Part-Time Technical Director

Mark D. Zemanek, BS, RDCS, RDMS, RVT - 231-***-****

**** **** ****** ****, *****, MI 49621

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Professional summary / Travel & Contract Experience:

Recent position(s), 2017 to present:

I assumed various positions around the country to teach and work in cardiology and vascular ultrasound. I did nearly one year at Stanford university hospitals pediatric cardiology, all the way to small clinics in West Virginia, Arizona, Florida, and Michigan. Follows is a brief summary of some of these locations:

1.University of Michigan Health West, Wyoming, MI from August 2023 to August 2024. Adult echocardiograpahy, TEE, Lumason/Definity, Saline Contrast, Cath Lab, ER protocols, etc.

2.Owosso Memorial Hospital, Owosso, Michigan. May to August 2022. Then to Duke Life Point in Marquette in August, 2022.

3.Duke Life Point Hospital, Marquette, Michigan. Adult and pediatric echocardiography. Critical care and out-patient. Ultrasonic opacification protocols and saline contrast. AMN contract. END DATE 19 August 2023

4.St. Agnes Hospital, Fond du Lac, Wisconsin. Echocardiography contract from 7 February to June, 2021. Adult stress echo, Definity, saline contrast, etc. 260 beds. AMN contract.

5.COVID break from April 2020 to February 2021.

6.November 2019 to March 2020: ProMedica, Coldwater Michigan, contract cardiac sonographer. Resting transthoracic and esophageal echocardiography.

7.July 2019 to Atlas med staff, Loris South Carolina and seaside South Carolina. Hospital system work between two hospitals. All cardiac ultrasound.

8.August 2017 to July 2019 Technical director at Vital Health Scores Diagnostic and Treatment Center, Traverse City, MI.

9.(At same time as line 3: St. Mary’s Hospital, Grand Rapids MI. Adult and pediatric echo cardiology. Contractor with Emerald Health From October 2018 to April 2019)

10.April 18 – July 7, 2017: Technical Director, Heart Care Centers of Florida, Titusville, FL. Technical director of all cardiovascular ultrasound imaging activities. Declined further employment over quality of life considerations.

11.November 2016 – April 2017: Davis Medical Center, Elkins, WV. Teacher/educator in adult echocardiology and vascular imaging. Contract staff cardiovascular sonographer. Protocols in saline and left ventricular opacification studies. Aureus Medical.

12.2016, August to November: Cottage Hospital system, Santa Barbara, California. Contract pediatric and adult echocardiographer. Adult and pediatric transthoracic and transesophageal echocardiography. Pediatric cardiologists, UCLA. Full protocols in saline and left ventricular opacification.

13.2018-19; September - St. Mary’s hospital, Grand Rapids, MI. Adult/Pediatric echocardiography, a contract position. Very positive and successful, as all contracts.

November 2014 - December 2015, Stanford University Hospitals and Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital, Palo Alto, CA. Pediatric echocardiology, complex congenital and acquired heart disease. Critical care, PACU, pre - post cardiac transplant protocols. A contract/staff sonographer position. Asked to recommit three times. AMN contract.

EMR systems: Cerner, McKesson, Syngo Dynamics, Epic, Merge, and others. EMR systems used in multiple departments from cardiology to radiology with integration with other systems.

Imaging systems: Philips ie33, Philips Epiq, GE/Phillips Vivid and iU series, Siemens 2000 series, Biosound North America, Sonosite, Mindray, and others. Point of care ultrasound testing protocols and teaching.

Clinical Expertise, summary:

Vital Health Scores Integrative Diagnostics & Treatment Center, Traverse City, MI. Serving as technical director since the inception of the clinic in 2017. Developed all marketing protocols for local print and radio outlets. Developed and conduct all adult and pediatric cardiac imaging, metabolic testing, vascular testing, abdominal ultrasound, and bone health testing with DEXA unit. The clinic is open to all who request the services regardless of ability to pay. While the clinic has downsized recently, Dr. Douglas J Wigton, the owner and medical director, continues to enable this clinics message of Disease prevention, education, and metabolic health and personal responsibility to as wide an audience as possible.

1983 - 2019:

●Upon the discontinuation of Leelanau Diagnostic Ultrasound, LLC mobile diagnostic imaging company, which I successfully owned And operated for 11 years from 2003 to 2014.

●1983 – 2019:

●Current: Healcerion USA Business and Clinical Development manager. Community education on the use of point of care ultrasound diagnostic instrumentation (Sonon 300 L & 300 C). Teach point of care ultrasound to paramedics, physicians, and other medical professionals interested in point of care diagnostics with handheld wireless diagnostics. Special focus on the connection of oral health and systemic vascular disease as diagnosed as a screening protocol in the dental setting.

●Volunteered to teach point of care ultrasound to paramedics and EMT students at Munson Medical Center, Blair Township Fire and rescue, and Cedar fire and rescue.

●Vital Health Scores Integrative Diagnostic and Treatment Center. Chief sonographer, Technical Director. Dr. Douglas J. Wigton, Owner and medical director.

