SVU Now Has 47 Signature Lab Members for 2008

SVU is very happy to announce that it now has 47 Signature Lab members for 2008 – 18 renewals and 29 new members -- in all four membership categories; an increase of 25 Signature Lab Members over last year.

Following are SVU’s 2008 Signature Lab Members (as of 4/25/08) by Signature Lab Membership Category. Is your vascular lab on this list? If not, why not?

Titanium Level

1. Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA – 11 Techs / 1 MD (renewal)
2. Michigan Vascular Center, Flint, MI – 20 Techs / 8 MDs (new)
3. Pacific Vascular, Inc, Bothell, WA – 44 Techs/2 MDs (new)
4. Peripheral Vascular Associates, San Antonio, TX, -- 22 Techs / 4 MDs (new)

Platinum Level

1. Cascade Vascular Diagnostics, Tacoma, WA – 12 Techs / 4 MDs (renewal)
2. Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center Vascular Lab, Lebanon, NH – 11 Techs / 1 MD (renewal -- last year they were at the Gold Level.)
3. Progressive Physicians Associates, Easton, PA – 11 Techs / 4 MDs (renewal)
4. Reading Hospital & Medical Center, Reading, PA – 10 Techs / 2 MDs (renewal)
5. Univ. of Massachusetts Medical Center Vascular Lab, Worcester, MA – 11 Technologists and 1 MD (new)
6. Vascular & Transplant Specialists, Norfolk, VA – 11 Techs / 1 MD (renewal)
7. Vascular Associates Lab, Baton Rouge, LA – 15 Techs / 3 MDs
8. Vascular Diagnostics Services, Chattanooga, TN – Platinum Level – 10 Techs/1 MD (new)

Gold Level

1. Baystate Vascular Services, Spring, MA – 6 Techs / 1 MD (new)
2. Cardiac & Vascular Ultrasound/Midwest Ultrasound Inc, Cincinnati, OH – 5 Techs / 1 MD (renewal)
3. Christ Hospital/Midwest Ultrasound Vascular Lab, Cincinnati, OH – 6 Techs / 1 MD (renewal)
4. Commonwealth Surgical Associates Vascular Lab, Chesapeake, VA – 5 Techs / 5 MDs (new)
5. Community Medical Center Vascular Lab, Scranton, PA – 6 Techs / 1MD
6. Dearborn County Hospital/Midwest Ultrasound Vascular Lab, Lawrenceburg, IN – 6 Techs / 1 MD (renewal)
7. Greater Portland Vascular Lab, Portland, ME – Gold Level – 5 Techs/1 MDs (renewal)
8. Hartford Hospital Vascular Lab, Hartford, CT – 7 Techs / 1 MD (renewal)
9. Highland District Hospital/Midwest Ultrasound Inc, Hillsboro, OH – 6 Techs / 1 MD (renewal)
10. Hoag Memorial Hospital - Presbyterian - Noninvasive Vascular Lab, Newport Beach, CA – 5 Techs / 1 MD
11. Indiana University Vascular Diagnostic Center, Indianapolis, IN – 6 Techs/1 MD
12. Iowa Clinic – Heart and Vascular Care, Des Moines, IA – 7 Techs / 5 MDs (renewal)
13. Jefferson Hospital for Neuroscience Neurovascular Lab, Philadelphia, PA – 5 Techs / 1 MD (new)
14. Jefferson Surgical Clinic, Roanoke,VA – 6 Techs / 4 MDs (renewal)
15. Johns Hopkins University Vascular Lab, Baltimore, MD – 5 Technologists and 2 MDs
16. Marshfield Clinic Vascular Lab, Marshfield, WI – 6 Techs/1 MD
17. Mercy Medical Center Vascular Lab, Des Monies, IA -- 5 Techs / 1 MD (new)
18. Ohio State University Peripheral Vascular Lab, Columbus, OH – 9 Techs / 1 MD (new)
19. Peripheral Vascular Lab, UNC Health Care, Chapel Hill, NC – 8 Techs / 1 MD (new)
20. Sanger Clinic, Charlotte, NC – 5 Techs / 1 MDs (renewal)
21. Sarasota Vascular Specialists, Sarasota, FL – 8 Techs / 1 MD
22. The Vascular Lab, affiliated with Virginia Surgical Associates, PC, Richmond, VA – 8 Techs / 1 MD
23. University of Washington Medicine, Dr. DE Strandness Jr. Vascular Lab, Seattle, WA – 8 Techs / 1 MD (new)
24. Vascular Diagnostic Center, Oak Ridge, TN – 6 Techs / 5 MDs

Silver Level

1. Cleveland Clinic, Weston, FL – 3 Techs / 1 MD (renewal)
2. Diaconou Vascular Lab, Auburn, WA – 4 Techs / 1 MD (new)
3. Little Lehigh Vascular Laboratory, Allentown, PA – 4 Techs / 2 MDs (new)
4. Polyclinic Vascular Ultrasound Lab, Seattle, WA – 3 Techs / 1 MD
5. RGV Vascular Lab, McAllen, TX – 4 Techs / 1 MD (renewal)
6. Shoreline Vein Clinic, Old Lyme, CT – 3 Techs/1 MD (new)
7. St. Luke’s Quakertown Vascular Lab, Quakertown, PA – 3 Techs/1 MD (new)
8. The Diagnostic Vascular Lab, West Seneca, NY – 4 Techs / 3 MDs (renewal)
9. The Heart Institute of Venice, Venice, FL – 3 technologists and 2 MDs
10. Vascular One Diagnostics, Plano, TX – Silver Level – 3 Techs/1 MD (new)
11. Vein & Vascular Institute of Tampa Bay, Tampa, FL – 3 Techs / 1MD (new)

The SVU “Signature Lab Membership” category requires 100% membership participation in SVU by the lab’s vascular technologists and at least one physician. Vascular ultrasound laboratories that have at least 3 or more SVU member vascular technologists/sonographers and at least one affiliated physician SVU member can become a “Signature Lab” and receive significant discounts on the SVU membership rate. The amount of discount depends on the number of SVU member vascular technologists/sonographers per lab. There are four types of SVU signature laboratory levels:

Signature labs with 100% SVU participation indicate a high level of dedication to the profession and to achieving the goals of the Society for Vascular Ultrasound. SVU Signature Laboratories receive a special SVU Certificate to designate their excellence of participation in SVU. For details on SVU’s new Signature Laboratory Membership Category, go to http://www.svunet.org/onlinemembershipapplication/index.html
or call Missi McLean at 1-800-788-8346 or contact her by email at mmclean@svunet.org.

Display Your Certificate

An SVU Signature Laboratory Membership Certificate will be sent at the beginning of each year to the participating Signature Lab to designate excellence in dedication to SVU and its mission.

Ready to stand out?

To sign up now, download these forms (files in MS Word format):

• SVU Signature Lab Membership Dues Invoice for everyone in your office,
• SVU Signature Lab Membership Application to be completed by lab representative, and
• Affidavit for SVU Signature Lab Membership Category to be completed by lab representative.

For more information call Missi McLean at 1-800-788-8346 or email mmclean@svunet.org.