2004 Endovascular Fellows' Research Award Competition The 2004 Endovascular Fellows' Research Award Competition will be held on Monday, February 9th, with awards and prizes to be presented during the ISES Annual Meeting on Tuesday, February 10. Entered below are the six finalists for the competition and the titles of their research manuscripts. Sekhri Amine, MD The London Clinic University College London Hospitals London, United Kingdom In Vivo Measurement of Aortic Compliance in AAA Before and After Open and Endoluminal Repair Niamh Hynes, MD Western Vascular Institute Galway University College Hospital Galway, Ireland Subintimal Angioplasty as a Primary Modality in the Management of Critical Limb Ischemia. A Parallel Group Study of Bypass Versus Angioplasty in Aortoiliac and Femoropopliteal Occlusive Disease Christoph Huber, MD Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois University Hospital Lausanne Lausanne, Switzerland New Tools for New Goals: Ultrasound Navigation Through the Heart for Off-Pump Aortic Valved Stent Implantation Boonprasit Kritpracha, MD Jobst Vascular Center The Toledo Hospital Toledo, OH  USA Post-Endograft Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Shrinkage Varies Among Hospitals: Observations From Multicenter Trials Colin Bicknell, MD St. Mary's Hospital London, United Kingdom Biological and Duplex Features of Carotid Plaques Predict Embolization During Carotid Endoluminal Intervention Srinvasa Rao Vallabhaneni, MBBS, FRCS Regional Vascular Unit Royal Liverpool University Hospital Liverpool, United Kingdom Heterogeneity of Tensile Strength and Matrix Metalloproteinase Activity in the Wall of Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms About the ISES Endovascular Fellows' Research Award Competition The Society energizes tomorrow's leading endovascular specialists by co-sponsoring the ISES Endovascular Fellows' Research Award Competition (formerly called the ISES Endovascular Research Award) with the International Congress on Endovascular Interventions. Each year, a group of endovascular fellows are selected for the competition based on a review of all submitted abstracts by the Selection Committee. The six top authors present their papers during the Peripheral Vascular Fellows' Forum, which takes place each February during the International Congress on Endovascular Interventions meeting. Three top prizes are awarded, including the prestigious grand prize, the ISES Endovascular Fellows' Research Award. Every fellow who submits an abstract receives a complimentary one-year ISES membership. Rewarding their Successes ISES Endovascular Fellows' Research Awards ISES Endovascular Fellows' Research Award Competition winners receive the following prizes (all in US dollars) during the ISES Annual Meeting:  First Place-$2,500 & $2,500 to the sponsoring training program Second Place-$1,000 Third Place-$500 ISES also presents the recipients of the first three awards with the following: ISES Endovascular Fellows' Research Award Reimbursement for transportation and hotel expenses up to $1,500 Publication of the manuscript in the Journal of Endovascular Therapy For information on how to participate in the 2005 Endovascular Fellows Research Award Competition, please contact the ISES office at: admin@isesonline.org. This event has been made possible due to a generous restricted educational grant from Boston Scientific Corporation. Click on the following links for the winners of previous Fellows' Forums. 2003 ISES Endovascular Fellows' Research Award Competition 2002 ISES Endovascular Fellows' Research Award Competition 2001 ISES Endovascular Fellows' Research Award Competition 2000 ISES Endovascular Fellows' Research Award Competition