CONTENTS

News from the SVU Advocacy Committee

David Parlato, BA RVT, Chair of the Advocacy Committee

• Scheduled Medicare Physician Payment Cut Frozen by HHS as Congress Leaves on Holiday Recess
• CMS Proposes Payment, Policy Changes for Physicians’ Services in 2009

SVU Member Profile

Lisa Mekenas, RVT
Lead Vascular Sonographer
Sharp Rees-Stealy Medical Group
San Diego, CA

 

2008 SVU Annual Conference Wrap-Up

• 2008 SVU Awards Presented at Annual Conference in San Diego
• SVU Presents 2008 Professional Achievement Award to Anne Marie Kupinski
• John C. Wang, MD, Receives the 2008 Alex Chao, MD, Young Investigator's Award
• Two 2008 Scientific Awards Presented
• SVU Elects Three Board Directors for 2009-2011 Term
• SVU Inducts Four New Fellows for 2008
• Melissa A. Vickery Receives 2008 SVU Leadership Award
• Anne Jones Receives 2008 SVU Distinguished Service Award
• Thanks to our Student Volunteers at the 2008 Annual Conference
• Special Thanks to SVU's 2008 Annual Conference Sponsors

SVU News

• SVU Announces Professional Performance DVD Series
• SVU President Michael Schwebler Interviewed in RT-Image magazine
• SVU Issues Statement on Quality Vascular Education
• Two Revised Professional Performance Guidelines Posted on SVU Website
• Update on SVU Member Leif Penrose's Sonography Teaching Assignment in Kigali, Rwanda
• Why do I need a professional liability policy?
• SVU Welcomes 40 New Members in June
• Have You Checked Out SVU's Online Job Center Lately?
• Please Notify SVU If You Change Jobs or Move

Chapter News

• Greater Pittsburgh Vascular Technologists
• Outstanding Chapter Award
• Outstanding Chapter Individual Award
• Chapters’ Breakfast in San Diego

News of the Vascular Profession

• ARDMS to Introduce New Sonography Principles and Instrumentation (SPI) Exam in 2009
• Definition of "Allied Health" Finalized by a Federal Commission