Triton College hosts Sonography Day on Feb. 2

For health professionals and students who are registered for Triton College's Third Annual Sonography Day from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 2, here's the day's agenda:

(Please note registration for Sonography Day is currently closed.) 

Agenda  

7 - 7:45 a.m. Registration and Breakfast

7:45 - 8 a.m. Welcome

8 - 8:50 a.m. Prenatal Microarray Testing:  Sonographic Implications - Dr. Jeffrey Dungan 

9 - 9:50 a.m. Ultrasound of the Thyroid - Dr. David Paushter 

9:50 - 10:10 a.m.  BREAK - Networking 

10:10 - 11 a.m. Scrotal Sonography - Dr. David Paushter  

11:10 a.m. - Noon Ultrasound of the Ovarian Mass - Dr. Leeber Cohen 

Noon- 1:15 p.m. LUNCH - Vendor presentations

1:15 - 2:05 p.m. Abnormal Obstetrical and Gynecological Scans - Dr. Rudy Sabbagha    

2:15 - 3:05 p.m. ARDMS: Promoting patient safety through credentialing - Lorraine Chasari   

3:05 - 3:20 p.m. BREAK - Networking

3:20 - 4:10 p.m. Breast Sonography - Aasma Aziz 

4:10 - 5 p.m. 3D Gyne... What is it good for?  - Melissa Bunk  

Faculty
David Paushter, MD, Professor of Radiology and Interim Chair, University of Chicago Hospital

Jeffrey Dungan, MD, Geneticist, Northwestern Memorial Hospital 

Leeber Cohen, MD, Associate Professor Dept of Ob-Gyn, Northwestern Medical Faculty Foundation

Rudy E. Sabbagha, MD, Medical Director of the Obstetric & Gynecology Ultrasound Center and Professor Emeritus Northwestern University School of Medicine

Aasma Aziz, BS RDMS RVT, Ultrasound Application Specialist GE Healthcare 

Melissa Bunk, RT (R) RDMS, Women's Health & Specialty Clinical Applications Specialist 

Lorraine Chasari, RDMS RVT, Ultrasound Supervisor, Lurie Children's Hospital 

Upon completion of this educational activity, participants will be able to describe the latest techniques utilized in sonography today, collaborate with peers to share knowledge and skills, and formulate a better understanding of the topics presented and apply that knowledge into their everyday practice.

For more information, call Margie Harp, RN, MS at (708) 456-0300, Ext. 3773, or email Marianna Desmond EdM RDMS RTR at mdesmond@triton.edu, or call Lisa Disparte at (708) 456-0300, Ext. 3285.

The event will be held in the Performing Arts Center of the Robert M. Collins Center on Triton College's campus, 2000 Fifth Ave., River Grove, Ill.