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.

2007 Young Investigator Winner

Ibrahim M. Saeed, MD
Impact of Gender on changes in Myocardial Substrate Metabolism in the Transition from Obesity to Diabetes Mellitus
IM Saeed, P Herrero, LR Peterson, C Recklein, AR Coggan, AJ DeMoss, CS Dence, JB McGill, RJ Gropler

2007 Young Investigator Finalists

Yasuyuki Suzuki, MD
"Motion-frozen" Myocardial Perfusion SPECT Improves Detection of CAD in Obese Patients
Y Suzuki, P Slomka, A Wolak, M Oba, S Suzuki, L Yang, S Hayes, J Friedman, L Thomson, G Germano, DS Berman

Kirkeith Lertsburapa, MD
Prognostic Value of Left Ventricular Ejection Fraction Measured by Stress Gated Rubidium-82 PET Myocardial Perfusion Imaging in Patients with Known or Suspected Coronary Artery Disease
K Lertsburapa, A Ahlberg, D Katten, TM Bateman, L Volker, SJ Cullom, GV Heller

Mouaz Al-Mallah, MD
Prognostic Value of Myocardial Perfusion Imaging in Patients with Impaired Renal Function
M Al-Mallah, R Hachamovitch, S Dorbala, R Kwong, J Hainer, MF Di Carli

Amit R. Patel, MD
Global and Regional Left Ventricular Function: Relationship Between Gated SPECT, Cardiac Magnetic Resonance, and Coronary Angiography
AR Patel, DD Watson, V Arora, JM Christopher, DL Segalla, H Bhardwaj, GA Beller, CM Kramer

Bai-Ling Hsu, MD
Atherosclerotic Plaque Characterization with Simultaneous Dual-source/Dual-energy Computed Tomography: A Preliminary Phantom Experiment Toward Clinical Utilization
B Hsu, SJ Cullom, K Saha, T Allen, S Schoonover, IA McGhie, TM Bateman, JA Case