02/12/2024
LETS TALK Dr. Price’s SONOGRAPHERS! Stephanie & Rita!!
Stephanie Pettie, RVT
Stephanie Pettie is our Lead Diagnostic Medical Sonographer at the Heart Institute of Andalusia. She is a Registered Vascular Technologist through the American Society for Diagnostic Medical Sonographers. Stephanie graduated from Florida Institute of Ultrasound in 2010 and currently has nearly 14 years of experience as a Sonographer. Her experience includes performing Abdominal, Obstetrical, Gynecological, Vascular, Cardiac and Small Part studies in a hospital setting, private practice, and a previous traveling career. While she has enjoyed becoming versatile learning all areas of Ultrasound, she has spent the last 9 years as a Cardiac Sonographer with the Heart Institute of Andalusia. Stephanie is an integral part of our team performing Transthoracic Echocardiograms, Stress Echocardiograms, Saline Contrast Studies, Carotid Ultrasounds, and Peripheral Vascular studies. She also assists with exercise stress testing and is our Pacemaker Clinic Coordinator. Stephanie takes pride in making sure our diagnostic studies and protocols are always in adherence with the standards provided by the American Society for Echocardiography.
In her spare time, Stephanie enjoys being a wife and a mother to her two amazing children. She also promotes the importance of heart health and nutrition through her personal fitness journey as a female bodybuilder.
Rita Langford
Rita joined the Heart Institute team in October of 2018. She is a registered sonographer through the American Registry of Diagnostic Sonographers and a certified nuclear medicine technologist through the Nuclear Medicine Technology Certification Board. Prior to joining the Heart Institute team she spent the majority of her career in the hospital setting.
In her spare time, Rita spends as much time possible with her two grandchildren, Holland and Parker.
They both do an amzing job and are a specialist in the cardiology field!
