e-Spectrum: SVU's monthly newsletter

April 2005 | Vol. 23, No. 4

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Government Relations

Government Relations Happenings
by Bill Schroedter, BS RVT FSVU
Medicare Expands Coverage of Carotid Artery Stenting for Patients at High Risk for Surgery
CMS Launches Collaborative "Fistula First" Initiative for Major Improvement in Care for Kidney Patients

Upcoming SVU Events

2005 SVU Annual Conference

SVU Member Profile

Shelly Burns, RVT LPN
Manager and Technical Director
Summa Health System
Akron, Ohio

Chapter News

SVU News

Burwin Institute
Gulfcoast Ultrasound Institute
VNUS Medical Technologies

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Important SVU Dates

2005

April 8 Deadline for discount early registration for SVU’s Vascular Ultrasound Introductory Interpretation Course in New Orleans, April 29-May 1, 2005

April 29-May 1 2½-day Vascular Ultrasound Introductory Interpretation Course, New Orleans, LA

May 10 Deadline for early registration discount for SVU Annual Conference

June 14-15 1½-day SVU/SVS Joint Physicians’ Vascular Ultrasound Registry Review Course, Chicago, IL

June 16-18 28th SVU Annual Conference at the Vascular Annual Meeting 2005 in Chicago

September 9-10 2-day Vascular Ultrasound Advanced Interpretation Course in Boston

November 4-5

SVU 2005 Current Issues Conference, Arlington, VA

2006

June 1-3 29th SVU Annual Conference at the Vascular Annual Meeting 2006 in Philadelphia

	Annual Conference
	Educational Courses
Advocacy	Guidelines/Positions

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