ISHLT Recognizes Excellence at the ISHLT2025 Awards Presentation
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
Awarded 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
Awarded 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.
Awarded 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”
Awarded 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
Awarded 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”
Awarded 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
Awarded to: Jerome 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
Awarded to: Daniel Goldstein, MD
Learn MoreMontefiore Medical Center
Bronx, NY USA
Achievement Awards
2025 Amanda W. Rowe Distinguished Service Award
Awarded to: Stuart C. Sweet, MD, PhD
Learn MoreSt. Louis, MO USA
Abstract Awards
2025 Philip K. Caves Award
Awarded 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"
Shahnawaz Amdani, MD, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH USA
Chesney Castleberry, MD, Dell Medical School at the University of Texas in Austin, Austin, TX USA
Melissa Cousino, PhD,
Laurent Godinas, MD, PhD, UZ Leuven Gasthiusberg, Leuven, Belgium
Jose Gonzalez-Cortes, MD, MSc, PhD, Bellvitge Hospital, Barcelona, Spain
Christoph Knosalla, MD,
Deutsches Herzzentrum der Charité, Berlin, Germany
Clive Lewis, MA, MB, Bchir, PhD, FFICM, FRCP, Royal Papworth Hospital, Cambridge, Untied Kingdom
Jesper Magnusson, MD, PhD, Sahlgrenska
University Hospital, Gothenburg, Sweden
Yasbanoo Moayedi, MD, UHN, Toronto, ON Canada
Caroline Patterson, BMBS, BMedSci, MD, Royal Papworth Hospital, Cambridge, United Kingdom
Nina Pilat, MSc, PhD,
Medical University of Vienna, Wein, Austria
2025 ISHLT Early Career & Trainee Clinical Case Dilemmas Best Presentation Award
Awarded 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"
Cristiano Amarelli, MD,Monaldi Hospital, Napoli, Italy
Chesney Castleberry, MD, Dell Medical School at the University of Texas in Austin, Austin, TX USA
Greg Fishbein, MD, David
Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA USA
Andrew Morley-Smith, MRCP, PhD, Harefield Hospital, Harefield, United Kingdom
Nicolas Mueller, MD, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
Kavitha Muthiah, MBChB, PhD, St. Vincent's Hospital, Sydney, NSW, Australia
Andreas Zuckermann, MD, Medical University of Vienna, Wein, Austria
2024 ISHLT Early Career Scientist Award
Awarded 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”