The Society for Vascular Surgery (SVS) convened its Annual Business Meeting at the Vascular Annual Meeting (VAM) on June 22 in Chicago.
A highlight of the event was the announcement of the 2023–2024 award recipients by the outgoing Foundation Chair Michael C. Dalsing, MD.
The full list of recipients who received accolades during the gathering are as follows:
James S. T. Yao Resident Research Award
Kevin D. Mangum, MD, PhD
Vascular surgery integrated resident
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
Title: “The STAT3-SETDB2 axis dictates NFKB-mediated inflammation in macrophages during wound repair”
Vascular Research Initiatives Conference Trainee Awards
Shaunak Adkar, MD, PhD
Integrated vascular surgery resident
Stanford University, Stanford, California
Title: “Soluble guanylate cyclase activators as potential novel PAD therapeutics”
Jack Bontekoe, MD
Integrated vascular surgery resident
University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics, Madison
Title: “Reduction of abdominal aortic aneurysm rupture by modulating smooth muscle cell phenotype switching”
Nathaniel Parchment, MD
Integrated thoracic surgery resident
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
Title: “Endothelial mixed lineage leukemia 1 (kmt2a/MLL1) as a central mediator of immunothrombosis during SARS-CoV-2 infection”
Lucas Reckard-Mota, MD
General surgery resident
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center/ Harvard Medical School, Boston
Title: “Deciphering prosthetic bypass graft-to-artery anastomosis dynamics at the molecular level: A single-nuclei and spatial transcriptomics analysis”
Student Research Fellowship Awards
Daniel Zikri Aziz
University of Virginia, Charlottesville
Sponsor: Melina R. Kibbe, MD
Title: “Advancements in early detection of abdominal aortic aneurysms via nanomaterial-conjugated contrast agents”
Warren Carter
Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut
Title: “Carotid revascularization outcomes of premature carotid atherosclerosis among patients in neighborhoods of differing social disadvantage”
Caryn Dooner
University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
Title: “Assessing and addressing health literacy in vascular surgery patients”
Alasdair Fletcher
VA Boston Healthcare, Boston
Title: “Comparing indications for and rates of atherectomy for PAD in single-payer VA healthcare system with national trends”
Alejandra Silva Hernandez
University of Washington, Seattle
Title: “A sustainable real vessel-on-a-chip as an observable disease model of intima hyperplasia”
Stuthi Iyer
University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh
Title: “The association between frailty and major adverse limb events is mediated by depression after revascularization for chronic limb-threatening ischemia”
Amin Ali Mirzaie
University of Florida, Gainesville
Title: “Assessing prognostic expectations in patients with chronic limb-threatening ischemia”
Vikki Rueda
Northwell Health, New Hyde Park, New York
Title: “The impact of social determinants of health on genetic profiles in diabetic foot ulcers between responders and nonresponders to standard of care”
Andrew William Schwartz
Yale School of Medicine
Title: “The role of Sox6 expression in venous remodeling after arteriovenous fistula creation”
Hana Soraya Shafique
Duke University School of Medicine
Title: “The role of Spp1+ macrophages in peripheral arterial disease”
Garrett Blane Sweatt
Southern Illinois University School of Medicine, Springfield
Title: “Chronic total occlusion length on long-term femoropopliteal segment patency in chronic limb-threatening ischemia: Are the currently accepted cutoffs supported by clinical data?”
Ashley Xu
University of California, San Francisco
Title: “Underlying mechanisms of vascular calcification in peripheral artery disease (PAD)”
To learn more about the awards and the work of the SVS Foundation, visit vascular.org/ FoundationAwards.
