Professional Life

Clinical Advancement Programs (CAP): Taking the Lid Off Your Potential

10/06/2019

Jessica E. Fackler^*, CVT-RCIS, Co-Developer and Chair of the Cardiovascular and Interventional Radiology (CVIR), Clinical Tech Career Advancement Program Team, Tower Health System, Reading Hospital, Reading, Pennsylvania

Jessica E. Fackler*, CVT-RCIS, Co-Dev...

Tower Health’s Reading Hospital, a designated Magnet hospital, currently provides a nursing career advancement program and recently has begun to adopt this best practice for its allied health professionals.

Tower Health’s Reading Hospital,...

10/06/2019

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Interventional Cardiology: The Numbers Game

07/08/2019

Jay Bitar, MD, FACC, Cardiology Care Center, Lake Mary, Florida

Jay Bitar, MD, FACC, Cardiology Care ...

A career in the field of interventional cardiology is a road riddled with land mines. A life of caring for the sickest of the sick through providing urgent and immediate lifesaving intervention. Skills that come at a high price and could, at...

A career in the field of...

07/08/2019

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New Accredited Online Professional Certificate Program in Electrophysiology

07/08/2019

Letitia P. Esbenshade-Smith, MS Ed., RCES, RCIS, Coordinator; Cardiac Electrophysiology Program, Pennsylvania College of Health Sciences, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Letitia P. Esbenshade-Smith, MS Ed., ...

Pennsylvania College’s Professional Certificate Program in Cardiac Electrophysiology is the first online program to be granted initial accreditation. On March 15, 2019, the Pennsylvania College of Health Sciences was awarded initial...

Pennsylvania College’s...

07/08/2019

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Congratulations

01/31/2019

We would like to recognize Jaclyn Scott, RN, BSN, RCIS, for achieving her registered cardiovascular invasive specialist (RCIS) credential.

We would like to recognize...

01/31/2019

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Poetry

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01/06/2019

Samantha New, RN, BSN, CCRN-CMC, Rochester, New York

Samantha New, RN, BSN, CCRN-CMC, Roch...

A poem by Samantha New, RN, BSN, CCRN-CMC, Rochester, New York.

A poem by Samantha New,...

01/06/2019

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Becoming a Physician: A CVT’s Journey

02/28/2018

Martha Acero, Orlando, Florida

Martha Acero, Orlando, Florida ...

“I would like to share my story in Cath Lab Digest to encourage others who could be feeling the same call.”

“I would like to share my story...

02/28/2018

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Your Path to Success: Expert Advice

A Tribute to Dr. Thomas P. Wharton From the Corazon Team

02/06/2018

For those of us at Corazon who worked directly with Dr. Wharton, his loss is more than that of a friend and colleague, but of someone who was willing to challenge the establishment and status quo in true, unwavering patient advocacy.

For those of us at Corazon who...

02/06/2018

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News

Congratulations!

11/02/2017

The Registry of Cardiovascular Specialists and Assistants congratulates Wayne Germinario, RN-BC-CVN, RCIS, RT(R)(CV).

The Registry of Cardiovascular...

11/02/2017

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Congratulations!

06/06/2017

We congratulate Jonathan Turnbull, RCIS, RCSA for becoming a Registered Cardiovascular Specialist Assistant through the Registry of Cardiovascular Specialists and Assistants.

We congratulate Jonathan...

06/06/2017

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Health Impacts of Radiation Exposure During PCI

03/06/2017

Michael Seymour, MS, MPH, CIH, Organization for Occupational Radiation Safety in Interventional Fluoroscopy (ORSIF), Washington, D.C.

Michael Seymour, MS, MPH, CIH, Organi...

Over the past several years, a spate of scientific evidence has demonstrated the health risks that interventional teams incur while performing life-saving minimally invasive procedures. The health effects range from skin erythema to premature...

Over the past several years, a...

03/06/2017

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