Karen Burns, RN, BSN, RVT, MBA, FSVU

Biography

Karen Burns, RN, BSN, RVT, MBA, FSVU, received her BSN from DePaul University in 1987. She worked with a group of vascular surgeons who have been her mentors and have helped make vascular testing and peripheral vascular disease her main professional interest. She received her MBA from Loyola University in 1992. Burns has served on the Board of Directors for the Society for Vascular Ultrasound. She has also served as the Committee Chair for the SVU Annual Conference, Committee Chair for SVU Product Development Team and Co-Chair on the Awards Committee as well as serving on many other committees. Burns also works as a site visitor for the Intersocietal Accreditation Commission.

Honors and Activities

FSVU - Fellow for the Society for Vascular Ultrasound

Publications

Eileen French-Sherry, BA, RVT, Karen Burns, RN, RVT, MBA,Chicago, IL: Combination of Duplex Ultrasound Data Improves Positive Predictive Value for Carotid Stenosis greater than t Greater Than 70 Percent Journal for Vascular Ultrasound, Volume 40, Number 1

Kent S. MacKenzie, MD, Eileen French-Sherry, BA, RVT, Karen Burns, RN, RVT, MBA, Tom Pooley, MSc, RVT and Hisham Bassiouny, MD, Chicago, IL: B-Mode Ultrasound Measurement of Carotid Bifurcation Stenosis: Is it Reliable? Vasc Endovasc Surg 36: 123-135, 2002

Michelini, MA., Burns, K., Baubly, MP., Baker, WH: Quality Control Validation: Are Radiology reports Accurate? Journal of Vascular Technology XVII: 145-148

Education

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