin 

Carmen Pringle, AS, RDMS 

Melissa Schoeniger 

Barbara Swanhart, RT(R), RDMS 

Robyn Wicks 

Bonnie Pronovost, RDMS 

Amanda Schor, RDMS 

Khojasteh Taheri, RDMS 

Marian Wilkerson, BS, RDMS 

Krystal Pruitt, BS, RDMS 

Jaye Schultz 

Thomas Tamlyn, MD, RVT, FACC 

Jacqueline Williams 

Diana Quezada 

Maggie Schuster, RDCS 

Eric Kwok Hung Tang, RDCS, RCS 

Linda Williams, RDCS 

Amber Rabena 

Angela Scott, RDMS 

Lisa Tango, RDCS 

Connie Wilson, RT(S) 

Andrew Rabena 

Karen Scott, RDCS 

Mindy Taylor, BS, RDCS, RVT 

Diane Wilson, RDMS 

Aurelia Raftu, RDMS 

Sara Secondcost 

Niandrea Taylor, BS 

Katey Wilson 

Kristin Raines, RDMS, RDCS 

Rita Seitz 

Richelle Teague, BS, RDMS 

Rachel Wiseman, RDCS 

Wendy Redoblado, BS, RT(R), RDMS 

Edwadeen Sentz 

Nancy Teune, RT(R)(M), RDMS, RVT 

Rita Wisinski, BS, RN, RDCS, RVT 

Ronda Reed, RT(R)(M), RDMS 

Joy Session 

Deborah Thom, RT(R), RDMS 

Bridget Wolfe 

Reem Regno, RDMS 

Dana Settle, RT(R), RDMS 

Amy Thomas, RDCS 

Shannon Woody 

Michelle Renar, RDMS 

Rita Sewall, RT(R)(M), RDMS 

Sonia Thomas, RDMS 

Evelyn Wright, RDMS, RDCS 

Elizabeth Rendle 

Jayesh Shah, MS, RDMS, RVT 

Catherine Thompson, BS, RDMS, RDCS 

Justin Wright, RDCS, RCS 

Terri Reynolds, RDMS 

Katy Shelby, RT(R), RDMS, RVT 

Jamie Thompson 

Kimberly Wright, RCS 

Jamie Rinehart, RT(R), RDMS, RVT 

David Shepherd 

Cathy Thornton, RT(R), RDMS, RDCS, RVT 

Mariya Yakubov, BS, RDMS 

Eunice Rios, RDMS 

Trisha Shipman, RDMS 

Marla Threadgill, RDMS 

Paul Yoast, BS, RDMS, RVT 

Jose Rivero, MD, RCS 

Donna Shomo, RT, RDMS 

Amanda Tima, RDMS 

Catherine Young, RDMS 

Raxys Rivero, RDMS 

Natalie Siffledeen, RVT 

Michelle Torgerson, RT(R)(M)(CT), RDMS 

Charla Young, RT(R), RDCS, RVT 

Joseph Robinson, RDMS 

Michelle Simrak, RT(R), RDMS 

Carrie Torrez, RDMS 

Alla Yubliler, RDCS 

Sofie Rockele, BS 

Saraswati Singh, RDCS 

Marybeth Trampe, RN, RDMS 

Crystal Zurbrugg, RDMS 

Hannah Mia Rodriguez, RDMS 

Natalie Skala, RDMS 

Krysten Tripp 

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