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e-Spectrum: Monthly Newsletter for the SOCIETY FOR VASCULAR ULTRASOUND

July 2005 | Vol. 23, No 7

SVU's 28th Annual Conference

2006 SVU officers are (from left): Immediate Past President George Berdejo, Vice President Michel Comeaux, Treasurer Deborah Pirt, Secretary Judy Fried, President Melissa Vickery, and President-Elect Michael Schwebler.

SVU Members Elect New Officers and Three New Board Directors

The Society for Vascular Ultrasound (SVU) elected new officers and three new Board Directors for terms effective January 1, 2006. SVU members voted both by Absentee Ballot and in-person during SVU’s 28th Annual Conference, June 16-18, 2005 in Chicago, IL.  

SVU OFFICERS (Two-year terms: 2006-2007)

SVU President George L. Berdejo, BA RVT FSVU, steps down at the end of this year and 2004 President-Elect Melissa A. Vickery, LPN-B RVT, will become the new SVU President effective January 1, 2006. Melissa is the Technical Director/Manager of the Vascular Lab at the Virginia Surgical Associates, PC, in Richmond, VA.

  • President-Elect: Michael Schwebler, MBA RVT, Chief Operating Officer, Midwest Ultrasound, Inc., Milford, OH
  • Vice President: Michel Comeaux, RN BSN RVT RDMS FSVU, Technical Director, Noninvasive Vascular Laboratory, Inc., New Iberia, LA
  • Treasurer: Deborah Pirt, AS RVT FSVU, Manager, Noninvasive Vascular Lab, The Western Pennsylvania Hospital, Pittsburgh, PA
  • Secretary: Judy Fried, RN RVT CVN, Director of Ultrasound, Mid Dakota Clinic, Bismarck, ND

NEW BOARD DIRECTORS

New Board Directors David Parlato, Kari Olmsted
(re-elected), and Terry Case

(Three-year terms: 2006-2008)

  • Terry Case, PA MEd RVT, Program Director, Assistant Professor, Nova Southeastern University, Fort Lauderdale, FL
  • Kari Olmsted, BS RVT (re-elected), Technical Director, Vascular Laboratory, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon, NH
  • David Parlato, RVT, Technical Director, The Christ Hospital/Midwest Ultrasound Vascular Lab, Midwest Ultrasound, Inc., Cincinnati, OH