March 2006 | Vol. 24, No. 3

Make Your Reservations NOW to Attend SVU’s 29th Annual Conference in Philadelphia

The Society for Vascular Ultrasound (SVU) will hold its 29th Annual Conference from June 1–3, 2006 at the Philadelphia Marriott and Pennsylvania Convention Center in Philadelphia, PA. As of March 1, you can register online to attend SVU’s 2006 Annual Conference and also make your hotel reservation at the SVU Headquarters Courtyard Marriott Philadelphia Hotel.

SVU’s 2006 Annual Conference is dedicated to the advancement of knowledge of the vascular professional. Register now to attend this exciting educational and networking opportunity. Visit the SVU website (www.svunet.org) and the e-Spectrum online newsletter for the 2006 SVU Annual Conference Preliminary Program that lists all of the sessions, topics, speakers and events.

Come join us …

• Same low registration fee. (Full registration is just $450.00 for SVU members. Same price as last year!)
• Low cost morning Tutorials (only $10.00 each, pre-registration required)
• Admission to ALL SVU and most SVS Sessions with your SVU registration badge
• Admission to Vascular Annual Meeting Exhibition
• Online Conference Registration

Conference Highlights

• Skills Lab Session
• D. E. Strandness, M.D. Scientific Session
• Alex Chou, M.D. / Young Investigators Scientific Session
• Clinical Papers Sessions
• Posters Sessions
• Government Relations Update
• Combined Exhibit Hall with the latest technologies
• Invited Speaker Sessions

Optional Pre-Conference Sessions

• ICAVL Accreditation
• Transition to a Digital Lab
• Career Development

Optional Morning Tutorials

• Screening in the Vascular Lab Accreditation Standards
• Aortic Endograft Duplex Ultrasound Techniques
• How to Present an Abstract: PowerPoint Development Tips
• Abdominal Visceral Scanning
• Importance of Physiologic Arterial Testing
• Vascular Ultrasound Alphabet Soup: What Those Acronyms Mean
• Transcranial Doppler (TCD)
• Conduit Mapping
• Hepato-Portal Duplex

Optional Lunch with the Experts

• Resources for Reimbursement: How to Find the Information You Need to Assure a Proper Claim
• Roundtable Discussion Groups
• Protocol Primers

The SVU Annual Conference will be held in conjunction with the annual meetings of the Society for Vascular Surgery (SVS), the Peripheral Vascular Surgical Society (PVSS), and the Society for Vascular Medicine and Biology (SVMB) at the Vascular Annual Meeting 2006.

Keep reading e-Spectrum, SVU’s online newsletter, for Annual Conference details at www.svunet.org.