The Sonography Lounge Hosts Lori and Trisha sit down with Dr. Blake Randles and talk about how he got into ultrasound and how he has utilized his skillset throughout his career starting as a sonographer, then a chiropractor, and into NP. Dr. Randles was designated a "Pioneer" of the RMSK certification and utilizes ultrasound for both diagnostic and interventional practices.

Dr. Blake received his Bachelor’s degree in Radiologic Science with an emphasis in diagnostic ultrasound from Southern Illinois University in Carbondale. He also completed the pre-medical accelerated science program at Scott Community College and went on to obtain his Doctor of Chiropractic from Palmer College of Chiropractic in Iowa.

He is a board-certified, Musculoskeletal Diagnostic Medical Sonologist with the American Registry of Diagnostic Medical Sonologists with ultrasound experience from multiple medical settings. Throughout his career, Dr. Blake has delivered abdominal, surgical, OB, gynecological, neonatal brain, vascular, and musculoskeletal ultrasounds.

Find Dr. Randles at:

Associated Physicians Group: https://www.associatedphysicians.com/physicans

CME and Cross-training resources:

Gulfcoast Ultrasound Institute (Training materials and programs): www.gcus.com

Societies and Certification Agencies:

American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists: https://www.acog.org/

American College of Radiology: https://www.acr.org/

Sonographer / Physician: American Registry of Diagnostic Medical Sonography (ARDMS): www.ardms.org

Physicians: Alliance for Physician Certification & Advancement (APCA): www.APCA.org

Point of Care Healthcare Providers: Point of Care Certification Academy (POCUS): www.pocus.org

Sonographer / Physician: Cardiovascular Credentialing International (CCI): www.cci-online.org

 American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine: https://www.aium.org/

Want to become a Sonographer? Find an accredited long term Ultrasound Program:  https://www.caahep.org/Students/Find-a-Program.aspx

The Sonography lounge hosts, Lori Green and Trisha Reo go over how to study for your upcoming ultrasound registry exam and become multi-modality registered sonographer. Overcome those hesitations and take your career to the next level

FREE Webinar: https://www.gcus.com/ultrasound/training-video/5-Steps-to-Passing-Your-Registry-the-First-Time-Free-Webinar

The Sonography Lounge: https://thesonographylounge.podbean.com/

Gulfcoast Ultrasound Institute (Training materials and programs): www.gcus.com

Certification Agencies:

American Board of Emergency Medicine (ABEM): https://www.abem.org/public

Sonographer / Physician: American Registry of Diagnostic Medical Sonography (ARDMS): www.ardms.org

Physicians: Alliance for Physician Certification & Advancement (APCA): www.APCA.org

Point of Care Healthcare Providers: Point of Care Certification Academy (POCUS): www.pocus.org

Sonographer / Physician: Cardiovascular Credentialing International (CCI): www.cci-online.org

Find an accredited long term Ultrasound Program: https://www.caahep.org/Students/Find-a-Program.aspx

The Sonography Lounge Hosts Lori and Trisha dive get the low-down on new technology updates with Michael Talcott, Vice President of Sales with Image Monitoring USA, who is going to share a little bit more about the future of Transcranial Doppler (TCD). 

Image Monitoring USA: https://imagemonitoringusa.com/

Michael Talcott: [email protected]

CME and Cross-training resources:

Gulfcoast Ultrasound Institute (Training materials and programs): www.gcus.com

Societies and Certification Agencies:

International Accreditation Commission: https://intersocietal.org/

Society of Vascular Ultrasound: https://www.svu.org/

Society of Vascular Surgery: https://vascular.org/

American College of Radiology: https://www.acr.org/

Sonographer / Physician: American Registry of Diagnostic Medical Sonography (ARDMS): www.ardms.org

Physicians: Alliance for Physician Certification & Advancement (APCA): www.APCA.org

Point of Care Healthcare Providers: Point of Care Certification Academy (POCUS): www.pocus.org

Sonographer / Physician: Cardiovascular Credentialing International (CCI): www.cci-online.org

 American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine: https://www.aium.org/

Want to become a Sonographer? Find an accredited long term Ultrasound Program:  https://www.caahep.org/Students/Find-a-Program.aspx

The Sonography lounge hosts Ann Marie Young and Juan Pablo Miranda from Philips Healthcare North America to talk about the new and exciting updates for Philips Lumify 4.0

Ann Marie Young is the Global Product Manager for the Point of Care US group and a dedicated sonographer with over 28 years of experience. Juan Pablo is one of the newest additions to the Philips POCUS team in North America coming from a healthcare background originating in Columbia and Australia.

Portability has become an increasingly valuable asset with diagnostic ultrasound systems. From bedside to austere and rural medicine, new ultrasound technology is paving the road for more accessible healthcare in areas previously limited in their diagnostic imaging options. Philips Healthcare has created some exciting updates to it's ultra-portable Lumify 4.0 system to meet this growing demand. Sit back and hear all about it during this episode of The Sonography Lounge!

Philips Healthcare: https://www.usa.philips.com/healthcare

Philips Lumify: https://www.usa.philips.com/healthcare/sites/lumify

CME and Cross-training resources:

Gulfcoast Ultrasound Institute (Training materials and programs): www.gcus.com

Certification Agencies:

American Board of Emergency Medicine (ABEM): https://www.abem.org/public

Sonographer / Physician: American Registry of Diagnostic Medical Sonography (ARDMS): www.ardms.org

Physicians: Alliance for Physician Certification & Advancement (APCA): www.APCA.org

Point of Care Healthcare Providers: Point of Care Certification Academy (POCUS): www.pocus.org

Sonographer / Physician: Cardiovascular Credentialing International (CCI): www.cci-online.org

Find an accredited long term Ultrasound Program: https://www.caahep.org/Students/Find-a-Program.aspx

The Sonography lounge hosts, Lori Green and Trisha Reo go over why it is important for sonographers to cross-train and become multi-modality registered. They also go into the 5 steps to passing your registry examination the first time with some tips, tricks, and resources.

FREE Webinar: https://www.gcus.com/ultrasound/training-video/5-Steps-to-Passing-Your-Registry-the-First-Time-Free-Webinar

The Sonography Lounge: https://thesonographylounge.podbean.com/

Gulfcoast Ultrasound Institute (Training materials and programs): www.gcus.com

Certification Agencies:

American Board of Emergency Medicine (ABEM): https://www.abem.org/public

Sonographer / Physician: American Registry of Diagnostic Medical Sonography (ARDMS): www.ardms.org

Physicians: Alliance for Physician Certification & Advancement (APCA): www.APCA.org

Point of Care Healthcare Providers: Point of Care Certification Academy (POCUS): www.pocus.org

Sonographer / Physician: Cardiovascular Credentialing International (CCI): www.cci-online.org

Find an accredited long term Ultrasound Program: https://www.caahep.org/Students/Find-a-Program.aspx

The Sonography Lounge apologizes for the delay in releasing our latest episodes. We have been busy at work with some new offerings and developments at our host company, Gulfcoast Ultrasound Institute. We have some exciting new technology episodes in the queue and will have those launched shortly. The Sonography lounge has been getting numerous questions regarding course format and upcoming ultrasound programs and wanted to release this brief episode to provide some insight.

The Sonography Lounge: https://thesonographylounge.podbean.com/

Gulfcoast Ultrasound Institute (Training materials and programs): www.gcus.com

Certification Agencies:

American Board of Emergency Medicine (ABEM): https://www.abem.org/public

Sonographer / Physician: American Registry of Diagnostic Medical Sonography (ARDMS): www.ardms.org

Physicians: Alliance for Physician Certification & Advancement (APCA): www.APCA.org

Point of Care Healthcare Providers: Point of Care Certification Academy (POCUS): www.pocus.org

Sonographer / Physician: Cardiovascular Credentialing International (CCI): www.cci-online.org

Find an accredited long term Ultrasound Program: https://www.caahep.org/Students/Find-a-Program.aspx

Sonography Lounge Hosts, Lori Green, BA, RDMS, RDCS RVT, and Trisha Reo, RDMS, RVT interview Dr. Matthew Cameron to discuss the use of ultrasound in military applications.

Dr. Cameron is also Lieutenant Colonel Cameron serving as a reservist in the Air National Guard as Senior Flight Surgeon/Medical Director at a special operations unit. In addition, he previously served 8 years of active duty in the U.S. Navy. He has been attached to units on both coasts and has spent time on missions and deployments in multiple overseas locations, including Europe, Central America, the Middle East, Indo-pacific, as well as aboard the USS Nimitz aircraft carrier. 

Dr. Cameron’s current primary practice is focused on sports and regenerative medicine and he is an expert instructor in the use of both diagnostic and interventional ultrasound for orthopedic (musculoskeletal) applications.

