Congratulations to STSA’s 2018 Scholarship and Award Winners

At this year’s STSA 65^th Annual Meeting, the following individuals were recognized at the Dinner Gala held on Friday, November 9, 2018 at the Omni Amelia Island Plantation Resort. Please join STSA members in congratulating this year’s award and scholarship recipients.

Clifford van Meter President’s Award
Melissa Levack, MD | Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN
Prevalence of and Risk Factors for Permanent Pacemaker Implantation after Aortic Valve Replacement

Carolyn Reed President’s Award
Tamar Nobel, MD | Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY
Optimal Surveillance for Node Negative Early Stage Esophageal Adenocarcinoma Following Esophagectomy

George R. Daicoff President’s Award
Jeff Jacobs, MD | Johns Hopkins All Children’s Hospital, Saint Petersburg, FL
The Importance of Noncardiac Congenital Disease: Refining The Society of Thoracic Surgeons (STS) Congenital Heart Surgery Database (CHSD) Mortality Risk Model With Enhanced Adjustment for Chromosomal Abnormalities, Syndromes, and Noncardiac Congenital Anatomic Abnormalities

Tiki Award
William A. Baumgartner, MD | Johns Hopkins Medicine, Baltimore, MD

Osler Abbott Award
David R. Jones, MD |Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY

Hawley H. Seiler Resident’s Award
Tessa Watt, MD | University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
Does Mitral Valve Repair Restore Normal Life Expectancy?

Mavroudis-Urschel Award
Daniel L. Miller, MD | WellStar Health System, Marietta, GA

Robert M. Sade Ethics Lecture
The Ethics Debate is a wonderful component of the STSA Annual Meeting each year. In honor of Dr. Robert M. Sade’s contributions to these outstanding ethics debates, the annual event has been named the Robert M. Sade Ethics Lecture.

STSA Inspiration Award
Walter Wolfe, MD
Gordon Murray, MD

James W. Brooks Medical Student Scholarship
Walker M. Blanding | Medical University of South Carolina, Mt. Pleasant, SC
William C. Frankel | Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX
Shawn M. Shah | University of Virginia School of Medicine, Charlottesville, VA

James W. Brooks Resident Scholarship
Alexander P. Kossar, MD | Upstate University Medical Center, Suffern, NY

For a narrative of each award and a list of past recipients, please visit stsa.org/awards.

2018 STSA Inspiration Award Recipient: Walter Wolfe, MD

Award accepted on behalf of Dr. Wolfe by Dr. Judson Williams.

2018 STSA Inspiration Award Recipient: Walter Wolfe, MD

2018 STSA Inspiration Award Recipient: Gordon Murray, MD

Award proudly accepted by Mrs. Murray.

2018 STSA Inspiration Award Recipient: Gordon Murray, MD

Mavroudis-Urschel Award Recipient: Daniel L. Miller, MD

Mavroudis-Urschel Award Recipient: Daniel L. Miller, MD

Osler Abbott Award Recipient: David R. Jones, MD

Osler Abbott Award Recipient: David R. Jones, MD

Tiki Award Recipient: William A. Baumgartner, MD

Tiki Award Recipient: William A. Baumgartner, MD

2017-2018 STSA President: Kevin D. Accola, MD

Dr. Jeff Jacobs, presents the 2017-2018 STSA President, Dr. Kevin Accola, with the presidential plaque, and Mrs. Carolyn Accola with a gift of appreciation.

2017-2018 STSA President: Kevin D. Accola, MD

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  2018 STSA Inspiration Award Recipient: Walter Wolfe, MD

  Award accepted on behalf of Dr. Wolfe by Dr. Judson Williams.
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  2018 STSA Inspiration Award Recipient: Gordon Murray, MD

  Award proudly accepted by Mrs. Murray.
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  Mavroudis-Urschel Award Recipient: Daniel L. Miller, MD
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  Osler Abbott Award Recipient: David R. Jones, MD
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  Tiki Award Recipient: William A. Baumgartner, MD
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  2017-2018 STSA President: Kevin D. Accola, MD

  Dr. Jeff Jacobs, presents the 2017-2018 STSA President, Dr. Kevin Accola, with the presidential plaque, and Mrs. Carolyn Accola with a gift of appreciation.

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