View on Vimeo.

Also, those that attended the meeting may remember the presentation by Rose Guerrero about the amazing work being done by the Greatest Goal Ministries with amputee victims in Sierra Leone’s civil war. Please consider supporting this worthy organization by going to this link: http://www.greatestgoalministries.org/ and clicking on Donate. Or check out their Facebook page at: www.facebook.com/pages/Greatest-Goal-Ministries/143679341483.

Mark

June Meeting – Allen Institute for Brain Science – Review

June 16, 2010

The June WSBA meeting was once again held at the Allen Institute for Brain Science in Fremont.  Our gracious host provided an excellent dinner.  The weather was so glorious that many ate outside and enjoyed the view of the Seattle ship canal.

Dinner on the Ship Canal

Mark, Corrie & Sandy & Jeff, kicked off the meeting with an update on potential jobs (see Verithon.com) and the September WSBA Technology Symposium.  More info on the Symposium will be available soon on the web.   Following announcements, congratulations and a commemorative eagle sculpture were presented to Dennis McMahon to celebrate his pending retirement after 33 years of Bio-Med service and work in the educational community.

The well-attended meeting continued with an excellent presentation by Allen Institute’s Engineering Manager, Cliff Slaughterbeck, Ph.D.  Cliff walked us through the Institute’s history and business goals.

Cliff's Presentation

The Institute is a non-profit organization focused on providing brain-related research data to scientists around the globe; free of charge.   He gave an excellent overview of the methods and specialized equipment used to map and study the over 10,000 types of brain cells. This included such topics as cryosectioning, robotics, laser capture microscopy, and advanced data processing (10 terabytes of data per week!)

Following the presentation the membership was treated to a tour of the lab and amazing equipment.

Thank-you Allen Institute, especially Viki Phillips, who has consistently supported the WSBA, and made this all possible!

Additional information available at:  http://www.brain-map.org/

Written by Chris Walton

Thank you all WSBA members for all you do!

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BMET Appreciation Week 2010

Jim Carr from Unisyn Medical Technologies speaks about modern test equipment for diagnostic imaging systems.

Topic:                        Migrating Ultrasound Service to In-House

Keynote Speaker:      Matt Tomory, Conquest Imaging

Where:                                Evergreen Hospital, Tan 100

When: Wednesday, May 19, 2010;    5:30 – 8:00pm

Schedule: 5:30 to 6:00 pm – Dinner provided by Conquest Imaging

6:00 to 6:20 pm – WSBA Business

6:20 to 6:30 pm – Introduction of Keynote Speaker

6:30 to 8:00 pm – Presentation by Conquest Imaging

Directions: Follow signs to the Blue Entrance and park in the Blue Parking Garage. Take the Tan elevator to the ground floor and follow the sidewalk to the entrance of the Evergreen Surgery and Physicians Center building. When you enter the building, you will be on the second floor. Take the elevator or stairs down to the first floor. The meeting is in Tan 100.

Please RSVP: secretary@bmet.org

Thanks also to the judges, Tom Hudon, Corrie Schumacher, Viki Philips, Dennis McMahon, Teri Anderson and Lynda Wilkinson.

The WSBA is proud to support the BMET program at North Seattle Community College.

I’d like to take this opportunity to introduce you to our new President-Elect, Jeff Schweer. I’d also like to thank Sandy Whyte, Corrie Schumacher, Jeannie Jazuk-Dunn and Geoff McAlpin for agreeing to stay on for another year and keep things running smoothly.

Your officers have been discussing ways of encouraging more member participation and we would like your feedback on these ideas:

• Holding meetings on Fridays instead of Wednesdays
• Video taping meetings for web broadcast
• Rolling the annual meeting in with the symposium
• Holding a CBET study class

I also wanted to take a moment and give a belated “Thank you!” to Philips for once again hosting the annual meeting at their Bothell facilities.

                                            {mark your calenders}

      There is also new knowledge base on the CMIA website with educational pdf’s on a variety of subjects, feel free to download.

      The content of this event is also available for your perusal @

                              http://www.cmia.org/knowledge.htm

                               Slainte’ Mhath, Sandy.

All those who plan to attend MUST let me know no later than 11/11/09. (If you do not RSVP, you will not be allowed through Philips’ security.)

The complete list of attendees will then be forwarded to Philips to perform a background check and you must provide a photo ID to Security on the night of the event.

Please note that these new requirements are due to stricter homeland security measures and are not negotiable. Thank you in advance for your understanding.

Please… you MUST RSVP to secretary@bmet.org to attend.

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

Friday Night Meet and Greet Opening

Meet and Greet

Saturday Morning Opening

Ultrasound Basics

Table Top Autoclaves

Surgical Tables

Defibrillator Test Protocols

LP 20

Saturday Night Dinner

Lucky Winner!