Matthew Cameron, DO

Canyon View Family Medicine

Address:

Website: https://canyonviewfamilymedicine.com/locations/spanish-fork/

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Special Operations Medical Association (SOMA): https://somed.specialoperationsmedicine.org/

Military Funding: 

General Services Administration (GSA): https://www.gsaadvantage.gov/advantage/ws/main/start_page

ArmyIgnited: https://armyignitedprod.servicenowservices.com/ignited

CME and Cross-training resources:

Gulfcoast Ultrasound Institute (MSK Ultrasound programs): www.gcus.com

Certification Agencies:

Sonographer / Physician: American Registry of Diagnostic Medical Sonography (ARDMS): www.ardms.org

Physicians: Alliance for Physician Certification & Advancement (APCA): www.APCA.org

Point of Care Healthcare Providers: Point of Care Certification Academy (POCUS): www.pocus.org

Find an accredited long term Ultrasound Program: https://www.caahep.org/Students/Find-a-Program.aspx

The Sonography Lounge Hosts Lori and Trisha dive get the low-down on new technology updates with Neurologica (Samsung) Ultrasound systems, including their Liver Analysis technology, S-Shearwave™ Imaging™, ShadowHDR™, and more. This episode features guest, Courtney Ernst, the product manager of the radiology segment of Neurologica.

Neurological (a division of Samsung): https://www.neurologica.com/ultrasound-radiology-systems

CME and Cross-training resources:

Gulfcoast Ultrasound Institute (Training materials and programs): www.gcus.com

Societies and Certification Agencies:

American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists: https://www.acog.org/

American College of Radiology: https://www.acr.org/

Sonographer / Physician: American Registry of Diagnostic Medical Sonography (ARDMS): www.ardms.org

Physicians: Alliance for Physician Certification & Advancement (APCA): www.APCA.org

Point of Care Healthcare Providers: Point of Care Certification Academy (POCUS): www.pocus.org

Sonographer / Physician: Cardiovascular Credentialing International (CCI): www.cci-online.org

 American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine: https://www.aium.org/

Want to become a Sonographer? Find an accredited long term Ultrasound Program:  https://www.caahep.org/Students/Find-a-Program.aspx

The Sonography Lounge Hosts Lori and Trisha dive deep into the newest updates in Fetal Heart Screening with expert instructor Jill Beithon, RT, RDMS, RDCS, RVT

Jill is a registered sonographer from Fergus Falls, MN where she is currently working as an ultrasound consultant. She has worked in the Sonography profession since 1980 and is registered in Breast, ABD, OB/GYN, Vascular, Adult Echo, and Fetal Echo. Jill lectures extensively throughout the United States on OB ultrasound, Fetal Echo, and other ultrasound topics.

CME and Cross-training resources:

Gulfcoast Ultrasound Institute (Training materials and programs): www.gcus.com

Societies and Certification Agencies:

American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists: https://www.acog.org/

American College of Radiology: https://www.acr.org/

Sonographer / Physician: American Registry of Diagnostic Medical Sonography (ARDMS): www.ardms.org

Physicians: Alliance for Physician Certification & Advancement (APCA): www.APCA.org

Point of Care Healthcare Providers: Point of Care Certification Academy (POCUS): www.pocus.org

Sonographer / Physician: Cardiovascular Credentialing International (CCI): www.cci-online.org

 American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine: https://www.aium.org/

Want to become a Sonographer? Find an accredited long term Ultrasound Program:  https://www.caahep.org/Students/Find-a-Program.aspx

The Sonography Lounge sits down for a happy hour discussion with Daniel Bourque MS, BS, RCS, FASE to discuss the reality of "Sonographer Burnout", the ongoing shortage of sonographers in the industry, and go over some potential solutions. This episode covers a myriad of great topics for both the seasoned healthcare professional and those considering getting into the field of diagnostic ultrasound. 

Dan is a lead sonographer and educator for Orlando Regional Medical center in Orlando Florida

He obtained his BS in education and his Masters degree in exercise physiology prior to deciding to pursue a career in echocardiography.

In the past, he has served as an adjunct professor at Southern CT State University as well as a Clinical exercise physiologist for a Rehabilitation Practice for several years.

Dan has been an invited speaker at many professional society meetings and lectures nationally on various topics related to echocardiography. He also has fellow status with ASE.

CME and Cross-training resources:

Gulfcoast Ultrasound Institute (Training materials and programs): www.gcus.com

Certification Agencies:

Sonographer / Physician: American Registry of Diagnostic Medical Sonography (ARDMS): www.ardms.org

Physicians: Alliance for Physician Certification & Advancement (APCA): www.APCA.org

Point of Care Healthcare Providers: Point of Care Certification Academy (POCUS): www.pocus.org

Sonographer / Physician: Cardiovascular Credentialing International (CCI): www.cci-online.org

Find an accredited long term Ultrasound Program: https://www.caahep.org/Students/Find-a-Program.aspx