Alaska State Ultrasound Society

Planning is underway for the Alaska Medical Imaging Conference 2024 this April, so save the date!!

We are offering discounted room rates at the Marriot Hotel in downtown Anchorage as well as discounted flights for those joining us from around the state.

The AKSUS is joining teams with the AKSRT for this conference, so pass this along to your colleagues in Radiology, CT, MRI, and Interventional! We have speakers for all the modalities!!

Please visit our website for the newest updates and to register, https://aksus.regfox.com/alaska-medical-imaging-conference-2024

SEARHC has two US FT openings. 1 in Sitka and 1 in Juneau. Fantastic opportunity. Call Pam, System Director, at 907 364 4432.

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We are looking forward to seeing everyone tomorrow for the AKSUS Making Waves Seminar. If you have not had the opportunity to sign up its not too late. See you tomorrow at 8am for Registration!

The Alaska State Ultrasound Society is holding a seminar on Saturday, October 14th with 6 CMEs available. All are welcome and classes will be held via Zoom for those unable to attend in person.

Please join AKSUS Saturday, October 14th from 8am to 5pm for our Making Waves Seminar!! We are excited to announce that we will be offering 6 CMEs and have a fun ultrasound related Escape Game after lunch. Please visit our seminar website for more information and for our speakers schedule https://bit.ly/3PkaNoZ.

Students are encouraged to come and can use the provided code for free registration. We will be offering a $500 Student Grant during lunch, please go to our AKSUS website to register for a chance to win, https://aksus.org/studentgrants.htm. Any student performing a clinical rotation in Alaska can qualify for this grant. Good luck!

UAA Diagnostic Medical Sonography students are looking for pregnant volunteers again!! This is a FREE ultrasound and we will also be giving out lots of pictures!! 🤗

All volunteers must be at least 20 weeks along, had a normal anatomy scan done, and have your Obstetrician sign our consent form in order to be qualified to participate.

Please email Christina Pearson (Assistant Professor and Clinical Coordinator) at [email protected] with your name, current gestational age, and the date your anatomy scan was performed to receive the Patient Volunteer and Physician consent form.

We will be holding our last two sessions in July!! The first session will be Saturday, July 8th from 9am-5pm, and the second session will be Tuesday, July 11th from 11am-4pm.

Please share this post and pass along to anyone you know who many be interested.

Attention Sonography Student living in Alaska!!
The AKSUS will be designating a deserving student a $500 grant this year at the AKSUS Making Waves, Saturday Seminar on October 14, 2023!!
You can find our application on the AKSUS website https://aksus.org/studentgrants.htm or by filling out the survey directly through this link https://questionpro.com/t/ATjabZyTlo
Good luck!!

Save the Date!!
AKSUS will be holding a Saturday Seminar October 14, 2023 at the UAA campus.
6 CME credits available and a day filled with great educational opportunities and FUN!!
More information to follow shortly.

Great opportunity for Sonographers and other Cardiac Imagining modalities!!

Mayo Clinic will be presenting Echo Alaska: Frontiers of Multimodality Imaging Including Echo, Cardiac CT and MRI. This will be an in-person and livestream symposium July 24-28th at the Marriott Anchorage Downtown!!

This symposium will be worth 22.0 CME credits for attendance. Integration of Echo, CT, and MRI and their incremental value in clinical cardiology will be highlighted. An additional focus will be on the role of 2-D and 3-D echocardiography in guiding interventional therapies.

The price for the symposium is $675 if you register by June 10th, and $775 after June 10th. Mayo Clinic is offering three registration scholarships to those interested. Fellows, trainees, sonographers, and students are all welcome to apply. Those selected will have their registration fees covered and will be announced at the end of May. The application deadline is this upcoming Monday, May 22nd.

Echo Alaska: Echo, Cardiac CT & MRI | Mayo Clinic Cardiovascular CME Course | Mayo Clinic Cardiovascular Education Review state-of-the-art echocardiography, cardiac CT, and MRI for a wide variety of cardiovascular disorders at our Echo Alaska course. This course emphasizes new technologies and how to use imaging information for the care of your patients.

Please make note there will be a board of directors meeting on Thursday May 18th at 6pm.

We will be discussing and preparing for the October 23, 2023 Saturday Seminar, the 2023 AKSUS Student Grant, AKSUS website updates, and going over updates on the Alaska Medical Imaging Conference 2024.

