Any physician or scientist who is currently in a residency or fellowship training program, or is below the age of 35, is eligible to submit an abstract in the Young Investigators (YI) competition. A panel will select the best abstracts from those submitted. These papers will be presented orally and awards will be given. All finalists will receive a $500 travel grant, complimentary registration, and a Certificate of Merit. In addition, the oral presentations will be reviewed by a panel of judges who will select the best abstract presentation. The individual with the best presentation will receive an additional $500 travel grant.

The 2007 Young Investigators competition is supported by grants from Astellas Pharma US, Bracco Diagnostics Inc., GE Healthcare, and INVIA Medical Imaging Solutions

Accepted ASNC2007 Young Investigator Abstracts
Session time: Saturday, September 8, 2007, 10:30 a.m. – Noon

2006 Young Investigator Winner

Rupa Mehta, MD
Clinical Application of the ACCF/ASNC SPECT Perfusion Appropriateness Criteria
R Mehta, S Chandra, KA Williams

2006 Young Investigator Finalists

Anuj Shah, MD
Independent Predictors of Cardiac Events in Elderly Patients Undergoing Stress Gated SPECT Imaging
A Shah, G Noble, H Athar, A Ahlberg, D Katten, G Heller

Nir Somekh, MD
Differences in Care and Outcomes of a Dedicated Chest Pain Unit (CPU)
NN Somekh, M Rachko, G Husk, A Van Tosh, SR Bergmann

Ali Gholamrezanezhad, MD
The First Report of Abnormal Pattern of Myocardial Perfusion Scintigraphy in Chemical Warfare Patients Intoxicated by Mustard Gas
A Gholamrezanezhad, M Saghari, M Eftekhari, A Vakili, S Mirpour, M Farahani

Jamaluddin Moloo, MD
Vascular FDG-PET Measurements Correlate with Histologically-Determined Inflammation in the Contralateral Vessel
J Moloo, A Fischman, D Vermylen, S Bedri, U Hoffman, R Cury, A Tawakol

Tahir Mohmed, MD
Effect of 3-D Iterative Reconstructions of Gated SPECT Perfusion Studies on LV Function and Mass Measurements - Comparisons with Standard Filtered Backprojection Reconstruction Gated SPECT
T Mohmed, EP Ficaro, JN Kritzman, JR Corbett

Sirumugai Saravanan, MD
Automatic Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillator Discharge Reflects Left Ventricular Remodeling and Not Residual Ischemia on Gated SPECT
RS Druz, SM Saravanan, KC Ngai