Training in Abdominal
Ultrasound and Echocardiograms
If you need to enhance or perfect your ultrasound skills, we offer on site training with our training specialist. We have over 10 years of experience in training veterinarians and veterinary technicians to perform abdominal ultrasounds and echocardiograms.
We offer individual or group based training sessions tailored to your needs to ensure you are able to capture diagnostic scans in order to bring value to your ultrasound machine.
We also offer wet labs, continued educational support, and available phone consultations with Dr. Gromalak.
Our team is responsive, experienced, and passionate about clinical sonography. Please fill out the request form below to get more information or find out how we may be able to help you.
OUR SERVICES
One-On-One In-clinic Ultrasound Training with a Sonographer
We come to your clinic and train you on your machine. This training will teach a scanning technique for abdominal or echocardiograms that can be quickly mastered by any level skill set. This also includes equipment controls and recommended measurements and labels.
Wet-Labs
Attend one of our wet labs and receive hands on training in abdominal scans, echocardiograms, and fine needle aspiration.
Personal training with one of our mobile sonographers
Unsure if you want to purchase your own machine? Set up a personal one on one wet lab and ride along training with one of our mobile sonographers. You come to us and get personalized hands on training based on your skill set. Ride along with one of our mobile sonographers and see ultrasound used in real clinical settings.
We build a personalized schedule and wet lab training based on your availability and time frame desired. Stay for 1 day or 1 week!
Our Team
Fred Gromalak, DVM, Sonographer
Dr. Gromalak has been performing ultrasounds and echocardiograms since graduating veterinary school in 2017. Six months into his veterinary career he started SVS Imaging, serving veterinary clinics in Southwest Wisconsin and Northeast Illinois with mobile ultrasound services. In May of 2019 he expanded to the Quad Cities and surrounding areas. He finds great passion in becoming a team member of the veterinary clinics he serves, and loves seeing the value ultrasound can provide for clients and patients. During his free time, Dr. Gromalak enjoys traveling, boating, playing softball, and attending concerts of all kinds. He lives in Wisconsin with his wife and son.
Kim Liedberg, Specialty Veterinary Technician, Sonographer
Kim is our newest addition to SVS Imaging in 2020. She graduated from the Technical School of Medicine in Naperville Illinois in 2004 as a human sonographer in vascular and general ultrasound. However, Kim is no stranger to veterinary medicine, with over 25 years as a specialty technician in radiation oncology, diagnostic imaging, internal medicine and surgery where she worked in a specialty veterinary hospital in Aurora Illinois. With her love for ultrasound and veterinary medicine she decided to combine the two to become an ultrasound trainer. For the past six years Kim has traveled all over the United States training veterinarians a fundamental approach to basic abdominal scanning. She lives in Walworth Wisconsin with her husband and two dogs, Jaxon and Bear. Bear is a trained ultrasound dog and has been by her side teaching for the past six years. We are happy to have her join our team.
Sarah Pender, CVT, Sonographer
Sarah joined SVS Imaging in 2019 after having a growing interest in ultrasonography. Sarah graduated from Bel-Rea Institute of Veterinary Technology in 2002 with an Associates of Applied Science. She also received a Certificate in Practice Management from Purdue University in 2014. She has worked in many areas of veterinary medicine including: general small animal medicine, dentistry, ophthalmology, and pathology. Sarah has worked in emergency medicine since 2004, which she has a great passion for and has become more of a weekend hobby than a job. She enjoys the outdoors, hiking, fishing, and practicing her archery skills with her compound bow. Sarah lives in the Quad Cities with her 2 daughters, several cats, a Chihuahua Mix, Gus, and a Shih Tzu, Mini.
KEEP IN TOUCH
7 W Beloit St. Darien, WI 53114
fred.gromalak@svsmobileimaging.com
sarah.pender@svsmobileimaging.com
262-366-5970
309-737-3070
Quad Cities and surrounding areas
Monday – Friday
7:00 AM – 6:00 PM
Saturdays by appointment only
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