Happy END week!  Head over to ASET’s website for more info and END week merchandise.  Also you can check out their Facebook page where people are posting their END week photos.

Hotel Pére Marquette
501 Main St.
Peoria, IL  61602
(309) 637-6500

Reservation center (800) 447-1676
(Ask for the CSET/INI conference & oral board exam special rate $109)

Welcome to the Central Society of Electroneurodiatnostic Technologists Annual Meeting to be held in Peoria, Illinois, April 22nd & 23rd, 2009 at the Hotel Pére Marquette.

ABRET Exams will be held the 24th & 25th.

[UPDATE]

Download the CSET 2010 Anuual Meeting brochure here.

The results from the board member election are in!

New board members are:

Sara Batson, R.EEGT., R.PSGT.
Angie Gustafson, R.EEGT., R.PSGT
Ryan Lau, R.EEG/EPT., CNIM, CLTM

Secretary is:

Sherry Kelly, R.EEG/EPT., R.PSGT.

Consideration of all the candidates is appreciated and they will all be contacted about the possibility of running for the positions which come open in 2010.

The March 2010 RPSGT exam testing window has been set for March 15-27. Deadline for submission of applications to test in the March window is February 16. [BRPT]

The Neurophysiology Research and Education Consortium (NREC) is looking for data collectors of IONM outcomes data from multiple centers. For more information get the pdf publication here.  Also visit www.nrec.info [via ASET]

CSET is now accepting online payments for membership. Just visit our members page and select ’subscribe’. If you want to only pay for 1 year at a time you can make a one time payment using the ‘buy now’ option.

Results are going out this week to the latest EEG & EP oral exam takers, good luck!  [ABRET via Twitter]

Verne D. Hulce, Ph. D., R. EP T, CNIM, RPSGT, RRT
March 9, 1942 – September 3, 2009

Dr. Hulce was a long-term advisor and contributer to MSET as an honorary board member; speaker; advisor; sponsor; and motivator. His life-long endeavor to overcome obstacles began early in life and he never allowed the deafness acquired as a premature infant to prevent him from his pursuit of excellence.

He will also be remembered for his contributions to research for treatments of neurologic disorders, traumatic brain/spinal cord injury prevention, expertise in electrophysiology, being an avid sailor and aviator instructor, and his contributions as executive administrator to the Field Neurosciences Institute at St. Mary’s of Michigan.

Verne was a long-term supporter of MSET and its mission of providing educational opportunities to electroneurodiagnostic and  polysomnographic technologists. He was a tireless advocate of promoting professional excellence through education and attainment of professional credentials.

You will be sorely missed, Verne…

In memory of Verne, and to honor his passion, MSET has developed the “Verne Hulce Award of Excellence”.  The award will be a grant, to be presented annually to a current MSET member, for the purpose of funding their continuing education. This award may be used to purchase educational material, attend conference/seminar, or to obtain END/PSG credentials in pursuit of professional excellence.

To submit a memoriam or donation to the “Verne Hulce Award of Excellence” fund, please contact MSET President Connie Kubiak; ckubiak@mhc.net or MSET Secretary/Treasurer Mary Harvey; mharvey@stmarysofmichigan.org

A copy of the memoriam as delivered by Connie Kubiak at the September 2009 MSET meeting can be viewed here.

Memorial plans for Verne are scheduled as follows:

Friday Nov. 13, 2009
6:30 p.m.
Old Town Christian Outreach Center
600 Gratiot
Saginaw, Michigan

In lieu of flowers/plants the family has asked donations be made to the Verne Hulce Award of Excellence in care of MSET.  Please contact Connie Kubiak at ckubiak@mhc.net for specifics.

[MSET]

Application deadlines for the February/March EP and CNIM examinations have been moved to January 15, 2010.  [ABRET via Twitter]

October 24-25th
Chicago, IL

ASNM 2009 Fall Symposium
“Current Trends in Intraoperative Monitoring”
Visit www.asnm.org for more info