●2010 - 2012: Educational Development and Clinical Ultrasound Course Curriculum, Vascular Ultrasound Teaching Kirkland Community College, Cardiac Ultrasound Teaching at Sanford Brown College, and Northern Michigan ultrasound center.

●2003 - 2014: Owner and operator and sole proprietor of Leelanau diagnostic ultrasound, LLC. Mobile provider and clinical instructor of cardiac, vascular, abdominal ultrasound with community outreach throughout clinics in Northwestern Michigan.

●1999 - 2002: Manager and chief echocardiographer, Finger Lakes Heart Institute, Elmira New York. Lead the lab to become the first accredited cardiac ultrasound imaging facility (ICAEL) in New York State.

●Stress Echocardiography for adult and pediatric patients.

●Saline contrast studies & left ventricular opacification protocol (Definity®)

●2014 - 2015: Pediatric echocardiology, Stanford University Hospitals, Lucille Packard Children’s Hospital, Palo Alto California.

●Dobutamine Stress echocardiography, CV intraoperative ultrasound

●Carotid Duplex Imaging with cardiac correlation.

●Thyroid ultrasound imaging

●Complete Abdominal ultrasound imaging.

●Peripheral Venous and Arterial ultrasound imaging.

●Profiling (screening) services for vascular disease

●Vein mapping, venous reflux disease with ultrasound.

●Critical care using ultrasound

●3-D imaging, Strain analysis.

●Emergent and “point of care” ultrasound

●Echocardiography in the operating suite and emergency department.

●Transesophageal echocardiography, TAVR pre and post evaluation.

Registries, Societies, Publications, Teaching, Curriculum Development:

●American Registry of Diagnostic Medical Sonographers: Cardiac (RDCS - 1984), Vascular (RVT - 1985), Abdominal ultrasound (RDMS - 2006).

●2010 – 2013: Developed Ultrasound Course Education material for two Colleges, and created vascular ultrasound text for Elsevier Corporation.

●2011: Adjunct faculty, Sanford Brown College Grand Rapids, MI (closed as of 2015).

●2011 & 2012: Faculty, Kirtland Community College School of Ultrasound, Vascular Ultrasound.

●2012: Published in the Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine and the Journal of Diagnostic Medical Sonography.

●2003 – 2014: Owner/operator of Leelanau Diagnostic Ultrasound, LLC and the principal Officer of Northern Michigan Ultrasound Society, providing continuing medical education events for local medical professionals. Approved by the Society of Diagnostic Medical Sonographers for 1 CME per hour of activity.

1.1983, Michigan State University, B.S. from College of Natural Science

2.Leelanau Diagnostic Ultrasound, LLC selected as “Michigan Small Business of the Year for 2004” by Michigan Small Business Association.

General summary:

Educator in the use of ultrasound in clinical assessment and management. Expert in point of care ultrasound (POCUS), bedside diagnostics, business development, and community outreach. Expert in use of non-invasive imaging, including resting and stress echocardiography protocols, strain imaging, cardiac contrast protocols. Stanford University Hospital (LPCH) in pediatric echocardiology.

Wide experience in community outreach and teaching echocardiography, carotid duplex imaging, arterial/venous imaging, and abdominal imaging applications in mobile service, in-patient and out-patient care. Further expertise in bone health analysis, diabetes education, general inflammatory metabolic syndromes, and Oral Systemic Health.

Wide experience in clinical and didactic teaching of integrated diagnostic medical ultrasound to medical professionals (MD, RN, ultrasound students). PACs systems: Cerner, EPIC, Excelera, Mckesson, Ultraling, Citrix, Merge, Power Chart, Syngo Dynamics, Athena, and others. Extensive experience as a ‘contract’ and / or ‘traveling’ sonographer/educator for in-patient and out-patient settings

Publications & Education:

●2012: Published in the Journal of Diagnostic Medical Sonography: “Main Pulmonary Artery Aneurysm without evidence of Pulmonary Hypertension or Pulmonary Stenosis”

●2012: Journal of the American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine: “What It Means To Be a Cardiovascular Sonographer”.

●1984 – 1986: Trained in adult echocardiology, Indianapolis University with Dr. Harvey Fiegenbaum (series of seminars/meetings.)

●1984 – 1986: Trained in vascular ultrasound imaging and science with Dr. Eugene Strandness and Dr. Kirk Beach.

●1988 – 1991: Research on “Subarachnoid Hemorrhage and heart failure” at the University of Michigan.

●Familiar with Apple iOS and Microsoft Office systems.

Activity & Family:

●2009 – current: United States Air Force Auxiliary, GLR MI 131, rank of 1st Lt. – ID 500263, Commander 2012 to 2014.

●Certified Flight instructor & commercial pilot (not current).

●Small farm operation at our home near Cedar, MI.

Personal: Married to Peggy for 32 years, living near Traverse City, MI Daughter Rachel Marie is 29 (Firefighter/Paramedic/Educator), Son Joel Anthony is 25 (US Army Intelligence Officer, 1st Lt)

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