Honours and Awards

A. ACADEMY’S AWARD AND HONOUR RECIPIENTS:

1. Lifetime Achievement Award in Cardiovascular Science, Medicine and Surgery

1. Newman Stephens: Winnipeg, Canada 2005

2. Onkar Tripathi:  Lucknow, India 2005

3. Keld Kjeldsen: Copenhagen, Denmark 2005

4. Wagner Padua Filho: Belo Horizonte, Brazil 2005

5. Bohuslav Ostadal: Prague, Czech Republic 2005

6. Donald Beanlands: Ottawa, Canada 2005

7. Stig Haunso: Copenhagen, Denmark 2006

8. Jay Cohn: Minneapolis, USA 2009

9. Jan Slezak: Bratislava, Slovak Republic 2009

10. Elizabeth Roth: Pecs, Hungary 2010

11. Otoni Gomes: Belo Horizonte, Brazil 2010

12. Keyur Parikh: Ahmedabad, India 2010

13. Ramesh Goyal: Vadodara, India 2011

14. Belma Turan: Ankara, Turkey 2011

15. Stephen F. Vatner: Newark, USA 2011

16. Yogendra K. Gupta: New Delhi, India 2011

17. Nobuakira Takeda: Tokyo, Japan 2012

18. Irving Joshua: Louisville, USA 2012

19. John H. McNeill: Vancouver, Canada 2014

20. Dennis B. McNamara: New Orleans, USA 2014

21. James R. Parratt: Glasgow, United Kingdom 2014

22. Attila Ziegelhoffer: Bratislava, Slovakia 2014

23. S. S. Agrawal: New Delhi, India 2015

24. Edwin E. Daniel: Victoria, Canada 2015

25. Dragan Djuric: Belgrade, Serbia 2015

26. Irving Zucker: Omaha, USA 2015

27. Ashok Kr. Chauhan: Omaha, USA 2015

28. Frantisek Kolbel: Prague, Czech Republic 2015

29. Mohammad A.Q. Siddiqui: New York, USA   2015

30. M. Sankaran V. Valiathan: Manipal, India   2015

31. Noboru Yamazaki: Hamamatsu, Japan  2015

32. Ismail Sallam: Cairo, Egypt 2016

33. Andras Varro:Szeged, Hungary 2016

34. Philip J. Kadowitz: New Orleans, USA 2017

35. Karl T. Weber: Memphis, USA 2017

36. Mark Entman: Houston, USA 2017

37. William B. Weglicki: Washington, USA 2017

38. Grant Pierce: Winnipeg, Canada 2018

39. Gary Lopaschuk: Edmonton, Canada 2018

40. Asher Kimchi: Los Angeles, USA 2019

41. Suresh Gupta: New Delhi, India 2019

42. Jawahar L. Mehta: Little Rock, USA 2019

43. Pavel Hamet: Montreal, Canada 2019

44. Vladimir Jakovljevic: Kragujevac, Serbia 2019

45. C.C. Kartha, Trivandrum, India 2020

46. Ranko Škrbić, Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzegovina 2021

2. Distinguished Leadership Award in Cardiovascular Science

1. Jacques Genest: Montreal, Canada 2001

2. Ruth Collins-Nakai: Edmonton, Canada 2001

3. Elizabeth Roth: Pecs, Hungary 2013

4. Karl Werdan: Halle, Germany 2013

5. Salim Yusuf: Hamilton, Canada 2013

6. Otoni Gomes: Belo Horizonte, Brazil 2013

7. Suresh K. Gupta: New Delhi, India 2014

8. Alan H. Menkis: Winnipeg, Canada 2014

9. Karl Weber: Winnipeg, Canada 2014

10. Ricardo Gelpi: Buenos Aires, Argentina 2014

11. Miroslav Barancik: Bratislava, Slovak Republic 2014

12. Andras Varro: Szeged Hungary 2014

13. Devendra K. Agrawal: Omaha, USA 2015  

