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Several QVI staff attended the Society for Vascular Ultrasound 2010 Annual Conference in Boston in June. We submitted several papers and one presentation was awarded the prestigious D.E. Strandness Scientific Award for Excellence in Research!

This award, established in 1987 as the Award for Excellence in Oral Clincial Presentation and named in 2002 in honor of D.E. Strandness, the acknowledged "father of noninvasive vascular diagnosis", is presented annually to a member who is the primary author and presenter of a scientific paper selected for presentation at the Annual Conference. Its purpose is to recognize outstanding scientific research in vascular technology.

To be eligible, the primary author and presenter must be a current technologist member of SVU. The Abstracts Committee judges all eligible abstracts and submits the five receiving the highest number of points to the Awards Committee. Members of the Awards Committee review the manuscripts and score the presentations at the annual conference. The award is given to the presenter receiving the highest number of points.

"Does Distal Venous Hypertension Affect Lower Extremity Venous Pulsatility?"

To read the abstract, click here

There is a new competency examination for sonographers practicing in the world of Phlebology. Developed over the past 2 years by Cardiovascular Credentialling International ("CCI") this exam tests a very specific knowledge in venous ultrasound and other skills typically utlized by sonographers in vein centers. Jean and Bill recently sat for and passed this rigourous examination and now hold the designation of Registered Phlebology Sonographer ("RPhS")

  QVI personell recently spoke at several national meetings! 

Jean White, RVT, RPhS

Jean will spoke at The American College of Phlebology at their 23rd Annual Congress, November 5-8, 2009 in Palm Desert, CA.  www.phlebology.org

The American College of Phlebology is the largest organization in the country specializing ifn the diagnosis and treatment of venous disease. To learn more about the ACP and venous disease click on the link above!

   Bill Schroedter, BS, RVT, RPhS, FSVU

Bill also spoke at the The American College of Phlebology 23rd Annual Congress, November 5-8, 2009 in Palm Desert, CA.  www.phlebology.org

 Additionally, Bill recently spoke at the Society for Vascular Ultrasound (SVU)Legislative, Regulatory, and Reimbursement Issues Conference November 13-14, 2009 in Arlington, VA.  This meeting provided extremely valuable information on upcoming changes in healthcare in the US, particualrly those affecting imaging and the ultrasound community.  

Both Jean and Bill have been invited back to the The American College  of Phlebology 24th Annual Congress in November 2010 in Orlando, FL for numerous presentations.