Stephanie Pitts, MSN, RN, CPN, VA-BC^™

Ms. Pitts has been a Pediatric Registered Nurse for 21 years. She developed the pediatric vascular access team at St. Joseph's Children's Hospital (Tampa, FL) and is a vascular access nurse on the team. She is a passionate patient advocate and hasn't “stuck blind” since advancing her ultrasound skills many years ago. She is the Director of Healthcare Innovation and Strategy for B. Braun USA (Bethlehem, PA). Stockholder, AngioDynamics, Inc. (Latham, NY). Board of Directors for Navi Technologies (Melbourne, Australia). She is a Director-at-Large for The Association of Vascular Access Board of Directors and Interim-President of the AVA Foundation. Ms. Pitts has multiple publications, specifically related to pediatric vascular access, is an international speaker on vascular access, and was awarded the 2018 Janet Pettit Scholar Award in Neonatal and Pediatric Vascular Access.

Matt Ostroff, ARNP-C, VA-BC^™

Matthew Ostroff is an advanced practice nurse working as the vascular access coordinator and lead clinician for the award winning hybrid ultrasound guided bedside vascular access program at St. Joseph's Health (Paterson, NJ) specializing in pediatrics and adults. After earning the “Outstanding Graduate Award” from Drexel University in the Adult-Gerontology Acute Care Nurse Practitioner Track, Matthew advanced his scope of practice working under the Chairman of Surgery. Mr. Ostroff is also a speaker for 3M, B. Braun, BD, Vygon, Adhezion Biomedical and Sonosite. Matthew has had the privilege of sharing his vision for vascular access speaking throughout the US, Canada, and Latin America with an emphasis on critical thinking with complicated cases to advance our specialty as evidenced by his work and publications on the use of the femoral vein in the mid-thigh and subcutaneous tunneling.

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