Vascular-Web was created by ultrasound professionals and is committed to serving the field by focusing on vascular professionals.

Our mission is to create an environment that is the TOTAL RESOURCE for the vascular professional.

We bring together vascular technologist and sonographer, educators, schools, departments, recruiters, authors, publishers, and industry to be the vascular professional ‘s total resource on the web.

This site includes scheduled chat sessions, webinars, bookstore, career connections, message board, listing of accredited schools, traning and preceptorships, product list and an extensive list of links to profession and government websites. By combining proven leaning methodologies with interactive web-based learning, available 24/7 along with instructor driven online courses, we are able to enhance the knowledge and skill sets of each participant. 

We provide the total solution for cross training, registry review, educational meetings and maintaining CME for registry status

“We are the web and distant learning professionals"SM

Principals

Gail P. Size, BS, RVT, RVS, FSVU, has over 20 years of technical and managerial experience in both clinical and private vascular laboratories.  She is the founder and president of Inside Ultrasound, Inc. a provider of Basic Training in Noninvasive Vascular Testing, Adult and Stress Echocardiography Testing, and Vascular Interpretation of Physicians.  Gail's most recent undertaking is the creation of the Southwest Area Vascular Association and the Vice-President and Education Coordinator for www.vascular-web.com; a  web site devoted to the vascular professional as a total resource tool.  Gail is having a great time promoting and connecting everyone together in hopes of creating a stronger vascular technology/ultrasound society and community.   Gail has lectured, authored numerous publications, conducted workshops and has been involved in presentations throughout the United States and Europe.  She has served as the President of the Chicago Area Vascular Association, an application reviewer for ICAVL, board Society of Vascular Ultrasound (SVU)  Midwest regional chapter advisor, Co-Chair and Chairman of the Society of Vascular Ultrasound’s Education committee which during that time the committee authored the SVU position statement “Standards for Undergraduate Educational Programs in Vascular Technology” and served on the SVU’s Board of Directors and is presently the Southwest Regional Chapter Advisor for the SVU.  In 1998 Gail was awarded the Distinguished Service award by the Society of Vascular Technology and Advanced Practice Sonographer – Vascular by the SDMS in 2003 and elevated to the status of Fellow in the Society of Vascular Ultrasound in 2003.

Richard K. Duncan, RDCS, BBA, has over 28 years of experience in cardiology with technical and managerial experience in cardiac cath and echo labs. He developed and became the noninvasive program director for Georgia Heart Institute cardiovascular technology program that gained accreditation prior to the first class' graduation and has been in the education side of the field for 14 years. Rick started Atlantic Interactive in 1997 as a way to help cardiovascular associations get their foot into the web world. AI has developed sites for some of the fields leaders and continues to search for ways to use the internet to connect organizations to potential customers and members.

Rick has lectured all over the United States, authored publications, held workshops, registry review courses, and given presentations for industry and hospital organizations. He held the echocardiography board position for two terms with ACP (ACVP) and with various committees with the American Society of Echocardiography and was also on the exam writing committee for CCI for a term. Rick created Echo-Web in order to extend the reach of training to those that need it in the field. Echo-Web was designed to focus on the echocardiographer offering education and CME credits for registered and non-registered alike. In working with Gail and others on Vascular-Web, this mission is the same - to support the ultrasound community and in particular the technologist.

Faculty List

Claudia A. Benge, RDCS, RDMS, RVT, has over 25 years of diagnostic ultrasound experience performing a wide variety of diagnostic ultrasound examinations including cardiac, vascular, general, ob-gyn, breast, small parts, and musculoskeletal.  Claudia was the coauthor of a cardiac and a general ultrasound cross-training manuals for Methodist Hospital (now Clarian), Indianapolis, IN.  Claudia has taught ultrasound to sonographers and physicians; she was an adjunct instructor and clinical coordinator for Butler University’s Associate Degree in Diagnostic Ultrasound (1980-1985).  Claudia has given numerous lectures in cardiac, peripheral vascular, billing & coding for ultrasound and quality improvement.  She is a member of the Board of Directors for the Society of Vascular Ultrasound and Cardiovascular Credentialing International Board.  Claudia has performed applications training for various ultrasound manufacturers.  In 2001, Claudia opened Benge & Associates in Carmel, Indiana.  Benge & Associates is an organization that performs Diagnostic ultrasound accreditation consulting, training, lectures, applications, PRN, Quality improvement, and Quality Auditing.

Gene Doverspike, RVT, has been in the Vascular Ultrasound/Technology field for nearly 15 years. He came into the field through a background in nursing, and prior to that engineering, giving him a diverse background and the advantage of insight into the the broader scope of patient medical care, anatomy and physiology and physical concepts which he utilizes to his benefit to increase his understanding of the relationship between diagnostic vascular study findings and the patients. This has also helped him as an educator to relate topics to his students and help provide a better understanding fo them.Mr. Doverspike has been a staff vascular sonogpraher/technologist in Florida and Michigan, where he was mentored by Philip Bendick, PhD. He has also served as an instructor teaching various subjects relating to ultrasound physics and vascular diagnostic studies. He continues to devote much time to his professional soctieties serving on commitees, performing service work and speaking at the SVU and AIUM annual conferences. Prior to his present employment he worked as a consultant in vascular ultrasound education and accreditation, offering educational courses, assistance with exam and accreditation preparation to various facilities and institutions nationally and internationally. Gene currently works for University Hospitals of Cleveland at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland Ohio as the Education and Research Sonographer and is a member of the adjunct faculty for the Cuyahoga community college diagnostic medical sonography program.

Marsha M. Neumyer, BS, RVT, is associated with the Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine where she served as assistant professor of surgery and Director of the Vascular Laboratory Section of the Penn State Vascular Institute from 1983 until December 2002. She currently serves as CEO and International Director of Vascular Diagnostic Educational Services and Vascular Resource Associates, international educational and consulting services in medical ultrasound. She is recognized internationally as an educator and for her contributions to the field of vascular technology. She was the 1997 recipient of the Society of Diagnostic Medical Sonography's Joan Baker Pioneer Award and was a founding member of the Intersocietal Commission for Accreditation of Vascular Laboratories. She has represented both the Society of Vascular Ultrasound and the Society of Diagnostic Medical Sonography on the Board of Directors of the Intersocietal Commission for Accreditation of Vascular Laboratories. She is a fellow and past president of the Society of Vascular Ultrasound and a fellow of the American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine (AIUM) and currently serves on the Board of Governors of the ALUM. She has published more than 70 juried articles, 28 book chapters, a vascular registry examination simulation, and is the author of three textbooks on vascular technology to be published in 2004.

Donald P. Ridgway, RVT, graduated from the Grossmont College vascular track in 1985. A few months later Don began teaching lab classes for the program while working in the vascular lab at Grossmont Hospital.  Two years latter, Don began teaching the vascular track program full-time and still works part-time in the Grossmont Hospital lab.Don’s first text publication was "Introduction to Vascular Scanning" published by Davies Publishing in 1991 and is now in its 3rd edition.  Don also participated in the revision of "Vascular Physics Review" in 1997, and completed the revision of "Vascular Technology Review" in 2001.  Don is presently working a new addition of "Vascular Anatomy and Physiology” for Davies Publishing.  Don lives in El Cajon, near San Diego, with wife Pat Powers. In his spare time he and Pat to do photography. While Don no longer performs any more, he still plays bluegrass banjo when he can.