Valrie Kunes, BA, AS(R)

Before her recent retirement, Valrie Kunes held board credentials in fetal echocardiography, adult echocardiography, obstetrics & gynecology, vascular technology, and abdomen, as well as NTQR nuchal translucency certification.
Troy Russo RVT, RVS, RDCS, RDMS

Troy Russo has been involved in the field of Sonography since 1995. Troy is currently the Cardiovascular Program Director for Sanford Brown-Garden City Campus. Troy has a multidisciplinary background that includes general, vascular, and cardiac ultrasound. Troy currently serves on the educational committee for the SVU, and is an item writer for CCI.
Traci B. Fox, EdD, RT(R), RDMS, RVT

Traci B. Fox, EdD, RT(R), RDMS, RVT, is Assistant Professor in the Department of Radiologic Sciences, Jefferson College of Health Professions, and Research Assistant Professor, Department of Radiology, at the Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. She has been a sonographer since 1993 and an educator since 2005. In 2014, […]
Susan Raatz Stephenson, MS, MA Ed, RDMS, RVT, CIIP

Susan Raatz Stephenson, MS, MA Ed, RDMS, RVT, CIIP, has been an active member of the sonography community since 1983, when she joined the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center Diagnostic Medical Sonography program. She is registered in multiple modalities and holds a master of science degree in learning and cognition from the University of […]
Sergio X. Salles-Cunha, PhD, RVT, FSVU

President, Angio Sonography, Inc. Clinical Research Director, Jobst Vascular Center. Technical Director, Vascular Lab, Maimonides Medical Center.
Pierre C. Wong, MD

Dr. Wong is Director of Echocardiography and Attending Pediatric Cardiologist at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles (CHLA). He also serves as Director of the CHLA Cardiac Pathology Registry as well as Director of Pediatric Echocardiography for West Coast Ultrasound Institute. Dr. Wong’s academic interests include transthoracic, transesophageal, and three-dimensional echocardiography, as well as anatomic pathology of […]
Novel Castillo, RDCS (AE, FEc, PE)

Novel Castillo has been an active member of the sonographer community since graduating from Orange Coast College in 2006. His driving motivation is to help patients by understanding congenital heart disease through echocardiography. He joined Children’s Hospital Los Angeles (CHLA) in 2011 and has helped organize and lecture at both fetal and pediatric congenital heart […]
Nirvikar (Nirvi) Dahiya, MD, FAIUM, FSRU

Nirvikar (Nirvi) Dahiya, MD, FAIUM, FSRU, is chair of the division of ultrasound at Mayo Clinic Arizona. He has worked exclusively with ultrasound over the past 22 years, completing his fellowship at Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology at Washington University as a key member of musculoskeletal ultrasound subspecialty. Winner of the Larry Mack award for research […]
Nikki C. Stahl, RT(R)(M)(CT), RDMS, RVT

Nikki Stahl specializes in high-risk obstetrics and fetal echocardiography at Maternal Fetal Medicine of Central Pennsylvania, where she teaches obstetrical residents and maternal fetal medicine fellows. She holds ARDMS credentials in fetal echocardiography, obstetrics & gynecology, vascular technology, and abdomen, as well as NTQR nuchal translucency certification and ARRT credentials in diagnostic radiology, CT, and […]
Michalene McPharlin, RN, RVT, RVS, FSVU

Micky McPharlin lectures widely on registry preparation and vascular topics, as well as providing consulting services. She also serves on the editorial board of the Journal for Vascular Ultrasound. Like Claudia, she is a recipient of the Society for Vascular Ultrasound Distinguished Service Award and has been honored with the status of SVU Fellow. She […]