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SDMS News Wave June 2009 1 

SDMS News Wave is published to inform 

SDMS members of meetings, events and 

policies as well as trends and issues in 

the sonography profession. Comments, 

questions or concerns about the articles 

appearing in SDMS News Wave, should be 

directed to newswave@sdms.org. 

SDMS Forms New Nonprofit, 

Charitable Organization: 

SDMS Foundation 

On June 25, the SDMS Board of Directors formally 

approved the organizational documents for a new 

nonprofit, charitable organization, the Society 

of Diagnostic Medical Sonography Foundation 

(SDMS Foundation). The SDMS Board of Directors 

is committed to ensuring that the new SDMS 

Foundation operates with full transparency and 

remains focused on its mission. The SDMS 

Foundation will operate in a manner similar to 

the SDMS, where sound financial policies and 

financially conservative investment strategies 

carefully protect the monies entrusted to the SDMS 

Foundation by our members and the sonography 

community. The SDMS Executive Committee 

members have agreed to serve as the interim 

Board of Directors for the new SDMS Foundation 

- a new SDMS Foundation Board of Directors will 

be named by October. The new SDMS Foundation 

is expected to receive widespread support from 

SDMS members and the entire sonography 

community to help sustain its mission of providing 

programs that benefit the sonography community 

and the patients we serve. 

The formation of the new SDMS Foundation 

occurred after the Board of Directors of the 

SDMS Foundation 

The SDMS Foundation is a new source for 

students and sonographers to obtain: 

Educational and research 

grants 

Scholarships to help with 

books and tuition 

Financial assistance to attend 

the SDMS Annual Conference 

And more to come... 

SDMS Educational Foundation announced its 

formal separation from its long-time affiliation with 

SDMS and changed its name to the International 

Foundation for Sonography Research and 

Education (IFSER). To avoid further confusion, the 

new SDMS Foundation has been structured to be 

permanently affiliated with the SDMS to ensure 

continued support of educational and research 

programs in the sonography community. 

In this issue 

cover story: SDMS Forms SDMS Foundation • 2 SDMS Product Spotlight • SDMS Staff 

Member Earns CAE Credential • 3 Legislative and Sonography Licensure Update • 4 SDMS CME 

Policies and Procedures Updated • Make Your Way to Music City • 5 Celebrate Sonography! • 

7 Upcoming SDMS Webinars • 8 SDMS Fellow Spotlight • 9 SDMS Welcomes New Members 

Society of Diagnostic Medical Sonography 

www.sdms.org


Charitable scholarship programs are important resources 

to SDMS student and sonographer members who need 

financial assistance for tuition and books, whether 

for initial education or to continue and advance their 

professional development. Educational grants to attend 

the SDMS Annual Conference can also engage students 

from the very beginning of their careers to become 

dedicated and loyal professionals. With employers far 

less likely to provide financial support to sonographers 

for continuing education, grants can help defray the 

cost of attending the SDMS Annual Conference while 

providing an important opportunity to refresh and 

expand their knowledge, to network with sonographers 

from across the world, and to learn about the latest 

technological advancements. 

As the SDMS Foundation develops its new charitable 

programs, SDMS members are encouraged to offer their 

opinions on the needs of the profession and how the 

SDMS Foundation might help meet those needs. If you 

have any ideas or suggestions, please send them to: 

foundation@sdms.org 

SDMS Product Spotlight 

Now Available! 

SDMS National Certification Examination Review 

Series: Neurosonography, Breast Sonography, and 

Sonography Principles and instrumentation (SPI) 

This review series is written in easy-to-use outline format and offers an excellent 

review of each specialty area. If you are a preparing for the national certification 

examinations administered through ARMDS or CCI, or just want a refresher, this 

is a ‘must have’ publication. Each book is broken into modules and contains posttests 

that can be used for self-assessment and SDMS CME credit. This series also 

provides excellent instructional outlines for educators to use in the classroom. The SDMS National 

Certification Examination Review Series is based on the ARDMS content outlines and National Education 

Curriculum (NEC). 

Visit our web site to purchase these and other valuable resources! http://www.sdms.org/products/default.asp 

SDMS Staff Member 

Earns CAE Credential 

Please join SDMS in extending a sincere ‘congratulations’ for a job well done 

to Amy Westerman who was honored this month for having successfully 

completed the American Society of Association Executives (ASAE) ‘Certified 

Association Executive’ credentialing program. Of the hundreds of thousands 

of non-profit associations throughout the country, there are less than 3,700 

association management staff who have completed the CAE process. It is, 

and deservedly so, the pinnacle of professional development in the industry. 

