August 2007 | Vol. 25, No. 8

News of the Vascular Profession

Support Team VDF in the Chicago Marathon on October 7

Team VDF of the Vascular Disease Foundation, of which SVU is a member, is currently in training for the 30th annual LaSalle Bank Chicago Marathon on Sunday, October 7, in Chicago. The team members surely could use the support of SVU members as it takes a lot to run 26.2 miles! Team VDF’s fundraising goal for this year’s Chicago Marathon is $25,000. Please help Team VDF meet its goal by supporting one of the Team’s runners. You can make a donation online at www.active.com/donate/vasculardisease. One hundred percent of all donations are used by VDF to fight vascular disease and are tax-deductible. VDF would like to thank its sponsors for supporting Team VDF: Bard Peripheral Vascular, Cordis Endovascular, CV Therapeutics, DIOMED, W.L. Gore & Associates, and Red Robin.

CAAHEP Board Approves Diagnostic Medical Sonography Program Applications

At the March 16, 2007 Board of Directors meeting of the Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs (CAAHEP), the Board voted to approve the following “Continuing” Diagnostic Medical Sonography education programs:

• Cincinnati State Technical and Community College, Cincinnati, OH (cardiac, general and vascular programs)
• Crozer-Chester Medical Center, Upland, PA (general)
• Lansing Community College, Lansing, MI (general)
• Nebraska Methodist College, Josie Harper Campus, Omaha, NE (cardiac, general and vascular programs)

And at the May 18, 2007 Board meeting the CAAHEP Board approved the following “Initial” Diagnostic Medical Sonography education programs:

• Morehead State University, Morehead, KY (general)
• Medical College of Georgia, Augusta, GA (general)
• Methodist LeBonheur Healthcare, Memphis, TN (general)
• Muhlenberg Regional Medical Center, Plainfield, NJ (general)
• Northampton Community College, Bethlehem, PA (general)
• Ogeechee Technical College, Statesboro, GA (general)

Congratulations to these schools from the SVU Board of Directors.