The Midwestern Vascular Surgical Society congratulates Award Recipients
2011 JOHN R. PFEIFFER AWARD WINNER
Vein Mapping Prior To Endovenous Catheter Ablation Of Great Saphenous Vein Predicts Risk of Endovenous Heat-induced Thrombus Formation
Judith C. Lin, MD, Edward L. Peterson, PhD, Jennifer J. Smith, MD, Melinda L. Rivera, Mitchell R. Weaver, MD
From: Division of Vascular Surgery, Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, MI
2011 CHARLES C. GUTHRIE AWARD WINNER
A Novel Mechanism for TGF-beta/Smad3 in the Development of Intimal Hyperplasia
Pasithorn Amy Suwanabol, MD, Bo Liu, PhD, K. Craig Kent, MD
From: University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI
2011 D. EMERICK SZILAGYI AWARD WINNER
Autologous Bone Marrow Mononuclear Cell Therapy Produces Durable Benefits in Limb Salvage at Five Years Post-treatment
Andrea L. Jester, MD, Raghu L. Motaganahalli, MD, Brian M. Rapp,
MD, George A. Akingba, MD, Michael C. Dalsing, MD, Michael G.
Wilson, Andres Fajardo, MD and Michael P. Murphy, MD
From: Division of Vascular Surgery, IU School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN
2010 JOHN R. PFEIFER BEST VENOUS PAPER AWARD
Common Femoral Endovenectomy with Iliocaval Endoluminal Recanalization Improves Symptoms and Quality of Life in Patients with Postthrombotic Iliofemoral Obstruction
David Vogel, MD, Anthony J. Comerota, MD, Mustafa Al-Jubouri, MD
and Zacaria Assi, MD
From: Jobst Vascular Center, The Toledo Hospital, Toledo, OH
2010 D. EMERICK SZILAGYI AWARD FOR CLINICAL RESEARCH
Lower Extremity Microembolism in Open vs. Endovascular Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm (AAA) Repair
Shahab Toursavadkohi, MD, Ilan Rubinfeld, MD, Stavros K. Kakkos,
MD and Alexander Shepard, MD
From: Surgery, Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, MI
2010 CHARLES C. GUTHRIE AWARD FOR OUTSTANDING RESEARCH
Iincreased JNK in Males compared with Females in a Rodent Model of Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm
Paul D. DiMusto, MD, Guanyi Lu, MD, Abhijit Ghosh, PhD, Karen Roelofs,
DVM, Omar Sadiq, Brendan McEvoy, Adriana Laser, MD, Peter K. Henke,
MD, Jonathan L. Eliason, MD and Gilbert R. Upchurch, Jr., MD
From: Vascular Surgery, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI