January 2006 | Vol. 24, No. 1

Chapter News

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

Eastern Virginia Vascular Technologists (EVVT)

The fall meeting of the Eastern Virginia Vascular Technologists chapter was held on October 8, 2005 at the Hampton Careplex. Sponsor for this event was US Instruments. Two 1-hour massages were offered as door prizes, which were sponsored by Tracie L. Hall, Certified Massage Therapist. Speakers and their topics were: Dr. Stephen Jones (Preoperative Assessment for Dialysis Access Placement), Dr. Todd Gensler (Hyperlipidemia Management in the Cardiovascular Patient), Joanne Wallace (Ergonomics and Body Mechanics), and Kathryn Sorrell (SMV Thrombosis).

Two new EVVT officers were elected: Treasurer Juan Ripoll of Norfolk General Hospital and Vice President Jennifer Campbell of Vascular and Transplant Specialists.

Northeast Pennsylvania Vascular Chapter (NEPVC)

NEPVC announces the following new officers and committee chair for 2006:

• President Nancy Rist, RN, RVT of Grandview Hospital.
  Phone: 215-453-4268; Fax: 215-453-4436
  Email address: nlrist@comcast.net
• President-Elect June Coccia, MS, RDCS, RVT of Heart Care Group, Allentown, PA
  Phone: 610-778-3673; Fax: 610-776-6645.
• Teri Polenchar, RN, BS will be the Chair for the Annual Conference Committee.

SVU Chapter Listserv

We would like to promote the SVU Chapter Listserv so that more Chapter Presidents use it to communicate with each other and with the Chapters Committee. A listserv is a wonderful communication tool that offers its members the opportunity to post suggestions, comments or questions to a large number of people at the same time. When you submit a question, comment or something that you want to share to the listserv, your submission is distributed to all of the other people on that list.

Every SVU Affiliated Chapter President is able to participate on the SVU Chapter Listserv. Just send your e-mail to chapters@svunet.org. Please take some time and use this wonderful and effective tool more in 2006. Happy New Year to all of you!