In celebration of nuclear cardiology’s vibrant community of early-career investigators, the ASNC2025 Program Committee established 3 new awards recognizing top-scoring submissions by fellows-in-training.
Join us at ASNC2025, Sept. 4-7 in Orlando, Florida, to congratulate these talented researchers. Check out their research highlighted throughout ASNC2025’s Poster Abstracts and Rapid-Fire Cases sessions. You will be inspired!
ASNC2025 Presidential Poster Awardees
The Presidential Poster Award honors Fellow-in-Training Members whose abstracts scored in the top 5 percent of accepted abstracts for high-quality novel research. Their work is currently recognized with a Blue Ribbon icon in the ASNC2025 Program and will also be adorned with a ribbon during ASNC2025’s in-person Poster Abstracts sessions.
Congratulations to these awardees:

These early-career investigators received the ASNC2025 Presidential Poster Award.
Outstanding Poster Abstract Awardees
The Outstanding Poster Abstract Award honors ASNC Fellow-in-Training Members whose abstracts scored in the top 6 to 20 percent. Their work is currently recognized with a Red Ribbon icon in the ASNC2025 Program and will also be highlighted with a ribbon during ASNC2025’s in-person Poster Abstracts sessions.
Congratulations to these awardees:
• Ahmed Ibrahim Ahmed, MD, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
• Maria Alwan, MD, Houston Methodist DeBakey Heart & Vascular Center, Houston, Texas, USA
• Abdullah Zoheb Azhar, MD, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
• Ferdinand Rivera Gerodias, Jr., MD, Robert J. Burns Nuclear Cardiology Laboratory, University Health Network, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
• Anna Giarratana, MD, PhD, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin, USA
• Esra Gucuk Ipek, MD, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
• Mirza S. Khan, MD, MS, Saint Luke’s Mid America Heart Institute, Kansas City, Missouri, USA
• Sakthi Surya Prakash, MD, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
• Ruoxi Sun, MD, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Fuwai Hospital, Beijing, China
• Ke Wang, MD, Fuwai Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China
• Catherine Xie Wright, MD, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
• Donald S. Wright, MD, MHS, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
Outstanding Case Awardees
The Outstanding Case Award recognizes ASNC Fellow-in-Training Members whose Cases from the Community submissions scored in the top 20 percent. Their work is currently recognized with a Certificate icon in the ASNC2025 Program and will be announced by the moderator during ASNC2025’s in-person Rapid-Fire Cases sessions.
Congratulations to these awardees:
• Abdullah Zoheb Azhar, MD, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
• Joseph Patrick Donohue, MD, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh Pennsylvania, USA
• Ferdinand Rivera Gerodias, Jr., MD, Robert J. Burns Nuclear Cardiology Laboratory, University Health Network, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
• Sara Hazaveh, MD, Hackensack University Medical Center, Hackensack, New Jersey, USA
• Esra Gucuk Ipek, MD, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
• Shrikar Iragavarapu, MD, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, USA
• Timothy S. Kim, MD, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
• Benjamin J. Quiram, MD, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA
• Sanjay Sivalokanathan, MD, MRCP, Mount Sinai, New York City, New York, USA
See You in Orlando, Florida!
ASNC2025 Hotel Discounts Available Now
ASNC2025 is a hybrid meeting offering in-person and virtual registration. The Poster Abstracts sessions and Rapid-Fire Cases sessions are highly interactive and, therefore, available in person only. To discover cutting-edge research advancing the field of nuclear cardiology, register to attend ASNC2025 in Orlando, Florida.
ASNC2025’s official hotel, the Caribe Royale Orlando, is offering exclusive discounts for a limited time. Situated in the heart of Orlando, the venue offers easy access to world-renowned attractions as well as convenient dining, shopping, and entertainment. Book your ASNC2025 lodging now!
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