“SCAI is very excited about the opportunity to cultivate the next generation of interventional cardiology researchers.
We are proud to offer these grants that will address gaps in research funding and tackle various health care disparities impacting patients.
These research projects will provide a dynamic opportunity for our early career members.”
SCAI President Sunil V. Rao, MD, FSCAI
2024 Recipients
Variation in the Distribution of Social Determinants of Health for Patients Undergoing Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement at 1-, 2- or 3-Star Programs
Ashwin Nathan, MD, MS
University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
Validation of Angiographic FFR Compared to Pressure-Wire Based FFR in Patients Undergoing Bifurcation PCI
Yader Sandoval, MD, FSCAI
Center for Coronary Artery Disease at the Minneapolis Heart Institute Foundation
Racial Disparities in Use of Atherectomy and Intra-Vascular Lithotripsy for Percutaneous Coronary Intervention
Umair S. Ahmad, MD
Ohio State University, Columbus, OH
2023 Recipients
Concordance of Invasive Coronary Microvascular Dysfunction Parameters With Novel Myocardial Blood Oxygen Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Nadia Sutton, MD, MPH, FSCAI
Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Trends in Peripheral Vascular Interventions Through Pandemic and Controversy: An Analysis of the Changes in Modality, Setting, and Disparities in Treatment from 2016 to 2023
Eric Secemsky, MD, MSc, FSCAI
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
2022 Recipients
Site Variability in Use of Intra-Coronary Imaging Guidance to Optimize Percutaneous Coronary Intervention
Chetan Huded, MD, MSc, FSCAI
Saint Luke's Mid America Heart Institute, Kansas City, MO
Racial and Socioeconomic Disparities in the Diagnosis and Management of Peripheral Artery Disease and Critical Limb Ischemia
Alexander Fanaroff, MD, MHS
University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA
Myocardial Infarction in Type 1 vs. Type 2 Diabetes
Andrew M. Goldsweig, MD, MS, FSCAI
Baystate Health / UMass Chan Medical School—Baystate, Springfield, MA
Use of Calcium Modification for Coronary Lesions: National Trends, Hospital Variation, and Disparities
Neel Butala, MD, MBA
University of Colorado Anschutz School of Medicine, Aurora, CO
These research awards are supported by unrestricted educational grants from Abbott, Cardiovascular Systems, Inc., Medtronic, and ShockWave Medical, Inc.
No in-kind commercial support was received.
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