Hands-On Vascular Ultrasound Imaging & Doppler (Dec 14 - 17, 2026)

Hands-On Vascular Ultrasound Imaging & Doppler is organized by Keith Mauney & Associates (KMA) Ultrasound Training Institutes and will be held from Dec 14 - 17, 2026 at Homewood Suites by Hilton Dallas-Irving-Las Colinas, Irving, Texas, United States of America.

Description:
Build your vascular ultrasound career on the shoulders of the persons who pioneered it and helped frame the standards for it. Vascular ultrasound doesn’t have to feel complicated or overwhelming. In our hands-on, head-to-toe vascular program, you’ll discover just how clear, structured, and confidence-building this field can be when you learn it through a practical, step-by-step approach. From your very first hour, you'll be scanning with purpose—guided by a protocol that makes sense, supported by instructors who stand beside you both in class and long after you head home.

Across four immersive days, you’ll learn a unified, repeatable workflow that applies to carotid, abdominal, and peripheral arterial and venous ultrasound. You’ll see how all vascular exams share the same hemodynamic foundations, and you’ll learn to interpret every finding with both accuracy and clarity. Thousands of clinicians from every specialty have trusted this course to launch or advance their vascular competency—and you’ll soon understand why.

Blood flow is physiology in motion, and static assumptions can mislead. This course matters because it teaches you to apply Doppler and grayscale imaging with intentional technique, interpret flow patterns with physiologic context, and recognize pathology as meaningful deviation rather than incidental noise.

The hands-on format gives you repeated live practice, immediate correction, and the competence to use vascular ultrasound as a dependable component of your clinical decision-making. And if your focus is on the certification exams, this is the definitely the place to prepare your mind.

What Makes This Course Different:

• Taught as a clinical skill, not a memorized protocol: Learn why each image and Doppler assessment matters, so you can adapt confidently when anatomy, pathology, or patient condition doesn’t follow the textbook.
• Physiology-driven, bedside-ready instruction: Understand real blood-flow behavior and hemodynamics—not just probe positions—so findings make immediate clinical sense.
• Immediate recognition of normal and abnormal flow: Train your eye to identify waveform patterns quickly, troubleshoot poor signals, and reason through complex vascular findings in real time.
• Hands-on scanning with direct faculty guidance: Small classes keep instructors at the machine with you, offering continuous feedback as you scan on live models—not from across the room.
• Repetition that builds instinctive confidence: Scan repeatedly until technique, pattern recognition, and decision-making become second nature rather than something you have to think through.
• Extended access to practice time: Our scan lab remains open beyond formal class hours, allowing you to refine technique and solidify understanding at your own pace.
• Confidence that carries into unfamiliar exams: Leave prepared to approach new patients, new pathologies, and complex vascular questions with clarity and control.

We Teach the Standards—Your Way:
There’s a difference between what we teach and how we teach it. The content never changes—it’s grounded in decades of practice and the standards clinicians rely on. But the delivery must adapt in real time to ensure the content truly sticks. We continually read the room, adjusting moment by moment to each learner’s background, comfort level, and natural way of receiving complex ideas. Every essential concept is presented multiple times, in a variety of ways, so key principles take root quickly and stay with you. Here’s how a typical class may flow.

Day 1:
Carotid & Vertebral Arteries:
Begin with the complete carotid duplex protocol, learning exactly why each step matters. You’ll master image optimization, artifact recognition, and hemodynamic interpretation while exploring extracranial cerebrovascular disease with clarity and confidence.

Day 2:
Lower Extremity Arterial System & TCD:
Explore targeted MCA transcranial Doppler and apply carotid principles to the arteries of the legs. You’ll complete native and post-operative arterial protocols and pair duplex with physiologic testing to evaluate limb perfusion with clinical authority.

Day 3:
Venous Imaging & Abdominal Vascular Protocols:
You’ll perform complete deep and superficial venous exams for DVT and venous insufficiency. Then we expand into abdominal vascular ultrasound—including aorta, IVC, hepatic vasculature, and renal arteries—with diagnostic criteria made understandable and actionable.

Day 4:
Upper Extremity Arterial & Venous Exams:
Complete duplex protocols for both arterial and venous systems in the upper extremities. We end with focused practice time tailored to your individual interests and application goals.

What You'll Learn Clinically:

• We shrink the class size on purpose, ensuring we can walk through every critical topic together while still giving you the freedom to ask, explore, and discuss whatever you need.
• How to perform every major vascular protocol—with a unified, repeatable approach
• A simple three-dimensional strategy to obtain high-quality vascular images quickly and consistently
• How to evaluate aneurysm, dissection, flow-limiting stenosis, and advanced hemodynamic changes in native vessels, grafts, stents, and dialysis fistulae with clarity
• Renal artery and abdominal vascular assessment without diagnostic compromise
• Deep and superficial venous mapping for DVT and venous valvular insufficiency
• Understanding waveform changes throughout the arterial cycle and what they mean clinically
• Raynaud’s assessment, thoracic outlet interpretation, and cold sensitivity testing
• How to think through any ultrasound registry exam question using reasoning—not memorization.