American Vein & Vascular Institute Expands Staff in 3 of 5 Locations

PUEBLO, Colo. – American Vein & Vascular Institute, formerly Rocky Mountain Vein Institute & The Diagnostic Center (RMVI), a network of vein diagnosis and treatment centers in Colorado and Texas, announces the expansion of its staff in three of its five locations. With Diagnostic Centers in the Colorado cities of Pueblo, Canon City, Parker, and Vail Valley, as well as in Arlington, Texas, American Vein & Vascular Institute has recently hired Registered Vascular Technologists (RVTs) Lisa Nowlin and Heather Elliott in its Parker facility; Registered Vascular Specialist (RVS) Jenny Wilcox in its Pueblo facility; and Bryan Huston, RVT, in its Arlington facility. All American Vein & Vascular Institute facilities are accredited by the Intersocietal Accreditation Commission (IAC), which places them among the best for vascular diagnosis…

Nowlin recently relocated to American Vein & Vascular Institute in Parker from the Vascular Institute of Central Florida in Orlando, where she served as RVT-Technical Director. With more than 12 years of experience in the field of vascular ultrasound, Nowlin received her RVT certification in 2006 and earned an Associate of Science degree in 2002 from Keiser University in Daytona Beach, Florida.

Elliott is also new to the American Vein & Vascular Institute Parker facility. She most recently served as RVT and sonographer at the Albert Vein Institute in Colorado Springs, Colorado. Elliott earned certification in diagnostic medical sonography in 2009 from the Florida Institute of Ultrasound and a B.S. in 2007 from the University of Kansas.

Wilcox was recently hired at the American Vein & Vascular Institute Pueblo facility. She previously served as a mobile and clinical sonographer for cardiothoracic and vascular surgeons at Vascular Specialty Center in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Wilcox was certified in Cardiac and Vascular Ultrasound in 2009 by Southern Medical Corporation School of Ultrasound, and she earned an associate degree in Arts and Sciences in 2005 from Our Lady of the Lake Medical College.

Huston serves at the American Vein & Vascular Institute facility in Texas. Prior to that, he was a Vascular Ultrasound Technician at the University of Utah Hospital in Salt Lake City, Utah, where he served as lead technician. Huston was certified in ultrasound in 2006 by Salt Lake Community College and has more than seven years’ experience in his field.

“Our new hires at American Vein & Vascular Institute are all dedicated to the field of vein care,” says American Vein & Vascular Institute Founder/CEO and Chief Medical Executive,Gordon F. Gibbs, M.D. “They have each joined our carefully chosen team of vascular technologists to provide pre- and post-procedural diagnostic information related to venous and arterial disease, and we welcome them. Our multidisciplinary approach to vascular care, with doctors, non-physician practitioners, and expert vascular sonographers, all come together to create a team approach to the diagnosis and treatment of vein and arterial disease.”

According to the American Vein & Vascular Institute, nearly 30 million Americans suffer from venous disease – a chronic and potentially debilitating condition where the vein walls or valves weaken, stretch or become damaged, and normal blood flow is interrupted. Vascular technologists use ultrasound imaging equipment to visualize the vascular system in real time. This technology can non-invasively locate and quantify the extent of venous and arterial disease processes.