Established in 1996, this award is presented annually to a physician member in good standing who is the primary author and presenter of an oral presentation at the Annual Conference. Its purpose is to promote participation and recognize outstanding physician presenters.
Award Winners
| 2021 | Denise Smith, MD PhD - "Functional Popliteal Entrapment Syndrome: Rare Disorder in Athletes" |
| 2020 | Oleg Kerbikov, RVT RPVI - "Measurement of Shear Stress on the Surface of Carotid Plaques Using High-Frame Rate Vector Flow Imaging (VFI)" |
| 2019 | Douglas Wooster, MD RVT - "Effect of Multiple Aneurysms on Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Expansion Rates" |
| 2018 | George Lavenson, MD RVT - "Killing Strokes - An Opportunity for the Society of Vascular Ultrasound" |
| 2017 | Joseph Polak, MD MPH - "Correlation Between Common Carotid Doppler Waveforms and Left Ventricular Ejection Fraction Measured by 2-D Echocardiography" |
| 2016 | Douglas Wooster, MD FREAC FACS RPVI RVT - “Pattern Analysis of LEVT Implications for Point of Care Ultrasound Protocols” |
| 2015 | Sergio Xavier Salles-Chuna, PhD RVT FSVU - "Ultrasonographic Tissue Characterization of Kidneys in Patients with Unilateral Renal Artery Stenosis" |
| 2013 | Zsolt Garami, MD –"Transcranial Doppler Findings in Heart Failure Patients with Left Ventricular Assist Devices (LVAD)" |
| 2012 | Sanjoy Kundu, MD RVT RPVI –“Impact of a Structured Duplex Ultrasound Hemodialysis Access Surveillance Program on Access Intervention Rates”. |
| 2011 | George A. Carty, MD RVT RPVI RPhS – “Standing Versus Supine Evaluation for Superficial Venous Reflux: Dispositional or Core Belief?” |
| 2010 | George S. Lavenson, Jr., MD, RVT, Uniformed Services University, Bethesda, MD — "The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force Recommendation Against Screening for Asymptomatic Carotid Artery Disease, Like that for Reducing Screening for Breast and Cervical Cancer, Should be Reconsidered" |
| 2009 | George S. Lavenson, Jr., MD, RVT — "Expansion of the SAAAVE Program with Addition of Ultrasound Scans of the Femoral and Carotid Arteries to Prevent Heart Attacks and Strokes" |
| 2007 | Douglas L. Wooster, MD — "Use of a Structured Interpretation Report Audit in Vascular Ultrasound Quality Initiatives" |
| 2000 | Alexander Chao, MD — "Criteria For Duplex Ultrasound Assessment of Stenoses in Radiocephalic Fistulae For Haemodialysis" |
| 1999 | Joseph Zarge, MD RVT — "Ultrasound Guided Injection for Repair of Postcatheterization Femoral Pseudoaneurysm: Our Six Month Experience" |
| 1998 | Jeffrey Buckman, MD — "Hemodynamic Effects of Carotid Endarterectomy on Ocular Circulation" |
| 1997 | Ross T. Lyon, MD RVT — "Intravascular Ultrasound (IVUS) for Assessment of Endovascular Procedures" |
| 1996 | Jeffrey Buckman, MD — "Patterns of Short Saphenous Vein Termination" |