NCUS President's Message

Let me start by saying I hope you and your loved ones are well and weathering this tumultuous time with minimal stress and hardship. We are certainly navigating a different world now, and as healthcare workers, we are keenly aware of what it means to protect our patients, ourselves, and our families. 

As you know, we were required to cancel our Spring meeting this past April in Raleigh. So many other organizations and event-based groups have had to do the same. This has greatly impacted our society’s finances as well as how we serve our membership. So many of you rely on the NCUS to acquire your yearly CME’s, so we are tasked with finding innovative ways to serve and connect with you, our members. We have learned so much about COVID 19, but we still have so much more to learn. I hope in the coming months, we can provide a place to learn, vent, share, and work though this together. We will be reaching out via our FaceBook page and email blasts to keep us all connected and to inform you of ways we are trying to meet our mission to the membership. AT THIS TIME – we are working hard to put together a day and a half Fall Symposium on October 24th and 25^th in Winston-Salem. We discussed and approved extending it to be able to offer at least 10 CME credits for this year. We do not know if we will be able to hold an “in person” meeting until we get a little closer to the date, but that is how we are moving forward for now. We are working on and investigating strategies to be flexible and nimble in changing the format of the meeting should restrictions on gatherings be locked down again this Fall.  I know some institutions are prohibiting or restricting travel and that varies across the state, but we hope to gather information as we get closer to the time of the meeting to see how we can best provide CMEs. We will always have the safety and well-being of our members at the forefront of our decision making.

Please visit our FaceBook page often as we have plans for some fun contests and information gathering surveys that I hope you will consider participating in. Things we are working on include a FUNNY PPE picture contest, a survey about how you would consider attending a future meeting (Virtual meeting, Webinar, Zoom, etc), a survey about your experiences over the past few months and the impact the coronavirus has had on the way you see patients and navigate your daily lives. That survey will be compiled and presented in the next newsletter so we can all see what each of us have been facing. 

I am very excited to let you know that we will be offering NCUS themed face masks in a variety of styles (see example of one style) and NCUS stickers to show our pride in our profession and our society. If you are a closet seamstress (like me) and have been creating face coverings or masks and would like to donate some to the society for sale, please contact me at the email address below. 

Please be on the lookout for announcements about the Fall Symposium and fun items we will make available to offset some of our significant financial loss from the Spring.

Be well and stay safe!

Diana M. Strickland, RDMS, RDCS

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North Carolina Ultrasound President

Important Announcement

We have been following the Covid-19 pandemic very closely since its introduction into North Carolina. It has been directed by the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services, the Center for Disease Control, and the National Institute of Health, to cancel or postpone all gathering of 100 or more people. The NCUS is choosing to cancel our meeting April 17-19 in Raleigh not only to comply with this directive but to also do the right thing in preventing exposure. This virus has the potential to overwhelm our hospital resources, cause multiple deaths, and wreak financial havoc. We feel strongly that we are doing the right thing in the face of this terrible pandemic we are facing.

I offer my most sincere apology on this cancellation and all money will be returned to those that have paid through check or PayPal. We have been an active state society for 39 years and this is the first time we have had to cancel a meeting; but, extraordinary circumstances require extraordinary action. We are the largest state society in the country, something we are very proud of, and know the only way we attained that status is due to our incredible members. We will continue to monitor this situation for determination of our fall meeting in October and promise to keep all of our members informed well in advance.

Thank-you very much for your understanding in this decision and know that we all at the North Carolina Ultrasound Society hope everyone and their families come through this pandemic safely. If there are questions please call (919) 414-2162 or email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.. Once again, thank-you for your understanding and please be safe.

Sincerely,
Jeff Jewell, BS, RDCS
NCUS, President

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Welcome to the North Carolina Ultrasound Society

The North Carolina Ultrasound Society provides information and educational opportunities for sonographers in North Carolina and across the nation. NCUS hosts two CME meetings annually at various locations within the state. Through our site we keep you informed of our meetings and can help you find information about available on-line CME credits. Student members of the NCUS are provided several opportunities to participate in the NCUS through our Mentoring Program, Quiz Bowl and Scientific Exhibit Competitions.

NCUS publishes an informative on-line newsletter where members are welcome to contribute. Our redesigned web site makes it possible for members to communicate with one another and the new Forum feature coming in February will further enhance peer communication. We are dedicated to serving Sonographers in NC and beyond.

 

Introducing NCUS Foundation Annual Conference Grant

The mission of the North Carolina Ultrasound Society Foundation is to provide educational opportunities in the field of diagnostic medical sonography to North Carolina sonographers and sonography students. The NCUS Foundation offers some financial assistance allowing recipients to attend NCUS professional education conferences who may otherwise not be able to attend.

Application Period: December 15, 2019 to February 15, 2020

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