ISHLT2025: Philip K. Caves Award Session
28 April, 2025 3:00 p.m. to 4:15 p.m. EDT
Established in 1982, the Philip K. Caves Award encourages and rewards original high-quality research performed by residents, fellows, trainees, and graduate students. The award is bestowed annually on the candidate whose oral presentation is judged to be the best of those selected for the Caves Award Session at the Annual Meeting & Scientific Sessions.
The winner will be announced during the General Session on Wednesday, 30 April.
Award Finalists
Angelos Arfaras-Melainis, MD
Montefiore Medical Center
Bronx, NY USA
Abstract Title: Predicting Early Failure After LVAD Explantation: A VAD Wean Registry Analysis
Isabela Landsteiner, MD
Massachusetts General Hospital
Boston, MA USA
Abstract Title: Characterization of Exercise Hemodynamic Profiles in Patients with Normal Resting Pulmonary Arterial Pressures
Amir Mehdizadeh-Shrifi, MD
The Heart Insitute / Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center
Cincinnati, OH USA
Abstract Title: Quantifying the Mental Health Burden of the Pediatric Lung Transplant Journey in the United States
Christian O'Donnell, MD
Stanford University Medical School
Stanford, CA USA
Abstract Title: The Reliability of Automated Artificial Intelligence Echocardiographic Detection of Abnormal Donor Heart Structure and Function
Chengliang Yang, MD
University of British Columbia
Vancouver, BC Canada
Abstract Title: Circulating Metabolites for Non-Invasive Detection of Acute Cellular Rejection After Heart Transplantation
Shivaram Yellamilli
University of California San Francisco
San Francisco, CA USA
Abstract Title: Single Cell Sequencing Reveals Molecular Correlates of Progression from Acute Lung Allograft Dysfunction