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CARDIAC SONOGRAPHER
Professional Summary
  • Registered Cardiac Sonographer through Cardiovascular Credentialing International Registration ID #00076344
  • Current BCLS Certification
  • National Certification in Phlebotomy
  • 20 years of experience in medical settings and five years of teaching experience.
  • Well organized with outstanding technical , clinical , and assessment skills. 
  • Interact effectively with patients , their families , physicians , and other health care professionals.
  • Promote and ensure patient satisfaction by providing comfort and empathy to patients.
  • Excellent critical thinking and decisive judgement skills with the ability to work with minimal supervision in a fast paced environment . 
Work History
Cardiac Sonographer, 03/1996 to Current
 St Elizabeth Medical Center / MVHS – 2209 Genesee Street -Utica, New York
  • Perform high quality 2D/ M-Mode with Doppler images demonstrating thorough  knowledge if all echocardiography equipment including Stress Echo , Dobutomine Stress Echo and Transesophageal echocardiogram procedures. 
  • Determines and documents presence , location , and severity or absence of cardiac disease. 
  • Provide quantitative comparison for evaluation of stability, improvement , and deterioration of cardiac disease . 
  • Appropriately communicate stat echo findings to interpreting cardiologist .
  • Provide on-call coverage as needed including holiday rotation. 
  • Maintain CME's required to maintain registry status.
  • Assisted doctors with non-invasive procedures.
  • Provided patient education.
  • Followed infection control procedures.
  • Accurately documented all elements of  assessment, treatments, medications, discharge instructions, and follow-up care.
  • Ensured safety and well-being of patients.
  • Transported patients to and from different departments.
  • Accurately recorded and reported test results according to established procedures.
Cardiac Sonographer, 04/2004 to Current
 On-Site Imaging – Kraft Drive Deerfield, NY
  • Provide mobile echocardiograms to patients in nursing home settings on a per case basis .
Cardiac Sonographer, 09/2011 to Current
 Fred L Talarico, MD – Genesee Street Utica NY
  • Provide outpatient comprehensive echocardiograms in a private practice cardiology office.
Electroneurodiagnostic Technician / Lab Manager, 04/2003 to 09/2006
 St. Elizabeth Medical Center – 2209 Genesee Street Utica, New York 13501
  • Obtained patients histories and explained procedure.
  • Measured and prepared patients for electrode placement.
  • Recorded brain waves while monitoring and documenting patients.
  • Listened to dictation , if applicable , wrote preliminary reports.
  • Generated reports.
  • Maintained equipment , controlled inventory and ordered supplies.
  • Performed QA studies and yearly reports.
  • Properly calibrated and adjusted malfunctioning equipment to ensure precise test results.
  • Carefully reviewed test results for accuracy.
  • Identified abnormal test results and referred them to the Neurologist for further review ASAP.
Instructor, 01/2001 to 04/2007
 Madison - Oneida County BOCES – New Hartford, NY
  • Taught 200 hour Phlebotomy national certification course including terminology, infection control, CPR, first aide, body systems focusing on the circulatory system.
  • Taught 45 hour Medical Terminology course.
  • Taught 12 hour Medical Coding course. 
  • Coordinated student clinical internships . 
  • Used role playing, simulations, team exercises, group discussions, videos and lectures to instruct participants in a variety of ways.
  • Administered performance reviews to evaluate each participant's progress.
  • Clearly communicated objectives for all lessons, units and projects to all participants.
  • Used a variety of assessment tools and strategies to improve instruction methods.
Medical Assistant, 03/1996 to 01/1999
 St Elizabeth Medical Center – Genesee Street Utica, New york
  • Provided excellent outpatient care specializing in lab and EKG.
  • Completed front end office tasks including registration and reports.
  • Filed and rotated x-rays and processed films.
  • Prepared specimens for analysis and established proper chronological priorities in testing.
Outpatient Lab Supervisor, 01/1999 to 01/2003
 St Elizabeth Medical Center / Marian Medical Imaging – Genesee Street Utica, New york

  • Performed EKGS and generated reports.
  • Cotrolled inventory and ordered supplies.
  • Completed daily log and statistics for patient flow.
  • Handled problems.
  • Supervised and evaluated employee.
  • Collected blood, tissue and other laboratory specimens and prepared them for lab testing.
Education
Transthoracic Echocardiography Course Masters Program: Echocardiography - Complete course endorsed by the Austrian Society of Cardiology - Course Director Thomas Binder,MD , Professor of Medicine, March 2003
 Medical University of Vienna / 123 Sonography.com - Vienna, Austria
  •  20 online video lectures chapters covering all aspects of transthoracic echo , over 30 hours of lecture content ,a total of 32 CME credits acquired by passing each chapters test with a 70 or above.
  • Complimented by a collection if patient demos and cases , rich in graphics , illustrations and examples
  • Over 5000 echo examples and cases in the Atlas library 
  • Echo facts text book , ebook and live webinars provided valuable information.
Pediatric Echocardiography eCourse: Pediatric Echo, May 2015
 Pegasus Lectures, Inc. - Forney, Texas 75126
 Online eCourse covering the content designed to cover the ARDMS Pediatric Echo specialty exam. Divided into 14 modules and taught by a world reknown speaker Richard A. Humes, MD.
Echocardiography and Non-Invasive Cardiac Evaluation / Cardiovascular Physics and Instumentation : Diagnostic Medical Ultrasound , 2/2008 - 1/2009
 Distance Learning through Burwin Institute of Medical Ultrasound - Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Psychology: Utica College - Utica, NY
Certifications
Accomplishments

I was chosen by the American Society of Echocardiography to participate in the Foundation - Values Program  Valvular Assessment Leading to Unexplored Echocardiographic Stratagems August 2014 in Bangalore , India.

It was volunteer experience that gave to me an experience of a lifetime . The people of India were amazing , so warm , humble and kind . I felt such warmth and they were so thankful . It left me feeling so connected emotionally to them. They emitted such a peacefulness . I hope to continue with volunteering every chance I can as it is the most rewarding and gives such a special feeling . 

Affiliations
  • Member , American Society of Echocardiography ( ASE )
  • Member , American College of Cardiology ( ACC )
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Resume Overview

Companies Worked For:

  • St Elizabeth Medical Center / MVHS
  • On-Site Imaging
  • Fred L Talarico, MD
  • St. Elizabeth Medical Center
  • Madison - Oneida County BOCES
  • St Elizabeth Medical Center
  • St Elizabeth Medical Center / Marian Medical Imaging

School Attended

  • Medical University of Vienna / 123 Sonography.com
  • Pegasus Lectures, Inc.
  • Distance Learning through Burwin Institute of Medical Ultrasound
  • Utica College

Job Titles Held:

  • Cardiac Sonographer
  • Electroneurodiagnostic Technician / Lab Manager
  • Instructor
  • Medical Assistant
  • Outpatient Lab Supervisor

Degrees

  • Transthoracic Echocardiography Course Masters Program : Echocardiography - Complete course endorsed by the Austrian Society of Cardiology - Course Director Thomas Binder,MD , Professor of Medicine , March 2003
    Pediatric Echocardiography eCourse : Pediatric Echo , May 2015
    Echocardiography and Non-Invasive Cardiac Evaluation / Cardiovascular Physics and Instumentation : Diagnostic Medical Ultrasound , 2/2008 - 1/2009
    Psychology :

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