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Bringing
together 13 years as a vascular technologist and 12 years as
the executive director of the Intersocietal Accreditation Commission
(IAC), Sandra L. Katanick, CAE, has reached a new pinnacle
in her career by earning the highly respected Certified Association
Executive (CAE) designation from the American Society of Association
Executives (ASAE).
The
CAE designation is a voluntary certification that distinguishes
those who demonstrate the knowledge and experience essential
to the practice of association management. The certification
process begins with the candidate's submission of an extensive
application documenting their professional and educational background,
achievements and association leadership experience. CAE candidates
must document at least 75 hours of broad-based, association
management continuing education or professional development
within the preceding five years in order to be eligible to sit
for the examination.
By
earning this credential, Ms. Katanick has joined a distinguished
group of her association management peers worldwide. Currently,
3100 association professionals hold this prestigious credential,
56 percent of whom serve as the chief executive officer (or
executive director) of their nonprofit organization. To maintain
certification, CAEs are required to sustain a professional development
program over successive three-year periods. Thus, it is an honor
neither easily earned nor maintained.
R.
Eugene Zierler, MD, ICAVL President, reflected on Ms. Katanick's
newly earned credential saying, "Sandy's hard work and organizational
skills over more than a decade have made the ICAVL the successful
and highly-respected organization that it is today. This has
earned her the nickname 'Queen of Quality.' The fact that she
has now put forth the extra time and effort to obtain the CAE
designation from the ASAE is just more evidence of her continuing
commitment to the ICAVL and the accreditation process. I'm certain
that her management expertise will be extremely valuable as
the field of accreditation develops in the future."
Ms.
Katanick began her medical career in 1978 as a Registered Nurse
in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania in the medical/surgical cardiovascular
unit and in critical care. After becoming a vascular technologist
and earning her Registered Vascular Technologist (RVT) credential
in 1983, she worked for 10 years in private practice as well
as academic and mobile settings, including a position as Clinical
Coordinator of the Peripheral Vascular Diagnostic Laboratory
at The Western Pennsylvania Hospital in Pittsburgh, PA. In her
position as Vascular Applications Specialist for Acuson, Ms.
Katanick was the first clinical specialist within the corporation's
structure specifically dedicated to vascular applications work.
In the infancy stages of the ICAVL's formation, she served as
a founding board member, representing the Society of Diagnostic
Medical Sonographers, prior to her appointment as Executive
Director in 1991. During the twelve years that she has held
the position of Executive Director, Ms. Katanick has been responsible
for the formation and management of the three additional accrediting
bodies that now join the ICAVL under the Intersocietal Accreditation
Commission (IAC): the Intersocietal Commission for the Accreditation
of Echocardiography Laboratories, incorporated in December of
1996; the Intersocietal Commission for the Accreditation of
Nuclear Medicine Laboratories, incorporated in December of 1997;
and the Intersocietal Commission for the Accreditation of Magnetic
Resonance Laboratories, incorporated in February of 2000.
In
her role as Executive Director, Ms. Katanick extensively lectures
and presents workshops about the vascular, echocardiography,
nuclear medicine and magnetic resonance accreditation processes
on the local, national and international levels. She strives
to make the accreditation process more understandable and completion
of the application easier. By managing the various accreditation
bodies she hopes to help standardize and improve the quality
of diagnostic testing, thereby ensuring more accurate, quality
patient care.
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