CONTENTS

News from the SVU Advocacy Committee

David Parlato, BA RVT, Chair of the Advocacy Committee

• SVU Comment letter to CMS on 2008 PFS Proposed Rule
• SVU Urges Member Support of CARE Bill

SVU Director Profile

Carol Kozusko
Student Representative on the SVU Board
Morristown Memorial Hospital
Morristown, NJ

SVU News

• Service on the SVU Board of Directors
• SVU Publishes September 2007 Issue of the Journal for Vascular Ultrasound
• SVU Welcomes 60 New Members in August
• SVU Members Urged to Participate in September's National PAD Awareness Month
• Have You Checked Your Email In Box Lately?
• SVU's Patient Education Guides Fulfill a Professional Need
• SVU's Online Job Center Helps Advance Careers for Vascular Technologists
• Still time to Support Team VDF in the Chicago Marathon

Chapter News

• Best Wishes and Thank You to Shelly Burns
• Central Virginia Vascular Technologists Chapter Makes Donation to Anne Jones Scholarship Fund

News of the Vascular Profession

• Update on the P.A.D. Coalition’s Efforts and “Stay in Circulation” Week, Sept. 17-21

Upcoming SVU Events

Sept. 11, 2007
Hotel/Early Registration Deadline for SVU/EVMS RPVI Exam Review Course
San Diego Marriott Mission Valley, San Diego, CA

Sept. 14-16, 2007
SVU Vascular Ultrasound Advanced Interpretation Course
Renaissance Scottsdale Resort, Scottsdale, AZ

Sept. 28-30, 2007
SVU/EVMS RPVI Exam Review Course
San Diego Marriott Mission Valley, San Diego, CA

Oct. 4, 2007
Hotel/Early Registration Deadline for SVU’s 2007 Current Issues Conference
Crystal Gateway Marriott Hotel, Arlington (Crystal City), VA

Nov. 2-3, 2007
SVU's 2007 Current Issues Conference
Crystal Gateway Marriott Hotel, Arlington (Crystal City), VA

Jan.14, 2008
Deadline for submission to SVU national office of Candidate Profile/Nomination Form for 2008 Annual Election

Feb.1, 2008
Deadline for abstracts for 2008 SVU Annual Conference to be submitted to the SVU National Office

March 3, 2008
Notification by this date of acceptance of abstracts

April 4, 2008
Manuscripts due at SVU national office for all accepted oral and poster presentations for 2008 Annual Conference

April 7, 2008
Deadline for the submission to the SVU national office of the 2008 Anne Jones Scholarship application and related documents

June 4, 2008
SVU Vascular Laboratory Testing and Management Course
San Diego, CA

June 5-7, 2008
2008 SVU Annual Conference at the 2008 Vascular Annual Meeting
San Diego Convention Center, San Diego, CA

June 11-13, 2009
2009 SVU Annual Conference at the 2009 Vascular Annual Meeting
The Colorado Convention Center, Denver, CO

June 10-12, 2010
2010 SVU Annual Conference at the 2010 Vascular Annual Meeting
Hynes Convention Center, Boston, MA