Hye Memorial Competition

To honor the contribution of member Dr. Robert Hye.

Robert Hye Memorial Best Resident / Trainee Competition

To honor the contribution of member Dr. Robert Hye, each year the Western Vascular Society Program Chair elects judges to evaluate the best full presentation by a medical student or resident. There are three cash prizes—$500, $250, and $100—and official commemorative certificates awarded at the final session of the meeting. In addition there is a certificate and $100 award for the best Rapid Fire Presentation. The awards are funded by donations collected at registration by the members and sponsors.

Donate to the Hye Fund

Thanks to the Robert Hye Donors

Dr. Oliver Aalami
Dr. Michael Belkin
Dr. Robert Chang
Natasha Edman
Dr. Eugene Groeger
Dr. Daniel Ihnat
Dr. Tony Katras
Dr. Daniel Miles
Dr. Leigh Ann O’Banion
Dr. Peter Schneider
Dr. Ben Starnes
Dr. Karen Woo
Dr. Ahmed Abou-Zamzam
Dr. Michael Conte
Dr. Ronald Dalman
Dr. Roy Fujitani
Dr. Tom Hatsukami
Dr. Tazo Inui
Dr. Jason Lee
Dr. Mark Morasch
Dr. Karen Quirk
Dr. Sherene Shalhub
Dr. Gale Tang
Dr. Wayne Zhang
W.L. Gore & Associates
Dr. Scott Berman
Dr. Thomas Curry
Dr. Carlos Donayre
Dr. