Past Recipients

2008-2009
Sammy Elmariah, MD
The Mount Sinai School of Medicine
Effects of Bisphosphonates on the Progression of Aortic Valve Calcification

Benjamin F. Remo, MD
New York University School of Medicine
The Role of Post-translational Phosphorylation of Gap Junction Proteins in Gap Junction Remodeling

2007-2008
Eugene E. Kim, MD
New York University School of Medicine
The Role of Cardiac Fibroblasts in Electrical Impulse Propagation

Roland S. Wu, MD
Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons
The Role of p27kip1 Phosphorylation in Vascular Smooth Muscle Proliferation and Migration

2006-2007
Rose S. Cohen, MD
Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons
The Effect of Erythropoietin on Left Ventricular Remodeling and Pressure-Volume Relationships in Patients with Anemia and Diastolic Heart Failure

2005-2006
Eric D. Adler, MD
Mount Sinai School of Medicine
Isolation and Functional Characterization of Cardiac Pacemaker Cells from Embryonic Stem Cell Derived Cardiac Precursor Cells

Elaine Y. Chiang, MD
Mount Sinai School of Medicine
Investigation of Leucocyte Recruitment in Sickle Cell Vasoocclusion

Prashant Kaul, MBBCh
Weill Medical College of Cornell University
The Role of the Rho Guanine Nucleotide Exchange Factor Lsc/p115 Rho GEF in Neutrophil Polarization and Chemotaxis

2004-2005
Nathalie D. Burg, MD
Rockefeller University
Platelet TGF-B1 Compartmentalization and Activation

Nellie I. Kalcheva, MD
New York University Medical Center
The Cardiac System and its Function in a Murine Model for Oculodentodigital Dysplasia (ODDD)

Alfonso F. J. Prieto, MD
Columbia University Medical Center
Electrophysiologic Characterization of a Mouse Model of Heart Failure and Cardiac Arrhythmias

2003-2004
Sanjeev Arokiasamy Francis, MD
Weill Medical College of Cornell University
Determining the Role of a Eeyore, a Novel Rho GEF in Macrophage Chemotaxis and Phagocytosis

Nikhil Vilas Munshi, MD, PhD
Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons
Molecular Determinants of Cardiac Conduction System Development

Xander Hennie Wehrens, M.D., Ph.D.
Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons
Functional Characterization of Ryanodine Receptor Type 2 Mutations Linked to Arrhythmogenic Right Ventricular Dysplasia Type 2 (ARVD2)

2002-2003
Quynh Anh Truong, MD
The Rockfeller University
Expression and Functional Analyses of a Novel Mouse Gene mhrp 1 and Its role in Atherosclerosis

William Jacob Mack, MD
Columbia University
Complement Mediated Injury in Murine Stroke

2001-2002
Sei Iwai, MD
Weill Medical College of Cornell University
A Molecular Genetic Basis For Familial Atrial Fibrillation

Kent M. Stephenson, MD
Mount Sinai Medical Center
Macrophages and Arterial Injury

Carrie M. Brownstein, MD
Weill Medical College of Cornell University
The Role of Annexin II in Monocyte and Macrophage Function

Renewal of Award 2001-2002
Charles J. Vaughen, MD
Weill Medical College of Cornell University
Molecular Genetic Analysis of Familial Aortic Aneurysms

2000-2001
Yi-Ming Yang, MD
New York-Presbyterian Medical Center
Phosphorylation and Dephosphorylation of the Cardiac IP3 Receptor

Charles J. Vaughan, MD
Weill Medical College of Cornell University
Molecular Genetic Analysis of Familial Aortic Aneurysms

1999-2000
No Fellowships Awarded

1998-1999
Hayes M. Dansky, MD
The Rockefeller University
HDL and Atherosclerosis

Detlef Wenker, MD
Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Role of Cardiac Myocyte Apoptosis in the Pathogenesis of Ischemic Injury

1997-1998
No Fellowships Awarded