Awards – Scientific Sessions

Council on Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis and Vascular Biology (ATVB)

• George Lyman Duff Memorial Lecture
• Kiran Musunuru, MD, PhD< MPH, ML, MRA, FAHA
• Russell Ross Memorial Lectureship in Vascular Biology
• Edward A. Fisher, MD, PhD, FAHA
• Sol Sherry Distinguished Lecture in Thrombosis
• John W. Weisel, PhD

Council on Basic Cardiovascular Sciences (BCVS)

• George E. Brown Memorial Lecture
• Timothy J. Kamp, MD, PhD, FAHA, FACC, FISHR
• Kenneth. D. Bloch Memorial Lecture in Vascular Biology
• Saumya Das, MD, PhD, MSc
• Thomas W. Smith Memorial Lecture
• Howard A. Rockman, MD, FAHA

Council on Cardiopulmonary, Critical Care, Perioperative and Resuscitation (3CPR)

• 3CPR Mid-Career Achievement Award and Lecture
• Sudarshan Rajagopal, MD, PhD, FAHA

Council on Cardiovascular Surgery and Anesthesia (CVSA)

• William W. L. Glenn Lecture
• Joyce Ann Wahr, MD, FAHA

Council on Cardiovascular Radiology and Intervention (CVRI)

• Charles T. Dotter Memorial Lecture
• Arthur Stillman, MD, PhD, FACR, FAHA, FNASCI, FSABI

Council on Clinical Cardiology (CLCD)

• James B. Herrick Award for Outstanding Achievement in Clinical Cardiology
• Eric Topol, MD
• Laennec Clinician Educator Lecture
• C. Noel Bairey Merz, MD, FAHA

Council on Cardiovascular and Stroke Nursing (CVSN)

• Katharine A. Lembright Award and Lecture
• Christopher Sean Lee, PhD, RN, FAHA, FAAN, FHFSA
• Kathleen A. Dracup Distinguished Lecture Exemplary Career in Mentoring Award
• Jacquelyn Y. Taylor, PhD, PNP-BC, RN, FAHA, FAAN

Council on Epidemiology and Prevention (EPI)

• Ancel Keys Memorial Lecture
  • Caroline Fox, MD, MPH, FAHA
• GPM and EPI Mid-Career Research Award and Lecture
• Victoria N. Parikh, MD

Council on Lifestyle and Cardiometabolic Health (LCH)

• Robert I. Levy Memorial Lecture
  • Pamela B. Morris, MD, FACC, FAHA, FASPC, FESC, FNLA

Council on Lifelong Congenital Heart Disease and Heart Health in the Young (Young Hearts)

• Alexander S. Nadas Lecture
  • Elaine Urbina, MD, MS, FAHA
• William J. Rashkind Memorial Lecture
  • James G. Robinson

3CPR Distinguished Achievement Award

• Bradley A. Maron, MD, FAHA

ATVB Distinguished Achievement Award in Vascular Discovery

• Mark W. Majesky, PhD, FAHA

BCVS Distinguished Achievement Award

• Joseph A. Hill, MD, PhD, FAHA

CLCD Distinguished Achievement Award

• Roger S. Blumenthal, MD, FAHA

CVRI Distinguished Achievement Award

• Sanjay Misra, MD, FAHA, FSIR, FACR

Council on Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis and Vascular Biology (ATVB)

• ATVB Special Recognition Award in Arteriosclerosis
  • Ebru Erbay, MD, PhD
• ATVB Special Recognition Award in Thrombosis
  • Miao Wang, PhD, FAHA
• ATVB Special Recognition Award in Vascular Biology
  • Hanjoong Jo, PhD, FAAAS, FBMES, FAIMBE, FAHA, FAPS

Council on Cardiopulmonary, Critical Care, Perioperative and Resuscitation (3CPR)

• 3CPR Best Abstract Award
  • Bisheng Zhou, PhD

Council on Cardiovascular and Stroke Nursing (CVSN)

• CVSN Best Abstract Award
  • Diego Redondo-Saenz, MPhil, MSN
• CVSN Excellence in Clinical Practice Award
  • Jennifer K. Peterson, PhD, APRN-CNS, CCNS, CNE, FAHA
• CVSN Marie Cowan Promising Early Career Investigator Award
  • Chin-Yen Lin, RN, PhD
• CVSN Mathy Mezey Excellence in Aging Award
  • Anna Strömberg, RN, PhD, FESC, FAHA, FAAN
• CVSN Research Article of the Year Award
  • Anne W. Alexandrov, PhD, RN, AGACNP-BC, ANVP-BC, ASC-BC, FAAN
• CVSN Stroke Article of the Year Award
  • Chiao-Hsin Teng, PhD, RN

