Circulation. 1999;99:2492-2495
(Circulation. 1999;99:2492-2495.)
© 1999 American Heart Association, Inc.
Awards and Named Lecturers at the American Heart Association 71st Scientific Sessions
Douglas L. Mann, MD1
1 for the Editors of Circulation
The 71st Scientific Sessions
of the American Heart Association were held in Dallas, Tex, November 8
through 11, 1998. A traditional highlight of the annual AHA Scientific
Sessions is the recognition of excellence in clinical and basic
cardiovascular research via the Scientific Councils'
distinguished lectureships, awards, and Young Investigator
competitions. The awardees and nominees for these distinguished
lectureships, awards, and Young Investigator competitions. The awardees
and nominees for these distinguished lectureships, awards, and Young
Investigator competitions follow.
Research Awards
Martha N. Hill New Investigator Award: Lora E. Burke
(first place), University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pa; Gayle R.
Whitman (second place), University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pa; and
Theresa Beery (third place), University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio
(Figure 1
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Figure 1. New Investigator Award, Council on
Cardiovascular Nursing. From left: Kathleen Grady,
program chair; Lora E. Burke, winner; Gayle Whitman, 1st runner-up;
Theresa Beery, 2nd runner-up; and Kathleen King, council vice
chair.
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Elizabeth Barrett-Connor Research Award in
Epidemiology and Prevention for Investigators
in Training: Jersey Chen (winner), Yale University School of
Medicine, New Haven, Conn; Kelly R. Evenson (finalist), UNC-Chapel
Hill, Chapel Hill, NC; Frank B. Hu (finalist), Harvard University,
Boston, Mass (Figure 2).
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Figure 2. Elizabeth Barrett-Connor Research Award, Council on
Epidemiology. From left: Lori Mosca, program
vice chair; Harlan Krumholz, mentor for Jersey Chen; Jersey Chen,
winner; Kelly R. Evenson, finalist; Michael Criqui, council vice chair;
Frank B. Hu, finalist; Wayne Rosamond, mentor for Kelly Evenson;
Shiriki Kumanyika, council chair; and Aaron Folsom, program
chair.
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Irvine H. Page Arteriosclerosis Research
Awards for Young Investigators: M. Mahmood Hussain (winner),
Allegheny University of the Health Sciences, Philadelphia, Pa; Benoit
Lamarche (finalist), University of Toronto, Toronto,
Ontario, Canada; Robert E. Gerszten (finalist), Massachusetts General
Hospital, Charlestown, Mass; Devendra K. Vora (finalist), UCLA Medical
Center, Los Angeles, Calif; Domenico Pratico (finalist), University
of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pa (Figure 3).
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Figure 3. Irvine H. Page Arteriosclerosis
Research Award, Council on Arteriosclerosis,
Thrombosis, and Vascular Biology. From left: Alan Fogelman, council
chair; Benoit Lamarche, finalist; M. Mahmood Hussain, winner; Robert E.
Gerszten, finalist; and Devendra Vora, finalist. Not pictured: Domenico
Pratico, finalist.
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Louis N. and Arnold M. Katz Basic Science Research Prizes for
Young Investigators: Peter Michael Snyder (winner), University of
Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa; Jonathan A. Epstein (finalist), University of
Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pa; Ulrike Mende (finalist), Brigham and
Women's Hospital, Boston, Mass; W. Robb MacLellan (finalist), Baylor
College of Medicine, Houston, Tex (Figure 4).
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Figure 4. Louis and Arnold Katz Prize for Young
Investigators, Council on Basic Science. From left: Gary Stiles,
council chair; Peter M. Snyder, winner; Jonathan A. Epstein, finalist;
Ulrike Mende, finalist; and W. Robb MacLellan, finalist. The fifth
finalist was disqualified.
