ISHLT2026: Philip K. Caves Award Session
23 April, 2026 3:00 p.m. to 4:15 p.m. EDT
Established in 1982, the Philip K. Caves Award encourages and rewards original high-quality research performed by residents, fellows, trainees, and graduate students. The award is bestowed annually on the candidate whose oral presentation is judged to be the best of those selected for the Caves Award Session at the Annual Meeting & Scientific Sessions.
The winner will be announced during the General Session on Saturday, 25 April.
Award Finalists
Anna Alber, MSc
Marie Lannelongue Hospital
Le Plessis Robinson, France
Abstract Title: Combined Hemofiltration and Hemadsorption Improves Cardiac Performance After Prolonged Ex Situ Perfusion
Ankita Burman, PhD
University of Toronto/UHN
Toronto, ON Canada
Abstract Title: Transcriptomic Landscape of B Cells in Chronic Lung Allograft Dysfunction (CLAD): Intragraft B Cells Exhibit Upregulation of STAT1-Related Pathways
Lucy Luo, MD, PhD
Northwestern Univerity
Chicago, IL USA
Abstract Title: Spatially-Restricted Circuits Between CXCL9+ Macrophages and T Cells Drive Acute Cellular Rejection in Lung Transplant Patients
Bilal Khan Mohammed, MBBS, MD
Northwestern University
Chicago, IL USA
Abstract Title: Regenerative uPAR Directed Car-T Therapy Reduces Fibrosis, Restores Vascular Architecture, and Improves Cardiopulmonary Function in Chronic Thromboembolic Pulmonary Hypertension (CTEPH)
Tammy Ruth, MD, MEd
Monroe Carell Jr. Children's Hospital at Vanderbilt
Nashville, TN USA
Abstract Title: Use of Ventricular Assist Devices as Bridge to Recovery in Pediatric Heart Transplant Recipients, an ACTION Registry Analysis
Michal Schafer, MD, PhD
Univeristy of Utah
Salt Lake City, UT USA
Abstract Title: Septal - Right Ventricular Free Wall Mechanical Dyssynchrony Predicts Immediate Right Heart Failure Following the LVAD Implantation