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CVIU Faculty and Staff



Administrative Director

Thomas R. Hopper, Ph.D.
  • Northern Arizona University
  • Nine years of teaching Government and Politics at Northern Arizona University, Troy State University, and Pensacola Junior College
  • Program Director of Academic Programs for At Risk Students at the University of West Florida
  • Primary Field of Research: National Educational Policy
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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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    Administrative Assistant and Assistant Scan 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
    Ashleigh Smith, BS, RDMS, RVT
  • Auburn University, Institute of Ultrasound Diagnostics
  • Registered Diagnostic Medical Sonographer
  • Registered Vascular Technologist 
  • Fourteen years combined ultrasound experience including abdomen, OB/GYN, small parts, vascular technology and vascular pathology and vascular clinical education.
  • Seven years experience as a vascular ultrasound instructor.
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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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    Medical Terminology & Patient Care Instructor/Cardiac and Vascular Instructor
    Velleda VerNooy, BS, RDCS, RVT, RDMS
  • The College of West Virginia
  • Registered Diagnostic Cardiac Sonographer
  • Registered Vascular Technologist
  • Registered Diagnostic Medical Sonographer
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