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SVU Board of Directors

2008 Executive Committee: President Michael Schwebler, President-Elect Michel Comeaux, Vice President Debbie Pirt, Secretary Judy Fried, Treasurer J.P. Hughes, and Immediate Past President Melissa Vickery

SVU is governed by its Board of Directors, which consists of the President, President-Elect, Vice President, Secretary, Treasurer, Immediate Past President, ten elected directors, including one physician, one appointed director to represent vendors, and one appointed non-voting student director.

eligibility requirements

2008 EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE

President

Michael W. Schwebler, MBA RVT FSVU

Chief Operating Officer
Midwest Ultrasound Inc.
Kenwood, OH

tel.: 513-936-0444

e-mail: Michael@midwestultrasound.com

President-Elect

Michel Comeaux, BSN RN RVT RDMS FSVU (Profile)

Technical Director

Noninvasive Vascular Lab Inc.

New Iberia, LA

tel.: 337-364-7226

e-mail: noninvas@bellsouth.net

Vice President

Deborah A. Pirt, RVT FSVU

Program Director, Vascular Lab
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center Shadyside Hospital

Pittsburgh, PA

tel.: 412-623-1593

e-mail: dpirt@yahoo.com

Treasurer

Joseph P. Hughes, RVT RCVT RVS FSVU (Profile)

Assistant Vice President of Quality and Education

Navix Diagnostix, Inc.

Taunton, MA

tel: 800-543-7275, ext 794

e-mail: jphughes@navixdiagnostix.com

Secretary

Judy A. Fried, RN RVT CVN FSVU

Director, Ancillary Services

Mid Dakota Clinic

Bismarck, ND

tel.: 701-530-6169

e-mail: jfried@primecare.org

Immediate Past President

Melissa A. Vickery, LPN-B RVT FSVU (Profile)

Tech Director/Manager
The Vascular Lab at the

Virginia Surgical Associates, PC
Richmond, VA

tel.: 804-239-1701

e-mail: vickerym@vasurgical.com

2008 BOARD DIRECTORS
 

Clifford T. Araki, PhD RVT (Profile)

Associate Prof
Univ of Med & Dent NJ
Newark, NJ

tel: 908-889-2468

e-mail: arakict@umdnj.edu

  Claudia A. Benge, RVT RDMS RDCS RVT

Consultant/Owner, Benge & Associates

Carmel, IN

tel: 317-879-0038

e-mail: bengecaj@iquest.net

 

 

George L. Berdejo, BA RVT FSVU

Director, Vasc Ultrasound Svcs
Montefiore Med Ctr Vascular Lab
Bronx, NY

tel.: 718-920-6508

e-mail: GbrvtBOD@aol.com

 

 

Terrence D. Case, MEd RVT (Profile)

Asst. Professor, Program Dir.

Nova Southeastern University

Fort Lauderdale, FL

tel.: 954-262-1220

e-mail: tcase@nova.edu

 

 

Brian P. Hembling, BS, RVT (Profile)

Lab Director,
Peripheral Vascular Associates
San Antonio, TX

tel.: 541-885-1958

e-mail: brian.hembling@gmail.com

 

 

LeAnn Maupin, MEd RTR RVT FASA (Profile)

Dept. Chair and Program Director

Oregon Institute of Technology

Klamath Falls, OR

tel.: 541-885-1958

e-mail: leann.maupin@oit.edu

 

 

Kari A. Olmsted, BS RVT (Profile)

Sr. Vascular Technlogist and Clinical Instructor
D.E. Strandness Vascular Laboratory

Univ. of Washington Medical Center
Seattle, WA

tel.:206-598-4449

olmstedrvt@hotmail.com

 

 

David P. Parlato, BA RVT (Profile)

Chief of Clinical Operations
Midwest Ultrasound Inc.
Cincinnati, OH

tel: 513-475-3834

fax: 513-475-3835

e-mail: DParlato@Midwest
Ultrasound.com

 

Patricia (Tish) A. Poe, BA RVT RDCS

 

Senior Technologist
Newport News, VA

tel.: 513-558-3700
e-mail: tishapoe@msn.com

 

Zang

William A. Zang, BS RVT RDMS (Profile)

Clinical Marketing Specialist

GE Healthcare

Wauwatosa, WI

tel.: 414-721-3029

e-mail: william.zang@ge.com

Physician Representative

Harkrider

William Harkrider, MD RVT RPVI

Medical Directory

Noninvasive Vascular Lab Inc

New Iberia, LA

tel.: 337-264-7226
e-mail: bharkrid@bellsouth.net

Student Representative through April 2008

Bonnie August

Bonnie August

Cuyahoga Community College
Parma, OH

e-mail: bonaugust@alltel.net

EX OFFICIO
JVU Co-Editor

 

Barton A. Bean, RVT FSVU

Supervisor & Technical Director
CA

tel.: 949-764-5550
fax.: 949-764-6964
e-mail: Barton.Bean@gmail.com

EX OFFICIO
JVU Co-Editor

 

Steven R. Talbot, RVT FSVU

University of Utah Medical Center
Salt Lake City, UT

tel.: 801-581-2620
e-mail: Steve.Talbot@hsc.utah.edu

SVU Executive Director

 

Steve Haracznak, BA

Society for Vascular Ultrasound
Lanham, MD

tel.: 301-459-7550
e-mail: steveh@svunet.org

Eligibility Requirements

To be eligible for a technologist director position, a person must be a member in good standing for at least one year and have achieved and maintained a professional credential in vascular technology. In addition, only technologists whose primary employment activity is performance of noninvasive vascular testing, supervision of vascular personnel and/or the management of a noninvasive vascular testing or diagnostic facility, education and/or training in the field of vascular technology, and/or who are currently receiving full-time training as vascular technologists are eligible to serve.

To be eligible for the physician director position, a person must be a member in good standing for at least one year, hold a current license to practice medicine, have achieved and maintained a professional credential in vascular technology, and must have current involvement in the noninvasive vascular field.

Three of the nine elected technologist directors shall be elected annually by ballot and shall serve for a term of three years. The elected physician director shall be elected every three years by ballot and shall serve for a term of three years.

In addition, there is a vendor representative to the Board who is appointed by the Board to a three-year term. This individual also must have acheived and maintained a professional credential in vascular technology.

In addition, a student representative to the Board is appointed by the Board to a one-year, non-voting term.

Officers serve a two-year term. Board directors serve a three-year term.