Clinical Approach to Vascular Ultrasound
and RPVI Prep Course
Course Director
Anahita Dua, MD, MBA, MS
Associate Professor of Surgery
Mass General Hospital Division of Vascular Surgery
Co – Directors
Scott Manchester, BS, MS, RVT
Associate Technical Director
Mass General Hospital Vascular Lab
Vascular Ultrasound Supervisor
The Elliot/Solutions Health/MGH Affiliate
Piotr Sobieszczyk, MD
Assistant Professor
Medicine Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Drena K. Root, BS, RVT
Technical Director, Vascular Lab, & Administrative Manager
Waltham Vein Center of the Mass General Hospital Fireman Vascular Center
Course Syllabus
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Basics of Physics in Vascular Imaging | Traci B. Fox, EdD, RT(R), RDMS, RVT
Understanding the Ultrasound Machine | Scott Manchester, RVT, BA, MA
Peripheral Arterial Studies – UPPER | Ido Weinberg, MD
Peripheral Arterial Studies – LOWER | Nikolaos Zacharias, MD
Abdominal US | Cory Finn, RVT
Renal and Mesenteric Vascular Duplex | Michael Jaff, MD
Carotid Duplex Ultrasonography | Mary Mingzhu Yan, RVT
Subclavian and Vertebral Ultrasonography | Brian Scholz, RVT
Cerebrovascular Intracranial (Transcranial Doppler) | Sarah LaRose Michaud, RVT
High Yield Pathologies Tested on the Registered Physician in Vascular Interpretation (RPVI) | Abe Mohapatra, MD
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Bypass Graft Surveillance Using Ultrasound | Mark Conrad, MD
Endovascular Stent Graft Surveillance – Aortic | Kendal Endicott, MD
Dialysis Access Surveillance and Case Presentations | Luis Suarez, MD
Pedal Access | Lindsey Ferraro, RVT
Venous Ultrasound 1 – Venous insufficiency, Ultrasound in Office-Based Venous Procedures | Sherry Scovell, MD
Venous Ultrasound 2 – Venous Thrombosis/Obstruction, Pelvic Congestion Syndrome | Ryan Brooks, RVT
Venous Case Presentation | Luis B. Suarez, MD
TCD Arterial Case Presentations | Sara Michaud, RVT
Carotid Arterial Case Presentations | Drena Root, RVT
Subclavian & Verterbral Arterial Case Presentations | Scott Manchester, RVT
Peripheral Artery and Bypass Graft Case Presentations | John Carson, MD
Aortic Graft Ultrasound Case Presentations | Kendal Endicott, MD
How to Build a Vascular Ultrasound Lab Program – Medical Director Perspective | Michael Jaff, MD
How to Build a Vascular Ultrasound Lab Program – Technical Director Perspective | Drena Root, RVT