Established in 1987, previously known as the Award for Excellence in Scientific Research, this award is presented annually to a technologist member in good standing, or to an individual sponsored by a technologist member in good standing, who is the primary author and presenter of a scientific paper selected for presentation at the Annual Conference. Its purpose is to recognize outstanding scientific research. The five oral scientific abstracts receiving the highest number of points in the Abstracts Subcommittee’s selection process are eligible for this award.
Award Winners
| 2023 | Kashif Khan, PhD - "A deep learning network to perform reconstruction and automated detection of the carotid artery using 2D ultrasound images" |
| 2022 | Sophia Cuscieri - "Critical Limb Ischemia: The Impact of Frailty and Post-Intervention Perfusion on Outcomes" |
| 2021 | Joseph Hughes, RVT RVS FSVU - "Lack of Standardization in Mean Flow Velocity Calculations in Transcranial Doppler: A Review of the Literature" |
| 2020 | Oleg Kerbikov, RVT RPVI - "Measurement of Shear Stress on the Surface of Carotid Plaques Using High-Frame Rate Vector Flow Imaging (VFI)" |
| 2019 | Marge Hutchisson, BS RVT RDCS RPhS - "Intersocietal Accreditation Commission Quality Improvement Tool Results Comparison: Facilities vs. Expert Panel" |
| 2018 | Natalie Andrews - "Prevalence of Hemodynamically Significant Internal Carotid Artery Disease Based On Signs of the Zodiac" |
| 2017 | Paul Bishop, MSEE RVT - "Can 3D Printing Create a Low Cost Ultrasonically Realistic Superficial Femoral Artery Model" |
| 2016 | Douglas Wooster, MD FREAC FACS RPVI RVT - "Applying Criterion Based Indications for Vascular Studies: Planning Quality Improvement.” This annual award is in honor of the “Father of Noninvasive Diagnosis” |
| 2015 | Eileen French-Sherry, MA RVT FSVU - "Combination of Duplex Ultrasound Data Improves Positive Predictive Value for Carotid Stenosis > 70%" |
| 2014 | Brian Sapp, RVT RPhS - "Patterns and Distribution of Deep Vein Thrombus of the Lower Extremity" |
| 2013 | Willam Schroedter BS, RVT, RPhS, FSVU – "Presence of Lower Extremity Venous Pulsatility is NOT Due to Cardiac Dysfunction” |
| 2012 | William B. Schroedter, BS RVT RPhS FSVU – “Comparison of In-Vivo Arteriovenous Fistula Volume Flow Measurements Using a Transonic Transit Time Ultrasound Flow Device and Doppler Ultrasound” |
| 2011 | Robert Scissons, RVT FSVU – “Should Carotid Duplex Velocity Thresholds be Modified for Patients Undergoing Computerized Tomographic (CT) Angiography?” |
| 2010 | William B. Schroedter, BS RVT FSVU, Quality Vascular Imaging, Inc.,Venice, FL — "Does Distal Venous Hypertension Affect Lower Extremity Venous Pulsatility?" |
| 2009 | Sergio X. Salles-Cunha, PhD RVT FSVU — "Ultrasound Mapping of Arterial and Venous Patterns of the Upper Extremities in Patients with End-Stage Renal Disease" |
| 2007 | Sheila Byrd-Raynor, PhD RVT — "The Relationship between Velocity and Cerebral Resistance during Vasomotor Reactivity Testing" |
| 2006 | Kathryn Busch, DMU — "High Resolution Duplex Ultrasound Imaging Proves a High Incidence of an Arterial Neovascularization." |
| 2005 | Jaqueline Barretto, MD — "Extracranial Carotid and Vertebral Artery Ultrasonography: Restive Indices for Diagnosing Cerebral Brain Death" |
| 2004 | Yvonne M. Butcher, DMU (Med), DMU (Vasc) "Ultrasound Assessment of Takayasu's Arteritis" |
| 2003 | Anne Marie Kupinski, PhD RVT FSVU "Duplex Ultrasound Follow-Up of Carotid Stents" |
| 2002 | Robert P. Scissons, RVT — "Variability of Doppler Velocity Ratios as a Function of Location in the Common Carotid Artery: Potential Problems When Quantifying Significant Internal Carotid Artery Stenoses" |
| 2001 | Courtney R. Nelms, BS RVT RDMS — "Diagnosis of Temporal Artery Pathology Using Duplex Ultrasound |
| 2000 | Alexander Chao, MD, Westmead Hospital, Westmead, NSW, Australia — “Criteria For Duplex Ultrasound Assessment of Stenoses in Radiocephalic Fistulae for Haemodialysis” |
| 1999 | Rebecca Hetherington, BSC DMC - "Duplex Findings in Symptomatic Carotid Artery Dissection" |
| 1998 | Nicos Labropoulas, PhD, DIC, RVT — "Viscoelastic Properties of Normal and Atheromatic Carotid Arteries" |
| 1997 | Robert P. Scissons, RVT — "Doppler Cursor Alignment Parallel to Wall vs Color Flow Jet-Prospective Comparison in Significant Internal Carotid Artery Disease" |
| 1996 | Surinder Dhanjil, DCR DMU MSc — "Ratio of Peak Systolic Velocity of ICA Over End-Diastolic Velocity of CCA: New Duplex Criteria for Recommending Carotid Endarterectomy in Symptomatic Patients" |
| 1995 | Cynthia B. Burnham, BSN RN RVT — "Velocity Criteria Redefined for the 60% Carotid Stenosis" |
| 1994 | Timothy J. Zorn, RVT — "Carotid Hemodynamics in Patients with Aortic Insufficiency or Stenosis" |
| 1993 | Kathryn A. Sorrell, BSN RN RVT — "The Role of Color Flow Duplex Ultrasonography in Transjugular Intrahepatic Portosystemic Stent Shunts (TIPPS)" |
| 1992 | Miles Cramer, BS RVT — "Color Flow Duplex Scanning: A Technique to Improve TRAM Flap Viability" |
| 1991 | Kathleen Klemp, RN RVT — "Detection of False Aneurysm with Color Duplex Scanning Following Percutaneous Cardiac Procedures" |
| 1990 | Robert J. Daigle, BS RVT - "Overestimation of Velocity and Frequency Values by Multi-Element Linear Array Dopplers" |
| 1989 | Marsha M. Neumyer, BS RVT — "Renal Artery Bypass Grafts: Post-operative Evaluation with Duplex Ultrasonography" |
| 1988 | Silvia M. Berry, MSc RVT — "Hemodynamic Flow Parameters in Grafts with Adjunctive Arteriovenous Fistulas" |