Steven Bernhardt, RVT, RDMS

Steven Bernhardt, RVT, RDMS joins the ICAVL Board of Directors as a representative of the Society of Diagnostic Medical Sonography. Mr. Bernhardt has been an active sonographer for the past 25 years and is presently a sonographer at Integris Baptist Medical Center, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Previously he served as Technical Director of the Vascular Laboratory and Ultrasound departments of Ochsner Clinic Foundation, New Orleans, Louisiana. For 15 years Mr. Bernhardt has also served as a medical lecturer for the registry review company Education for the Sonographic Professional, specializing in abdominal ultrasound and the physician vascular interpretational review.

Kathleen A. Carter, BSN, RN, RVT, FSVU

Kathleen Carter, BSN, RN, RVT, FSVU joins the ICAVL Board as a representative of the Society for Vascular Ultrasound. Currently Ms. Carter is a consultant with a company that provides vascular testing services in the East and Northeast, serving as a clinical preceptor and mentor to a group of vascular technologists. She also holds a teaching position as Clinical Instructor in the Department of Surgery at Eastern Virginia Medical School, Norfolk, Virginia. Upon receiving her BS in Nursing from Old Dominion University, Ms. Carter became licensed as a Registered Nurse in 1972 and earned the credential of Registered Vascular Technologist by the ARDMS in 1983. In 2001, Ms. Carter was awarded Fellowship status in the Society for Vascular Ultrasound, where she has remained an active member since 1979. Over the past twenty years Ms. Carter has given many lectures and presentations during various vascular conferences, and has co-authored numerous publications and book chapters. In addition to the Board of Directors, Ms. Carter also serves the ICAVL as an application reviewer.

Heather L. Gornik, MD, RVT, RPVI

Heather L. Gornik, MD, RVT, RPVI joins the ICAVL Board as a representative of the American College of Cardiology. Dr. Gornik is the Medical Director of the Non-Invasive Vascular Laboratory in the Department of Cardiovascular Medicine at The Cleveland Clinic, where she also serves as Staff Physician and Director of Vascular Medicine Research. Upon receiving her medical degree with honors from the University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine, Dr. Gornik completed her residency and fellowships at Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts. In 2005, she earned her MMSc degree in Clinical Investigation from Harvard Medical School/MIT Division of Health Sciences and Technology. A teacher and mentor, Dr. Gornik also serves as Assistant Professor of Medicine at The Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine of Case Western Reserve University and has taught previously at Harvard Medical School. She has lectured extensively and co-authored numerous publications, abstracts, reviews and book chapters. In addition to ACC, Dr. Gornik is a member of the American Heart Association, the Society for Vascular Ultrasound, the Society for Vascular Medicine and Biology, and the American Society of Echocardiography.

Michael Lilly, MD, RVT, RPVI

Michael Lilly, MD, RVT, RPVI joins the ICAVL Board representing the Society for Vascular Surgery, where he is a Distinguished Fellow. After receiving his medical degree from Georgetown University School of Medicine in 1978, Dr. Lilly completed his residency training in Surgery at Brown University/Rhode Island Hospital, in Providence, Rhode Island, including a 2-year research fellowship at Brown University in integrative cardiovascular physiology. He completed a vascular surgery fellowship at Northwestern University in Chicago, Illinois. Currently Dr. Lilly is employed at Maryland General Hospital in Baltimore, MD, where he serves as Chief of the Department of Surgery, Director of Maryland Vascular Center and Medical Director of the Non-Invasive Vascular Lab. Dr. Lilly is also a tenured full-time faculty member of the University of Maryland School of Medicine. His credentials include the Registered Vascular Technologist (RVT) and the Registered Physician in Vascular Interpretation (RPVI) designations from the American Registry for Diagnostic Medical Sonography, as well as certification by the American Board of Surgery. In addition to the SVS, Dr. Lilly is actively involved in numerous professional societies including Society for Vascular Ultrasound and the American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine. During the past twenty years, he has lectured extensively and has co-authored numerous publications, abstracts and book chapters. Iin addition to the Board of Directors, Dr. Lilly has served the ICAVL as a site visitor since 1993.

Charles Tegeler, MD

Charles Tegeler, MD joins the ICAVL Board representing the American Academy of Neurology. Dr. Tegeler completed his medical education and Internal Medicine residency at the University of Missouri-Kansas City. Upon completing his Neurology residency at the University of Texas Health Science Center-San Antonio, he continued to serve on the faculty there for nearly five years. In 1990 Dr. Tegeler joined the faculty at Wake Forest University School of Medicine, in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. As a Professor of Neurology, he now holds the McKinney-Avant Chair in Neurosonology, and also serves as Medical Director of the Comprehensive Stroke Center at WFUBMC, Medical Director of the Neuroultrasound Laboratory, and Director of the B-Mode Ultrasound Center. At the Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Dr. Tegeler directs the Neurovascular Ultrasound courses and fellowship programs. Today Dr. Tegeler's research focuses on new uses of ultrasound in stroke, cerebrovascular disease, and concussion, as well as the use of ultrasound for risk identification and prevention of stroke and cardiovascular disease.