ISHLT Recognizes Excellence at the ISHLT2025 Awards Presentation

Published 30 April 2025
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  • Travel Award

During the final General Session of the ISHLT’s 45th Annual Meeting & Scientific Sessions, ISHLT recognized outstanding achievements in research and groundbreaking scientific contributions. Congratulations to all the ISHLT grant and award recipients, and thank you to all the volunteer grant reviewers and award judges.

Research Grants

2024 ISHLT Novel Approaches for FDA Cleared Preservation Systems in Donation After Circulatory Death (DCD) Heart Transplantation Research Grant
Supported by Paragonix Technologies and the ISHLT Foundation

Douglas Overbey HeadshotAwarded to: Douglas Overbey, MD, MPH
Duke University Medical Center
Durham, NC USA
Learn MoreResearch Title: “Impact of Warm Ischemia on Pediatric Partial Heart Transplant”


2024 ISHLT Acellular Ex Vivo Lung Perfusion (EVLP) Research Grant
Supported by Lung Bioengineering

Matthew Hartwig headshotAwarded to: Matthew Hartwig, MD, MHS
Duke School of Medicine
Durham, NC USA
Learn MoreResearch Title: “Interleukin-4 Therapy for Rehabilitation of Acutely Injured Donor Lungs”


2025 ISHLT Utilization of Non-Invasive Biomarkers in Combination with Artificial Intelligence /Machine Learning in the Care of Heart Transplant Candidates or Recipients Grant
Supported by CareDx, Inc.

Headshot of Nicole AsemotaAwarded to: Nicole Asemota, MRCS, MBBS, BMedSci (Hons), AFHEA
Royal Papworth Hospital
Cambridge, United Kingdom
Learn MoreResearch Title: “Markers of Transplantability in Ex-SiTu Perfused Hearts: The TEST Study”

Headshot of Asif PadiyathAwarded to: Asif Padiyath, MBBS
Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia / Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, PA USA
Learn MoreResearch Title: “Machine Learning-Driven Prediction of Hemodynamics in Pediatric Heart Transplant Recipients Using Non-Invasive Venous Waveform Analysis”


2025 ISHLT Non-Invasive Biomarker Study Using Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning Analysis in Lung Transplantation Grant
Supported by CareDx

Headshot of Eric AbstonAwarded to: Eric Abston, MD, PhD
Massachusetts General Hospital
Boston, MA USA
Learn MoreResearch Title: “AI-Enhanced Nutritional Profiling for Improved Lung Transplant Success: A Focus on Body Composition Metrics”

Headshot of Stephen JuvetAwarded to: Stephen Juvet, MD, PhD
University Health Network
Toronto, ON Canada
Learn MoreResearch Title: “A Machine Learning Enhanced Lung-Specific Autoantibody Signature to Identify Patients At Risk for CLAD”


2025 ISHLT Extracorporeal Photopheresis Immunomodulation in Thoracic Transplantation Challenge Grant
Supported by Therakos Healthcare Limited

Headshot of Jerome Le PavecAwarded to: Jérôme Le Pavec, MD, PhD
Hopital Marie Lannelongue, Le Plessis Robinson, France
Learn MoreResearch Title: "Biomarker Guided Extracorporeal Photopheresis for Chronic Lung Allograft Dysfunction: The BioCLAD-ECP Study"


Mentorship Awards

2025 Francis D. Pagani, MD Endowed Mentorship Award

Daniel J Goldstein headshotAwarded to: Daniel Goldstein, MD
Learn MoreMontefiore Medical Center
Bronx, NY USA


Achievement Awards

2025 Amanda W. Rowe Distinguished Service Award

Headshot of Stuart SweetAwarded to: Stuart C. Sweet, MD, PhD
Learn MoreSt. Louis, MO USA


Abstract Awards

2025 Philip K. Caves Award

Headshot of Isabela LansteinerAwarded to: Isabela Landsteiner, MD
Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA USA
Learn MoreResearch Title: "Characterization of Exercise Hemodynamic Profiles in Patients with Normal Resting Pulmonary Arterial Pressures"


2025 ISHLT Early Career & Trainee Clinical Case Dilemmas Best Presentation Award

Headsot of Ali AkamkamAwarded to: Ali Akamkam, MD, MSC
Greater Paris University Hospitals, Paris, France
Learn MoreResearch Title: "First Clinical Use of a Bioprosthetic Total Artificial Heart in a Patient with an Invasive Mediastinal Tumor"


2024 ISHLT Early Career Scientist Award

Headshot of Julianna BuchwaldAwarded to: Julianna Buchwald, BSe
University of Massachusetts T.H. Chan School of Medicine
Worcester, MA USA
Learn MorePresentation Title: “Optimizing Hearts for Transplantation Using Small Interfering RNA-Based Therapies During Ex Vivo Machine Perfusion”


Scholarships & Travel Awards

2025 ISHLT Annual Meeting & Scientific Travel Award Recipients
View All 2025 Recipients Learn More