Meet the Focal Zone Mobile Ultrasound Team

Kelly Reschny, RVT

SDEP® Certified Sonographer

Kelly Reschny, RVT, co-heads the Focal Zone, fueled by SonoPath. An illustrious graduate of St. Claire College’s Veterinary Technician Program, Kelly boasts a 25-year career across numerous small and mixed veterinary clinics and hospitals around the greater Hamilton area. Kelly has worked in animal health care since she was a teenager cleaning cages at a local clinic. She joined the Focal Zone mobile ultrasound team in 2018.  

Kelly’s commitment to animal nursing allows her to readily work with all veterinary teams and clinics. In her role as mobile sonographer, she relishes being part of a specialist diagnostic team and is further advanced by the SonoPath community as an SDEP® Certified Instructor in abdominal and cardiac ultrasound. She actively participates in numerous ultrasound labs at the SonoPath Education Center every year, consistently updating her skills in line with the latest industry standards. Her continuous professional development is showcased at the highest level of proficiency completing thousands of successful ultrasound scans a year. 

mobile ultrasound technician Kelly Reschny
Kelly Reschny, RVT

Outside of her work in ultrasound, Kelly is an avid mountain biker. She enjoys playing hockey and baseball with her two teenage sons and partner Erik. She lives in Greater Hamilton with her dog named Beans, Fox the gecko, Pierre the ball python, and Delilah and Ceciliah the budgies. When Kelly visits your clinic, ask her about the current project she is working on at home- you never know if it will be sewing, building, art, or more!

Crystal Hill, RVT

SDEP® Certified Clinical Sonographer (abdominal and cardiac), Crystal Hill co-heads the Focal Zone, fueled by SonoPath. A distinguished honors graduate of Seneca College as a Registered Veterinary Technician, Crystal has worked in the fields of small animal and shelter medicine for over 30 years. Her impressive resume includes mixed animal clinics, the SPCA, and surgery settings, before joining the Focal Zone mobile ultrasound team in 2020. 

Crystal’s passion for ultrasound stems from building her career around nursing and ‘fear free’ care within clinic settings. In her role as a mobile sonographer, Crystal dedicates herself to providing compassionate support to patients as well as ensuring assistance towards an accurate medical diagnosis. She demonstrates a deep commitment both to the well-being of the animals and to the science involved, and successfully completes thousands of ultrasound scans per year. Her passion for diagnostic efficiency continues with a group of like-minded colleagues who share techniques, tips, and tricks. She closely follows Dr. Eric Lindquist and SonoPath for updated articles and videos that cover and modernize all her skills. Crystal also attends multiple ultrasound labs every year at the SonoPath Education Center. 

Outside of her work with mobile ultrasound, Crystal is an avid reader and enjoys hiking, camping, and mountain biking. She lives in Caledonia with her ‘Brady Bunch’ family and their multitude of pets including a rescue dog named Zeppelin, Swiper the cat, Neil and Kathi the budgies, and (often) are visited by a dog named Walter and bunnies Arthur and Mabel. She takes joy in her son’s academic success at university in Ottawa and her daughter’s achievements as a veterinarian, finding fulfillment in their accomplishments alongside her own. When she visits your clinic, ask her how many of her neighbors’ dogs she walked when she was young because she wasn’t allowed to have one of her own.  

mobile ultrasound technician Crystal Hill

Why Choose The Focal Zone?

Diagnostic Efficiency with the Best SDEP® Certified Mobile Ultrasound Technicians

The Focal Zone works with your hospital to help quickly find the answers you need. From phone call to clinic visit in 12-24 hours, you and your patient will have the support of our experienced general practitioner quickly, keeping your cases in-house. Our SDEP™ certified technicians, Kelly Reschny, RVT & Crystal HillRVT, visit your clinic, perform the ultrasound, and provide a comprehensive report. If needed, our technicians perform ultrasound-guided needle aspirates, abdominocentesis, or pericardiocentesis. 

You receive routine reports within 24 hours of case submission. STAT reports in less than 6 hours. The report includes sonographic findings and internal medicine treatment recommendations with annotated images identifying any pathology or areas of interest.

At The Focal Zone, we know that diagnostic ultrasound is the modality of choice for non-invasive investigation of soft tissue, including the abdomen, heart, thorax and small parts such as thyroid and musculoskeletal structures. Our results with high-qualityadvanced techniques in ultrasound yield an abundance of information in the diagnostic work-up for the general practitioner and specialist alike.

The Focal Zone is fueled by SonoPath– fostering the art of veterinary medicine. Founded by Dr. Eric Lindquist, DVM (Italy), DABVP (CFP), Cert. IVUSS, SonoPath provides a source of sonographic pathology information accessible to veterinarians of all levels of canine, feline, and exotic medicine.

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