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Administrative Director

Thomas R. Hopper, Ph.D.
  • Earned doctoral degree in Political Science at Northern Arizona University
  • Primary field of research: national educational policy
  • Served as Director of Research for the Barry Goldwater Institute of Public Policy
  • Nine years of teaching Government and Politics at Northern Arizona University, Troy University, and Pensacola Junior College
  • Designed curricula and administered programs for Gifted and At Risk students at the University of West Florida
  • Administrative Director and owner of the Cardiac and Vascular Institute of Ultrasound
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    Program Director/Cardiac Instructor
    Melanie Hopper, BS, RDMS, RDCS, RVT, RCS
  • University of Louisiana, Florida Institute of Ultrasound
  • Registered Diagnostic Medical Sonographer
  • Registered Diagnostic Cardiac Sonographer
  • Registered Vascular Technologist
  • Seventeen years combined mobile and hospital ultrasound experience including abdomen, OB/GYN, small parts, cardiovascular technology, cardiovascular pathology and cardiovascular clinical education
  • Owner and chief sonographer of Ultra Sound Mobile Service, Inc.
  • Two and one-half years experience as a cardiac ultrasound instructor at an accredited ultrasound institute
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    Director of Student Affairs, Financial Aid Officer and Lab Instructor
    Michelle Paustian, RCS
  • FSCC, Cardiac & Vascular Institute of Ultrasound
  • Registered Cardiac Sonographer
  • Cardiovascular Technologist for George Regional Medical since 2006
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    Vascular Instructor
    Cameron Brown BS, RVT
  • University of South Alabama, BS in Education
  • Graduate of Cardiac and Vascular Institute of Ultrasound
  • Registered Vascular Technologist 
  • Six years ultrasound experience in a clinical setting
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    Physics Instructor
    Ted Mullins, BS
  • McNeese State University, Auburn University
  • Mechanical Engineer
  • Adjunct Math Instructor at Bishop State Community
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