14. Chandrasekharan C. Kartha: Trivandrum, India 2015  

15. Vladimir Jakovljevic: Belgrade, Serbia 2015

16. Shyam S. Agrawal: Noida, India 2015

17. Melchior Luiz Lima: Vitoria, Brazil 2015

18. Enrique Castaneda Saldana: Lima, Peru 2015

19. Tejal Gandhi: Anand, India 2016

20. Ghassan Bkaily: Sherbrook, Canada 2016

21. Jose Carlos Dorsa Vieira Pontes: Belo Horizonte, Brazil 2016

22. Arunabha Ray: New Delhi, India 2017

23. Dinender K. Singla: Orlando, USA 2017

24. Ferenc Gallyas Jr.: Pecs, Hungary 2017

25. Sankar Natesan: Madurai, India 2018

26. Tatiana Ravingerova: Bratislava, Slovak Republic 2018

27. Jan Slezak, Bratislava: Slovak Republic 2018

28. Eduardo Rivas-Estany: Havana, Cuba 2018

29. José Wanderley Neto: Maceio-AL, Brazil 2018

30. CN Manjunath: Bangalore, India 2019

31. Madhu Khullar: Chandigarh, India 2019

32. Dragan M. Djuric: Belgrade, Serbia 2019

33. Belma Turan: Ankara, Turkey 2019

34. Ramesh K. Goyal: New Delhi, India 2020

35. Miloš P Stojiljković: Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzegovina 2021

3. Distinguished Service Award in Cardiovascular Science, Medicine and Surgery

1. Pavel Braveny: Brno, Czech Republic 2003

2. Otoni Gomes: Belo Horizonte, Brazil 2003

3. Elizabeth Roth: Pecs, Hungary 2003

4. Vijay K. Puri: Lucknow, India 2004

5. Suresh K Gupta: New Delhi, India 2004

6. Fause Attie: Mexico City, Mexico 2004

7. Daniel Villarreal: Syracuse, USA 2004

8. Haruo Naito: Tokyo, Japan 2004

9. Ramesh K Goyal: Vadodara, India 2005

10. Belma Turan: Ankara, Turkey 2005

11. David Brasil: Belo Horizonte, Brazil 2005

12. Wagner Padua Filho: Belo Horizonte, Brazil 2005

13. Dennis McNamara: New Orleans, USA 2005

14. Hideaki Kawaguchi: Sapparo, Japan 2006

15. Robert Kalina: Oakville, Canada 2008

16. Frantisek Kolar: Prague, Czech Republic 2008

17. Keld Kjeldsen: Copenhagen, Denmark 2009

18. Attila Ziegelhoffer: Bratislava, Slovak Republic 2010

19. Milan Chag: Ahmedabad, India 2011

20. Balram Bhargava: New Delhi, India 2012

21. Subir K. Maulik: New Delhi, India 2012

22. Elaine Maria Gomes Freitas: Belo Horizonte, Brazil 2012

23. Elton Silva Gomes: Belo Horizonte, Brazil 2012  

24. Tanya Ravingerova: Bratislava, Slovak Republic 2013

25. Suresh Tyagi: Louisville, USA 2013

26. Ursula Muller Werdan: Halle, Germany 2013

27. Ferenc Gallyas Jr.: Pecs, Hungary 2013

28. Monika Bartekova: Bratislava, Slovak Republic 2014

29. Michael Czubryt: Winnipeg, Canada 2014

30. George Jackowski: Woodbridge, Canada 2015

31. Surya Ramachandran: Thiruvananthapuram, India 2015

32. Elias Kallas: Pouso Alegre, Brazil 2015

33. Anita Mehta: Ahmedabad, India 2016

34. Jyotsnaben Patel: Anand, India 2016

35. Ivan Berkowitz: Winnipeg, Canada 2016

36. Danielle Jacques: Sherbrooke, Canada 2016

