Leadership 

AAUIF Board was created from years of facility owners collaborating amongst each other about creating a voice for the ultrasound industry. Thus it makes sense that the AAUIF Board is ran as a collaborative of legal, medical, and ultrasound facility professionals that bring their years of experience and knowledge to develop a creditable association. This mixture of resources influences everything from the association's guidelines all the way through to the accreditation process. 

The Association is ran by a board of advisors.  The current seats include:

	Dr. Robert Modugno, MD, MBA, FACOG.  With a career span of over 38 years, Dr. Modugno's credentials cannot be properly recognized here.  Throughout his career, his contributions to patient care has expanded to more that 10 medical practices, 11 hospitals, 2 countries including the US and South Africa, 7 hospital appointments, 2 academic appointments including clinical instructor and professor, has been licensed in 4 US States and South Africa (currently licensed in Georgia and North Carolina), he has multiple hospital privileges, a Fellow for American College of OB/GYN and North Carolina Medical Society and a post-graduate in MBA for Physician Executives.  For more information visit www.mysmoga.com.
Physician Director
	Marlene Kattaron, RDMS Attended State University of New York receiving a Bachelor of Science, Biology May 1987.  Graduated Ultrasound Diagnostic School, White plains, Certified Diagnostic Medical Sonographer, New York 1988.  ARDMS registered since 1989 in Abdomen and OB/GYN.  NT (nuchal translucency) certified since 2005.  NB (nasal bone) certified since 2006.  Exceptionally skilled in high-risk obstetric and general ultrasound.  Marlene has contributed ultrasound curriculum for general surgeons and ultrasound schools, training guides for the elective ultrasound industry, she has been an applications specialist for many ultrasound manufactures.
Sonographer Dir.
	Lauren Buckland.  Phi Delta Phi (Secretary, 1970). Student Writing Editor, Journal of Public Law, 1970. Certified Public Accountant, Georgia, 1967. Author: Note, "Regulation of the Franchise as a Security," 19 Journal of Public Law 105, 1970; "State and Local Taxation - Annual Survey," Mercer Law Review, 1975, 1977, 1979; "State Taxpayer Remedies," 27 Mercer Law Review 309, 1976. Assistant Attorney General, 1971-1976. Hearing Officer: State Board of Education, 1976—; Georgia Department of Revenue, 1990—; Georgia Department of Technical and Adult Education, 1991-1994; Georgia Professional Standards Commission, 1992-1996. Chairman, Civic Round Table, 1989-1992. President, Sandy Springs Lions Club, 1989-1990. Member, American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, 1967-1990.
Legal Advisor
	Laura McEwan Attended both Wayne State University and Macomb Community College 1977-1979.  Nearly 30 years of business expertise, Laura has blessed many companies with her sales, accounting and management skills.  Laura is currently Operations Manager of Baby's First Images 3D/4D Ultrasound Services in Alpharetta and Buckhead, GA.
Secretary
	Chris Waddell Attended Indiana University (I.U.P.U.I.) Bachelors Business Communications, 1997.  Career in Medical Sales and Entrepreneurial background.  10 years in the medical/ultrasound industry. President of Baby's First Images, Inc. (3 locations) since 2003.  Founder of AAUIF.
Chairman

 

Additionally, the association will also be ran by its members.  The association's objective is to unite this industry and grow the association through collaboration and synergy.  This is a self-governing effort from those facilities who are worried about the negative effects from those facilities not operating at our standards and continuing to ruin our industry’s reputation and possible future.  This is grass roots.  This is you.  This is us.  Individual owners who are operating at the industries highest standards and protocols fighting to preserve what we have worked so hard to build.   

However, the AAUIF was not created for the non-passionate.  The AAUIF is not another organization that you pay money to and they simply "provide you a service".  The AAUIF is all about providing credibility.  The association was created and will remain as a collaboration of facility operators seeking to continually mold and form an industry in desperate need of credibility, new ideas and growth.  AAUIF is only looking for members interested in "participating" because they have a passion to see this industry reach these goals and in return get better results, security and profits in their operations.  This requires the synergy of this industry and the AAUIF will be welcoming your participation and ideas.

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