Alexander S. Nadas Lecture

Sponsored by the Council on Lifelong Congenital Heart Disease and Heart Health in the Young

This lecture was established in 1986 by the Council on Lifelong Congenital Heart Disease and Heart Health in the Young to honor Dr. Nadas, who is recognized as one of the pioneers of pediatric cardiology. Dr. Nadas is known for his teaching of fellows. Both directly and indirectly through those he has trained, he is responsible for many of the advances that have made pediatric cardiology in the U.S. second to none. He was an active supporter of AHA and the Council on Lifelong Congenital Heart Disease and Heart Health in the Young for many years.

Current members of the Young Hearts Leadership Committee and the Young Hearts Nominating Committee are not eligible to be nominated for the award.

Award Recipients

Awardees of Prize-Winning Presentations
Year	Awardee Honoree and Presentation Title
2023	Angela Sharkey, MD, FAAP
2020	Jane W. Newburger, MD, MPH, FAHA
2017	Stephen R. Daniels, MD, PhD, FAHA "Ideal Cardiovascular Health: A Lifecourse Perspective on Cardiovascular Disease Prevention"
2014	Bruce D. Gelb "The Genetics of Congenital Heart Disease: Past and Present, Tension Between Simple and Complex"
2011	Eric Olson, PhD, FAHA “Heart Making and Heart Breaking: The Molecular Circuitry of Heart Development, Disease and Regeneration”
2008	Amnon Rosenthal, MD “Repaired, Not Cured"
2005	Roberta Williams, MD, FAHA “Preparing the Child With CHD For Adult Life-- Lessons Learned From Other Specialties”
2002	Thomas P. Graham, MD “Right Ventricular Function in Congenital Heart Disease – Lessons from the Past and Challenges for the Future"
1999	James E. Lock, M.D. "Pediatric Interventional Catheterization: Making the Transition from Idea to Practice"
1996	>Ronald M. Lauer, M.D. “Are Risk Factors for Heart Disease Present in Youth?”
1993	James H. Moller, M.D. "Fifty Years of Progress and Challenges for the Future"
1990	Norman S. Talner, M.D. "Blood Gases, pH, and Developing Myocardium: From Lavoisier to the 21st Century"
1987	Julien I. Hoffman, M.D. "The Importance of Right Ventricular Myocardial Blood Flow in Congenital Heart Disease”