37. Hideo Kumamoto:Tokyo, Japan 2016

38. Pierre Reid: Sherbrooke, Canada 2016

39. Istvan Baczko: Szeged, Hungary 2016

40. Samir Saadeddine Jr.:Belo Horizonte, Brazil 2016

41. Kavita Gulati: New Delhi, India 2017

42. Sampath Parthasarathy: Orlando, USA 2017

43. William M. DeCampli: Orlando, USA 2017

44. Ricardo Adala Benfatti: Campo Grande, Brazil 2017

45. Andiappan Rathinavel: Madurai, India 2018

46. Delfin Rodriguez-Leyva: Winnipeg, Canada 2018

47. Melchior Luiz Lima: Vitoria, Brazil 2018

48. SR Kalpana: Bangalore, India 2019

49. Vladimir Zivkovic: Kragujevac, Serbia 2019

50. Ivan Srejovic: Kragujevac, Serbia 2019

51. Kamil Can Akcali: Anakara, Turkey 2019

52. Harvinder Popli, New Delhi, India 2020

53. Nathan D. Wong, Irvine, USA 2021

4. Exemplary Service Award for Promoting Heart Health

1. Nikolaus (Klaus) Lahr: Winnipeg, Canada 2018

2. Kamta Roy Singh: Winnipeg, Canada 2018

3. Yetta & Jack Levit Family: Winnipeg, Canada 2018

4. Sonny Dhalla: Brandon, Canada 2018

B. NORTH AMERICAN SECTION AWARD RECIPIENTS:

1. Howard Morgan Award for Distinguished Achievements in Cardiovascular Research

1. Laszlo Szekeres: Szeged, Hungary 2002

2. K. Gopal Nair: Mumbai, India 2003   

3. Shunzo Onishi: Tokyo, Japan 2004

4. Roberto Bolli: Louisville, USA 2005

5. Heinz Gerd Zimmer: Leipzig, Germany 2006

6. Dipak Das: Farmington, USA 2009

7. Subodh Verma: Toronto, Canada 2011

8. Sumeet Chugh: Los Angeles 2013

9. Jagat Narula: New York, USA 2014

10. Bruce McManus: Vancouver, Canada 2015

11. Morris Karmazyn; London, Canada 2016

12. Gary Lopaschuk: Edmonton, Canada 2017

13. Lorrie Kirshenbaum: Winnipeg, Canada 2018

14. Martin Morad: Charleston, USA 2019

15. Bohuslav Ostadal, Prague, Czech Republic 2021

2. Makoto Nagano Award for Distinguished Achievements in Cardiovascular Education

1. Chong-Chin Liew: Boston, USA 2002

2. Bal K. Sharma: Panchkula, India 2003

3. Bruce McManus: Vancouver, Canada 2004

4. Karl Weber: Memphis, USA 2005

5. John Solaro: Chicago, USA 2006

6. Agnes Vegh: Szeged, Hungary 2009

7. Zoltan Papp: Debrecen, Hungary 2011

8. David Lefer: Atlanta, USA 2013

9. Martin Morad: Charleston, USA 2014

10. Suresh K. Gupta: New Delhi, India 2015

11. Grant N. Pierce: Winnipeg, Manitoba 2016

12. András Varró: Szeged, Hungary 2017

13. Chandrasekharan C. Kartha: Trivandrum, India 2018

14. Buddhadeb Dawn: Las Vegas, USA 2019

3. Naranjan Dhalla Award for Innovative Investigators in Cardiovascular Sciences

1. Aiji Sakamoto: Tokyo, Japan 2002

2. Luiz Souza: Curitiba, Brazil 2003

3. Sukhinder Cheema: St. John’s, Canada 2004

4. Richard Schulz: Edmonton, Canada 2005

5. Balwant S. Tuana: Ottawa, Canada 2006

6. Hideo Baba: Essen, Germany 2006

7. Gary Baxter: Cardiff, Wales 2011

8. Andras Varro: Szeged, Hungary 2013

