Brian Fey

Employment/Achievements/Certifications

Northwestern Memorial Hospital (NMH) Chicago, IL. (March 2002 – Present)

- Registered Diagnostic Cardiac Sonographer- ARDMS (Adult echo 2007 & Pediatric echo 2010) (current)

(Over 1,000 echo’s performed yearly)

Adult, Pediatric, Neonates, Adult Congenital, Research, Device Optimization, Strain and 3D imaging

Fellow of the American Society of Echo ( FASE)

Advanced Cardiac Sonographer (ACS) (2/2016)

Experience with Phillips (7500, IE33, Q lab), GE (Vivid I, Vivid 7, E9, E95, Echo Pac), Acuson

- Resource/Research Coordinator in the NMH echo lab (2008 –current)

(Worked in the echo lab at NMH since 2003)

- Member of the American Society of Echo (2006- current)

- Committee member of the American Society of Echo (2014-current)

- Task force member (2017-current)

- Helped to achieve re accreditation status for the echo lab (ICEAL) (2007/2008, 2010/2011 & 2016/2017)

- Lead in Echo lab merger between NMH & NMFF (Northwestern Memorial Faculty Foundation) echo labs (2011/2012)

- Lead/Coordinate research studies involving echo at NMH such as PARTNER I & II, SALUS, COAPT LAPTOP, AC6, PARACHUTE, SCOUT, TIARA as well as various other Cardiac & Cardiac Oncology studies past , current and future

- Training Cardiac fellows and new employees to perform echocardiograms/echo lab functions/ information systems responsibilities (2003-current)

- Schedule staffing responsibilities and organizing/optimizing appointment template for the echo lab (CERNER/KRONOS/EPIC)

- Track sonographer and echo lab productivity (Excel/EDW)

- Lead in NMH DMAIC project (Echo Lab efficiency and report turnaround time) (2011-2012)

- NMH Clean Hands Auditor

- Presented/represented NMH at the 2009, 2010 & 2017 American Society of Echo’s annual national scientific sessions

- Presented at the ASE Echo Northwestern Chicago Conferences (2007 - current)

- Presented/represented NMH at the ASE sponsored Chicago Congenital Update Conferences in conjunction with Lurie Children’s Hospital (2010 through 2013)

Presented/represented NMH at Chicago Society of Echo Meetings (2008 through 2010)

Present and help others with presentations at weekly department meetings (2003-current)

- Volunteer at Chicago Community health care clinic providing free echocardiograms (4/2010-current)

- Coordinator for NBA pre-draft testing held at NMH (treadmill stress echo’s & overall setup) (2010-current)

- Item reviewer for the ARDMS –Item development workshop for Pediatric Echo (4/2013)

- Fund raiser, Ambassador for the American Heart Association (6/2012-current)

- Published in an Abstract/Poster for “Use of 3D Echocardiography in evaluation of Right Ventricular function Pre & Post Exercise Stress Echo” presented at ASE 2012 national conference (Marsha Ma MD, Andrew de Freaitas MD leads)

- Published in an Abstract/Poster for “ Right Ventricular Global Free Wall Strain in Elite Basketball Athletes with Right Ventricular Enlargement” presented at ACC 2013 national conference (Jyothy Puthumana MD ,Nicholas M. Furiase MD leads)

Holy Cross Hospital Chicago, IL. (March 2000 – February 2003)

- Cardiovascular Technician (CCI registry 9/99)

- Performed Electrocardiograms, Holter Monitoring, Stress Testing and Phlebotomy

- Weekend ECG lab resource coordinator, along with weekly clinical and administrative duties

Education

Robert Morris University Chicago, IL. (September 2003 – September 2005)

Bachelor Degree in Healthcare Administration (9/2005)

Associates degree in Applied Health Science (Medical Assisting) (6/2004)

Member of Sigma Beta Delta

Completed Healthcare Administration Internship at Northwestern Memorial Hospital

GPA 4.0/3.93 Graduated with Honors

(Went to school full time at night while working full time at NMH during the day)

Prerequisite college courses completed at:

UIC, Richard J. Daley College, Malcolm X College (August 1997 – May 2003)

Hubbard High School Chicago, IL. (August 1993 – June 1997)

Graduated with Honors- belonged to the National Honor Society, Photo club, Art club, Spanish club and played football (All Section selection Chicago)

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