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Volume 22, Issue 12 , Pages 1409-1413 , December 2009

Advanced Cardiovascular Sonographer: A Proposal of the American Society of Echocardiography Advanced Practice Sonographer Task Force

Carol Mitchell, PhD, RDMS, RDCS, RVT, RT(R), FASE
- UWHC School of Diagnostic Sonography, Madison, Wisconsin
- Reprint requests: Carol Mitchell, PhD, RDMS, RDCS, RVT, RT(R), FASE, Program Director, UWHC School of Diagnostic Medical Sonography, 600 Highland Avenue, Madison, WI 53792.
Fletcher A. Miller Jr., MD, FASE
- Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota
S. Michelle Bierig, MPH, RDCS, FASE
- St. Anthony's Medical, St. Louis, Missouri
Merri L. Bremer, MEd, RN, RDCS, FASE
- Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota
Donna Ehler, BS, RDCS, FASE
- Kansas City, Missouri
Timothy Hanlon, MD, FASE
- St. Charles Medical Center, Bend, Oregon
Daren Keller, BS, RDCS
- Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina
- University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, Wisconsin
Claudia E. Korcarz, DVM, RDCS, FASE
- University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, Wisconsin
Judy R. Mangion, MD, FASE
- Brigham & Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts
Jane E. Marshall, BS, RDCS, FASE
- Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts
Marti L. McCulloch, BS, RDCS, FASE
- The Methodist DeBakey Heart & Vascular Center, Houston, Texas
Brad Mehl, BA, RDCS, RVT, RDMS, RT(R), FASE
- Oklahoma Heart Hospital, Edmond, Oklahoma
Rick Rigling, BS, RDCS, FASE
- Danbury Health System, Danbury, Connecticut
Cassie Robbins, RDCS, FASE
- Engh Consulting, Inc., Alexandria, Virginia
Liza Sanchez, RCS
- University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas
Matt M. Umland, RDCS, FASE
- Mayo Clinic, Scottsdale, Arizona

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