Council on Cardiovascular Surgery and Anesthesia (CVSA)

• CVSA Surgery and Anesthesiology Mentoring Award
  • Jennifer S. Lawton, MD, FAHA

Council on Clinical Cardiology (CLCD)

• Laennec Master Clinician Award
  • George D. Dangas, MD, PhD, FAHA
• Women in Cardiology Mentoring Award
  • Svati H. Shah, MD, MS, MHS, FAHA

Council on Genomic and Precision Medicine (GPM)

• GPM Medal of Honor
  • Thomas J. Wang, MD, FAHA
• GPM Mentoring Award
  • Pradeep Natarajan, MD, MMSc, FAHA

Council on Quality of Care and Outcomes Research (QCOR)

• QCOR Outstanding Lifetime Achievement Award
  • Michael Ho, MD, PhD, FAHA

Council on Lifelong Congenital Heart Disease and Heart Health in the Young (Young Hearts)

• Outstanding Research Award in Pediatric Cardiology
  • Hideyuki Nakaoka, MD, PhD
  • Jonathan Soslow, MD, MS
  • Zeyad Kholeif, MD
• Young Hearts Meritorious Achievement Award
  • Shelley Miyamoto, MD, FAHA
• Young Hearts Visiting Faculty Career Development Award
  • Shaine A. Morris, MD, MPH, FAHA

• The Jack Sarver Prize in Basic Science
  • Dan Tong, MD, PhD – Winner
  • Jesse W. Williams, PhD, FAHA – Runner Up
  • Han Zhu, MD – Finalist
  • James Lo, MD, PhD – Finalist
• The Jack Sarver Prize in Clinical Science
  • Luisa C. Brant, MD, PhD – Winner
  • Pavan K. Bendapudi, MD – Runner-Up

Council on Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis and Vascular Biology (ATVB)

• Elaine W. Raines Early Career Investigator Award
  • Divyesh Joshi, PhD
  • Jae Hyun Byun, MSc
  • Long Do, MSc
  • Tomoyo Hamana, MD, PhD
  • Xun Wu, PhD

Council on Basic Cardiovascular Sciences (BCVS)

• Louis N. and Arnold M. Katz Basic Science Research Prize for Early Career Investigators
  • Abou Bakr M. Salama, MD, PhD
  • Alexander Merriman, MD, PhD
  • Amir Z. Munir, MD
  • Yin Sun, PhD
  • Zeina R. Al Sayed, PhD
• Melvin L. Marcus Early Career Investigator Award in Cardiovascular Sciences
  • Abigail Giles, PhD
  • Elizabeth Silver, MD
  • Kylene M. Harold, PhD
  • Lucilla Giammarino, MSc, PhD
  • Yiyi Yang, PhD

Council on Cardiopulmonary, Critical Care, Perioperative and Resuscitation (3CPR)

• Cournand and Comroe Early Career Investigator Award
  • Masashi Okubo, MD, MS
  • Qingqing ‘Stella’ Meng, MD
  • Shreya Sangam, PharmD, PhD
  • Vishal Narasinga Rao, MD, MPH

Council on Cardiovascular Surgery and Anesthesia (CVSA)

• Council on Cardiovascular Surgery and Anesthesia Early Career Investigator Abstract Award
  • Chi Chi Do-Nguyen, DO
  • Jad Hamze
  • Melina Heine, MD
  • Riya Reddy
  • Yogesh Karnam, PhD
• Vivien Thomas Early Career Investigator Award
  • Diego Quiroga, PhD
  • Himanshu Kaushik
  • Kosuke Nakamae, MD, PhD
  • Michael A. Catalano, MD, MSTR

Council on Cardiovascular and Stroke Nursing (CVSN)

• Martha N. Hill Early Career Investigator Award
  • Faith Elise Metlock, PhD, RN
  • Sukardi Suba, PhD, RN
  • Yashika Sharma, PhD, RN

Council on Clinical Cardiology (CLCD)

