May 2005 | Vol. 23, No. 5

Chapter News

By Shelly Burns, RVT, LPN

Chair, Chapters Committee

Tel. 330-375-3288

Email: burnss@summa-health.org

Maine Vascular Technologist Association (MVTA)

The Maine Vascular Technologist Association is holding its spring meeting June 24, 2005 at Keeley's Banquet Center in Portland, Maine. Guest speaker is Anne Marie Kupinski, PhD, RVT from Albany, NY. For more meeting information please

contact Sandra Robinson, RDMS, RVT or Kathy Morrissette, RN, RVT at robinsa@mmc.org or kathy.morrissette@mainegeneral.org.

MVTA Officers are:

• President - Sandra Robinson, RDMS, RVT
• Vice President - Martin Orloski, RN, RVT
• Secretary/ Treasurer - Kathy Morrissette, RN, RVT

Eastern Virginia Vascular Technologists (EVVT)

EVVT will be hosting its 1st Annual Spring Symposium on May 14, 2005 at Sentara Norfolk General Hospital , Norfolk , VA. The topics to be discussed are: Dialysis Access/Grafts, the Diabetic Foot, and New Techniques for the Treatment of Varicosed Veins. For more information about the EVVT meeting, contact Jeanette Justice of EVVT at jajustice@evvt.org or 757-668-3054.

New Regional Advisor for Northeastern Chapter Region

The SVU Chapters Committee is pleased to announce that Paula Walsh, MM RVT RDMS RDCS, is the new Northeastern Chapter Regional Advisor. Paula will oversee the following chapters: GBVT, GPVT, MVTA, MDRVS, NJVA, NEPVC, NNEVS, and NYCVUA. She can be reached at pmwalsh@mah.harvard.edu or 617-441-1679.

Outstanding Chapter Individual Recognition Award

The SVU Chapters Committee is soliciting nominations for the Outstanding Chapter Individual Recognition Award to be presented at the 2005 SVU Annual Conference in Chicago , June 16-18. Please submit your nominations by email to burnss@summa-health.org , along with reasons as to why this person is deserving of this SVU award.