Washington State Biomedical Association

The WSBA’s Annual Symposium took place September 19 at North Seattle Community College. The two-day Symposium featured a “Meet and Great” Reception, five classes on topics such as ultrasound service basics, surgical table repair and LP 20 repair, and fantastic Italian dinner at the college.

In planning the event last spring, the WSBA officers entertained some very ambitious ideas.  However, the initial commitment for attendance that we received from members was not enough to support some of these goals.  For example, we weren’t able to offer a class on x-ray basics taught by the good folks at Ditech. Although they were willing to support us, we didn’t feel we could ask them to come all this way if we couldn’t guarantee a minimum turnout.  We’re open to ideas that will encourage more participation.

In my opinion, the WSBA has two very solid strengths: a core group of members who show up, participate and pitch in willingly, and vendors who willingly and happily donate time, energy, and money to support us.

Finally, I’d like to recognize, on behalf the members and officers of the WSBA, Lynda Wilkinson for her tireless efforts to make sure we had a successful day of training and North Seattle Community College for continuing to support our organization.  And a big THANKS for all the manufacturer’s representatives who helped to make our 2009 Symposium a success:

David Sieminski
Philips / Respironics

Crystal Miller
Masimo

Corrie Schumacher and Jerry Norimatsu
Echoserve

Jerry Zion, Mick Daly, and Gary Hoffman
Fluke

Ashley Vogelsang
AVI

Greg Alkire
Pronk Technologies

Eric Willingham and Jeremy Skillicorn
Welch Allyn

Matt Tomory and Barry Horning
Conquest Imaging

Tim Dugaw
Baxter

Tom Winstel, Kristina Sutton Ermers
Medtronic

Jim Scott
Seattle Surgical

Seth Schnurman
BPI