ISES Peripheral Vascular Fellows’ Competition
and Endovascular Research Award

Saluting our Future Leaders

2006 Endovascular Fellows' Research Award Competition

The 2006 Peripheral Vascular Fellows' Competition will be held on Monday, February 13th, with awards and prizes to be presented during the ISES Annual Meeting on Tuesday, February 14. Entered below are the six finalists for the competition and the titles of their research manuscripts.

Oscar J. Abilez, MD
Stanford University Medical Center
Stanford, California  USA
Laboratory Science
P19 Progenitor Cells Progress to Organized Contracting Myocytes After Chemical and Electrical Stimulation: Implications for Vascular Tissue Engineering

Gregory Lam, MD
Duke University Medical Center
Durham, North Carolina  USA
Laboratory Science
An Engineered VEGF-Activating Zinc Finger Transcription Fctor Induces Angiogenesis and Bone Marrow Endothelial Progenitor Cell Production

Michael Murphy, MD
Manchester Royal Infirmary
Manchester  UK
Basic Science
In Vivo Attenuation of Myointimal Hyperplasia Using Transforming Growth Factor Beta 3 in an Interposition Graft Model

Ourania Preventza, MD
Arizona Heart Institute and Arizona Heart Hospital
Phoenix, Arizona  USA
Clinical Research
Endovascular Approaches for Complex Forms of Recurrent Aortic Coarctation

Joost van Herwaarden, MD
University Medical Center Utrecht
GA Utrecht  The Netherlands
Clinical Research
Effect of Endoleak and Stent-Graft Design on Aortic Properties Following EVAR: Determination Using a Novel Dynamic Cine-MRA Imaging Modality

Matthew Mell, MD
University of Wisconsin - Madison Medical School
Madison, Wisconsin  USA
Clinical Research
Absence of Buttock Claudication Following Stent-Graft Coverage of the Hypogastric Artery Without Coil Embolization in Endovascular Aneurysm Repair

For highlights of the 2005 and previous Endovascular Fellows' Research Award Competition, click here.