September 2005 | Vol. 23, No. 9

SVU Members Only

Nominations for 2006 SVU Service Awards Due November 7

As an SVU member you have the unique opportunity to honor a hard working and dedicated colleague you know in our Society and the vascular ultrasound profession by nominating them for a 2006 SVU Service Award. The 2006 SVU Service Awards will be presented at SVU’s 29th Annual Conference during the 2006 Vascular Annual Meeting, June 1-3, 2006 in Philadelphia.

The SVU service awards that could be presented in Chicago include:

• Honorary Membership
• Leadership Award
• Distinguished Service Award, and
• Certificate of Appreciation.

According to Awards Committee Chair Pat Marques, “These prestigious SVU Service Awards give deserved recognition to fellow SVU members and their colleagues for their outstanding contributions, leadership, and service in the field of noninvasive vascular technology, as well as to SVU.”

Pat also is looking for nominations for the 2006 SVU Pioneer Award, which recognizes an individual’s outstanding pioneer contributions to the field of noninvasive vascular diagnostics. The Pioneer Award is the highest Scientific Award that the SVU presents.

The description and qualifications for each award, as well as the list of all previous SVU award recipients, is posted on the SVU website membership page at www.svunet.org/members/awards.htm. The Nomination form for the 2006 SVU Service Awards, also available on the SVU website, can be printed and faxed to the national headquarters at 301-459-5651, or you may electronically submit a 2006 Service Award nomination form from the SVU website Awards page by clicking on “Nominate a Colleague” and filling out the required information.

The deadline for submitting a 2006 SVU Service Award nomination form to the Awards Committee for consideration is Monday, November 7, 2005. Thanks to the many award nominations received last year, SVU was able to recognize several deserving SVU colleagues at the 2005 SVU Annual Conference in Chicago last June. See the July 2005 issue of the e-Spectrum newsletter on the website for details on the 2005 award recipients.

Let’s keep that momentum going and treat more deserving SVU members to recognition with an SVU Service Award in 2006! Remember, please submit your 2006 Service Award nomination form to the SVU national office by the Nov. 7, 2005 deadline for nominations. Thanks for your ongoing support of SVU.