9. Morris Karmazyn: London, Canada 2014

10. Jan Slezak: Bratislava, Slovak Republic 2015

11. André Carpentier: Sherbrooke, Canada 2016

12. Gary Lopaschuk: Edmonton, Canada 2017

13. Andrew Marks: New York, USA 2018

14. Ren-Ke Li, Toronto, Canada 2019

4. Norman Alpert Award for Established Investigators in Cardiovascular Sciences

1. Jan Slezak: Bratislava, Slovak Republic 2002

2. Bohuslav Ostadal: Prague, Czech Republic 2003

3. Nirmal K. Ganguly: New Delhi, India 2004

4. Kewal K. Talwar: Chandigarh, India 2005

5. Seiryo Suguira: Tokyo, Japan 2006

6. Stephen Schaffer: Mobile, USA 2007

7. Grant Pierce: Winnipeg, Canada 2011

8. Rakesh C. Kukreja: Richmond, USA 2013

9. Gary Lopaschuk: Edmonton, Canada 2014

10. Aruni Bhatnagar: Louisville, USA 2015

11. Peter Backx: Toronto, Canada 2016

12. Michael P. Czubryt: Winnipeg, Canada 2017

13. Lorrie Kirshenbaum:Winnipeg, Canada 2018

14. Peter Ferdinandy: Budapest, Hungary  2019

15. Istvan Baczko, Szeged, Hungary 2021

5. James Willerson Awards for Excellence in Cardiovascular Medicine 

1. Four Symposium Speakers: Winnipeg Meeting 2013

2. Four Symposium Speakers: Omaha Meeting 2014

3. Four Symposium Speakers: Sherbrook Meeting 2015

4. Four Symposium Speakers: Orlando Meeting 2016

5. Four Symposium Speakers: Havana Meeting 2017

6. James Weiss: Los Angeles: USA 2018

7. Marek Michalak: Edmonton: Canada 2019

8. Dragan Djuric, Belgrade, Serbia. 2021

6. Grant Pierce Awards for Excellence in Cardiovascular Sciences 

1. Four Symposium Speakers: Winnipeg Meeting 2013

2. Four Symposium Speakers: Omaha Meeting 2014

3. Four Symposium Speakers: Sherbrook Meeting 2015

4. Four Symposium Speakers: Orlando Meeting 2016

5. Four Symposium Speakers: Havana Meeting 2017

6. Suresh Tyagi: Louisville: USA 2018

7. Zoltan Papp: Debrecen: Hungary 2019

8. Andras Varro, Szeged, Hungary. 2021

7. Dennis B. McNamara Awards for Excellence in Cardiovascular Sciences

1. Four Symposium Speakers: Winnipeg Meeting 2014

2. Four Symposium Speakers: Omaha Meeting 2015

3. Four Symposium Speakers: Sherbrook Meeting 2016

4. Four Symposium Speakers: Orlando Meeting 2017

5. Four Symposium Speakers: Havana Meeting 2018

6. Madhu Anand-Srivastava: Montreal: Canada  2019

7. Buddhadeb Dawn, Las Vegas, USA    2021

8. Jay Mehta Annual Award for Clinical Scientists 

1. Roberto Bolli, Louisville, USA 2021

9. Roberto Bolli Award Competition for Young Investigators

1. 4 Speakers: Winnipeg Meeting 2014

2. 4 Speakers: Omaha Meeting 2015

3. 4 Speakers: Sherbrook Meeting 2016

4. 4 Speakers: Orlando Meeting 2017

5. 4 Speakers: Havana Meeting 2018

6. 4 Speakers: Vrnjacka Banja Meeting 2019

7. 4 Speakers:  Banja Luka Meeting (Inna Rabinovich-Nikitin, Winnipeg, Canada and Jovana Bradić, Kragujevac, Serbia) 2021

