Board of Directors

Davis began his career in health care as a Registered Respiratory Therapist in 1987 after graduating from the Respiratory Care Program at Edison College in Ft. Myers, FL. Upon graduation, he worked in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit. The number of babies with congenital cardiac disease and cardiac related complications enhanced a desire to work in a Cardiology related environment. In the late 80's, Davis also began teaching part time at Edison. During this time the hospitals in Southwest Florida were experiencing a shortage of Cardiovascular Technologists in the cath labs. This led to a partnership between the Hospitals and Edison to design and develop a program in Cardiovascular Technology in 1989.

Davis has been the Cardiovascular Technology Program Director at Edison College since 1991. He also serves as the SICP representative to the Joint Review Committee on Education in Cardiovascular Technology (JRC-CVT). The JRC-CVT is involved in the accreditation process for cardiovascular technology programs.

Darren Powell is currently a tenured faculty member of Spokane Community College (SCC) in Washington State, where he is the program director for Invasive Cardiovascular Technology. Powell earned dual AAS degrees in invasive cardiovascular technology and echocardiography at SCC in 1981. He has worked at several medical centers in the Pacific Northwest as a staff technologist as well as manager of Cardiology. Powell has published articles in Cath Lab Digest, Cardiac Cath Today, and Diagnostic Imaging and has contributed a chapter on IABP for DelMar publishers and one on Diagnostic and bilateral heart cath in Watson and Gorski’s Invasive Cardiology a manual for Cath Lab Personnel. Powell enjoys public speaking for the SICP at multiple venues. He has had opportunities to visit many cath labs in the USA as well as labs in Canada, Japan, Thailand and Brazil, witnessing many differences, but with a common denominator being the desire to help patients.

Powell lives in Spokane, Washington with his wife and three children. They enjoy many outdoor activities such as boating, skiing, fishing, and hunting.

Powell has been involved with the SICP for several years and is currently a member of the Education Committee.

Ken Gorski graduated with an Associates Degree in Cardiovascular Technology in 1986. He began his cardiac catheterization laboratory career at the University of Michigan, where he eventually became Chief Cardiovascular Technician in 1990. In 1991, he accepted the position of Technical Supervisor for the Mason Sones Cardiac Cathterization Laboratories at the Cleveland Clinic Foundation, becoming the first CVT to work there. Ken completed a nursing degree in 1994, and became the cath lab Clinical Instructor at the Cleveland Clinic in 1999; currently, he is the Assistant Manager. The Cleveland Clinic has eight catheterization rooms, and performs 10,000 angiographic and another 3,000 right heart and biopsy procedures annually.

Ken is a consulting editor for Cath Lab Digest. He has published a number of articles, authored several book chapters, and is the co-editor of “Invasive Cardiology: a manual for cath lab personnel”, with the third edition published in 2010 by Jones & Bartlett Learning. Ken is a regular speaker at local and national meetings on subjects such as anticoagulation, drug eluting stents, acute coronary syndromes, IVUS, hemostasis and vascular closure, and legislation affecting the cardiac cath lab. Ken has presented at the ACC, CRT, TCT, and the EuroPCR Nurse/Tech Symposium in Paris, France.

Ken was part of the original Steering Committee for the Society of Invasive Cardiovascular Professionals in 1992. He has served on the SICP Executive Board as Secretary, and currently co-chairs the Professional Standards Committee. In March of 2000, Ken testified in front of the Ohio House Subcommittee on Health, Aging, and Retirement in support of proposed licensure legislation for Registered Cardiovascular Invasive Specialists (RCIS). 

 Belinda Trollinger has been a staff nurse in the cath/ep lab since 1998.  She began her cardiovascular career at Baptist Hospital, Pensacola, Florida, where she worked as a staff nurse and was assigned the role of the Cardiovascular/Interventional Radiology Staff Educator for her team. Trollinger worked at Mobile Infirmary Medical Center (Mobile, Alabama) as an RN and team member in the EP Lab.   She is currently employed as a staff nurse in the cath/ep lab at West Florida Hospital, Pensacola, Florida.

Trollinger’s career as an RN began in 1983.  Her previous experience has been with medical/surgical floors, intensive care unit, case management, and since 1998 she has worked in the cath/ep lab. 

She is a founding member of the Emerald Coast Chapter, SICP and was the Chapter Chairperson for 2005 and 2006. She received SICP Fellowship in 2006, and is a current member of the Emerald Coast Chapter, SICP, and executive committee.  Trollinger continues to support the SICP by serving on the SICP Leadership team as the Publications Chair.  She received the SICP President’s Award at the 2008 SICP Annual Meeting in Las Vegas, Nevada.  

Lincoln has worked in the Cardiac Cath Lab in several Hospitals as an on the job trained CVT since 1997. In 2003 he passed the science exam, and in 2005 passed the RCIS invasive registry exam offered through CCI (Cardiovascular Credentialing International). Lincoln joined the SICP in 2005 and continues to be an active member and leader.  In November of 2008, he became more involved in the SICP Leadership by agreeing to chair the Advocacy Committee. 

 Titzer has been RCIS credentialed since 2002.  She currently works for the University of Southern Indiana instructing students in the radiologic technology program.  She is also a Wellness Coach, where she works with individuals and groups on making healthy lifestyle modifications.  On a PRN basis, Jennifer assists physicians with invasive cardiac and peripheral vascular procedures, hemodynamic monitoring, and computerized documentation at an outpatient lab. 

Titzer is currently in a graduate program working towards a Masters of Science in Nursing at the University of Southern Indiana.  She is pursuing the Nurse Educator and Family Nurse Practitioner track.

Dennis received his training as an Invasive Cardiovascular Technologist from the U.S. Army in 1990 and became a Registered Cardiovascular Technologist in 1994, just before he was Honorably Discharged from the U.S. Army. He then moved to Charlotte, NC and began his career with Carolinas Medical Center. In 1999, he became the Technical Supervisor of both the Cardiac and Electrophysiology Labs, where he worked for nine years.

Dennis joined SICP in August, 2005 and earned Fellowship status in 2006. He has written several articles, such as New Technology: The Smaller Contenders for the DES Market, Cath Lab Digest Volume 14 - Issue 1 January 2006 - January 2006, and New Technology: The Frontrunner CTO Catheter Experience,  Cath Lab Digest Volume 10 - Issue 8 - August 2002.  Dennis has spoken at local and national meetings on subjects such as Challenges Facing an Interventional Cath Lab and Productivity and Motivation: How to improve the efficiency of your staff.

In 2008, Dennis met with key state legislators to discuss licensure of Cardiovascular Technologist and is actively pursuing that goal for North Carolina. "My desire is to see a professional standard set by an independent organization for providing non-physician patient care in the cardiac cath lab setting. This is a driving force in my life and I will continue to actively move this legislation forward.”

Dennis is currently Director of Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Service for Mecklenburg Medical Group.