Cardiac Sonographer Special Procedures

KISHAN VARMA PAKALAPATI

Aubrey, TX ***** 608-***-**** *************@*****.***

Dedicated and skilled Cardiac technologist with over 3 years of experience performing quality Echo cardiograms and other various cardiac testing in a multi national hospital setting. Special Procedures: TTE echo, Exercise Stress Echo(Treadmill test), Pharmacologic Stress Echo(Dobutamine), Transesophageal Echo (TEE), ECG( EKG), Assisting cathlab Procedures. Imaging: 2-D, M-Mode, Digital, Continuous and pulsed wave Doppler, Color flow Doppler, 3D, Speckle tracking.

Equipment: GE Vivid 7, Philips EPIQ, Vivid e portable CPR Certification, EKG performance and interpretation, Holter monitor application, Ambulatory BP monitoring.

Cardiac Sonographer Speclialist, 03/2019 - 06/2021 Siemens Healthineers – India

Responsibilities:

- Worked in cardiac ultrasound Research & Development Industry.

- Guided Non clinical teams the cardiac insights to build cardiac ultrasound machines.

- Annotated cardiac dicoms, which helps IT professionals to built State of art latest ultrasound machines.

- Performed Various Echo cardiograms on test machines to perform diagnostics on machines.

- Performed quality checks on ultrasound machines before delivery.

- Excellent interpersonal skills and ability to convey complex concepts to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.

-Effective educator in providing clinical training and guidance to non-healthcare peers. Cardiac Sonographer, 02/2016 - 02/2019

Aster CMI Hospital – Bengaluru, India

Performed & Reported In-Patient, Out-Patient and Health check routine echocardiograms Accurately measured cardiac structures, Functional assessment, Identifying pathologies, Valvular SUMMARY

SKILLS

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

abnormalities.

Imaging: 2-D, M-mode, Digital, continuous and pulsed wave Doppler, color Doppler Prepare preliminary reports for review and interpretation by cardiologist EKG performance and interpretation

Prepared and performed patients for cardiac stress testing such as Treadmill test, Pharmacological induced stress test.

Assisted physicians during TEE and capturing exam. 24 hour Holter and ambulatory BP installation on patient, Interpretation and reporting. Assisted critical ER cases, OT cases and Severe ICU cases. Performed equipment maintenance, PACS and overall documentation. Cardiac Technologist Intern, 06/2015 - 12/2015

Fortis Hospital – India

- Patients preparation for Echo studies and documenting whole procedures.

- Prepared patients for Stress testing and documentation.

- Assisted physicians during cathlab studies.

- Performing EKG studies and reporting to physicians.

- Involved in radiation safety, Audits and documentation.

- Performed Echo cardiograms under supervision.

Master of Science: Health Information Technology, 05/2023 Governors State University - Chicago, Park Forest, IL Course : EHR implementation, Medical Laws & Ethics, Epidemiology. Capstone Project: Chicago china town hospital, EHR implementation. GPA: 3.5

Bachelor of Science: Cardiovascular Technology, 01/2016 Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences - Bangalore, India Graduated as Cardiac Sonographer with 6 months internship. IAE ( Indian Academy of Echocardiography) - Member Participated in Rural Health camps to provide proper cardiac screenings. Relevant Coursework: Anatomy, Physiology, Pharmacology, Pathology, Microbiology, Applied sonography

EDUCATION

ACCOMPLISHMENTS

IAE - Indian Academy of echocardiography : Presented on special Echo cardiography (rare cases) cases to panel.

Participation certificate for Rural health diagnostic program. AHIMA (American health information management association )member. ARDMS (American registry for Diagnostic sonography) member Pursuing RCDS - Register cardiac diagnostic sonographer AFFILIATIONS

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