Radiology

Contributors

CONSULTING EDITOR

NANCY GIRARD, PhD, RN, FAANConsultant, Boerne; Clinical Associate Professor, Acute Nursing Care Department,University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio, Texas

GUEST EDITOR

KATHLEEN A. GROSS, MSN, RN-BC, CRNOwings Mills, Maryland

AUTHORS

JAMES G. CARIDI, MD, FSIRAssociate Professor of Radiology and Pediatrics, Chief of Vascular and InterventionalRadiology, Shands Hospital, University of Florida College of Medicine, Gainesville, Florida

DEBRA DENNY, RN, MHAManager of Quality and Compliance, Baptist Cardiac and Vascular Institute, BaptistHospital of Miami, Miami, Florida

CAROL ELIADI, APRN, EdD, JDAssociate Professor and Chief Nursing Officer, Department of Nursing, School of Nursing,Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences-Worcester, Worcester,Massachusetts

CAROLYN J. FRIEL, RPh, PhDAssociate Professor of Medicinal Chemistry, Department of PharmaceuticalSciences, School of Pharmacy, Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and HealthSciences-Worcester, Worcester, Massachusetts

JEFFREY P. GONZALES, PharmD, BCPSAssistant Professor, Critical Care, Department of Pharmacy Practice and Science,University of Maryland School of Pharmacy, Baltimore, Maryland

CINDY GRINES, MD, FACC, FSCAIDepartment of Cardiovascular Medicine, William Beaumont Hospital, Royal Oak, Michigan

MARION L. GROWNEY, MSN, ACNPAcute Care Nurse Practitioner, NeuroInterventional Radiology, Massachusetts GeneralHospital, Massachusetts

STEPHEN B. HAUG, RTR, CVProgram Director, Tegtmeyer School of Angio/Interventional Radiology, Divisionof Radiology, University of Virginia Health System, Charlottesville, Virginia

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IRVIN F. HAWKINS, MD, FSIRProfessor of Radiology and Surgery, University of Florida College of Medicine, ShandsHospital, Gainesville, Florida

JOSHUA A. HIRSCH, MDVice Chief, Interventional Radiology; Director, NeuroInterventional Radiology/Endovascular Neurosurgery; Chief, Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery, MassachusettsGeneral Hospital; Associate Professor, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts

BARRY T. KATZEN, MDMedical Director and Founder, Baptist Cardiac and Vascular Institute, Baptist Hospitalof Miami, Miami, Florida

JANE KIAH, RN, MSDirector of Cardiac and Vascular Services, Baptist Cardiac and Vascular Institute, BaptistHospital of Miami, Miami, Florida

LOU-ELLEN LALLIER, MS, CRNPAcute Care Nurse Practitioner, Medical Intensive Care Unit, University of MarylandMedical Center, Baltimore, Maryland

JAIME LEE, BSN, MSN, ARNPNurse Practitioner, Interventional Radiology Department, Georgetown UniversityHospital, Washington, DC

ALAN H. MATSUMOTO, MD, FSIR, FACRProfessor of Angiography, Interventional Radiology and Special Procedures, Chair,Division of Radiology, Director, University of Virginia Core Lab and Clinical Over RoadService, University of Virginia Health System, Charlottesville, Virginia

SANDRA OLIVER-MCNEIL, RN, MSN, ACNP-BCDepartment of Cardiovascular Medicine, William Beaumont Hospital, Royal Oak,Michigan

KIMBERLY A. PESATURO, PharmD, BCPSAssistant Professor of Pharmacy Practice, Department of Pharmacy Practice, Schoolof Pharmacy, Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences-Worcester,Worcester, Massachusetts

GAIL EGAN SANSIVERO, MS, ANPNurse Practitioner, Interventional Radiology, Community Care Physicians, PC, Latham;Instructor, Department of Radiology, Albany Medical College, Albany, New York

SANDRA L. SCHWANER, MSN, ACNP-BCAcute Care Nurse Practitioner, APN1 Department of Interventional Radiology, Divisionof Radiology, University of Virginia Health System; Department of Radiology, Divisionof Interventional Radiology, Charlottesville, Virginia

DEBBIE SMITH, RN, BSN, CNORPerioperative Clinical Nurse Specialist, Clinical Learning, Baptist Health South Florida,Miami, Florida

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MELANIE STOIA, RN, BSNChair, Shared Governance Committee, Interventional Services, Baptist Cardiac andVascular Institute, Baptist Hospital of Miami, Miami, Florida

RICHARD J. VETTER, PhDProfessor of Biophysics, Division of Preventive, Occupational and Aerospace Medicine;Director of Occupational Safety, Radiation Safety Office, Mayo Clinic, Rochester,Minnesota