Amy joins a rather elite group of association managers with her latest 

accomplishment. We are happy for her and certainly proud of her recognition. 

With Amy’s acquisition of the CAE it now brings SDMS into rarified company 

as a non-profit association in which all its senior staff hold the CAE credential.


Legislative Update 

Connecticut Passes First State Law 

Prohibiting Entertainment Sonograms 

On June 24, Connecticut’s Governor Rell signed HB 5635 which had passed the Connecticut General 

Assembly in late May. The new law, which takes effect on July 1, 2009, is the first state law to prohibit 

entertainment sonograms. The new law states that obstetrical ‘ultrasound procedures’ may only be 

performed in Connecticut if the procedure was 1) ordered by a licensed health care provider (acting within 

the scope of such provider’s authority), and 2) for a medical or diagnostic purposes. 

Connecticut Public Act No. 09-125 

AN ACT CONCERNING ULTRASOUND PROCEDURES FOR MEDICAL AND DIAGNOSTIC 

PURPOSES. 

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened: 

Section 1. (NEW) (Effective July 1, 2009) No person shall perform an obstetrical ultrasound 

procedure unless such procedure is (1) ordered by a licensed health care provider, acting within 

the scope of such provider’s authority, and (2) for a medical or diagnostic purpose. 

The new law is consistent with the federal Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) position that exposing the 

fetus to ultrasound with no anticipation of medical benefit is not justified. The FDA also states that “Persons 

who promote, sell or lease ultrasound equipment for making ‘keepsake’ fetal videos should know that FDA 

views this as an unapproved use of a medical device.” 

See http://www.fda.gov/MedicalDevices/Safety/AlertsandNotices/PatientAlerts/ucm064756.htm 

for more information. 

The SDMS position on non-diagnostic use of ultrasound for entertainment purposes in the obstetrical setting 

is available at: http://www.sdms.org/positions/nondiagnostic.asp 

Sonography Licensure Update 

Oregon Legislature Passes Sonographer 

Licensure Legislation 

After stalling in committee for several months, a sonographer licensure bill (HB 2245) finally passed in 

the Oregon Legislature and has been sent to Oregon Governor Ted Kulongoski. The Governor has up to 

30 days to sign or veto the bill. The bill would make Oregon only the second state in the United States to 

require licensure of sonographers. SDMS worked closely with other sonography-related organizations and 

Oregon sonographers to help craft the language in the bill that passed this week. The bill renames and 

restructures the Oregon Board of Radiologic Technologists to the Oregon Board of Medical Imaging (OBMI) 

and ensures representation of sonographers on the Board. 

The bill requires Oregon sonographers to become licensed by OBMI effective July 1, 2010. Beginning on 

January 1, 2014, all sonography licensees would be required to hold a national sonography certification/ 

credential (or be currently enrolled as a student). While the Oregon bill is far more detailed than the 

sonographer licensure law that passed in New Mexico earlier this year, additional administrative rules/ 

regulations will be developed over the next year to fully implement the bill, if signed by the Governor. 

SDMS will be continue to monitor developments regarding sonographer licensure in other states. If you are 

aware of licensure efforts, please be sure to let SDMS know by contacting Don Kerns at dkerns@sdms.org.


SDMS CME Policies and 

Procedures updated 

The SDMS CME Policies and Procedures have been updated, the new version can 

be found on the SDMS website at: http://www.sdms.org/pdf/sdmscme.pdf. The 

new SDMS CME Policies and Procedures are effective July 1, 2009. The changes are 

minor editing changes that we hope will help CME providers more clearly understand 

the SDMS CME Management System and SDMS CME Application Process. No 

significant changes in content were made in this revision. All providers who have accounts in the SDMS CME 

Management System will also be notified by email in the near future regarding the new version of the SDMS 

CME Policies and Procedures and will be asked to take a short survey to evaluate the first year on the new 

SDMS CME Management System. 

Registration is now open! Visit http://www.sdms.org/meetings/ 

Join us this October at the Gaylord Opryland 

Resort in Nashville, TN October 15-18, for 

the 2009 SDMS Annual Conference! Relax at 

the Relache Spa after lectures or take a Delta 

Riverboat Tour through nine acres of indoor 

gardens—and that’s just at the resort! Get out 

and walk next door to the Grand Ole Opry, 

take in a round of golf at Gaylord Springs or 

take a ride on the General Jackson showboat. 

Music City has never looked so good! 

Save the Date – You don’t want to miss 

THE sonographer event of the year! 

Thinking about buying new 

equipment? 

The best place to shop and compare is the 

2009 SDMS Annual Conference Exhibit Hall! 

Visit October 15 - 17 (if you can’t get away for 

the educational program, get an exhibit hall 

pass for only $50!)


Celebrate 

Sonography! 

October 2009 

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Upcoming 

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All SDMS Webinars are tracked 

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History of First Trimester Risk Assessment 

for Aneuploidy 

Date: Thursday, July 9, 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 (OB) 

FEATURED SPEAKER: Jean Lea Spitz, MPH, RDMS, FSDMS 

The Transcranial Doppler Examination 

Date: Thursday, August 6, 2009 



CME Credits: 1.0 SDMS CME Credit (VT) 

FEATURED SPEAKER: Larry N. Raber, RDMS, RVT, RT(R) 

The Anatomy of the Anatomy Scan 

Date: Thursday, September 17, 2009 



CME Credits: 1.0 SDMS CME Credit (OT) 

FEATURED SPEAKER: Lisa Allen, BS, RDMS, RDCS, RVT, FAIUM 

Ergonomics 

Date: Thursday, November 4, 2009 



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 

http://www.sdms.org/members/webinars.asp

SDMS Fellow 

Spotlight 


This is a continuing series of interviews of 

our distinguished SDMS Fellow members. 

Gale Kennedy Cote BS, 

RDMS, RVT, FSDMS, 

CNMT, RT(R,N) 

Year awarded fellow 

status: 1996 

Current position: 

Ultrasound coordinator, 

Eastern Maine Medical 

Center 

What inspired you to start your career in 

sonography? 

I sort of fell into sonography. In 1974, the 

radiologists at EMMC where I did my Radiologic 

Technology training decided they wanted this 

“new” modality of ultrasound. The chief radiologist 

approached me and asked if I was interested and 

I said yes. The purchased machine was a bistable 

unit and the radiologists and I learned and 

struggled together. In early 1975, I left EMMC and 

lived and worked in New Jersey and Florida. When 

I returned to EMMC in late 1976, the bi-stable 

unit was still in use. The next year a gray scale 

B-scanner was purchased and I fell in love with 

sonography. When I saw and used the first realtime 

machine a few years later I thought how much 

easier it was to scan and find things and I was 

totally hooked on the profession. 

Did you have a memorable role model/teacher? 

Who was it? 

Dr. Mary Warner came to EMMC in the early 1980s 

and became the Ultrasound section chief. She is 

a wonderful teacher, is very knowledgeable in not 

only the scanning and diagnostic aspect of the 

ultrasound exam, but she also understands the 

physics behind ultrasound and how the different 

controls on the machine affect the beam and the 

image. She set high standards, challenged the 

sonographers, taught great scanning tricks, and 

never settled for less than optimum quality images. 

My goal was always to produce the best images 

possible, find all the pathology, so that if she decided 

to backscan, she would not find anything additional. 

What was the most significant advance in 

ultrasound technology that you directly 

experienced? 

That is a hard question as I have seen a lot of 

major changes. I think for me, the change from 

bi-stable to gray scale was huge. When I was first 

scanning, I found anatomy hard to define with the 

bi-stable. Once gray scale happened, it was as if 

all the anatomy clicked into place and everything I 

scanned made so much sense. 

Were there any memorable developments, 

cases or events that have changed the way you 

practice sonography? 

I have seen a lot of changes over the years. It 

seems that with new developments that came along 

such as gray scale, real-time scanning, spectral 

doppler, transvaginal scanning, color doppler, 

3D/4D and so on…that the improved and additional 

features and technologies opens new doors to what 

we can see and information that can be given to 

the radiologist and ordering provider. With each 

new added technology, I was and am challenged to 

use it to the best of its capabilities to get the best 

possible diagnostic exam with quality images. 

What changes do you predict for the field in the 

immediate future? 

Ultrasound is a constantly growing and changing 

field. I think that the growth and ways to use 3D/4D 

technology will expand similar to the evolution of 

color doppler. Elastography and endovascular 

ultrasound catheters are just some examples of the 

new horizons that are just starting to be explored. 

What advice would you give to students/future 

sonographers? 

To take advantage of every educational opportunity. 

Talk to the sonographers and sonologists, ask them 

questions about exams and pathology, be on a 

learning quest that will last your whole career. Take 

the time to enjoy the interactions with patients and 

their families. Love your chosen profession for it will 

give you many rewards. 

What’s your favorite part of your job? 

In my current position, my time is divided between 

scanning patients and doing supervisory and 

administrative duties. I take pleasure in my time 

scanning and interacting with patients. I still enjoy 

the challenging patient with pathology as it keeps 

those mental juices flowing. The sonographers I 

work with will share interesting cases. It is fun to 

look at the exam, share thoughts and possible 

diagnosis, and at times, delve into the reference 

books or Google the possibilities of what we may 

be looking at.


SDMS Welcomes New Members 

May 2009 

Flavia Acioli 

Lindsey Akers RDMS 

Joy Alizomor 

Sepideh Amirmaki 

Carlos Andongo RDMS, RVS 

Erika Arauco 

Barbara Argo RT(R), RDMS 

Alice Ashby RDCS, RCS 

Caroline Ayong 

Barbara Bahlman 

Bruce Baker 

Larry Ballard RCS 

Charles Balog RVT 

Megan Banks 

Kristina Barden 

Devorah Baron BA, RDMS 

Joan Barron RDMS 

Mahjabeen Basheer RDMS, RVS 

Heather Bateman RT(R), RDMS 

Kelly Bates 

Alex Baumann 

Valerie Beam RT(R), RDMS 

Cindy Bennett-Callen RT(R)(M), 

RDMS 

Maria Berardi 

Natallia Biahliak 

J Darlene Blagg RT(R), RDMS 

Holly Blanchard BS, RDMS, RDCS, 

RVT 

Heather Bradford 

Jeffrey Bradley RDMS 

Michelle Branch RDMS 

Rollin Brenner RDMS, RDCS, RVT 

Courtney Brickner 

Crystal Broady 

Brant Brown BS, RDCS 

Travis Brown RVT 

Charlotte Bruce 

Katie Callow 

Denise Camburn RT(R), RDMS 

Chris Casagrande RT(R), RDMS, 

RDCS, RVT 

Denise Cayenne 

Melissa Ceballos 

Leanne Charles RDMS 

Margaret Chiappone RVS, RCS 

Vijaya Chode BS, RDCS 

Richard Chow RDCS 

June Christoff RDMS, RVT 

Debra Clayton RDCS 

Kirsten Cleary 

Jennifer Cleek RT(R)(M), RDMS 

Kerri Clements RDMS 

Gail Cook-Beauchamp RT(R), RDMS 

Aaron Corbett RDCS 

Joshua Corbett 

Erica Corona 

Melissa Couch RT(R), RDMS, 

RDCS, RVT 

Stacy Coyne RDMS 

Amanda Cronk RRT 

Tammie Crowgey RDMS 

Jeffrey Danetz MD 

Odis Darden RDMS 

Stefan Darvischi MS, RDCS, RVT 

Tanner Dean 

Marjorie Dela Cruz 

Michael Devenport MS, RDCS 

Ellen DFantis RDCS 

Melissa Dixon RDCS 

Casey Doke RDMS, RVT 

Paige Dooley RDMS 

Rhiannon Dougherty 

Janet Dover 

Sara Draper RT(R) 

Amanda Dula 

Patricia Dunavant RDMS, RVT 

Renee Earl RDMS 

Donna Ehler BS, RDCS 

Kim Elliott RDMS 

Jami Ellsworth RT(R), RDMS 

Kristin Erickson 

Kimberly Erpelding RT(R), RDMS, 

RDCS, RVT 

Thomas Fabunmi 

Carmelo Fernandez MD, RDMS 

Perla Figueroa RDMS 

Eric Finn RDCS 

Nancy Finn 

Robert Fisher MD, RDMS, FACEP 

Krisztina Flanagan RT(R), RDMS 

Melanie Foutz 

Stacy French RT(R) 

Courtney Fry 

Wendy Fuller RDMS 

Teresa Galvin 

Nita Ganshani 

Jeanie Garcia RDMS 

Elsie Garrett RT(R), RDMS 

Mary Gibson 

Jessica Goodman CMA 

Janis Gray RT(R), RDMS, RDCS 

Tiffany Greene 

Trisha Grote BS, RT(R)(M), RDMS, 

RVT 

Brian Guenther 

Shotzie Hall 

Christina Harris BA, RDCS 

Elizabeth Hastings 

Marie Hayward 

Lindsay Hemstreet 

Stephanie Hensell RT(R) 

