Jay D. Coffman Young Investigator Award

In honor of Jay D. Coffman, MD, (1928-2006), distinguished internist and researcher of vascular medicine and clinical cardiology, SVM sponsors an annual award in vascular medicine research.

Young Investigator Award Receipients

2011
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"

2010
Nicholas J. Leeper, MD - 1st place
Reena L. Pande, MD - 2nd place
Xudong Liao, PhD - 3rd place

2009
Michael Mestek, PhD - 1st place
Jeffrey Berger, MD  - 2nd place
Owen MacEneaney, MS - 3rd place

2008
Kenta Nakamura - 1st place
Heather Gornik, MD  - 2nd place
Naomi Hamburg, MD - 3rd place