AMERICAN ASSOCIATION
FOR THORACIC SURGERY
RESEARCH
SCHOLARSHIP
The American
Association for Thoracic Surgery Research Scholarship was established by the
Association in 1985. Funded by the Association and individual contributions,
the Research Scholarship provides opportunity for research, training and
experience for North American surgeons committed to pursuing an academic career
in cardiothoracic surgery. Administered by the Graham Education and Research
Foundation, the program is undertaken within the first three years after
completion of an approved cardiothoracic residency and is about two years in
duration.
EDWARD D.
CHURCHILL RESEARCH SCHOLARSHIP
"Pharmacology of the Pulmonary Lymphatics"
1986-1988 Mark
K. Ferguson
University of Chicago, Department of Surgery
ALFRED BLALOCK
RESEARCH SCHOLARSHIP
"Efficacy and Toxicity of a New Blood Substitute: Polymerized,
Ultra-Pure, Stroma-Free Bovine Hemoglobin"
1988-1990 Gus
J. Vlahakes
Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical
School
JOHN H. GIBBON, JR.,
RESEARCH SCHOLARSHIP
"Load-Independent Assessment of
Cardiac Performance by Noninvasive Means"
1990-1992 Donald
D. Glover
Duke University Medical Center
ALTON OCHSNER
RESEARCH SCHOLARSHIP
"Experimental Cardiac Graft Arteriosclerosis:
Pathogenesis and Prevention of Lesion Development"
1992-1994 David
H. Adams
Brigham and Women's Hospital
ROBERT E. GROSS
RESEARCH SCHOLARSHIP
"Role of Intra-Cellular Messenger cAMP and cGMP in
Organ Preservation"
1994-1996 Mehmet
C. Oz
Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center
"Development of a Model of Chronic Pulmonary Rejection in Miniature
Swine"
1994-1996 Toralf
Mauritz Sundt, III
Washington University School of Medicine
JOHN ALEXANDER
RESEARCH SCHOLARSHIP
"Strategies to Prevent Hyperacute Rejection of the Pig Lung by Human
Blood"
1996-1998 Richard
Norris Pierson, III
Vanderbilt University Medical Center
*Charter Member
+Board of Directors
Director Emeritus
ANDREW G. MORROW RESEARCH SCHOLARSHIP
"The Detection of Telomerase
Activity in Patients with Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer"
1997-1999 Stephen
C . Yang
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
DWIGHT HARKEN RESEARCH SCHOLARSHIP
"Chimeric Hearts Test the Role of Antigen Presenting Cells in Rejection
and Tolerance"
1998-2000 Bruce
Rosengard
The University of Pennsylvania
SECOND EDWARD D. CHURCHILL RESEARCH SCHOLARSHIP
"The Role of Respiratory Muscle Adaptation
in Lung Volume Reduction Surgery"
1999-2001 Joseph B.
Shrager, M.D.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
SECOND ALFRED E. BLALOCK RESEARCH SCHOLARSHIP
"CD-4 Lymphocytes and Cardiac Allograft
Vasculopathy"
2000-2002 Abbas
Ardehali
UCLA School of Medicine
"Monocyte-Endothelial Cell Interactions in Delayed Xenograft Rejection"
2000-2002 Thomas
K. Waddell
University of Toronto and Toronto General Hospital
THE AMERICAN
ASSOCIATION FOR
THORACIC SURGERY
INTERNATIONAL
TRAVELING FELLOWSHIP
The AATS Traveling
Fellowship was established in 1997 by the American Association for Thoracic
Surgery. Administered through the Graham Education and Research Foundation, it
provides grants to young North American Cardiothoracic Surgeons who are within
two years of the completion of their formal cardiothoracic surgery training.
The award allows the recipient to study abroad for one year to intensify
training in different disciplines and to travel to several sites to broaden the
overall training and increase contacts with thoracic surgeons internationally.
Awards are made to surgeons of unique promise who have been regarded as having
potential for later international thoracic surgical leadership.
1st 1998-99 LishanAklog
West Roxbury, MA
THE AMERICAN
ASSOCIATION FOR
THORACIC
SURGERY
SCIENTIFIC
ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
The American
Association for Thoracic Surgery Scientific Achievement Award was established
by the Association in 1994. The award serves to honor individuals who have
achieved scientific contributions in the field of thoracic surgery worthy of
the highest recognition the Association can bestow. Honorees receive a
Medallion for Scientific Achievement from the Association presented by the president
at the Annual Meeting and the honoreeÕs name and biography is printed in the
Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery.
SCIENTIFIC ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
RECIPIENTS
1995 John
W. Kirklin, Birmingham, Alabama
1998 Norman
E. Shumway, Stanford, California
1999 Michael
E. DeBakey, Houston, TX
2000 Denton
A. Cooley, Houston, Texas