• Laennec Fellow in Training (FIT) Clinician Award
  • Brett C. Austin, MD
  • Elizabeth C. Ghandakly, MD, JD
  • Katherine Casarona, MD
  • Lorenzo Braghieri, MD
  • Michael Hendrickson, MD
• Samuel A. Levine Early Career Clinical Investigator Award
  • Ahmed El-Medany, MBChB, MRCP, MSc, FHEA
  • Chieh-Ju Chao, MD, FACC
  • Marte Meyer Walle-Hansen, MD, PhD
  • Matthew O'Neill, MD, PhD
  • Rayyan Islam, MBBS
• Quest Diagnostics Early Career Investigator Award for Preventive Cardiovascular Medicine Research
  Sponsored by Quest Diagnostics Center of Excellence for Cardiometabolic Testing at Cleveland Heart Lab
• Aidan Birdi, BSc
• Injeong Shim, PhD
• Leonard Chiu, MD, MS
• Muhammet Hasan, MD
• Sumeet Khetarpal, MD, PhD

Council on Cardiovascular Radiology and Intervention (CVRI)

• Melvin Judkins Early Career Clinical Investigator Award
  • Alexander Schulz, MD
  • Amir Hossein Behnoush, MD, MPH
  • Elio Salameh, MD
  • Franca Morselli, MD, MRCP(Lon), MPhil
  • Jan M. Brendel, MD

Council on Epidemiology and Prevention

• Elizabeth Barrett-Connor Research Award for Early Career Investigators
  • Ashish Verma, MBBS
  • Ian Everitt, MD, MPH
  • Michael Chilazi, MD
  • Sulaiman Somani, MD
  • Zhiqi Yao, MD, ScM

Council on Genomic and Precision Medicine (GPM)

• Genomic and Precision Medicine Early Career Investigator Award
  • Aiste Liutkute, PhD
  • Guoyi Yang, PhD
  • Philip Croon, MD
  • Thomas Agbaedeng, PhD
  • Youssef Makarem, MD

Council on Lifestyle and Cardiometabolic Health

• Lifestyle and Cardiometabolic Health Early Career Investigator Award
  • Jimin Hwang, MD, MPH
  • Yasuhiro Hamatani, MD, PhD
  • Zhiyuan Wu, PhD

Council on Lifelong Congenital Heart Disease and Heart Health in the Young (Young Hearts)

• Young Hearts Early Career Investigator Award
  • Ainsley Hutchison
  • Bryan Mosher, MD, PhD
  • Caitlin J. Bowen, MD, PhD
  • Joseph Starnes, MD, MPH
  • Kimberley G. Miles, MD

Council on Peripheral Vascular Disease (PVD)

• Jay D. Coffman Early Career Investigator Award
  • Joseph M. Kim, MD, MSc
  • Matthew Anderson, MD
  • Shayan Mohammadmoradi, PhD, MS

Council on Quality of Care and Outcomes Research (QCOR)

• QCOR Early Career Investigator Abstract Award
  • Eunjung Lee, PhD
  • Gaëlle Romain, PhD, MSc
  • Hoang Nhat Pham, MD
  • James Walker
  • Rohan Shad, MD

Council on Cardiopulmonary, Critical Care, Perioperative and Resuscitation (3CPR)

• 3CPR Council Travel Stipend for Scientific Sessions (Abstract Required)
  • Arnav Mana
  • Arpita Roy, PhD
  • Chongyang Zhang
  • Cong Wang, MS
  • Kewen Xiong
  • Madelyn Blake
  • Maryam Emamimeybodi, MD
  • Mauro Lago Docampo, PhD
  • Qi Zheng, PhD
  • Siyi Jiang

Council on Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis and Vascular Biology (ATVB)

• ATVB Council Travel Stipend for Scientific Sessions (Abstract Required)
  • Ali Ajam, MD
  • Camille Brzechffa
  • Declan Manning, PhD
  • Jianing Gao, PhD
  • Jingjing Pang, PhD
  • Nicole Svedberg, PhD
  • Ravi Varma Aithabathula, PhD
  • Ruijia Feng, MD, PhD
  • Rulin Zhuang, MD, PhD
  • Shadi Abdelaal, MD
  • Tomasz Kaminski, PhD
  • Vladislav Baglaev
  • Yang Xu, MD, PhD
  • Yongfeng Cai, PhD
  • Yuyao Feng, MD

Council on Basic Cardiovascular Sciences (BCVS)

