Clifford Van Meter President's Award
Formerly known as the President's Award, the Clifford Van Meter President's Award was established in 2008 to recognize the best scientific paper delivered at the STSA Annual Meeting. In 2013, this Award was augmented to specifically recognize the best adult cardiac surgery paper delivered at the Annual Meeting. This award is given on the basis of originality, content and presentation. Previous winners have uniformly displayed excellence in all areas. The selected author receives a certificate identifying the award and a suitable monetary reward. The recipient is chosen by the President with the assistance of the Council members.
THE CLIFFORD VAN METER PRESIDENT'S AWARD WINNERS
- 2025- Annie C. Wang, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD
- 2024 - Alice L. Zhou, Baltimore, MD
- 2023 - Paige Brlecic, Houston, Texas
- 2022 - Annual Meeting cancelled
- 2021 - Vinod H. Thourani, Atlanta, Georgia
- 2020 - Annual Meeting cancelled
- 2019 - Eric Charles, Charlottesville, Virginia
- 2018 - Melissa Levack, Nashville, Tennessee
- 2017 - Anita Nguyen, Rochester, Minnesota
- 2016 - Dr. A. Michael Borkon / Kaitlin Carl, Kansas City, Missouri
- 2015 - Anthony L. Estrera, Houston, Texas
- 2014- Stephano Mastrobuoni, Brussels, Belgium
- 2013 - Bartosz Rylski, Freiburg, Germany
- 2012 - Haritha Reddy, Ann Arbor, Michigan
- 2011 - Robert D. Stewart, Cleveland, Ohio
- 2010 - Kenneth A. Kesler, Indianapolis, Indiana
- 2009 - Scott H. Johnson, Lansing, Michigan
- 2008 - G. Chad Hughes, Durham, North Carolina
- 2007 - John Stulak, Rochester, Minnesota
- 2006 - Andrew W. El Bardissi, Rochester, Minnesota
- 2005 - V. Seenu Reddy, San Antonio, Texas
- 2004 - Malcolm DeCamp, Boston, Massachusetts
- 2003 - Robert J. Cerfolio, Birmingham, Alabama
- 2002 - Joseph S. Coselli, Houston, Texas
- 2001 - Neal D. Kon, Winston-Salem, North Carolina
- 2000 - Joseph C. Cleveland, Denver, Colorado
- 1999 - Thomas D'Amico, Durham, North Carolina
- 1998 - James L. Zellner, Charleston, South Carolina
- 1997 - Christopher J. Knott-Craig, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
- 1996 - David A. Fullerton, Denver, Colorado
- 1995 - Constatine Mavroudis, Chicago, Illinois
- 1994 - Thomas L. Spray, St. Louis, Missouri
- 1993 - Kirk R. Kanter, Atlanta, Georgia
- 1992 - William H. Frist, Nashville Tennessee
- 1991 - Ross M. Ungerleider, Durham, North Carolina
- 1990 - Vincent L. Gott, Baltimore, Maryland
- 1989 - Harvey I. Pass, Bethesda, Maryland
- 1988 - Robert A. Gustafson, Morgantown, West Virginia
- 1987 - Jean-Nicolas Vauthey, New Orleans, Louisiana
- 1986 - William H. Frist, Nashville, Tennessee
- 1985 - John W. Hammon Jr., Nashville, Tennessee
- 1984 - Blair A. Keagy, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
- 1983 - Robert H. Breyer, Springfield, Massachusetts
- 1982 - William G. Malette, Omaha, Nebraska
- 1981 - Ellis L. Jones, Atlanta, Georgia
- 1980 - Francis Robicsek, Charlotte, North Carolina
- 1979 - M. Wayne Flye, Galveston, Texas
- 1978 - Joseph I. Miller Jr., Atlanta, Georgia
- 1977 - Denis H. Tyras, St. Louis, Missouri
- 1976 - Gordon F. Murray, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
- 1975 - Charles E. Martin, Nashville, Tennessee
- 1974 - Harvey W. Bender Jr., Nashville, Tennessee
- 1973 - Donald L. Bricker, Lubbock, Texas
- 1972 - J. Kent Trinkle, San Antonio, Texas
- 1971 - Charles E. Eastridge, Memphis, Tennessee
- 1970 - George R. Daicoff, St. Petersburg, Florida
- 1969 - William H. Sewell, Sayre, Pennsylvania
- 1968 - J. Alex Haller Jr., Baltimore, Maryland
- 1967 - Yale H. Zimberg, Richmond, Virginia
- 1966 - Thomas J. Yeh, Savannah, Georgia
- 1965 - Harold C. Urschel Jr., Dallas, Texas
- 1964 - Bertram A. Glass, New Orleans, Louisiana
