SVM 2011 Award Recipients

Jess R. Young Outstanding Young Educator Award
Thom W. Rooke, MD, FSVM

Master of SVM
J. Michael Bacharach, MD, MPH, FSVM

Young Investigator Awards
1st Place Basic Science:
Ngan F. Huang, PhD, Stanford University
"Therapeutic Treatment of Critical Limb Ischemia Using Human Induced Pluripotent Stem Cell-Derived Endothelial Cells"

Runner-up Basic Science:
Porama Thanaporn, MD, Stanford University
"Activation of Aldehyde Dehydrogenase Type 2 (ALDH2) by alda-1 Increases Maximum Running Distance in a Hindlimb Ischemia Model of Peripheral Arterial Disease"

1st Place Clinical Science:
Aurelien Wauters, MD, Dept. of Cardiology, Hospital Erasme, Belgium
"Acute exposure to diesel particle matter impairs NO-mediated microvascular function"

Runner-up Clinical Science:
Amy M. West, MD, University of Virginia Health System
"Improvement in Calf Muscle Energetics After Percutaneous Intervention in Patients with Symptomatic Peripheral Arterial Disease as Measured with MRI"

Learn more about SVM Awards:

• Jess R. Young Outstanding Vascular Medicine Educator Award
• Master of the Society for Vascular Medicine Award
• Jay D. Coffman Young Investigator Award
• Travel Grant Award