2022 TSF Award Recipients
RESEARCH:
Lisa M. Brown, MD, MAS
University of California Davis Health
“Pain, Opioid Use, and Health-Related Quality of Life After Thoracic Surgery”
TSF Research Award, $100,000
Adam M. Carroll, MD, MPH
University of Colorado Anschutz
“Pharmacologic Prevention of Spinal Cord Ischemia: The Role of Mitochondrial Manipulation and ATP-sensitive Potassium Channel Activation”
TSF Resident Research Fellowship Award, $80,000
Qimeng Gao, MD, MHS
Duke University Medical Center
“The Delivery of PD-L1 to Lung Allograft During Static Cold Storage Using an AAV-Based Gene Therapy”
STSA Resident Research Award, $40,000
Abraham Geller, MD
Massachusetts General Hospital
“Novel Mucoadhesive Polymers for Nanoparticle-Directed Drug Delivery in Esophageal Squamous Cell Carcinoma”
TSF Resident Research Fellowship Award, $80,000
Yeahwa Hong, MD
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
“Development of a Novel Ambulatory Pulmonary Assist System for Long-Term Respiratory Support”
TSF Resident Research Fellowship Award, $60,000
Michael E. Ibrahim, MD, PhD
University of Pennsylvania
“Definition of A Cardiomyocyte-Autonomous Form of T-Tubule Mechanical Regulation”
TSF Research Award, $100,000
Samantha M. Landino, MD
Massachusetts General Hospital
“New Approaches Inducing Lung Allograft Tolerance”
TSF Resident Research Fellowship Award, $80,000
John W. MacArthur, MD
Stanford University
“Three Dimensional, Perfusable Biologic Networks; Therapeutic Application in Ischemic Cardiomyopathy”
STS Research Award, $100,000
Clancy W. Mullan, MD
Yale University
“Defining Regulatory Mechanisms of IL-15 Trafficking in Endothelial Cells”
TSF Resident Research Fellowship Award, $80,000
Sameer K. Singh, MD
Columbia University Irving Medical Center
“Anti-Glycation Strategies to Improve Transcatheter Aortic Valve Durability”
TSF Resident Research Fellowship Award, $40,000
Karissa S.M. Tauber, MD
Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
“Myocardial Mechanisms of Load-Induced T-Tubule Remodeling in the Mammalian Heart”
Nina Starr Braunwald Research Fellowship Award, $80,000
Mayuko Uehara, MD, PhD
Montefiore Medical Center/ Albert Einstein College of Medicine
“Inhibition of ART1-Induced Mono-ADP-Ribosylation to Prevent Myocardial Injury”
Nina Starr Braunwald Research Award, $100,000
EDUCATION:
Amy G. Fiedler, MD
University of Wisconsin
“Fellowship at Royal Papworth Hospital in Cambridge, England”
Thoracic Surgery Foundation and Francis Fontan Fund International Traveling Fellowship, $20,000
Gianluca Folesani, MD
S. Orsola Malpighi Hospital
“Fellowship at the University of Pennsylvania, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania”
Thoracic Surgery Foundation and Francis Fontan Fund International Traveling Fellowship
Tracy R. Geoffrion, MD, MPH
Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
“Adult Congenital Heart Disease Fellowship”
Robert L. Replogle Traveling Fellowship Award, $7,500
Joshua C. Grimm, MD
University of Pennsylvania
“The Techniques of Endovascular Aortic Arch and Thoracoabdominal Aortic Repair – Learning from a High Volume Institution”
Nicholas Kouchoukos Award, $9,000
Kimberly A. Holst, MD
Mayo Clinic
“Davidson Structural Fellowship at Piedmont Heart Institute”
Michael J. Davidson Structural Heart Fellowship Award, $50,000
Joey Lepore, MMHC, CCP
Vanderbilt University Medical Center
“Perfusion Fellowship at Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center”
Sarns Terumo Perfusion Education Fellowship Award, $10,000
Clauden Louis, MD, MS
University of Rochester Medical Center
“Endovascular Cardiac Surgery”
Every Heartbeat Matters Structural Heart Diversity Fellowship Award, $50,000
Natalie Lui, MD, MAS
Stanford University
“Tracheobronchoplasty for Tracheobronchomalacia”
Carolyn E. Reed Traveling Fellowship Award, $10,000
Michael Ma, MD
Stanford University
“Boston Children’s Mini-Fellowship”
Robert L. Replogle Traveling Fellowship Award, $10,000
Ashley E. Morgan, MD, MAS
St. Luke’s Hospital
“Robotic Esophageal Surgery Mentorship”
Carolyn E. Reed Traveling Fellowship Award, $10,000
Olugbenga T. Okusanya, MD
Thomas Jefferson University
“Jejunal Interposition: The Conduit of the Future”
Levi Watkins Innovation and Leadership Development Scholarship, $5,000
Michael T. Onwugbufor, MD
Kaiser Permanente
Underrepresented Robotic General Thoracic (URGT) Surgeon Development Award, $10,000
Michel Pompeu B.O. Sa, MD, MSc, PhD
University of Pernambuco
“Structural Heart/Minimally Invasive Cardiac Surgery”
Every Heartbeat Matters Global Structural Heart Diversity Fellowship Award, $50,000
Sasha A. Still, MD
University of Alabama at Birmingham
“A Focused Immersion in Aortic Valve and Root Repair Techniques in France and Germany”
Carolyn E. Reed Traveling Fellowship Award, $8,500
Sanford M. Zeigler, MD
Medical University of South Carolina
“Comprehensive Thoracic and Thoracoabdominal Aortic Center Experience”
Nicholas Kouchoukos Award, $7,000
SURGICAL OUTREACH MISSIONS:
Adanna C. Akujuo, MD
Albany Medical Center
Underserved Region: Nigeria
TSF Every Heartbeat Matters Award, $35,000
Zachary O. Enumah, MD
Cardiac Surgery Intersociety Alliance
Underserved Region: Rwanda and Mozambique
TSF Every Heartbeat Matters Award, $35,000
Emily A. Farkas, MD
Indiana University School of Medicine
Underserved Region: Eldoret, Kenya, East Africa
TSF Every Heartbeat Matters Award, $35,000
Lyle D. Joyce, MD, PhD
Medical College of Wisconsin
Underserved Region: Kenya/ Bomet (Tenwek Hospital)
TSF Every Heartbeat Matters Award, $35,000
Jay D. Pal, MD, PhD
University of Colorado
Underserved Region: Nepal
TSF Every Heartbeat Matters Award, $35,000
Aldo E. Rafael, MD
Baylor Scott and White Dallas
Underserved Region: Lima, Peru
TSF Every Heartbeat Matters Award, $35,000
Pranava Sinha, MD
Children’s National Hospital
Underserved Region: Uganda, East Africa
TSF Every Heartbeat Matters Award, $35,000
Henri R. Ford, MD, MHA
University of Miami Miller School of Medicine
Vivien T. Thomas Lecture, $10,000
