SVU Board of Directors

SVU is governed by its Board of Directors, which consists of the Executive Committee comprised of the President, President-Elect, Vice President, Secretary, Treasurer, Immediate Past President, and ten elected directors, including one physician, one appointed director to represent vendors, and one appointed voting student director.

2013 OFFICERS

President				Deborah A. Pirt, RVT FSVU Program Director, Vascular Lab UPMC -- Shadyside Hospital Pittsburgh, PA
President-Elect				Patricia (Tish) A. Poe, BA RVT RDCS FSVU Director of Quality Assurance Navix Diagnostix, Inc. Philadelphia, PA
Vice President				David P. Parlato, BA RVT FSVU Director Cardiovascular Testing The Christ Hospital Cincinnati, OH
Treasurer				LeAnn Maupin, MEd RTR RVT FASA FSVU Vascular Technology Program Director Oregon Institute of Technology Klamath Falls, OR
Secretary				Patricia Marques, RN RVT FSVU Consultant Cardiovascular Ultrasound & Consulting Baton Rouge, LA
Immediate Past President				Michel Comeaux, RN BSN RVT RDMS FSVU Coordinator of Medical Services Dept. Radiology/Ultrasound LSU Health Science Center at University Medical Center Lafayette, LA

2013 BOARD OF DIRECTORS

 

				Karen Burns, MBA RN RVT Vascular Services Line Director Chicago, IL
				Kelly Byrnes, BS RVT Lead Sonographer Norton Healthcare Louisville, KY
				R. Patrick DeMuth, BS RVT Technical Director Vanguard Vascular & Vein Garland, TX
				Jeanette R. Flannery, RVT RDMS FSVU Technical Director/Manager Newark Beth Israel Center Newark, NJR
				Paula Heggerick, BS RVT RDMS RPhS FSVU Traveler Club Staffing Raleigh, NC
				Brian P. Hembling, BS RVT President Specialists in Vascular Ultrasound San Antonio, TX
				Joseph P. Hughes, RVT RVS FSVU Regional Operations Manager Navix Diagnostix, Inc. Souderton, PA
				Patrick Washko, BS RDMS RT RVT Coordinator and Technical Director REX Hospital (UNC Healthcare) Vascular Diagnostic Center Raleigh, NC
				Stephanie Wilson, RDMS RVT    Coordinator, Vascular Sonography South Hills School of Business & Technology State College, PA
Vendor Representative				Julia Dmitrieva, MPA RDMS RVT RDCS Product Manager, Ultrasound Philips Healthcare Bothell, WA
Physician Representative				Steven A. Leers, MD RVT Associate Professor of Surgery Medical Director UPMC Vascular Laboratories UPMC Heart and Vascular Institute Pittsburgh, PA
Student Representative through April 2014				Kayla Wieseckel, BHS Nova Southeastern University Fort Lauderdale, FL
Executive Director				Thomas L. Stefaniak, MBA CAE Society for Vascular Ultrasound Lanham, MD

 

Eligibility Requirements

To be eligible for a technologist director position, a person must be a member in good standing for at least one year and have achieved and maintained a professional credential in vascular technology. In addition, only technologists whose primary employment activity is performance of noninvasive vascular testing, supervision of vascular personnel and/or the management of a noninvasive vascular testing or diagnostic facility, education and/or training in the field of vascular technology, and/or who are currently receiving full-time training as vascular technologists are eligible to serve.

To be eligible for the physician director position, a person must be a member in good standing for at least one year, hold a current license to practice medicine, have achieved and maintained a professional credential in vascular technology, and must have current involvement in the noninvasive vascular field.

Three of the nine elected technologist directors shall be elected annually by ballot and shall serve for a term of three years. The elected physician director shall be elected every three years by ballot and shall serve for a term of three years.

In addition, there is a vendor representative to the Board who is appointed by the Board to a three-year term. This individual also must have acheived and maintained a professional credential in vascular technology.

In addition, a student representative to the Board is appointed by the Board to a one-year term and serve as a full voting Board member.

Officers serve a two-year term. Board Directors serve a three-year term.