We're off to a great start!

Greetings from the Hynes Convention Center in Boston Massachusetts!  The 2010 SVU Annual Conference has officially begun! 

Wednesday: 

-  Pre-conference sessions "Strategies for a Profitable Vascular Lab" course, "ICAVL Accreditation Workshop", "Updates in Diagnostic Criteria: Vascular Interpretation", and the SVU Board of Directors Meeting were all hugely successful!

-  We had a wonderful time seeing old friends-- and making new ones-- at the SVU Member Meet and Greet Reception!

-   I personally had some of the very best sushi of my life last night with great friends that I haven't seen in way too long!  I haven't laughed that hard in years...my stomach aches today from it! 

Thursday:

-  Concurrent early morning tutorials:  "IMT Imaging", "Arterial Physiologic Testing", "Mapping for AVF" and "Imaging Calf Veins" were fabulous!  (To be honest, I could only be in one place at a time, so didn't personally experience each of these tutorials...but I gotta say, people looked really pleased as they spilled out of the room!)

- Poster Session begins today!!  If you are here at the conference, be sure to find your way to the room where the posters are displayed.  Not just because mine is there...there are 25 incredible works of science, and today at 10:00am (yikes...that's just 15 minutes from now!) the authors will be on hand to talk with you about them.  SVU's general session room is on the 3rd floor, rooms 304/306.  Continue down the corridor past the general session room to 309 and say "hello"!

- The opening general session was a huge success!  I am typing this as Dr. Joe Polak is finishing up his talk "Dealing with the funny waveform"...Fantastic!  The audience was also treated to lectures from experts Frank Miele, Terry Case and Bob Scissons.  Wow.  That's quite a few great minds in one room!  (And if you've been following this blog, you'll know that I am ready for my next student now!)

Other items:

-  I'm from Seattle, and if you know me, you'll know that it's rare for me to complain about rainy weather.  I kind of like the rain...that's what they make gear for.  I'm a total gear gal.  However, if I didn't know better I'd think I was home.  What is with this rain!?  Boston is a gorgeous city despite the drizzle...I'm just sayin' that the weather people lied.  I was pretty spoiled earlier in the week with gorgeous sunshine, but that was before the Annual Conference.  Keep your fingers crossed for great weather on Friday evening...I've got tickets to the Sox game with my buddies!!

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Okay folks, got to run, but stay tuned for another update soon!
Kari