Front Row (Left To Right): Nancy Jasinkowski, Victora Fahey, Jackie Helt
Back Row (Left To Right): Sheila White-Flores, Patricia Baum, Jeanne Doyle, Patricia McGlone, Mitzi Ekers
The Society for Vascular Nursing was founded in 1982, with the initial meeting in June at the Copley Plaza Hotel in Boston, Massachusetts, to discuss establishing a society that would officially recognize vascular nursing as a specialty. It was originally incorporated as the Society for Peripheral Vascular Nursing (SPVN) in 1982 and renamed the Society for Vascular Nursing (SVN) in 1990.
The founding officers and Board of Trustees served to solidly validate vascular nursing as a unique specialty.
SVN FOUNDERS
Jeanne E. Doyle (and first president of SVN)
Patricia Baum
Patricia McGlone
Mitzi Ekers
Victora Fahey
Jackie Helt
Nancy Jasinkowski
Sheila White Flores
1982 Medical Advisory Board and Charter Members
John Bergan, MD, Chicago, IL
Victor Berhnard, MD, Philadelphia, PA
Bruce Cutler, MD, Worcester, MA
Stephen Dosick, MD, Toledo, OH
William Evans, MD, Columbus, OH
Stephen Gale, MD, Toledo, OH
Anthony Imparato, MD, New York, NY
Frank LoGerfo, MD, Boston, MA
James Menzoian, MD, Boston, MA
Thomas Riles, MD, New York, NY
Jonathan Towne, MD, Milwaukee, WI
Bhagwan Satiani, MD, Columbus, OH
Frank Veith, MD, New York, NY
Blair Vermillion, MD, Columbus, OH
H. Brownell Wheeler, MD, Worcester, MA
Ralph Whelan, MD, Toledo, OH
James S. T. Yao, MD, Chicago, IL
Past Presidents
14-15 Terry DeVeaux, Glen Burnie, MD
13-14 Debra Kohlman-Trigoboff, Fayetteville, NC
12-13 Marjorie Lovell, London, Ontario, Canada
11-12 Cindi Christensen, Polk City, IA
10-11 Phyllis Gordon, San Antonio, TX
09-10 Rita Clark, Rochester, MN
08-09 Catherine Wiegand, Toledo, OH
07-08 Patricia Matula, Northhampton, PA
06-07 Diane Treat-Jacobson, Minneapolis, MN
05-06 Carolyn Robinson, Minneapolis, MN
04-05 Catherine Wiegand, Toledo, OH
03-04 Patricia A. Lewis, Cooperstown, NY
02-03 Marjorie Lovell, London, Ontario, Canada
01-02 Karen Bruni-Fitzgerald, Albany, NY
00-01 Ruth Edwards, Minnetonka, MN
99-00 Denise M. Fitzgerald, Rochester, NY
98-99 M. Eileen Walsh, Toledo, OH
97-98 Patricia Baum, Boston, MA
96-97 Cynthia D. Lewis, Milwaukee, WI
95-96 Joann Hatton, Beaver, PA
94-95 Jane C. Frasca, Boston MA
93-94 Janice D. Nunnelee, Manchester, MO
92-93 Mitzi A. Ekers, Tampa, FL
91-92 Janice D. Nunnelee, Manchester, MO
90-91 Sheila A. White, West Babylon, NY
89-90 Janice D. Nunnelee, Manchester, MO
88-89 Pamela Anstine-Bessenecker
87-88 Victora A. Fahey, Chicago, IL
86-87 Mitzi A. Ekers, Tampa, FL
82-85 Jeanne E. Doyle, Boston, MA
SVN Annual Conventions
2015 Las Vegas, NV
2014 San Antonio, TX
2013 Boston, MA
2012 Tucson, AZ, 30th Anniversary Celebration
2011 Nashville, TN
2010 New Orleans, LA
2009 Denver, CO
2008 San Diego, CA
2007 Baltimore, MD, 25th Anniversary Celebration
2006 Las Vegas, NV
2005 Cincinnati, OH
2004 Albuquerque, NM
2003 Philadelphia, PA
2002 Orlando, FL, 20th Anniversary Celebration
2001 Minneapolis, MN
2000 San Antonio, TX
1999 Las Vegas, NV
1998 Crystal City, VA (Washington, DC)
1997 Atlanta, GA
1996 New Orleans, LA
1995 Scottsdale, AZ
1994 St. Louis, MO
1993 Washington, DC
1992 Chicago, IL, 10th Anniversary Celebration
1991 Boston, MA
1990 Los Angeles, CA
1989 New York, NY
1988 Chicago, IL
1987 Toronto, ON
1986 New Orleans, LA
1985 Baltimore, MD
1984 Atlanta, GA
1983 San Francisco, CA
Jeanne E. Doyle Award Winners
2015 Cindi Christensen
2014 Cynthia Lewis
2013 Rita Clark
2012 Debra Kohlman-Trigoboff
2011 Katherine M. Ware
2010 Carolyn Robinson
2009 Melody Heffline
2008 Diane Treat‐Jacobson
2007 Glena Lawson
2006 Karen Bruni
2005 Patricia Lewis
2004 Robyn Strauss
2003 Deidre Wipke‐Tevis
2002 Dolores Poot
2001 Anne Aquila
2000 Marge Lovell
1999 Pat Matula
1998 Jennie Daugherty
1997 M. Eileen Walsh
1996 Denise Fitzgerald
1995 Mary Sieggreen
1994 Mitzi Ekers
1993 No Recipient
1992 Jan Nunnelee
1991 Myrna Karsten
1990 Vicki Fahey
1989 Cheryl Hubner
1988 Jackie Helt
1987 Jane Frasca