• Abdominal Ultrasound with Doppler (3 Day)

Payment Plan Available! The three-day primary care/abdominal ultrasound program is a systematic presentation of abdominal scanning using an integrated teaching approach of lecture, assigned reading, testing, demonstration, and clinical scanning of models. Didactic training is reinforced through clinical laboratory experience.

Course Description:

This three-day abdominal ultrasound course combines lecture, assigned reading, demonstration, and hands-on scanning of models to provide a comprehensive learning experience. Didactic instruction is reinforced through supervised clinical practice, giving participants both knowledge and practical skills.

The course is designed to help participants confidently perform abdominal ultrasounds following AIUM protocols. You will review normal anatomy of the liver, gallbladder, kidneys, spleen, abdominal vessels, and pancreas, as well as soft tissue applications and abdominal Doppler. Through faculty-led lectures and hands-on practice, you’ll gain the skills and confidence to perform basic abdominal ultrasound independently.

Tuition

  • Advanced Registration $1980 = more than 60 days before the course

  • Regular Registration $2180 = 30-60 days before the course

  • Late Registration $2380 = 30 days or less before the course

Target Audience

This activity is designed for physicians, sonographers, nurses, and other healthcare professionals interested in ultrasound imaging.

CME Credits

  • “The Advanced Health Education Center is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.”

  • “The Advanced Health Education Center designates this educational activity for a maximum of 24 hours AMA PRA Category I™. Physicians should claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.”

Disclosure of Relevant Financial Interest for Individuals in Control of Content: 

As an ACCME-accredited provider, Advanced Health Education Center (AHEC) is committed to ensuring balance, independence, objectivity, and scientific rigor in all of its educational activities.

In accordance with ACCME Standard 3, AHEC requires that all individuals in control of content—including planners, faculty, committee members, and administrative personnel involved in the planning, development, or production of educational activities—disclose all financial relationships with ineligible companies within the past 24 months. A financial relationship is considered relevant if it exists between the individual and an ineligible company whose products or services are related to the content of the educational activity.

AHEC has implemented mechanisms to identify, mitigate, and disclose relevant financial relationships to prevent commercial bias in its educational activities. All disclosed relevant financial relationships have been mitigated prior to the commencement of the educational activity.

The individuals listed below are acknowledged by AHEC as having control of the content, planning, development, or administrative support of all educational activities.

  • Marilyn Sackett, M. Ed, RT (R), Committee Member

    • AHEC: President

    • No relevant financial interest to disclose

  • Jence Garza, MHA RT(R) - Committee Member

    • AHEC: Chief Executive Officer (CEO)

    • No relevant financial interest to disclose

  • Peggy Hoosier, M.Ed RT(R)(M) - Committee Member

    • AHEC: Consultant

    • No relevant financial interest to disclose

  • Kelli Reddix, MBA, BAAS, LVN - Program Director

    • AHEC: Senior Vice President

    • No relevant financial interest to disclose

  • Nanette Joiner

    • AHEC: Administrative Support

    • No relevant financial interest to disclose

  • Debbie Robertson, BS, RDMS

    • Ultrasound Faculty

    • No relevant financial interest to disclose

  • Virlene Guzman, RT(R), RDMS, RVT

    • Ultrasound Faculty

    • No relevant financial interest to disclose

  • Shawn Shanmuganathan, BS, RDMS, RVT

    • Ultrasound Faculty

    • No relevant financial interest to disclose

Private Ultrasound Tutorials

We understand that you may want/need to practice your new skill set more than the regularly scheduled courses allow. You can add an extra day of scanning in addition to this course by calling AHEC and speaking to a faculty member about our private tutorial option. Additionally, this tutorial is a one on one session with our expert faculty and can be designed to enhance your already developed skills.

Call AHEC at 1-800-239-1361 for more information or click here for more details. Private Ultrasound Tutorials

AHEC Cancellation and Refund Policy for Skills Courses

AHEC defines a skills course as a limited enrollment course where a received registration with payment reserves your place in a course (i.e. all Ultrasound courses, Mammography Initial Training and other theory courses). For cancellations received at least two weeks prior to the course date, a refund minus the 3% transaction fee and a 30% processing fee will be given. Within two weeks of the course, no refund is given, but a tuition credit – less a 30% processing fee – may be applied to a future course. No refunds or tuition credit is given for non-attendance. Facilities may substitute employees by notification to AHEC at least one week in advance.

Course Objectives:

At the completion of this course, the learner will be able to:

  • Utilize the principles of instrumentation to set up ultrasound equipment for obtaining diagnostic images according to AIUM guidelines. 
  • Recognize and identify the organ systems in the abdomen on an ultrasound image. 
  • Perform abdominal Doppler using Color and Pulsed Wave Doppler 
  • Understand and identify pathological variants. 
  • Follow the sequence of an abdominal ultrasound procedure from the beginning to its conclusion. 
  • Recognize and identify the thyroid, scrotum, and appendix 

Course Topics:

  • Ultrasound Physics and Instrumentation 
  • Upper Abdominal Organ Systems Anatomy and Vasculature 
  • Evaluation and Image Review of Normal vs. Abnormal Studies 
  • Scan Techniques and Protocols for Image Acquisition of: 
    • Prevertebral Vessels 
    • Liver and Biliary System 
    • Pancreas, Spleen and Kidney 
    • Thyroid, Scrotum and Appendix 
    • Abdominal Doppler 

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The Advanced Health Education Center designates this educational activity for a maximum of 24 hours AMA PRA Category I™. Physician should claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
Shawn Shanmuganathan BS, RDMS, RVT

Shawn has been a Nuclear Medicine Technologist and Ultrasound Technologist for over 40 years. He received his Bachelor’s Degree in Biology from Loyola College in Madra, India, a post graduate diploma in Nuclear Medicine Technology from John F. Kennedy Medical Center in Edison, New Jersey, and a post graduate diploma in Diagnostic Ultrasound from the State University of New York in New York City. The majority of his career has been in Texas as a Sonographer, Chief Sonographer and Program Director. Shawn also was the Program Director for an ultrasound training program for five years. Shawn is a very experienced and knowledgeable instructor. His passion for teaching is obvious in the classroom.
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Abdominal Ultrasound with Doppler (3 Day)

  • Course ID: ABDUS3-2180-250
  • Event Location: Advanced Health Education Center, 8502 Tybor Drive, Houston, Texas, USA, 77074
  • Credit: 24 AMA PRA Category 1™
  • Date: 01/26/2026 - 01/28/2026
  • Time: 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM
  • Instructor: Shawn Shanmuganathan BS, RDMS, RVT
  • Other available dates:
  • $2,180.00
  • $1,980.00


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