Awards & Honors

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  • Wenatchee Valley Medical Center's Echocardiography Labs Granted National Accreditation
    1/5/2010

    WVMC is recognized by national accreditation board dedicated to ensuring high quality patient care.

    Wenatchee Valley Medical Center's echocardiography labs have been granted accreditation by the Intersocietal Commission for the Accreditation of Echocardiography Laboratories (ICAEL). This is a national accreditation board dedicated to ensuring high quality patient care.

    The Medical Director of the Echocardiography Lab is Gautam Nayak, MD. The cardiac sonographers are Technical Director Deborah Parks, RDCS, Amy Swope, RDCS, and Mike Brown, RDCS, RVT at WVMC in Wenatchee. Kelli Lewis, RDCS is the cardiac sonographer at WVMC's Moses Lake Clinic, and Carly Morrison, RDCS is at WVMC's Omak Clinic.

    Echocardiography is a complex imaging technique that relies on the experience and training of both the physician and sonographer. Their interpretive and technical abilities determine the diagnostic accuracy of an echocardiographic examination. The ICAEL evaluates the quality of these and other critical elements of an echocardiography laboratory. The ICAEL is a non-profit organization established with the support of the American Society of Echocardiography, the American College of Cardiology and the Society of Pediatric Echocardiography.

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