If you need a zoom meeting code please let me know! We hope to see everyone there!!

UAA Diagnostic Medical Sonography students are looking for pregnant volunteers who would be willing to come in for a FREE ultrasound! We will also be giving out pictures!! 🤗

All volunteers must have had a normal anatomy scan performed to be qualified to participate.

Please email Christina Pearson (Assistant Professor and Clinical Coordinator) at [email protected] with your name, current gestational age, and the date your anatomy scan was performed.

Our first OB session is scheduled for Tuesday May 23rd from 11am-2pm and pending on interest we will add more to the schedule!!

Please share this post and pass along to anyone you know who many be interested.

We hope to see everyone tonight for the General Ultrasound Meeting at 6pm on zoom!!

If you did not receive a zoom link please message me and I can send that to you!!

Join us next Wednesday evening April 26, 2023 at 6:00pm for a General Meeting over zoom!!

Bring your curiosity and join the fun!
We'll introduce our newest student AKSUS board of directors members, and be welcoming volunteers for many needed roles.

Planning has been underway for two educational events that you won't want to miss. Both will be in-person + virtual, so mark your calendars!!

~The Saturday Seminar which will be October 14, 2023. This marks our return to in-person events and will be held on the UAA Campus.

~The Alaska Medical Imaging Conference 2024 will be at the Dena'ina Center in Anchorage on April 19 & 20, 2024.
This is a joint effort of Alaska's two medical imaging societies AKSUS & AKSRT.

We encourage everyone to join so please join us next week!

See you then!

AKSUS is back and in session!!

Please join us for a General Meeting and Election of Officers. Officer nominee/candidates for this 2 year term are:

President: Bridgett Mayorga
Vice President: Julie Parker
Secretary: Honora Drew
Treasurer: Kim Strehlow

There will be an excellent Case Study presentation! Get inspired and volunteer to share one of your own case studies at future sessions.

Save the date and spread the word!! Saturday, February 11th at 3:00pm.

Zoom link to follow shortly.

Stay tuned AKSUS presents
“Sound Reflections”coming to a place near you.

We are excited to share that the Mayo Clinic is offering a face-to-face experience right here in Anchorage Alaska.
Echo Alaska: Frontiers of Multimodality Imaging including Echo, cardiac CT and MRI. Click on this link to register.

https://cveducation.mayo.edu/store/echo-alaska-frontiers-of-multimodality-imaging-including-echo-cardiac-ct-and-mri

Echo Alaska: Echo, Cardiac CT & MRI | Mayo Clinic | Mayo Clinic Cardiovascular Education Review state-of-the-art echocardiography, cardiac CT, and MRI for a wide variety of cardiovascular disorders. This course emphasizes new technologies and how to use imaging information for the care of your patients.

The Alaska State Ultrasound Society General Meeting which was scheduled for this Saturday, January 22nd on Zoom - has been postponed until sometime in February!

The new date will be announced soon. We apologize for any inconvenience this may have caused.

The number of places working short-staffed this week is higher than we initially realized! We want to give everyone a chance to recover.

Be Well !!!

~Julie, Lita, Kim and Honora

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The Alaska State Ultrasound Society We serve ALL of ALASKA’s Sonographers/Sonologists and individuals associated with the use of diagnostic medical ultrasound. The Society seeks to represent all sub-specialties of ultrasound, including General, Cardiac, Vascular, OB/Gyn, Musculoskeletal and Veterinary.

Don’t forget to register for The Sound of 2021 Annual Conference!! We are also offering a virtual version for those who can’t make it to Girdwood. Thank you to our generous sponsors!
Links below ⤵️

Live Conference:
https://www.memberplanet.com/events/alaskastateultrasoundsociety/thesoundof2021registration

Virtual Conference:
https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_Fy7CVvgrRxmu_JxF_KmWFQ

The Alaska State Ultrasound Society We serve ALL of ALASKA’s Sonographers/Sonologists and individuals associated with the use of diagnostic medical ultrasound. The Society seeks to represent all sub-specialties of ultrasound, including General, Cardiac, Vascular, OB/Gyn, Musculoskeletal and Veterinary.

Y’all this conference is going to be epic. Don’t miss this show!!

