Committee on Accreditation for Advanced Cardiovascular Sonography (COA-ACS)
Mary Alice Dilday
Staff
2530 Meridian Parkway, Ste. 450
Durham, NC 27713
Phone: (919) 465-9020
Email: coaacs@gmail.com
The Committee on Accreditation for Advanced Cardiovascular Sonography serves, under the auspices of the CAAHEP, to promote and advance the quality of educational programs for advanced cardiovascular sonographers.
Board Members
Joy Guthrie, PhD, ACS, RDMS, RDCS, RVT, FSDMS, FASE, Chair
Smadar Kort, MD, FASE, Vice Chair
Teresa Daniele, MD
Ken Horton, ACS, RCS, FASE
Elizabeth McIlwain, MHS, ACS, RCS, FASE
Carol Mitchell, PhD, RDMS, RDCS, RVT, RT(R), ACS, FASE
Fletcher A. Miller, Jr., MD, FASE
Matt M. Umland, RDCS, FASE
Michelle Bierig, MPH, RDCS, ACS, FASE
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Attention Program Directors!
Are you interested in establishing a CAAHEP accredited Advanced Cardiac Sonography (ACS) program, but don’t know what is involved or how to get started? The Committee on Accreditation for Advanced Cardiovascular Sonography (CoA-ACS), has created an ACS Toolkit to get you started.
In this toolkit you will find step by step instructions on what is required, how to go about creating an accredited ACS program, links to resources, a template job description, and a template of course descriptions. Please contact coaacs@gmail.com for a toolkit PDF.
The CoA-ACS is always ready to assist you. Please feel free to email or phone with any questions.
ACS Sample Job Description Templates
Sample #1
Sample #2
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Sponsors for Committee on Accreditation for Advanced Cardiovascular Sonography (COA-ACS)
American Society of Echocardiography
Society of Diagnostic Medical Sonography