AWARDS

In 2003, the Southern California Vascular Surgical Society instituted a resident award for the best presentation by a trainee at the Annual Scientific Meeting. Congratulations to the 2024 winners of the Dr. Robert Hye Memorial Resident Paper Competition.

Award Recipients

2024

FIRST PLACE: Is Age Correlative with Surgical Hemodialysis Access Maturation or Functional Patency?
Claire Yang, MD, Kaiser Permanente Los Angeles Medical Center

SECOND PLACE: A Novel Preoperative Risk Score to Identify Patients at High Risk for Non-Home Discharge After Elective Open Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Repair
Joel L. Ramirez, MD, University of California, San Francisco

THIRD PLACE: Psoas Muscle Index as Predictor of Worse Outcomes Following Major Amputation from Peripheral Vascular Disease
Veena Mehta, MD, Harbor UCLA Medical Center