• BCVS Council Travel Stipend for Scientific Sessions (Abstract Required)
  • Anna Qi
  • Anna Schwarzkopf
  • Antonio Ribeiro Junior, PhD, MSc
  • Ava Yektaeian Vaziri, MSc
  • Bilal Khan Mohammed, MD
  • Dan Shan, PhD
  • David Wu
  • Enya Dewars
  • Gabriel Esmailian, MD
  • Guzel Musina, MS
  • Hanyu Zhang, PhD, MS
  • Hriju Adhikari
  • Joshua Holmes
  • Kyungsene Lee, PhD
  • Lauren Schnitkey
  • Malihe Rezaee, MD
  • Prabhash Jha, PhD, MSc
  • Roberta Aghogho Onoharigho, MSc
  • Sheetalnath Rooge, PhD
  • Suyoung Lee, PhD
  • Young Geun Choi, MS
  • Zhenhe Zhang, PhD
• BCVS Council International Travel Stipend for Scientific Sessions (Abstract Required)
  • Hidenori Tani, MD, PhD
  • Koshi Ideguchi
  • Liming Chen, PhD
  • Ryo Numazawa, PT, MSc
  • Yu Liu

Council on Cardiovascular Radiology and Intervention (CVRI)

• CVRI Council Travel Stipend for Scientific Sessions (Abstract Required)
  • Annora Ai-Wei Kumar, MD
  • Danesh Soltani, MD, MPH
  • Elham Mahmoudi, MD, MPH
  • Eshan Momin
  • Remy Chritah
  • Sara Gharehdaghi, MD
  • Zhaorong Lin, MD

Council on Cardiovascular Surgery and Anesthesia (CVSA)

• CVSA Council Travel Stipend for Scientific Sessions (Abstract Required)
  • Aditya Dwivedi
  • Bruno Murad, MD

Council on Cardiovascular and Stroke Nursing (CVSN)

• CVSN Council Travel Stipend for Scientific Sessions (Abstract Required)
  • Chisom Phoebe Enebechi, RN
  • Elaine Yi Ning Miu, MSc
  • Smita Mathews, MSN
  • So Hyeon Bang, PhD, MSN
  • Zequan Wang, PhD, RN

Council on Genomic and Precision Medicine (GPM)

• GPM Council Travel Stipend for Scientific Sessions (Abstract Required)
  • Diane Xue, PhD
  • Itsuki Osawa, MD
  • Ozan Dikilitas, MD
  • Yuntian Guan, PhD
• GPM Council International Travel Stipend for Scientific Sessions (Abstract Required)
  • Maxim Annink, MD, MSc, LLM

Council on Lifelong Congenital Heart Disease and Heart Health in the Young (Young Hearts)

• Young Hearts Council Travel Stipend for Scientific Sessions (Abstract Required)
  • Hafsa Shahid, MD, MBB
  • Hang Xu, PhD
  • Nobuyuki Ikeda, MD
  • Zahraa Siddiqui, MD

Council on Quality of Care and Outcomes Research (QCOR)

• QCOR Council Travel Stipend for Scientific Sessions (Abstract Required)
  • Alexander Chee-Wong
  • Emmanuel Kokori, MD
  • Feng Gu, MD, PhD
  • George Perlman, MSc
  • Hiroki Mori, MD
  • Jieun Lee, PhD
  • Mahima Chillakanti, MS
  • Minh Tuan Viet Nguyen, MD, PhD
  • Mohammad Saadat, MD

Award applicants are not required to have an abstract submission to apply for these Scientific Sessions 2026 awards.

Council on Basic Cardiovascular Sciences (BCVS)

• BCVS Council Travel Stipend for Scientific Sessions (Abstract Not required)
  • Joyce Liu
  • Mahasweta (Maha) Nayak
  • Yu-Sheng Yeh, PhD, RD

Council on Clinical Cardiology (CLCD)

• CLCD Council Travel Stipend for Scientific Sessions (Abstract Not Required)
  • Anna Zaeske, MS
  • Biniyam Gemechu Demissei, MD, MSC, PhD
  • Chukwuemeka Christian Aghasili, MBChB
  • Garrett Goldin, MS
  • Grace Chilaka, MBBS
  • Hung Phan Huu
  • Kartik Mehta, MBBS
  • Simon Feseha, MD

Council on Genomic and Precision Medicine (GPM)

• GPM Council Travel Stipend for Scientific Sessions (Abstract Not Required)
  • Bayan Azizi, PharmD
  • Sherlyn Wijaya

Council on Peripheral Vascular Disease (PVD)

• PVD Council Fellows in Training (FIT) Travel Stipend for Scientific Sessions (Abstract Not Required)
  • Carlos Ortega, MD
  • Chandani Singh Nakarmi, MPH
  • Hewad Hewadmal, MD
  • Parya Behzadi, MSc, PhD