📢 Alaska Sonography Students 📢

AKSUS is offering an educational grant for a sonography student in Alaska!! The grant winner will be announced at The Sound of 2021 AKSUS Annual Conference. More info in the image. Link to apply below:

https://www.questionpro.com/t/ATjabZoN1h

Click the link below for more information and to register!!

https://www.memberplanet.com/Involvement/EventWebButton.ashx?ID=KkR95CIv

www.memberplanet.com

We are making a lot of progress in the preparations for our fall conference. Y’all SAVE the date October 9 & 10. Standby for more information soon.

‼️ANNOUNCEMENT‼️

Our August 21st Weekend Waves Webinar has been cancelled. Instead, mark your calendars for The Sound of 2021 annual conference on October 9th & 10th!!

Registration link coming soon!

Our Weekend Waves webinar is sponsored by Alyeska Vascular Surgery, LLC and will be hosted live in one week, register today!! 🎉

https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_D69w47ydRMWJQ5IyIOl2Jg

Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: Weekend Waves - 3.0 CME Quarterly Online Event presented by AKSUS. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the webinar. OBSTETRIC SONOGRAPHY and HUMAN EVOLUTION -Nelson Isada, MD INFERTILITY & IMPORTANCE of ULTRASOUND -Jennifer Sydnam LOWER EXTREMITY ARTERIAL DUPLEX: A guide to a more diagnostic study -Jordan Goetsch

Register today!! ⬇️⬇️⬇️

Join us for our next Weekend Waves Webinar on May 22nd! It's a great opportunity to earn 3 CMEs. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the webinar.

LINK TO REGISTER:
https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_D69w47ydRMWJQ5IyIOl2Jg

Speakers:

Nelson B. Isada, MD (OBSTETRIC SONOGRAPHY - A WINDOW ON EVOLUTION)
Nelson Isada, MD is currently a full time perinatologist at St. Joseph Regional Medical Center in Mishawaka, Indiana, but will be presenting live on the webinar.

Jennifer Sydnam, RDMS, RDCS, RVT (INTERTILITY and the IMPORTANCE OF ULTRASOUND )
Jenn is Owner/Sonographer at Real Time, Inc. in Wasilla, AK. She has been doing ultrasound for 20 years and is a wife, a mother of three, and a cancer survivor. Jenn currently serves as OB/Gyn Educational Chair for the Society.

Jordan Goetsch, BS, RDMS, RVT (LOWER EXTREMITY ARTERIAL DUPLEX: A guide to a more diagnostic exam. )
Jordan is the lead sonographer and clinical instructor at Alyeska Vascular Surgery. She has a Bachelors in Diagnostic Medical Sonography from Oregon Institute of Technology and is Vascular Education Co-Chair and POCUS Chair for the Alaska State Ultrasound Society.

Join us for our next Weekend Waves Webinar on May 22nd! It's a great opportunity to earn 3 CMEs. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the webinar.

LINK TO REGISTER:
https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_D69w47ydRMWJQ5IyIOl2Jg

Speakers:

Nelson B. Isada, MD (OBSTETRIC SONOGRAPHY - A WINDOW ON EVOLUTION)
Nelson Isada, MD is currently a full time perinatologist at St. Joseph Regional Medical Center in Mishawaka, Indiana, but will be presenting live on the webinar.

Jennifer Sydnam, RDMS, RDCS, RVT (INTERTILITY and the IMPORTANCE OF ULTRASOUND )
Jenn is Owner/Sonographer at Real Time, Inc. in Wasilla, AK. She has been doing ultrasound for 20 years and is a wife, a mother of three, and a cancer survivor. Jenn currently serves as OB/Gyn Educational Chair for the Society.

Jordan Goetsch, BS, RDMS, RVT (LOWER EXTREMITY ARTERIAL DUPLEX: A guide to a more diagnostic exam. )
Jordan is the lead sonographer and clinical instructor at Alyeska Vascular Surgery. She has a Bachelors in Diagnostic Medical Sonography from Oregon Institute of Technology and is Vascular Education Co-Chair and POCUS Chair for the Alaska State Ultrasound Society.

General meeting on Zoom starting now! All are welcome, come learn about our society 😊 Link below!!

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81314189667?pwd=d1hXbG5nNi9xL0RCWUVJZm1GZEdydz09

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Our first webinar will be on March 20th at 10:00am AKST. We’re offering 3 CMEs, FREE FOR EVERYONE!

Register here:
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