ISES Peripheral Vascular Fellows’ Competition
and Endovascular Research Award

Saluting our Future Leaders

 

Contestants of the 2004
Peripheral Vascular Fellows' Forum


Colin Bicknell, MD presents
winning Laboratory Research paper


Boonprasit Kritpracha, MD
accepts Clinical Research Award
first place prize


Fellows Forum Judges assess
the presentations

 

The 2004 ISES Peripheral Vascular Fellows' Competition was conducted during the Peripheral Vascular Fellows' Forum at the International Congress on Endovascular Interventions XVII meeting on February 9,  2004. The 5th annual competition featured three finalists in two award categories: the Laboratory Research Award, for laboratory based experimental study for cardiovascular disease and the Clinical Research Award, for clinical investigation of human vascular disease.

The winners of the 2004 ISES Peripheral Vascular Fellows' Competition were announced during the ISES 11th Annual General Assembly meeting on February 10, 2004: 

Laboratory Research Award

  • First Place - $2500 (USD) Award: 
    Colin Bicknell, MD
    London, UK
    Program: $2500 (USD) Award:
    St. Mary's Hospital
     Vascular Surgery
    Program Director: Nick Cheshire, FRCS
  • Second Place - $1000 (USD) Award: 
    Srinivasa Rao Vallabhaneni, MBBS, FRCS
    Liverpool, UK
  • Honorable Mention
    Christopher Huber
    Lausanne, Switzerland

Clinical Research Award

  • First Place - $2500 (USD) Award: 
    Boonprasit Kritpracha, MD
    Toledo, Ohio USA
    Program: $2500 (USD) Award:
    The Toledo Hospital
    Jobst Vascular Center
    Program Director: Anthony Comerota, MD
  • Second Place - $1000 (USD) Award: 
    Niamh Hynes, MD
    Galway, Ireland
  • Honorable Mention
    Amine Sekhri, MD
    London, United Kingdom
    (Presenting and accepting on behalf of Dr. Sekhri was Pauline Buxton)

The winning Laboratory Research presentation by Dr. Bicknell was entitled "Biological and Duplex Features of Carotid Plaques Predict Embolization During Carotid Endoluminal Intervention".

The winning Clinical Research presentation by Dr. Kritpracha was entitled "Post-Endograft Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Shrinkage Varies Among Hospitals: Observations from Multicenter Trials ".

The manuscripts of the finalists' presentations will be published in an upcoming issue of the Journal of Endovascular Therapy.

This event has been made possible due to a generous restricted educational grant from
Boston Scientific Corporation.

More photos of the 2004 Competition are available in the ISES Photo Gallery. For more information about the Competition, including previous years' winners, click here.