Susan Wertz B.S.,RRA/RPA,RT(R)(M)(CV)
Works at: UPMC Altoona
The Pharynx and Esophagus
- Anatomy
- Pharyngeal and esophageal
- Exams
- Video fluoroscopic swallowing exam
- Single contrast esophagram (barium swallow)
- Barium
- Water soluble contrast
- Double contrast esophagram (barium swallow)
- What to look for
- Contour changes
- Motility
- Filling defects
- Mucosal lining
- Disorders
Bio:
Susan Wertz has been a technologist since 1981 and has worked that the same facility since 1981. She worked as a diagnostic technologist, mammographer, and special procedures technologist. She is currently a radiology practitioner assistant at UPMC Altoona since 2008 and also is certified through the ARRT as a register radiologist assistant. She is the current president of the PSRT and chair of the legislative committee working on licensure for medical imaging technologists here in PA. She is a RA delegate and mentor for the ASRT.