10. Gary Lopaschuk Award Competition for Graduate Students

1. 4 Speakers: Winnipeg Meeting 2014

2. 4 Speakers: Omaha Meeting 2015

3. 4 Speakers: Sherbrook Meeting 2016

4. 4 Speakers: Orlando Meeting 2017

5. 4 Speakers: Havana Meeting 2018

6. 4 Speakers: Vrnjacka Banja Meeting 2019

7. 4 Speakers:  Banja Luka Meeting

(Noemi Toth, Szeged, Hungary) 2021

11. Morris Karmazyn Poster Awards in Translational Medicine

1. 4 Poster Awards: Winnipeg Meeting 2014

2. 4 Poster Awards: Omaha Meeting 2015

3. 4 Poster Awards: Sherbrook Meeting 2016

4. 4 Poster Awards: Orlando Meeting 2017

5. 4 Poster Awards: Havana Meeting 2018

6. 4 Poster Awards: Vrnjack Banja Meeting 2019

7. 4 Poster Awards: Banja Luka, Meeting 2021\

12. Margaret Moffat Poster Awards in Biomedical Sciences 

1. 4 Poster Awards: Winnipeg Meeting 2014

2. 4 Poster Awards: Omaha Meeting 2015

3. 4 Poster Awards: Sherbrook Meeting 2016

4. 4 Poster Awards: Orlando Meeting 2017

5. 4 Poster Awards: Havana Meeting 2018

6. 4 Poster Awards: Vrnjack Banja Meeting 2019

7. 4 Poster Awards: Banja Luka Meeting 2021

13. St. Boniface Hospital Albrechtsen Research Centre Travel/Poster Awards

1. 7 Poster Awards:  Sherbrook Meeting 2017

2. 7 Poster Awards:  Havana Meeting 2018

3. 6 Poster Awards:  Vrnjack Banja Meeting 2019

C. EUROPEAN SECTION AWARD RECIPIENTS:

1. Bohuslav Ostadal Award for Excellence in Cardiovascular Sciences

1. Grant Pierce: Winnipeg, Canada    2014

2. Devendra Agrawal: Orlando, USA 2015

3. David Eisner: Manchester, United Kingdom 2016

4. Peter Ferdinandy: Budapest, Hungary 2017

5. Narcisa Tribulova: Bratislava, Slovak Republic 2018

6. Lorrie Kirshenbaum: Winnipeg, Canada 2019

7. Gary Lopaschuk, Edmonton, Canada 2021

2. Jan Slezak Award for Excellence in Cardiovascular Sciences

1. Belma Turan: Ankara, Turkey 2014

2. Tanya Ravingerova: Bratislava, Slovakia 2015

3. Zoltán Papp: Debrecen, Hungary 2016

4. Martin Morad: Charleston, USA 2017

5. Frantisek Kolar: Prague, Czech Republic 2018

6. Andrew R. Marks: New York, USA 2019

7. Michael Czubryt, Winnipeg Canada 2021

3. Andras Varro Award for Excellence in Cardiovascular Sciences

1. Deepak Srivastava:San Francisco, USA 2016

2. Edward Carmeliet: Leuven, Belgium 2017

3. Dragan M. Djuric:Belgrade, Serbia 2018

4. Michael Czubryt, Winnipeg, Manitoba 2019

5. Martin Morad, Charleston, USA 2021

4. Naranjan Dhalla Honorary Medal/Lecture Award

1. Ursula Raven: Freiburg, Germany 2016

2. David Eisner: Manchester, UK 2017

3. Ger Stienen: Amsterdam, Netherlands 2018

4. Grant Pierce: Winnipeg, Canada 2019

5. Lorrie A. Kirshenbaum, Winnipeg, Canada 2021

5. Karl Werdan Poster Awards

1. 2 Poster Awards:  Vrnjack Banja Meeting 2019

2. 2 Poster Awards:  Banja Luka Meeting 2021

6. Attila Ziegelhoffer Poster Awards

1. 2 Poster Awards:  Vrnjack Banja Meeting 2019

2. 2 Poster Awards:  Banja Luka Meeting 2021

D. SOUTH AMERICAN SECTION AWARD RECIPIENTS: