Latest Survey Shows Musculoskeletal Injuries Among Sonographers ...

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Latest Survey Shows 

Musculoskeletal Injuries Among 

Sonographers Not Abating 

By Beth W. Orenstein 

A new study of about 3,000 sonographers and 

vascular technologists shows that nearly 90% are 

scanning in pain. The results are disheartening 

because the number of sonographers with workrelated 

musculoskeletal disorders (WRMSD) has 

increased – almost 9% –since the last survey 

was done in 1997, says Kevin Evans, PhD, RT(R) 

(M)(BD), RDMS, RVS, FSDMS, the first author of 

an analysis of the data that will be published in 

an upcoming issue of the Journal of Diagnostic 

Medical Sonography (JDMS.) “It’s been more 

than 20 years, but yet we see more people 

scanning in pain,” he says. “I was floored when I 

started looking at the statistical output because 

I honestly thought it would be better; in part 

due to the awareness efforts that Joan Baker 

(president of Sound Ergonomics LLC) and SDMS 

have brought to the issue. Everyone knows what 

we’re talking about now – the need to improve 

ergonomic conditions for diagnostic medical 

sonographers and vascular technologists – yet 

WRMSD among sonographers appears to be 

unabated.” 

What’s even more disconcerting, Evans says, is 

that as the demand for sonographers increases, 

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it appears that there is no end to their occupational 

injuries in sight. As more experienced sonographers 

take time off from work because of their neck, 

shoulder and arm injuries, it increases the workload 

of newer sonographers. As a result, those entering 

the profession are more prone to injury themselves. 

“This is just a never-ending cycle,” says Evans, who is 

division director/assistant professor in the Radiologic 

Sciences and Therapy Division at The Ohio State 

University. 

Evans analyzed the data with the assistance of an 

occupational therapist and doctoral student, Shawn C. 

Roll, MS, OTR/L, CWCE. The amount of data provided 

by the survey is massive, he says. “This is a huge 

wealth of information and you can slice it and dice it so 

many different ways,” he says. But no matter the angle 

of the study, he says, “we still keep coming back to 

the same issue: What can be done about the WRMSD 

among sonographers?” 

A co-author of the study that will appear in the JDMS, 

Joan Baker, MSRS, RDMS, RDCS, FSDMS, says, 

she too, finds it disheartening that the problem is 

only getting worse – despite all that she, SDMS and 

others are doing to call attention to and address 

it. Representing SDMS, Baker has testified several 

times before the Occupational Health and Safety 

Administration (OSHA) about occupational injuries 

to sonographers, most recently in July. “SDMS and 

the Society for Vascular Ultrasound (SVU) recently 

went together to OSHA in Washington, D.C., to update 

the agency on the latest situation,” Baker says. “We 

presented the data that we have been collecting 

over the past decade and reiterated the need for 

regulations to help prevent the types of occupational 

injuries to which so many sonographers are prone.” 

(More information on SDMS and SVU’s collaborative 

effort with OSHA will be provided in a future SDMS 

publication.) 

Baker served as chair of the SDMS Consensus 

Conference on WRMSD, which was held in 2003. 

As a result of the conference, SDMS, which is the 

largest professional organization for sonographers 

in the world, and OSHA signed a formal alliance in 

October 2004 aimed at reducing and preventing 

WRMSDs among sonographers. Under the alliance, 

OSHA and SDMS worked together to share information 

regarding best practices for safe scanning and 

publicize them through printed materials, training 

programs, workshops, seminars and lectures. 

Representatives of both organizations also spoke and 

exhibited at national medical conferences, including 


SDMS and OSHA signed a formal alliance in October 2004 aimed 

at reducing and preventing WRMSDs among sonographers. 

Seated left to right: Joan Baker, Chair, SDMS MSI Task Force, 

John Henshaw, OSHA Administrator, U.S. Department of Labor, 

Donald Haydon, SDMS CEO 

SDMS’s annual conferences, and local meetings to 

disseminate information to sonographers. In addition, 

OSHA and SDMS published an OSHA e-tool that can 

be accessed at http://www.sdms.org/osha/etool. 

asp. The e-tool provides hospital risk managers and 

occupational health departments guidance on how 

sonographers and sonography students can reduce 

their risk of musculoskeletal disorders. (With the 

completion of the sonography e-tool, the OSHA-SDMS 

alliance has ended.) 

Obviously, the most recent study of sonographers 

who are scanning in pain shows that much more 

needs to be done, Baker says. A large part of the 

problem is a lack of appreciation and understanding 

of the seriousness of the situation, Baker says. 

“Sonographers are going to the occupational health 

departments of their hospitals, which is where they 

have to go and they are getting rebuffed,” she says. 

Many incidents and injuries go unreported for a 

number of reasons, Baker says: Often sonographers 

opt to “tough it out.” Some don’t feel comfortable 

reporting their injuries because they feel that they will 

be “labeled” as a “workers compensation case” and 

somehow treated differently. Still others who sustain 

an injury choose to seek care from their own providers 

for privacy reasons or other personal reasons. Also, 

Baker says, sonographers – perhaps because they are 

caregivers – don’t take time off from work when they 

are injured because they don’t want their co-workers to 

have to inherit their patient volume. “As caregivers, it’s 

this ‘sacrifice my body’ sort of a deal.” 

When work-site injuries occur, OSHA logs are to be 

filled out. The logs are to be collected and reported to 

the government by February of each year. The extent 

of injuries reported in the sonographer surveys is not

supported by the OSHA logs, lost work days or cost 

data. That’s a problem for sonographers because 

OSHA uses these outcomes to determine whether 

it must take action. “We have a significant underreporting 

problem,” Baker says. 

Occupational Injuries First Reported in 1985 

Marveen Craig, RDMS, FSDMS, was the first to 

describe the musculoskeletal disorders among 

sonographers in an article, “Sonography: An 

Occupational Health Hazard?” published in the May/ 

June 1985 issue of JDMS. “She wasn’t talking about 

stress and burnout on the job,” Baker says. “She 

was talking about: Does it hurt to scan?” At first it 

was thought that the articulated arm scanner, which 

was the equipment used at the time, was the culprit. 

“As more and more departments went to real-time 

scanning, it seemed for about a decade that we got 

a break,” Baker says. “We got fewer complaints.” 

But as sonography became more established as a 

valuable diagnostic medical modality, and the number 

of sonograms requested by physicians mounted, the 

problem seemed to return – and with a vengeance. 

Since 1995, a number of surveys have been 

done related to musculoskeletal injuries among 

sonographers. Until now, the most significant study 

was done in 1997. It was sponsored by the British 

Columbia Ultrasound Society (BCUS) and the 

Healthcare Benefit Trust (HCBT) of Vancouver, Canada. 

Baker, who lives in Kirkland, Wash., about 90 minutes 

from the Canadian border, was asked to represent 

SDMS on the committee compiling the 1997 survey. 

The 1997 survey had 125 questions that were 

divided into five areas: demographic variables, selfreports 

of musculoskeletal disorders, work scheduling 

and tasks, work equipment and work environment 

characteristics. The 1997 survey had been sent to 

3,000 sonographers in the United States and Canada 

randomly selected from the ARDMS database. “This 

was because the statisticians believed it would result 

in 1,000 responses, which would be a statistically 

significant sample,” Baker says. Between the two 

countries, the survey brought in 1,621 responses – a 

54% rate of return. Analyzed by Jonathan Berkowitz, 

a statistician representing the BCUS, and Ian Pike, 

PhD, for the HCBT, the survey found that 81% of 

sonographers were scanning in pain. The numbers 

even then were alarmingly high, Baker says, especially 

in comparison to other professions such as grocery 

clerks who report a 63% incidence of occupational 

disorders. 


The latest survey is 

modeled after the 1997 

Canadian survey. This 

time more than 5,200 

sonographers from 

the American Registry 

of Diagnostic Medical 

Sonography (ARDMS), 

SDMS and Sound 

Ergonomics’ vendor list 

were sent an email inviting 

them to take the survey 

posted on a secure Web 

site. The 58-question 

survey was made available 

to invited participants 

from January to March 

2008. It resulted in 3,243 

responses of which 2,963 

were usable, making it the largest survey sample 

to date. “The response rate was 57%, higher than 

expected,” Evans says. Of those who responded, 88% 

were female and a majority was over the age of 50 

and had been scanning for more than 20 years. The 

majority of respondents performed 9 to 11 scans per 

shift, with the average exam lasting 20 to 25 minutes. 

Only slightly more than half (54.5%) said they had 

been shown how to use the ergonomic features of their 

new equipment. 

The top areas where sonographers reported pain were: 

shoulder (17%), neck (15%), wrist (11.4%), hand/ 

fingers (10.2%), and upper back (10.2%). Across all 

demographics, shoulder pain was the most commonly 

reported complaint with older and more experienced 

sonographers having more finger, hand and wrist pain 

than other groups. Other common causes of pain 

that were cited by the respondents were: pressure 

applied to the transducer, abduction of the arm, and 

twisting of the neck and trunk. “Typically,” Baker says, 

“a sonographer has to lean across the patient’s body 

without shoulder or elbow support and their scanning 

arm is often abducted as much as 90 degrees in order 

to view organs on the patient’s left side. This not only 

causes shoulder problems it also causes the head and 

neck to be twisted to view the dynamically changing 

image on the monitor…It is the twisting that produces 

the neck injuries and it is the unsupported abducted 

arm that produces shoulder injuries.” 

Baker suspects that the increased volume of patients 

to be scanned is another issue. “As the number of 

patients who need to be scanned has increased, they

are being added to the sonographers’ workday, leaving 

less time for the sonographers’ bodies to recover,” she 

says. Also, she says, because sonography was not part 

of many older facilities when they were built, scanning 

rooms are often converted broom closets and they 

are furnished with tables and chairs dug out of the 

hospital’s graveyard. The small size of the scanning 

rooms could contribute to the awkward positions the 

sonographer must get into to scan some patients. 

Today, Baker says, sonographic equipment has 

become more portable and lightweight, allowing scans 

to be done at bedside. That change has been both a 

blessing and a curse for sonographers. While they find 

they no longer have to transport hefty patients to the 

scanning room, they often find themselves contorting 

their bodies to reach patients who are in their hospital 

beds. Also, when scanning at bedside, they often 

don’t have access to ergonomically correct tables and 

equipment to conduct the scans. 

Sonographers are going to have to address the 

issue themselves before any significant progress 

can be made, Baker says. Unfortunately, she says, 

“sonographers are often scared for their jobs and don’t 

want to rock the boat. But they could help themselves, 

if they just knew how.” Baker believes sonographers 

have to educate themselves more about occupational 

musculoskeletal disorders, request that their facilities 

provide ergonomic, adaptable equipment, and report 

any symptoms of WRMSD as soon as they occur. 

“Sonographers who go to their occupational health 

department because of an injury are going to have to 

push hard to have their injury written up and put in the 

OSHA log,” she says. The worst thing sonographers 

can do, she says, is use vacation or personal days if 

they need time off because of a work-related injury. 

“Sonographers are tending to use their schedule or 

their vacation time to recover from an injury and this 

is preventing OSHA from seeing the impact that that 

injury is having,” she says. “What we need now more 


than anything is the documentation of the injury and 

the illness data.” Also, Baker says, when sonographers 

are fortunate to have their facilities buy ergonomically 

correct equipment, they must become familiar with 

and utilize it when scanning. 

In addition, Baker says, sonographers should learn 

to recognize the symptoms of an MSD, which include 

pain, loss of sensation, numbness, burning or tingling, 

tenderness, swelling, clumsiness and muscle spasms. 

They shouldn’t hesitate to investigate and report their 

symptoms, should they experience any of them, Baker 

says. Baker is hopeful that at some point employers 

will be required to address the issues of occupational 

injuries among their sonography staff. It could be, she 

says, that the requirement of providing ergonomically 

safe environments in which to scan becomes part of 

the accreditation of labs. “What it really comes down 

to is: Does the field want to police itself or does it 

want government intervention?” she says. “The more 

injuries there are, the more data we can collect on 

them, the more likely we are to get the government 

involved. But if sonographers would just respond 

themselves that would be the best. You can’t have 

the kind of injury rates as found in the sonography 

profession and think it’s not going to have serious 

consequences.” 

Evans believes that more analysis of the data is 

needed as well as additional studies, particularly ones 

following sonographers as they enter the profession 

and have yet to be exposed to conditions that could 

cause their injuries. He also wants to analyze the data 

in the most recent survey by credential to determine 

whether the problem is different among the different 

fields. “We know that we have a problem,” he says. 

“It just doesn’t make sense to keep asking, ‘Are you 

scanning in pain?’ and for everyone to keep saying, 

‘Yes, yes, yes,’ and for nothing to be done.” 

Beth W. Orenstein is a writer for SDMS. 

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Great Reasons to Attend the 

2009 SDMS Annual Conference 

No matter what your specialty is, the SDMS 

Conference has something for you. The SDMS 

Annual Conference features world-renowned 

faculty in every area of sonography, making the 

SDMS Annual Conference the premiere event for 

sonographers! Sessions are offered on Abdomen, 

Cardiac, MSK, Ob/Gyn, and Vascular topics, 

as well as specialty tutorials for Educators and 

Students. Here are just five of the 90 education 

sessions offered at this year’s conference. 

Register today for the 2009 SDMS Annual 

Conference, October 15-18, 2009 at the Gaylord 

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Abdominal Sonography 

Avoiding Pitfalls in Abdominal Sonography: 

“Tricks of the Trade” 

Faye Laing, MD, Professor of Radiology, Harvard University 

This lecture will discuss a sonographic technique 

that utilizes 3 patient positions (right lateral 

decubitus, right posterior oblique and left posterior 

oblique) to optimize an abdominal sonographic 

examination, illustrate conditions that result in 

diffuse as well as focal gallbladder wall thickening, 

and emphasize that diffuse changes are often not 

associated with primary gallbladder pathology. 

Sonographic appearance of a gallbladder filled with 

stones will be illustrated and differentiation of this 

appearance from a porcelain gallbladder will be 

shown. 

Cardiac Sonography 

Hemodynamics of Heart Failure 

Steven Herrmann, MD, PhD, Director of Cardiology, Bradford 

Regional Medical Center 

This presentation will use a case-based approach 

to demonstrate how echocardiography helps to 

determine the causes of heart failure. Systolic 

and diastolic heart failure will be outlined with a 

description of the echocardiographic methods of 

evaluation. 

Musculoskeletal Sonography 


MSK – Current Standing and Future 

Patrick Meyers, BS, RDMS, RVT, RDCS, Musculoskeletal 

Ultrasound of South East Wisconsin 

The attendee will learn the scope of 

musculoskeletal sonography today and the variety 

of applications and specialties using sonography. 

Understand the challenges facing musculoskeletal 

compared to alternative image technologies and 

what technologies are changing the game. How 

does the sonographer work into the growing future 

of musculoskeletal sonography? 

Ob/Gyn Sonography 

Adnexal Masses: When is Sonography Diagnostic? 

Oksana Baltarrowich, MD, Associate Professor of Radiology, 

Thomas Jefferson University Hospital 

Dr. Baltarrowich discusses the characteristic 

sonographic features that are virtually diagnostic 

of certain adnexal masses and focuses on proper 

descriptive terminology. Clinical management of 

adnexal masses will be correlated. Sonographic 

features suspicious for malignancy will be 

reviewed. 

Vascular Sonography 

Carotid IMT Measurements and Plaque 

Characterization – Current Trends 

William Zang, BS, RDMS, RVT, FSVU, GE Healthcare 

William Zang combines PowerPoint and handson 

demonstration of a combination of exams, 

including IMT measurements and a look at plaque 

characterization. These exams are unique in 

that the IMT examination has been shown to 

be a powerful marker for cardiovascular risk 

disease stratification in patients without clear 

signs of cardiovascular disease where as plaque 

characterization, on the other hand, gives another 

diagnostic dimension within a sonographic 

examination in a patient with known vascular 

disease. 

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SDMS Foundation News 

The Society of Diagnostic Medical Sonography 

(SDMS) Foundation is pleased to announce 

that Florida Hospital College of Health 

Sciences has agreed to provide funding for the 

SDMS Foundation’s Sonography Certification 

Examination Grant Program. The College’s 

sponsorship of the grant program will help the 

SDMS Foundation provide grants to deserving 

sonography students and sonographers through 

2011. 

“The SDMS Foundation is excited about 

working with Florida Hospital College of 

Health Sciences to provide assistance to 

deserving sonography students and practicing 

sonographers as they work to reach the 

laudable goal of sonography certification,” 

stated Shannon Boswell, the SDMS 

Foundation’s President. 

After being approved for a grant, students and 

sonographers who successfully complete a 

sonography registry examination receive a $250 

check that may be used to offset any expenses 

they have incurred such as examination 

fees, travel to an examination site, and study 

materials. The grant also includes a free copy 

of a SDMS National Certification Examination 

Review Series book to assist in preparing 

for the certification examination. Applicants 

can request grants for up to two sonography 

certification examinations per year. 


Florida Hospital College of Health Sciences provides funding for the 

SDMS Foundation’s Sonography Certification Exam Grant Program 

According to Charlotte Henningsen, the Chair 

of Florida Hospital College of Health Sciences’ 

Sonography Department, “The College’s online 

Bachelor of Science degree in Diagnostic 

Medical Sonography is a degree completion 

program that requires applicants to already 

hold a national sonography certification 

before enrolling. By supporting the SDMS 

Foundation’s grant program, we are helping 

the sonography community while preparing 

students to complete the online degree 

program.” 

The SDMS Foundation’s certification 

examination grants are available not only to 

recent graduates of sonography programs 

but also to experienced sonographers who 

have not yet completed their certification or to 

those wishing to become multi-credentialed. 

According to the Society of Diagnostic Medical 

Sonography’s 2008 Sonographer Salary 

and Benefits Survey Report, there is a direct 

correlation between sonographer annual 

income and the number of credentials held – 

annual income rises as sonographers acquire 

additional credentials. 

Applications for the 2009 grants will be 

accepted through September 30 and 

information about the 2010 grants will be 

released later this year. To learn more 

about the grant program, to complete an 

application, or to learn about other grants and 

scholarships, visit the SDMS Foundation’s new 

website at: 

www.sdmsfoundation.org/programs.htm

SDMS Foundation News (continued) 

SDMS Foundation Awards 

More Than $50,000 in Annual 

Conference Grants 

The SDMS Foundation has awarded more 

than $50,000 in educational grants to more 

than 130 SDMS student and sonographer 

members who will be attending the 2009 SDMS 

Annual Conference in Nashville, Tennessee 

October 15-18. Grants may be used for any 

expense incurred by the applicant related to 

participating in the SDMS Annual Conference 

(registration, travel, hotel, meals, etc.). The 

SDMS Foundation would also like to thank the 

following SDMS Annual Conference exhibitors 

who donated their exhibitor conference 

registrations so that the SDMS Foundation 

could provide conference registrations to even 

more SDMS members. 

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Cardiovascular Credentialing 

International 

Maternal Fetal Medicine 

Foundation 

Medical Image Enhancement 


SDMS Foundation Certification 

Examination Application 

Deadlines 

The SDMS Foundation’s Sonography 

Certification Examination Grant Program 

deadline is September 30. The SDMS 

Foundation’s provides grants to deserving 

sonography students and sonographers who 

successfully complete a sonography registry* 

examination after being approved for a grant 

(paid as reimbursement). The grant may be 

used for examination fees, travel to examination 

site, or study materials. 

Please note that SDMS members who are 

interested in seeking a grant must apply by 

September 30 and have until December 31 

to complete their certification examination (up 

to two examinations per calendar year). Once 

approved, a grant recipient will receive (subject 

to availability) the appropriate SDMS National 

Certification Examination Review Series book to 

help prepare for the certification examination(s). 

For more information about the 2009 grant 

program, please visit: 

http://www.sdmsfoundation.org/programs.htm 

The SDMS Foundation will publish information 

about its 2010 grant programs later this fall. If 

you have any questions, please email 

info@sdmsfoundation.org. 

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New Member Scan 

Kemil Pilotte, RDCS, RVT 

Spring, TX 

Kemil has been happily married for 43 years, has 

two children, and six grand children. In the past 

20 years, Kemil has worked in various fields of 

the profession ranging from equipment sales, 

accreditation review and consulting, management 

and practicing sonographer. He has performed in 

excess of 25,000 sonography exams. 

Mr. Pilotte practiced as a registered respiratory 

therapist, and taught at various educational 

institutions and hospitals before becoming a 

credentialed sonographer in echocardiography and 

vascular sonography. In the 80’s and early 90’s, 

Kemil helped Tyler Jr. College and DelMar College 

receive their respiratory care accreditation. 

Kemil is a returning SDMS member. When asked 

why he re-joined, he said SDMS is the only 

sonography association that works to elevate the 

sonographers’ position in the medical community, 

The SDMS has gone on-record opposing a 

series proposed cuts to echocardiography 

reimbursement by the Centers for Medicare & 

Medicaid Services (CMS). CMS is proposing 

cuts to echo code reimbursement of 42%; a 

figure that is in addition to previous cuts of 

30%. The letter that SDMS filed, on behalf 

of its membership, can be accessed on the 

Society’s website at: http://www.sdms.org/ 

pdf/CMSEchoLetter082409.pdf. SDMS has 

raised concern about the implications to patient 

care should these cuts be implemented. These 

concerns include: 

• Increasing the costs to Medicare for imaging 

services 

• Reducing the access to Medicare recipients 

• Reducing the quality of patient care 


and always responds quickly to the member’s 

needs. 

During our interview, Kemil expressed his concern 

about the limits being placed on length of exams 

by employers and medical institutions. He feels 

this limitation compromises and contradicts the 

standards within the profession. He would like to 

see SDMS investigate this issue more and share 

the results with members, legislators, and the 

professional community. 

When asked how he envisioned the growth of 

sonography within the next ten years, Kemil stated 

the profession has an assortment of technology and 

legislative challenges ahead. Kemil hopes to see 

SDMS strengthen their position within legislation, 

and continue to share updated scope of practice 

data and salary surveys. 

At the end of the interview, Kemil said he has 

always been happy with SDMS because its primary 

focus is and always has been the member! 

SDMS Member Call to Action 

SDMS Opposes Proposed Government 

Cuts to Echocardiography Reimbursement 

If implemented, these cuts are projected to have 

a direct effect on sonographers who are currently 

providing echocardiography services, particularly 

those who are employed in physician offices. 

One of the projected outcomes, should these 

proposed cuts be implemented, will be to funnel 

patients into alternative imaging modalities such 

as MR, CT, and angiography. These alternative 

imaging procedures are more invasive and more 

expensive than traditional echocardiography 

exams, and the alternative imaging options have 

higher rates of adverse risks. 

SDMS remains committed to providing high 

quality patient care, and to support the role 

of sonographers in the delivery of diagnostic 

medical sonography.

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The Anatomy of the Anatomy Scan 

Date: Thursday, September 17, 2009 

Time: 8:00 pm (Eastern); 7:00 pm (Central); 

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CME Credits: 1.0 SDMS CME Credit (OT) 

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Date: Thursday, November 5, 2009 




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Neurosonography 

Date: Thursday, December 10, 2009 




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SDMS Fellow 

Spotlight 

Nancy A. Spangler, MPAS, 

PA-C, RDMS, FSDMS 

Year awarded fellow 

status: 1997 

Current position: One of 

two Physician assistants 

on the implant team at 

Advanced Pain Management 

in Milwaukee, WI 

What inspired you to start your career in 

sonography? 

Like many in the 1970s, I “fell into” sonography. 

I was working in nuclear medicine at Children’s 

Hospital in Milwaukee and was approached 

about leaning ultrasound as they wanted to form 

an “imaging department.” It was one of the most 

rewarding challenges I have ever undertaken. I 

started with the old articulated arm scanners, 

eventually progressed to real time – which I 

feel actually increased the responsibility of 

sonographers. It was wonderful to learn a new 

modality side-by-side with the radiologists. 

Certainly the best form of team building – learning 

and growing together. 

Did you have a memorable role model/teacher? 

I will always be indebted to Dr. John Sty at what was 

then Milwaukee Children’s Hospital (now Children’s 

Hospital of Wisconsin.) I owe him not only my 

introduction to sonography but also my gratitude 

for instilling in me the importance of professional 

activism, encouraging me to step out of my comfort 

zone, reinforcing the importance of lifelong learning, 

and teaching me to understand that work should 

not be just a job, but an adventure. Under this 

heading, I must also say that my years involved in 

SDMS were some of the most rewarding for me 

professionally and personally. I will always cherish 

the relationships that were formed during that time. 

I am so proud to have known you and proud to have 

had the opportunity to serve. 


This is a continuing series of interviews of 

our distinguished SDMS Fellow members. 

How did your background in sonography help 

you in your current career as a PA? 

Sonography laid a great foundation for me as a 

PA in part because it is so different from other 

medical technologies. Close patient contact, great 

knowledge of anatomy, and a knowledge and 

appreciation for technology – all are important in 

my current role. The technical background has 

definitely made me more procedure-oriented, and I 

have worked only in medical specialties that present 

the opportunity to do so, although procedures 

now are therapeutic as opposed to diagnostic. 

Sonography is also a great blend of art and science 

– an exceptional sonographer or clinician needs to 

practice with both sides of her brain. 

Why did you change careers? 

I truly enjoyed sonography and was certainly not 

dissatisfied with the profession. I was seeking 

continued professional and personal growth and felt 

I had gone as far as I could at the time while staying 

clinical. At the time, “Sonographic Practitioner” 

or “Advanced Practice Sonographer” were only 

rumblings. These concepts were not approaching 

reality fast enough for me and the time seemed right 

to take a new direction. I still love the diagnostic 

challenge, but now I get to work with more pieces 

of the puzzle and am responsible for determining 

management as well. I have to say, though, as 

much as I enjoy what I am doing now, I do miss 

sonography. Life is funny and mine has not taken 

me to a place where I can do both at this time. Let 

me tell you, it was particularly difficult to stand by 

and just watch while my daughter-in-law had a 

prenatal scan introducing us to my new grandson. I 

REALLY wanted to grab that transducer! 

What advice would you give to students/future 

sonographers? 

Get used to never knowing everything; be ready for 

lifelong learning. Technology will not stop changing. 

Medicine will not stop changing. Accept this, 

embrace this, and you will do well. Get something 

new out of every case and make your job an 

adventure!


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Margo Adams, RDCS 

Robin Adams, BS, RT(R)(CT), RDMS, 

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Alina Agabekyan, RDMS 

Nooshin Agha Kazem Shirazi, RDMS 

Najma Aijaz, PhD, RDMS 

Gail Allred, RDMS, RDCS, RVT 

John Almonte, RCS 

Manal Alshanbari, BS 

Brandi Amato 

Allison Anthony, BA 

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Cheryl Arant, RDMS, LPN 

Keri Arvin, RT(R), RDMS, RVT 

Thomas Asay, RT(R), RDMS, RPA 

William Auton, RVT 

Lori Avarella 

Melinda Ayers, RT(R), RDMS, RVT 

Gina Baker 

Katherine Ballante, 

Suzanne Bally, RN, RDCS, RVT 

Hollie Baltzell, RDMS 

Candace Bandy, RVT 

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Audrey Beers, AS, RDMS 

Galina Bell, RDMS, RVT 

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Sarah Bryant, RT(R), RDMS 

Amy Buchholtz, RT(R)(M), TDMS, RDCS 

Amanda Bullock 

David Burkett, MD, RVT 

JoDee Bush 

Sandra Butler, BS, RDMS 

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Angel Byers, RT(R), RDMS 

Helen Calvert, RDMS, RVT 

Alexander Camero, RVS 

Anthony Candelario, RDMS 

Kristen Canella, RT(R) 

Jodi Caperton, RT(R), RDMS 

Pam Carpenter, RDMS 

Debra Carroll, RDMS, RDCS, RVT 

Yvette Cartier, RT(R), RDMS 

Abryl Casana, RT(R), RDMS 

Kelly Casey, RDMS 

Dawn Casner, RT(R), RDMS, RVT 

Josie Castro, RT(R) 

Christy Catanzaro, RT(R)(M), RDMS 

Jennifer Cazorla 

Arthur Chen 

Jin Young Choi, RDMS 

Maria Ciavaglia, RT(R), RDMS 

Stacie Cieszynski, RT(R), RDCS 

Linda Clayton, RT(R), RDMS 

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Kelsey Colbert 

Lawana Coleman, RDCS 

Mary Colony, MD, RDMS 

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Brandi Concolino 

Danielle Conger 

Jimmy Connor, RN, RVT, RDCS 

Jessica Cooper 

Adam Cooper, RDMS 

Molly Cooper, RDMS 

Andrea Corsini Felgemacher, RT(R), RDMS 

Barbara Costales, RDMS 

Kelley Courtney 

Teresa Creasman, RT(R), RDMS 

Paulette Crewe, RDMS 

Mark Crispin, RCS, RVS 

Lori Crites, RN, RDMS 

Tara Crowell 

Raul Cruz, RDMS 

Patricia Culbreth, RT(R), RVT 

Kimberly Culver, RT(R), RDMS 

Theresa Culver 

Danielle Cummins, BS, RT(R), RDMS 

Birgitta Dalrymple 

Laura Davis, RDMS 

Stacy Davison, RT(R), RVT 

Oscar De La Cruz 

Krystina De La Vega, 

Jessica Deck 

Mutica Degregory, RT(R) 

Emily Di Ioia 

April Dillon

Monica Dobre 

Emanuela Dobrei-Rascol 

Amy Doelling, RDMS 

Joanne Doherty, CPA 

Honorata Domagala, RDMS 

Cynthia Donovan 

Pamela Dorsey 

Brenda Dotson, RN, RDCS 

Kara Dougherty 

Maureen Duchesne, RDMS 

Donna Duffy, RDMS 

Rachael Dumas 

Nancy Duncan, RDMS 

Sarah Dupere 

Haunani Duterte, RDMS 

Stephanie Dwyer, RDMS 

Marsha Easter, RDMS 

Tyneisha Eaton 

Beverly Eaves, RT(R) 

Lynn Eckmann, RDMS, RVT 

Sara Edester 

Leigh Edwards 

Kayla Eggers, RVT 

Carol Ellis, RT(R), RDMS, RVT 

Jill Ellis, RCS, RVS 

Anna Englert, RDMS 

Patricia Entz, RDMS, RVT 

Chassidy Eralie, RT(R), RDMS 

Eduardo Espinoza 

Stephanie Etzel, RDMS, RDCS, RVT 

Kenya Euell, RT(S), RDMS 

Steven Evans, RDMS, RVT 

Nicole Everett 

Wenxing Fan, BS, RDMS 

Clay Farmer, RDCS, RVT 

Kimberly Favors 

Jane Fields, RDCS, RVT 

Kristi Flowers, RT(R) 

Charlene Foley, RDMS, LPN 

Sharon Fontenot, RDMS 

Amanda Fonville, RDMS 

Amy Frahm, RT(R) 

Vicki Franklin, RT(R), RDMS, RDCS, RVT 

Jessica Freeman 

Kimberly Fry 

Sara Fulmer 

Nicole Garabedian, RDMS 

Azita Gatan 

Alicia Gatz 

Aloysia Gebhardt, RDCS 

Stephen Geiersbach, MS, RT(R), RDMS 

Darlene Gendron, RDMS, RDCS 

Eileen Gentile, RDMS, RVT 

Jennifer George, RDMS 

Meghan Gerst 

Regina Getmanskaya, RDMS, RDCS, 

RVT 

Alfreda Ghedotte 

Jodi Gibson, RT(R), RDMS 

Emily Gorman, BS 

Sandra Gosnell, RDMS 

Susan Grace 

Mysti Grant, RDMS 

Cheryl Grant, MS, RDMS 

Donna Green, RT(R), RDMS 

Vicki Greynolds, RDMS, RDCS 

Michelle Griffin, RDCS, RVT 

Sheryl Griffith, RDMS 

Tori Grisham, RDMS, RVT 

Jennifer Grobbel, RDMS 

Amelia Gualberto 

Devika Gundreddy, MS 

Rebecca Gwozdz, RDMS 

Kimberly Haas, RDMS 

Linda Hagarty, RDMS, RVT 

Montye Hagele, RT(R), RDMS, RVT 

Christina Hall, RDMS, RVT 

Rhonda Hall 

Layla Hamilton 

Catherine Hansbury, RDMS 

Chalandra Hart, MS, RDCS 

Krista Hartman, RDMS, RVT 

Jean Hays 

Christa Heiner 

Margaret Henderson 

Tara Herzog 

Heidi Heser, RDMS 

Kari Hicks 

Grettel Hidalgo, RT(R) 

Laurie Higgins, RDMS, RDCS, RVT 

Susan Hill, RN, RVT 

Jack Hill, MS, RDCS, RVS, RPFT 

Eric Hirshik, RDMS, RVT 

Jillian Hodge 

Laura Holladay 

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

Harold Hollister, RDMS, RDCS 

Martha Holt, RT(R), RDMS, RVT 

Gina Honeycutt, RT(R), RDMS 

Lori Hong 

Gail Hoshiko, RDMS, RDCS, RVT 

Liana Hovahnnisyan, RDMS, RDCS, RVT 

Brittany Huber, RT(R), RDMS 

Anna Hughes, BS, RDMS 

Melinda Hughes, RT(R), RDMS 

Laurie Hulsey, RT(R)(M), RDMS 

Donna Hulsey, RDMS 

Valerie Isaacks, RT(R)(M) 

Boguslawa Jakubowska, RDMS 

Savannah James 

Nelly Jensen 

Alicia Johnson 

Hillary Jones, BA, RDMS 

Summer Josefowicz, RDMS 

Rebecca Kahlden, RDMS 

Adesh Kahlon, RDMS 

Chrisoula Kalloudis 

Veronica Kelly, RDMS 

Katherine Kelly, RDMS 

Korin Kelly 

Miriam Kennedy 

Christina Kiefer, RT(R), RDMS 

Melanie King, RDMS 

Dmitriy Kirichenko, RDCS, RVT 

Keely Kitchings 

Svetlana Klimenko, RDMS 

Victoria Kline 

Joshua Klinefelter 

Kara Kolomyjec 

Samantha Kopp 

Brian Kopp 

Gretchen Koscki, BS, RDCS 

Christina Kosslow, RT(R), RDMS 

Robert Kryak, RDMS 

Walter Kuhn, RDMS 

Robert Kuo, RT(R), RDMS 

Dianna Kuyper, RDMS 

Weiner Laguerre 

Amanda Lance 

Katherine Lause, RDMS 

Crystal Lazar, RT(R), RDMS 

Phuong Le 

Tammie Leatherman, RDCS 

Ronald Leblanc 

Judith LeBlanc, RT(R), RDMS 

Philip Ledbetter, AS, RDCS 

Hannah Lee 

Elizabeth Lee, RT(R), RDMS 

Po Lege 

Harold Legg, RT(R)(CV)(CT) 

Jeremy Leonard 

Denise Lewis 

Lenore Liberto, RDMS 

Robert Lilly, MS, RDMS, RDCS 

Peter Lindstrom, RVT 

Maria Loera, RDCS 

Martin Lopes, RT(R), RDMS, RVT 

Jaclyn Lovejoy 

Michael Luz 

Amy Magnuson 

Joan Main, RDCS 

Daniela Malinowski, RT(R), RDCS 

Patricia Mallory, RT(R), RDMS 

Sandra Mamou 

Brittany Manchester, RDMS 

Lilian Manthi 

Cesar Manzanera, RDMS, RDCS, RVT 

Peggy Manzer, RDCS 


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Donna Marsh 

Jill Marshall, RDMS 

Felix Martin, RCS 

Krissy Martinez 

Belinda Marvel, RDCS 

Furst Mary 

Susan Masserant, RT(R)(M), RDMS 

Eileen Massimilian, BS, RVT 

Samuel Mathai, RDMS 

Elizabeth Matney 

Pamela Matthews, RT(R), RDMS 

Terressa Maxfield, RDMS 

Rachel May 

Karen McBride-Thayer, RT(R)(S) 

Kimberly McDermott, RT(R), RDMS 

Suzanne McGill, RDCS 

Shelby McGowen 

Carrie McKee, RDMS 

Shannon McLean 

Rhonda McMillian, RDCS, RVT 

Jena McMullen, BA 

Dominique McVean, RDMS 

Stacey Meadows, RDCS 

Suzanne Medina, RT(S), RDMS 

Hayley Medrano 

Nita Mehta, RT(R), RDMS, RVT 

George Meier, RVT 

Manal Mejalli 

Karen Menard 

Iris Mercado 

Brandi Merrill, RT(R), RDMS, RVT 

Dale Miller, BS, RT(R), RDMS 

Marisa Miller, RDMS 

Amanda Mize 

Erica Mizell 

Janneth Molli 

Deborah Mong, RDCS 

Amanda Monson, MA 

Patricia Healey Montenegro, RDMS 

Julia Montgomery 

Katy Moore 

Rebecca Morgan 

Heidi Morgan, RDMS 

Wendolyn Morris, BS, RN, RDMS 

Ellie Mullinax 

Paula Muncy, RT(R), RDMS 

Kristi Murphy, RDMS 

Kenneth Murray, MD 

Dawn Nahat 

Eileen Needham 

Lindsay Neeld 

Ashley Nelson 

Simona Nemcova, RDMS, RVT 

Suzanne Nourse, RDMS, RVT 

Neelam Oberoi, RDMS

Thomas Ochenas 

Jennifer O’Connor 

Jennifer Olson, RDCS 

Lesley Ortiz, RDCS 

Jill Osit, RDMS, RDCS 

Irina Osterlund, RDMS 

Alice O’Sullivan, BS, RDMS 

Rebecca Overmyer, RT(R)(M), RDMS 

Jessica Owen 

Sherri Pancerny 

Alexia Park 

April Parker 

Allison Patterson, RDMS, RVT 

Meryl Pauly 

Allison Pearson 

Devon Pelcher 

Hannah Pepper 

Monica Perkins 

Heather Perkins, RVT 

Tabatha Perrault 

Erica Perrone, RDCS, RVT 

Jennifer Perry 

Della Petersen 

Nancy Peterson, RN, RDMS 

Heidi Petri 

DeeAnn Phipps, RT(R)(M), RDMS 

Megan Pilibosian 

Holly Pommier, RT(R), RDMS 

Kim Pongsatianwong 

Kristi Popescu, RT(R), RDMS 

Dawn Potenza, BS 

Jennifer Potter, RDMS 

Brittani Powell 

Angela Price 

Eva Renee Prince, RT(R), RDMS 

Emily Psenski 

Yasemin Qaemi 

Yolana Quam, RT(R), RDCS 

Amanda Quesenberry, BS, RDMS 

Edwardo Quiniones, RDCS 

Brenda Rakestraw, RT(R)(M), RDMS, RVT 

Tracy Rampone 

Zahra Rasekhi 

Jadwiga Rejniak, RDMS 

Debby Renshaw, RT(R), RDMS, CDT 

Lailani Reyes 

Lynnett Reyes 

Maricela Reyna, RDCS 

Laura Reynolds 

Kristyn Rhodus 

Tiffany Riley, RT(R), RDMS 

Ijala Risbrook 

Emily Robb 

Mechelle Robbins 

Lori Robinson, RDMS, RDCS, RVT 

Esmeralda Rodriguez 

Lizet Rodriguez 

Elena Romer, RDMS 

Sarah Romero, RT(R), RDMS 

Melia Romine 

Barbara Rosenthal 

Melissa Rota, RDMS, RDCS, RVT 

Marianne Roughley, RDCS 

Dana Roush, RT(R), RDMS 

Richard Rowland, RDMS, RVT 

Tiffany Rowles 

Valerie Rowley, AAS, RDCS 

Marina Rusk 

Tracy Saldutti, RDMS, RVT 

Heather Sampau 

Vanessa San Juan 

Stacie Sanchez 

Olga Sandoval, RDCS 

Kathryn Sanner 

Jennifer Sannucci 

Colleen Saunders, RDMS 

Rex Scalley, RDCS 

Jennifer Schendel 

Heidi Schmal, RT(R), RDMS 

Christine Schulte, RDCS 

Julia Sealy, RT(R), RDMS 

Phil Sellards, RT(R), RDMS 

Ann Sewell, BS, RDMS, RVT 

Terry Shafer, RT(R), RDMS, RVT 

Kathryn Sharrar 

Juanita Shaw 

Barbara Shelton, RDMS 

Tina Shelton, RDMS, RVT 

Tracy Sheppard, RDMS 

Amy Sherlock 

Kandice Shurley, RVT 

Patricia Sierra, RDMS 

Kay Sills, RT(R), RDMS, RVT 

Lisa Simmons 

Jose Sinchongco, RT(R), RDMS 

Theresa Sinclair, RDCS 

Lori Sisk, RT(R), RDMS 

Tammy Skaliotis 

Ella Skvortsova 

Yelena Smetsky, RDMS 

Kim Smidt, RT(R), RDMS, RVT 

Jennifer Smith, RDMS 

Shellie Smith 

Christi Smith, CNA 

Judy Smith, RT(R) 

Rosanna Smith, RDMS 

Sharon Smith, RT(R)(M), RDMS 

Christina Snell 

Karena Snider 

Audrey Snyder, PhD, RN 

Constance Solinski 

Larissa Spears 

Riley Speers 

Emily Speet 

Casey Spirk 

Judith Springer 

Carla Squillante, RDCS 

Toni Steed 

Sarah Steer, RT(R), RDMS 

Leslie Stevens, RT(R), RDMS, RVT 

Judy Stille, RT(R), RDMS 

Robert Story, RT(R), RDMS 

Rebecca Summers, RDMS 

Dharmesh Surti, RDMS, RVT 

Nicole Sutton, RDMS 

Lisa Sweargin, RVT 

Scott Syverud, MD 

Angela Taing 

Adanny Talicuran 

Linda Tarpley, RT(R)(M), RDMS, RVT 

Cathy Taylor 

Jamie Taylor 

Susan Tellez 

Annette Temkey 

Dorothy Tenorio, RN 

Marisa Testa, BS, RT(R), RDMS, RVT 

Sapna Thakur, RDMS 

Xianghui Tian, RDMS 

Misty Toomey 

Lou Torres 

Thanh Tran 

Patricia Trautman, RT(R), RDMS 

Carol Triantafellu, RT(R), RDMS, RVT 

Jaimie Trowbridge, RT(R) 

Alyson Troy 

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Tara Vallandingham 

Lara Vandekerckhove 

Kacey Vanderkarr 

Cari VanHecker, RT(R) 

Nicole Vanus, RDCS 

Frances Varela 

Katherine Ventura, RDMS 

Sheila Vera 

Tonya Vickers 

Melissa Voss, BS, RDMS 

Oreal Vu 

Linda Wade, RT(R), RVT 

Tina Wallis 

Erika Walthers, RDMS 

Wei Wang, RDMS 

Margie Weaver, RVT 

Huong Weaver 

Rebecca Wells 

Shonda Wengler-Bathe, RT(R), RDMS 

Angela Wibbels, RDMS, RVT 

Wanisha Wicker 

Barbara Wifler, RT(R), RDMS 

Laura Willemsen 

Janet Williams, RDCS 

Jennifer Williams 

Rocio Willits 

Lynn Wilson, RT(R), RDMS, RDCS 

Danielle Wilson, RDMS 

Sandra Wilson, RDCS 

Nicole Wilson 

Ronna Wilson-Gangluff, RN, RDCS 

Paulina Wiwatowska 

Kristen Wolfe, RDMS 

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