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July 2006 | Vol. 24, No. 7 2006 SVU Awards Presented in Philadelphia, PASVU presented the following scientific and service awards at the 29th SVU Annual Conference during the 2006 Vascular Annual Meeting, June 1-3, 2006 in Philadelphia, PA. SCIENTIFIC AWARDS
The SVU Pioneer Award was presented posthumously to D. Eugene (Gene) Hokanson, former President of D.E. Hokanson, Inc. His daughter Kyra Hokanson Gray accepted the award on behalf of her father. Zonare Medical Systems sponsored this important award. The SVU Pioneer Award, the highest scientific award presented by SVU since 1992, is dedicated in the memory of David Phillips, who contributed to the scientific field of vascular diagnostics with the development of duplex ultrasound and color flow Doppler technology. The award recognizes outstanding scientific research and contributions to the vascular ultrasound profession.
Megan D. Hodge, RN RVT, Technical Director, Vascular Diagnostic Laboratory, The Methodist Hospital, Houston, TX, won three awards. The first two awards were the Excellence in Oral Clinical Presentation Award sponsored by Navix Diagnostix, Inc. and the Member First-Time Presenters Award for SVU Members sponsored by Red River Valley Vascular Society (RRVVS). Both awards were bestowed for her excellent presentation in the Clinical Oral Papers general session on “Continuous Ultrasound Contrast Infusion as an Adjunct to Color Duplex Ultrasound in the Assessment of Aortic Endografts.”
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Clete Ahern of DataStar Systems and Melissa Vickery (center) congratulate Jenilee Thornton (right) on her two SVU poster awards |
Jenilee B. Thornton, Karmody Vascular Lab, The Vascular Group, Albany, NY, was presented with two poster awards. Both the Excellence in a Scientific Poster Presentation Award and the Best Student Poster Presentation Award were given to her for her poster on “Anatomic Distribution of the Carotid Bulb as Determined by Duplex Ultrasound.” Both these awards were sponsored by DataStar Systems, Inc. of Crystal Lake, IL.
LEADERSHIP AWARD George L. Berdejo, BA RVT FSVU, was presented with the 2006 SVU Leadership Award in recognition of his remarkable leadership and truly visionary work as SVU President (2004-2005) and for his participation on the SVU Board of Directors. He is Technical Director at Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, NY.
The Distinguished Service Award was established in 1987 and recognizes
meritorious service by any SVU member.
William B. Schroedter, BS RVT FSVU, received a
Distinguished Service Award in recognition of his
meritorious service to SVU as Chair of the Government Relations
Committee for several years and for his many other contributions
to SVU and the Suncoast Society for Vascular Ultrasound. He is the
Vice President and Technical Director of Quality Vascular Imaging,
Inc. in Venice, FL.
The Certificate of Appreciation is bestowed upon individuals or groups in recognition of creative endeavor or outstanding achievement in promoting noninvasive vascular technology.
Robert B. Patterson, MD RVT received a Certificate
of Appreciation in recognition of his ongoing promotion
of vascular technology for many years and for being an ARDMS Item
Writer for the RVT exam for 12 years. Dr. Patterson is a Clinical
Associate Professor of Surgery at Brown University, the Secretary
/ Treasurer of ARDMS, and his office is at the Providence Surgical
Care Group Inc., Providence, RI.
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| Tish Poe receives her Certificate of Appreciation from Awards Committee Chair Pat Marques |
Another Certificate of Appreciation was presented to Patricia (Tish) A. Poe, BA RVT RDCS, Manager, Vascular Lab, Vascular and Transplant Specialists, Hampton, VA, in recognition of her excellent work as Chair of the SVU Meetings Committee (2004-2006) and her commitment to enhanced and diverse regional vascular education programs, especially the successful Registered Physician in Vascular Interpretation (RPVI) Exam Review Course held by SVU.
Fellows Subcommittee Chair Michel Comeaux, RN BSN RVT RDMS FSVU, announced the selection of three new SVU Fellows for 2006. Fellows are SVU members recognized for their many outstanding contributions to the Society as well as to the vascular ultrasound profession. They are considered a unique resource for the Society in terms on promoting the benefits of SVU membership to others in the vascular ultrasound profession, and in supporting the many other efforts of the Society. There are now 51 SVU Fellows.
New 2006 SVU Fellows are:
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Judith A. Fried, CVN RN RVT FSVU |
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Carol L. Miranda, CVN RN RVT FSVU |
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Michael W. Schwebler, MBA RVT FSVU |
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| NJVA President Jeanette Flannery (center) accepts the 2006 Outstanding SVU Affiliated Chapter Recognition Award from Melissa Vickery (left) and Chapters Committee Co-Chair Paula Walsh (right) |
The North Jersey Vascular Association (NJVA) was presented with the 2006 Outstanding SVU Affiliated Chapter Recognition Award in recognition of their growth to 160 members and for its continued support of SVU’s membership efforts. Accepting for the NJVA was Chapter President Jeanette Flannery, RVT RDMS.
The 2006 SVU Outstanding SVU Affiliated Chapter Individual Recognition Award was presented to Kathleen Garcia, BS RVT RDCS, from League City, TX, in recognition of her outstanding work as President of the Houston Society of Noninvasive Vascular Technology Chapter. She is an active speaker, mentors a sonography program at Alvin College, develops educational meetings for her Chapter, and performs vascular research at NASA.
Congratulations to all of the 2006 SVU award recipients!
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The Alex Chao, MD / Young Investigator’s Award
for excellence in a scientific research paper in vascular technology
was presented to Xiu-Jie Wang, MD, Englewood Hospital
& Medical Center, Englewood, NJ, for her scientific paper on
“Determination of a Safe Target Zone for the Use of Endovenous
Laser Therapy of the Small Saphenous Vein.” First presented
in 2004, this SVU award is named in honor of Dr. Alex Chao, a vascular
surgeon who died suddenly in 2003 at the age of 37 of Severe Acute
Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) acquired from a patient he had treated
in Singapore. The Dr. Alex Chao Award was sponsored for a third
year by Philips Ultrasound in Bothell, WA. 
The D.E. Strandness, M.D., Scientific Award for
the outstanding oral presentation of scientific research in vascular
technology was presented to Kathryn Busch, DMU,
Camperdown Vascular Lab, Camperdown, NSW, Australia, for her scientific
paper on “High Resolution Duplex Ultrasound Imaging Proves
a High Incidence of an Arterial Neovascularization.” Parks
Medical Electronics, Aloha, OR, sponsored the 2006 D.E. Strandness,
M.D. Scientific Award. This award is named in honor of Dr. D.E.
Strandness, the acknowledged “Father of Noninvasive Diagnosis,”
who died in January 2002.