SVU Presents Two Scientific Awards at Annual Conference

The Society for Vascular Ultrasound (SVU) announces two Scientific Awards presented at its Annual Conference, June 5-7, 2008, in San Diego, CA.

The recipient of the 2008 Excellence in Case Study Poster Presentation is Kari Olmsted, RVT of the D.E. Strandness Vascular Laboratory at the University of Washington Medical Center, for her poster on "Iliac Endofibrosis in Athletes: A Case Study", which was done along with Watson Smith, RDMS, RVT, and R. Eugene Zierler, MD. DataStar sponsored this award.

R. Patrick DeMuth (left) and J.P. Hughes (right) were the co-recipients of the 2008 Oral Clinical Presentation Award, sponsored by Navix Diagnostix, Inc. (Photo by David Parlato)

There was a tie for the Oral Clinical Presentation Award between Joseph P. Hughes, RVT RVS FSVU, et al of Navix Diagnostix, Inc., Taunton, MA, and Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, NY., for his presentation on "Risk Focused Screening for Vascular Disease: One University Hospital's Experience", and R. Patrick DeMuth, ThM RVT of the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, for his presentation on "Hypo-Acoustic Luminal Outline (HALO) Sign: An Adjunct Diagnostic Ultrasound Feature of Late Graft Infection”. Navix Diagnostix, Inc. sponsored this award.

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