Gail Hipp RDMS, RVT 

Walter Hollingsworth RVS 

Kathy Hopkins 

Jeri Huff RT(R)(M), RDMS 

Jim Hull BS, RVT, RRT 

Jan Ingham 

Lorraine Jacobson RDMS, RVT 

Dan Jasinski 

Anita Jennings RDMS 

Eun Yul Jeong RN, RDMS 

Patrick Johanboeke RDCS 

Jamie Johnson RDMS 

Dawna Jones RT, RDMS 

Michael Jones MD, RDMS 

Claire Joubert RT(R)(M), RDMS, RVT 

Kirt Judd RDMS 

Rasadul Kabir RDMS 

Jungkyu Kang RDCS 

Yelena Karpuk 

Jennifer Karr RDCS 

Cassandra Kelley 

Kathleen Kerrigan RDMS 

Mary Ketelers RT(R)(M), RDMS, RVT 

Noman Kidwai BS, RDMS, RCS, RVS 

Barabra King RT(R), RDMS 

Theodore Kinsey RVT 

Kasie Kiser RT(R), RDMS 

Corie Komarc RDMS, RVT 

Maria Kompos RDCS 

Valeriya Kononenko 

Victoria Kramnik-Brits RDMS 

Michelle Kroeger RDMS 

Lisa Kuo 

Erin LaFave RDMS 

Jamesion Lambert RT(R), RDMS, RVT 

Suzanne Lazear 

Salvador Lazos RT(R), RDMS 

Mai Le 

Andrea Lebron 

Parke LeClercq 

Soyoung Lee 

Mary Lesnicki RT(R), RDMS 

Olga Levchenko 

Deanna Lock RT(R), RDMS 

Mark Lockwood RVT 

Gloria Lokos 

Ricky Long


Sherri Lowery RDMS 

Karla Newgard RDMS 

Kelley Rada 

Paul Stecyk RDMS, RDCS 

Carrie Lupaczyk RDMS, RVT 

Lea Newland 

Zehra Rajani RDMS, RVT 

Angela Steen RT(R), RDMS, RVT 

Ann Marie Lyle 

Angela Ng 

Sarah Richards 

Randy Stephens RT(R), RDCS 

Jacqueline Magrane 

Thao Ngo MD 

Troy Robertson 

Cheryl Stricker 

Dawn Mahon RT(R)(CT), RDMS, RVT 

Jennifer Nicholson 

Emily Rood 

Shari Summers 

Sasha Manda RT(R)(M)(CT), RDMS, 

RVT 

Christopher Manetz MBA 

Leslie Mansell 

Marjorie Marocchini RDCS 

James Martin BA 

Linda Martinez RDMS 

Theresa Matro RDMS, RCS 

Eleonora Mazo RDCS 

Jennifer McCann 

Therese McClowry RDCS 

David McDonagh 

Julie McPhail RVT 

Lori Melton 

Lauren Merritt 

Rita Metz RDMS 

Kathleen Meyer RDMS 

Angela Mills RVS 

Barbara Mintzell RDMS 

Chris Mitchell RDCS, RVT 

Peter Mo BS, RDMS 

Stacey Modrusan RDMS 

Angela Moeckli RDMS, RVT 

Nicoleta Moldovan 

Sheila Monzon RN, RDMS 

Bebe Moore RDMS 

Erica Morse 

Linda Mosquera RDMS 

Nicole Mullins 

Christine Murdock RDMS 

Nancy Nepomuceno 

Heather Neubecker RDMS, RVT, RVS 

Tina Nixon 

Janelle O’Bannon RDMS 

Nnaoma Oluwara 

Renee Ouellette RT(R) 

Taurai Pahuwa 

Beverly Palmer RDCS, RVT 

Kimberly Palmer 

Miranda Pannell RDMS 

Kellie Pardini RDMS, RVT 

Shea Parker 

Katherine Parr 

Shanda Patterson-Coffey RT(R), 

RDMS, RDCS, RVT 

Elena Pedersen 

Yoleisy Perez 

Stephanie Perkins 

Tamara Perkins 

Cheryl Perko RDMS 

Taijmattie Persaud RDMS 

Kathleen Petersen RDMS 

Farah Pezeshk 

Trishia Phan 

Christina Philopena 

Dae Pickerell RDMS, RVT 

Rachel Pollard 

Petrina Prelow RT(R), RDMS, RVS 

Olivia Price RDMS 

Kristina Pruitt 

Kimberly Purslow BA, RDMS 

James Purvis RDCS, RVT 

Stephen Pustay RDCS, RVT 

Jessica Putman RDMS 

Eileen Rothig RT(R) 

Robert Ruaro 

Karla Ruiz 

Christine Ryan 

Darlene Saenz 

Yanira Santiago 

Danielle Sartin RDMS, RVT 

Janet Sawa RDCS 

Laurie Scarano RDMS 

Vala Schlicker RDCS, RVS 

Rhonda Schuenemann 

Nicole Schuirmann 

David Scott RDMS, RVT 

Janette Seper RVT 

Casi Serra 

Jawed Shaikh BS, RDMS, RVT 

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