The award was established as the Clinical Innovation Award in 1994, discontinued in 1998, and revived in 2005 as the Excellence in Oral Clinical Presentation Award. This award is presented to a member who is the primary author and presenter, or sponsored by a member in good standing, of an oral presentation at the SVU Annual Conference. The five oral clinical abstracts receiving the highest number of points in the Abstracts Subcommittee’s selection process are eligible. Their manuscripts must be received by a date to be decided upon by the Awards Subcommittee Chair.

Award Winners

2020Peter Legeza, MD - "Transcranial Doppler monitoring in patients undergoing carotid artery revascularization - observations on cerebral embolization patterns"
2019Douglas Wooster, MD RVT - "Effect of Multiple Aneurysms on Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Expansion Rates"
2018Tam Huynh, MD - "The Role of Pre-Operative Duplex Ultrasound Vessel Mapping in Pediatric Hemodialysis AV Fistula Creation"
2017Joshua Lee, BS RVT - "A Comprehensive Career Path for the 'Novice' and 'Professional' Sonographer
2016Patricia Vargas, DHSc RVT - "Improved Ocular Blood Flow in Central Retinal Artery During a Randomized Controlled Trial of Electrostimulation Therapies for Retinitis Pigmentosa”
2015Jean Alessi-Chinetti, BA RVT RDMS "Association of Left Ventricular Ejection Fraction with the Dicrotic Notch of the CCA"
2014Nichole Doornbos, BAS RVT - "Subclavian Venous Hemodynamic Variations with Postural Changes in a Normal Subject Population"
2013LeAnn A. Chavez, MD – “Expanding the Role of the Vascular Technologist to Interprofessional Education.”
2012Watson B. Smith, BA RDMS RVT – “Duplex Ultrasound Findings in Intravenous Drug Users with Femoral Vein Injection”.
2011R. Patrick DeMuth, BS ThM RVT – “Clinical Significance of Standing vs. Reversed Trendelenburg Position for the Diagnosis of Lower Extremity Venous Reflux in the Greater Saphenous Vein”
2010Christine Chung, BS , Dept. of Vascular Surgery, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY — "Plaque Echolucency May Play a Critical Role in Predicting Cerebral Embolization in Patients Undergoing CAS"
2009George S. Lavenson, Jr., M.D. RVT — "Expansion of the SAAAVE Program with Addition of Ultrasound Scans of the Femoral and Carotid Arteries to Prevent Heart Attacks and Strokes"
2008R. Patrick DeMuth, ThM RVT — "Hypo-Acoustic Luminal Outline (HALO) Sign: An Adjunct Diagnostic Ultrasound Feature of Late Graft Infection"
Joseph P. Hughes, RVT RVS FSVU — "Rick Focused Screening for Vascular Disease: One University Hospital's Experience"
2007Kathryn Busch, DIP APP SC — "Ultrasound Detection of Intermittent and Position Dependent Endoleaks: Evidence for a Novel Mechanism"
2006Megan D. Hodge, RN RVT — "Continuous Ultrasound Contrast Infusion as an Adjunct to Color Duplex Ultrasound in the Assessment of Aortic Endografts"
2005Holly Beals, BS RVT — "Duplex Scanning for the Detection and Follow-up of Iliac Artery Aneurysms and Pseudoaneurysms Amenable to Endovascular Therapy"
2003Kathryn A. Sorrel, BSN RN RVT— "The Role of Transcranial Color Duplex Ultrasound in Endovascular Treatment of Cerebral Vasospasm"
2001Kathryn A. Sorrel, BSN RN RVT— "SMV Thrombosis: Clinical Presnetation and Diagnosis by Color Doppler Ultrasound"
2000Robert P. Scissons, RVT — "Vascular Ultrasound Call in a Large Community Hospital"
1998Nicos Labropoulas, PhD, DIC, RVT — "Ultrasound-Guided Thrombin Injection Induces a Rapid and Stable Thrombus in Femoral Postcatheterization Pseudoaneurysms"
1997Ann Marie Kupinski, PhD RVT — "Noninvasive Upper Extremity Arterial Assessment in Patients Undergoing Radial Artery Harvest"
1996R. Patrick DeMuth, BS RVT — "Clinical Relevance of Doppler Detected Microemboli in a Non-Surgical Setting"
1995Carol L. Miranda, RVT — "Duplex Referral of Hemodialysis Access for Percutaneous Balloon Angioplasty"
1994Janette A. Isaacson, BS RVT RDCS — "Noninvasive Screening for Renal Artery Disease: Comparison of Renal Artery and Renal Hilar Duplex Scanning"