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Melvin L. Marcus Young Investigator Awards in
Cardiovascular Integrated Physiology: Karla
Kurrelmeyer (winner), Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Tex;
Michael R. Brown (finalist), University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa;
Hai U. Wang (finalist), California Institute of Technology, Pasadena,
Calif; Gabriel Choukroun (finalist), Massachusetts General Hospital,
Charlestown, Mass; Kou-Gi Shyu (finalist), St. Elizabeth's Medical
Center, Boston, Mass (Figure 5).
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Figure 5. Melvin L. Marcus Young Investigator Award, Council
on Circulation. From left: Michael R. Brown, finalist; Karla
Kurrelmeyer, winner; Hai U. Wang, finalist; Gabriel Choukroun,
finalist; and Richard Cohen, Marcus Award chair. Not pictured:
Kou-Gi Shyu, finalist.
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Samuel A. Levine Young Clinical Investigator Awards: Abhiram
Prasad (winner), National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Md; Josef
Niebauer (finalist), University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany; Carolina
Delgado (finalist), University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Mich;
Sanjiv M. Narayan (finalist), Washington University School of Medicine,
St. Louis, Mo; Eike Nagel (finalist), HU Berlin and German Heart
Institute (Figure 6).
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Figure 6. Samuel A. Levine Young Clinical Investigator Award,
Council on Clinical Cardiology. From left: Abhiram
Prasad, winner; Josef Niebauer, finalist; Carolina Delgado, finalist;
Sanjiv M. Narayan, finalist; Eike Nagel, finalist; and Charles Francis,
council chair.
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The Cournand and Comroe Young Investigator Prizes in
Cardiopulmonary and Critical Care: Bernard Thebaud
(cowinner), University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada; David E.
Carney (cowinner), SUNY HSC, Syracuse, NY; Raphael Rosenhek (finalist),
University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria (Figure 7).
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Figure 7. Cournand and Comroe Young Investigator Prize,
Council on Cardiopulmonary and Critical Care. From left:
Michael Wolin, program chair; Bernard Thebaud, cowinner; David E.
Carney, cowinner; Raphael Rosenhek, finalist; and Richard Kerber,
council chair.
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Vivien Thomas Young Investigator Awards: G. Randall
Green (winner), Stanford University, Palo Alto, Calif; Permyos
Ruengsakulrach (finalist), Austin & Repatriation Medical Center,
Melbourne, Australia; Caroline Metais (finalist), Beth Israel Deaconess
Medical Center, Boston, Mass; Henry L. Zhu (finalist), University of
Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pa; Motohisa Tofukuji (finalist), Beth
Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, Mass (Figure 8).
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Figure 8. Vivien Thomas Young Investigator Award, Council
on Cardio-Thoracic and Vascular Surgery. From left: Permyos
Ruengsakulrach, finalist; G. Randall Green, winner; Caroline Metais,
finalist; Henry L. Zhu, finalist; Motohisa Tofukuji, finalist; and
Hartzell Schaff, program vice chair.
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Young Investigator Prize in Thrombosis: Gary E. Cooke
(winner), Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio (Figure 9).
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Figure 9. Young Investigator in Thrombosis, Council on
Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis, and Vascular Biology.
From left: Glen E. Cooke, winner; Alan Fogelman, council chair.
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Laennec Society Young Clinician Award: Sunita Maheshwari
(winner); Rohan G. Perera (finalist); Brett M. Sasseen (finalist);
Joshua Beckman (finalist); Charles Bruce (finalist) (Figure 10).
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Figure 10. Laennec Society Young Clinician Award, Council on
Clinical Cardiology. From left: Rohan G. Perera,
finalist; Sunita Maheshwari, winner; Brett M. Sasseen, finalist; and
Michael Crawford, award chair. Not pictured: Joshua Beckman, finalist,
and Charles Bruce, finalist.
