2020
AATS Foundation Surgical Investigator Award
Stephanie Chang, MD
NYU Langone Health
"Digital Spatial Profiling to Elucidate Stage I Lung Adenocarcinoma Recurrence"
Cohn AATS Foundation Surgical Investigator Award
Amy G. Fiedler, MD
University of Wisconsin
"Novel Ex-vivo Assessment of Machine Perfused DCD Hearts via Proteomics and Speckle Echocardiography"
AATS Foundation Surgical Investigator Award
Christoph Haller, MD
University of Toronto
"The Effect of Pluripotent Stem Cells on Ventricular Function in Right Ventricular Pressure-Overload"
AATS Foundation Surgical Investigator Award
Taufiek Rajab, MD
Medical University of South Carolina
"Partial Heart Transplantation: A New Approach to Deliver Growing Heart Valve Implants"
AATS Foundation Surgical Investigator Award
Kei Suzuki, MD, FACS
Boston University School of Medicine
"Race-specific Molecular Changes in Nasal Epithelium to Assess Lung Cancer Risk"
Gardner AATS Foundation Surgical Investigator Award
Paul C. Tang, MD, PhD
University of Michigan
"Optimization of Donor Heart Preservation Through Mineralocorticoid Receptor Inhibition"
AATS Foundation Surgical Investigator Award
Chi-Fu Jeffrey Yang, MD
Massachusetts General Hospital
"Using Wearable Technology to Detect Postoperative Complications Following Thoracic Surgery"
2019
AATS Foundation Surgical Investigator Award
Jennifer Chung, MD
University of Toronto
"Imaging Aortic Biomechanics for Aneurysm Risk Assessment"
AATS Foundation Surgical Investigator Award
R. Taylor Ripley, MD
Baylor College of Medicine
"Environmental Carcinogens Induce Minority MOMP and Upregulate Mcl-1 to Initiate Carcinogenesis in Thoracic Cancers"
AATS Foundation Surgical Investigator Award
Rachel Vanderlaan, MD
University of Toronto
"The Role of Mechanical Forces in the Pathogenesis of Pulmonary Vein Stenosis"
2018
AATS Surgical Investigator Award
Kiran Lagisetty, MD
University of Michigan
"Impact of the Immune Microenvironment on Esophageal Adenocarcinoma Chemoradioresistance"
AATS Foundation Surgical Investigator Award
Jason Glotzbach, MD
University of Utah
"Defining Individualized Aortic Risk Using Familial Genetic Analysis"
AATS Foundation Surgical Investigator Award
Gabriel Loor, MD
Baylor College of Medicine
"EXCELLENCE: International Extracorporeal Life Support and Lung Transplantation Multicenter Registry"
AATS Foundation Surgical Investigator Award
Jonathan Yeung, MD
University of Toronto
"Exploiting Clonal Heterogeneity for the Genomic Study of Esophageal Adenocarcinoma"
Oz Lemole Surgical Investigator Award
Nathalie Roy, MD
Boston Children's Hospital
“Improving the Value of Surgical Care with an Enhanced Recovery Program in Congenital Heart Surgery”
2017
AATS Foundation Surgical Investigator Award
Muhammad Aftab, MD
Anschutz Medical Campus, University of Colorado
"Augmentation of spinal cord “Pre-collateralization” to prevent paralplegia after aortic surgery"
Past President Surgical Investigator Award
Joseph Phillips, MD
Dartmouth-Hitchcock Clinic and The Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth
"Pro-Inflammatory Regulatory T-Cells in Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer"
Texas Medical Center Surgical Investigator Award
Vincent Chan, MD
University of Ottawa
"Prospective Treatment Algorithm for the Surgical Correction of Severe Ischemic Mitral Regurgitation"
2016
AATS Foundation Surgical Investigator Award
Isaac George, MD
New York Presbyterian Hospital - Columbia University
“Cardiac and Skeletal Muscle Metabolic Failure in Diabetic Heart Disease: Role of MSTN/AMPK Signaling”
AATS Foundation Surgical Investigator Award
Alexander Iribarne, MD
Dartmouth Medical School
“Geographic variation in screening and frequency of re-interventions after thoracic aortic aneurysm repair among Medicare recipients in the United States”
Ethicon Surgical Investigator Award
Ravi Ghanta, MD
The Rector and Visitors of the University of Virginia
“Improving Stem Cell Engraftment by Optimization of the Mechanical Microenvironment in Ischemic Myocardium”
Intuitive Surgical Investigator Award
Michael Halkos, MD
Emory University
“Hybrid Coronary Revascularization Versus Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery For Patients With Multivessel Coronary Disease”
Oz Lemole Surgical Investigator Award
David Odell, MD
Northwestern University; Feinberg School of Medicine
“Development of a Novel Lung Cancer Quality Improvement Collaborative”
2015
AATS Foundation Surgical Investigator Award
Marcelo Cypel, MD, MSc
University of Toronto
“Immunoisolation of Lung Grafts Using Endothelial Nano-barrier During Ex Vivo Lung Perfusion”
AATS Foundation Surgical Investigator Award
Stephen H McKellar, MD, MSc
University of Utah
“Inhibition of fatty acid oxidation to prevent right ventricular failure and promote right ventricular recovery”
AATS Foundation Surgical Investigator Award
Neel R. Sodha, MD
Alpert Medical School at Brown University
“Molecular Mechanisms of Neurologic Injury after Cardiopulmonary Bypass”
2014
AATS Foundation Surgical Investigator Award
Felix Fernandez, MD
Emory University
"Pilot Study to Integrate Patient Reported Outcomes into the Society of Thoracic Surgeons General Thoracic Surgery Database"
AATS Foundation Surgical Investigator Award
Danielle Gottlieb, MD
Columbia University
"Transcriptional Profiling of Human Fetal Heart Valve Growth"
AATS Foundation Surgical Investigator Award
Mark Onaitis, MD
Duke University
"Drugging the K-Ras-Type II Cell Interaction in Lung Adenocarcinoma"
AATS Foundation Surgical Investigator Award
Brendon Stiles, MD
Weill Cornell Medical College
"Mechanistic effects of ART1-induced mono-ADP ribosylation on progression of non-small cell lung cancer"
AATS Foundation Surgical Investigator Award
Bo Yang, MD
University of Michigan
"Modeling vascular smooth muscle cell dysfunction by creating NOTCH1 mutation in human induced pleuripotent stem (iPS) cells"