SVU's International Session!

The Role of the Sonographer and Use of Guidelines and Protocols Outside the US

Sheila Byrd-Raynor and Frank Miele

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And now, a true work of art I have entitled:  "Experts in Motion".

Brilliant.  Inspired.  I'm going to be famous.

Lunch with the Experts Series:

Today's Clinical Challenges and Pitfalls in Venous Duplex Sonography

Dr. Wayne Smith and Patrick Washko, RVT

Snapshots from the 2010 SVU Annual Conference!

Vascular Techs + Vascular Surgeons/Interventionalists + Vascular Exhibition + Food & Drink = The perfect way to wind down after day 1 of the Annual Conference.

So last night after the first day of the 2010 SVU Annual Conference we all came together in the Exhibit hall for a little time to unwind and catch up with friends and colleagues!

The theme for the reception was the Tastes of Boston, and there was lots of great food and drink!  I visited with many exhibit representatives, caught up on the past year's happenings and new equipment, and caught up with past OIT classmates and vascular tech/physician friends from across the country.  I had fun visits with Jon Peters from Parks, Kyra Gray and Jesse Salom from Hokanson, Marge Hutchisson from ICAVL, Frankie Hamme at the SVU booth, Dr. Zwolak from Dartmouth-Hitchcock, and a bunch of other great people.  It was a wonderful time!

There was a violin duo wandering through the hall serenading us which was nice...until I became aware that they were constantly next to me.  I think they were stalking me...it was strange and a bit annoying after a while.  I spent the reception time fairly distracted, trying to keep moving so the duo wouldn't catch up to me.  Maybe it was all in my head.  Berkely College of Music is right outside the Hynes Convention Center...so at least the musicians were top-notch!!

There's never enough time to visit with people...I could have been there all night!

Kari

How did you get your poster to the SVU Annual Conference?

1.  In a poster tube. 

2.  Carried on to the plane, bus, subway, sidewalk...it can be a valuable tool for crowd-control.  Don't check it with the luggage...that's a disaster waiting to happen!

This year's poster session was a phenomenal showing of the past year's worth of diligent, exceptional work.  There are 25 posters in all, filling the room with colorful intelligent conversation pieces.  There are simply too many posters this year to post a picture of each, but here are some snapshots from the session:

Congratulations to all of this year's poster presenters -- Solid work!!