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Named Lectureships
Named lecturers for 1998 were for the Lewis A. Conner
Memorial Lecture, Francis S. Collins, MD, PhD, National Human
Genome Research Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Md;
for the Sol Sherry Lecture in Thrombosis, Laszlo Lorand,
PhD, Northwestern University Medical School, Chicago, Ill; for the
Paul Dudley White International Lecture, Rene G. Favaloro,
MD, Instituto de Cardiologia y Cirugia Cardiovascular,
Buenos Aires, Argentina; for the George Lyman Duff Memorial
Lecture, Peter Libby, MD, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston,
Mass; for the Lewis K. Dahl Memorial Lecture, Richard J.
Roman, PhD, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wis; for the
William W.L. Glenn Lecture, Denton A. Cooley, MD, Texas
Heart Institute, Houston, Tex; for the Ancel Keys Lecture,
Millicent W. Higgins, MD, DPH, University of Michigan School of Public
Health, Ann Arbor, Mich; for the Dickinson W. Richards Memorial,
Lecture, Max Harry Weil, MD, PhD, Institute of Critical Care, Palm
Springs, Calif; for the Laennec Society Invited Lecture,
Blase Anthony Carabello, MD, Medical University of South Carolina,
Charleston, SC; for the Charles T. Dotter Memorial Lecture,
Herbert L. Abrams, MD, Stanford University Medical School, Palo Alto,
Calif; for the George E. Brown Memorial Lecture, Gabor
Kaley, PhD, New York Medical College, Valhalla, NY (Figure 11); for the William J. Rashkind
Memorial Lecture, Renee C. Fox, PhD, and Professor Emerita,
University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pa; for the Thomas
W. Smith Memorial Lecture, Eva J. Neer, MD, Brigham and Women's
Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Mass; for the T.
Duckett Jones Memorial Lecture, Welton M. Gersony, MD,
Columbia University, New York, NY; and for the
Distinguished Vascular Biology Lecture, Russell Ross, PhD,
University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, Wash.
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Figure 11. George E. Brown Memorial Lecture, Council on
Circulation. From left: Thomas Hintze, council vice chair; Gabor
Kaley, lecturer.
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AHA Scientific Councils' Distinguished Achievement Awards
Recipients of the AHA Scientific Councils' Distinguished
Achievement Awards were Jay N. Cohn, University of Minnesota,
Minneapolis, Minn, Council on Clinical Cardiology;
Charles A. Hales, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Mass, and
Stephen F. Vatner, Allegheny University of Health Science, Pittsburgh,
Pa, Council on Basic Science, Cardiopulmonary and Critical
Care, and Circulation; Floyd Loop, Cleveland, Ohio, Council on
Cardiovascular Disease in the Young and Cardio-Thoracic
and Vascular Surgery; Julia Ann Purcell, Stone Mountain, Ga, Council on
Cardiovascular Nursing; Thomas F. Deuel, Boston,
Mass, Council on Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis, and
Vascular Biology.
Other notable awardees included Oliver Smithies, Chapel Hill, NC
(Figure 12), and Barry S. Coller, New
York, NY (Figure 13), winners of the
Research Achievement Award; Louis J. Ignarro, winner of the Basic
Research Prize (Figure 14); Jerilyn K.
Allen, Baltimore, Md, winner of the Katharine A. Lembright Award;
Cardiovascular Medicine Research Award; Julia Ann
Purcell, Stone Mountain, Ga, winner of the Excellence in
Cardiovascular Nursing Clinical Practice Award; Barbara
J. Riegel, San Diego, Calif, winner of the Council on
Cardiovascular Nursing Heart Failure Research Prize;
winner of the 1998 Best Abstract Award, John M. Herre, Norfolk, Va;
Michael S. Gordon, Miami, FL, winner of the Laennec Special Recognition
Award; and Henrick Joan Joost Wellens, Netherlands, winner of the James
B. Herrick Award (Figure 15).
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Figure 15. James B. Herrick Award, Council on Clinical
Cardiology. From left: award winner Hein J.J. Wellens
and Charles Francis, council chair.
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