October 2005 | Vol. 23, No. 10

Chapter News

By Shelly Burns, RVT LPN
Chair, Chapters Committee
Tel. 330-375-3288; Email: burns@summa-health.org

Upcoming Affiliated Chapter Meetings

The Annual Fall Meeting of the North Jersey Vascular Association (NJVA) will take place on Saturday, October 22, 2005 at Hackensack University Medical Center in Hackensack, NJ.  Seven distinguished speakers will make presentations on a variety of topics ranging from access complications to nutritional aspects of vascular disease.   Information has been sent out to the NJVA Chapter members as well as SVU members in NJ.  For further information on the program and registration, contact Jeanette Flannery by email at JFlannery@sbhcs.com.

The Suncoast Society for Vascular Ultrasound (SSVU) will hold its 5th Regional Conference on Saturday, October 22, 2005, at Sarasota Memorial Hospital, Sarasota, FL. SVU President George Berdejo is one of the conference speakers. For further information on the program and registration, contact Ruth Manire at ruth-manire@smh.com.

The Annual Fall Symposium for the Northern Ohio Vascular Association (NOVA) will be held at Summa Health System in Akron, Ohio, on Saturday, November 19, 2005. Talks include abdominal ultrasound scanning and carotid stenting. For more information about the program and registration contact Angela Jagan by email at angela.jagan@uhhs.com.

Possible New Affiliated Chapters

Donna Kocher-Burns will be the President for a new affiliated chapter starting up in West Virginia. It will be known as the Ohio Valley Vascular Association (OVVA). A CME meeting in February 2006 in Wheeling, WV, is being planned with SVU Board Director Billy Zang, the Technical Director at the Penn State University College of Medicine, Hershey, PA, as speaker. For further information contact Donna by email at DKBRVT@Comcast.com.

David Cernicek is interested in becoming involved in a local chapter. He is located in East Central Missouri about 60 miles south of St. Louis. He is a RDMS and has been doing vascular, general, and ob/GYN for almost 25 years. If there is anyone else in this region interested in forming a local chapter, please contact David at Ste. Genevieve County Memorial Hospital at tel. 573-883-7720 or by e-mail dcernicek@yahoo.com.

Jim Harlan, a vascular technologist practicing in Florence, SC, along with other colleagues from around the state, are interested in forming a new affiliated chapter in South Carolina. For further information, contact Jim at tel. 843-676-2760 or by email at JHarlan@Carolinashospital.com.