The ASNC2026 Trainee Awards for Excellent Abstracts and Cases Go To …

ASNC is pleased to introduce the recipients of this year’s Trainee Awards, which celebrate top-scoring abstracts and cases to be presented at ASNC2026 by Trainee Members. Their work is recognized in the ASNC2026 Program.

Presidential Abstract Awardees:

The Presidential Abstract Award celebrates ASNC Trainee Members whose submitted abstract scored in the top 5% of accepted abstracts for high-quality novel research. Congratulations to the following awardees:

Outstanding Abstract Awardees:

The Outstanding Abstract Award honors ASNC Trainee Members whose abstract scored in the top 6% to 20% of submissions. Congratulations to these awardees:

• Maria Alwan, MD, Houston Methodist Hospital, Houston, Texas, USA
• Ding Ding, PhD Candidate, Fuwai Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China
• Ibrahim Hassan, MD, DeBakey Heart and Vascular Institute, Houston Methodist Academic Institute, Houston, Texas, USA
• Lee Joseph, MD, MS, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
• Alleh Nogueira, MD, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil
• Patrik Sarkis, MD, Houston Methodist Hospital, Houston, Texas, USA
• Anderson Woite, MD, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
• Lee D. Yang, BS, Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York City, New York, USA

Outstanding Clinical Case Awardees:

The Outstanding Clinical Case Award recognizes ASNC Trainee Members whose Cases from the Community submissions scored in the top 20%. Congratulations to these awardees:

• Farzad Darabi, MD, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
• Sumit Garg, MBBS, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
• David Gonzalez Sanchez, MD, University of Missouri Kansas City, Kansas City, Missouri, USA
• Amandeep Goyal, MD, Saint Luke’s Mid America Heart Institute, Kansas City, Missouri, USA
• Mohanad Hamandi, MD, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA
• Ibrahim Hassan, MD, DeBakey Heart and Vascular Institute, Houston Methodist Academic Institute, Houston, Texas, USA
• Michael P. O’Shea, MBChB, MS, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA
• Agata K. Sularz, MB, BChir, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA

Join the nuclear cardiology community for ASNC2026, Sept. 16-19 in Las Vegas, Nevada. In-person and virtual registration options are available; however, to take advantage of Research and Abstracts sessions, you will need to attend in Las Vegas.

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