SVU Elects Four New Board Directors for 2007-2009 Terms

LANHAM, MD, June 6, 2006 -- The Society for Vascular Ultrasound (SVU) recently elected four new Board Directors for three-year terms effective January 1, 2007 through Dec. 31, 2009. SVU members voted both by Absentee ballot and in-person during SVU's 29th Annual Conference, June 1-3, 2006, in Philadelphia, PA.

The following three technologist Directors were elected by the SVU membership to a three-year term on the SVU Board of Directors:

• Claudia A. Benge, RVT RDMS RDCS RVS
  Owner/President
  Benge & Associates, LLP
  Carmel, IN
• Shelly Burns, RVT
  Manager, Vascular Services
  Summa Health System
  Akron, OH
• Patricia (Tish) A. Poe, BA RDCS RVT
  Senior Vascular Technologist
  Vascular and Transplant Specialists
  Hampton, VA

The following physician director was elected by the SVU membership to a three-year term on the SVU Board of Directors:

• Richard J. DeMasi, MD FACS RVT
  Vascular Surgeon
  Vascular & Transplant Specialists
  Norfolk, VA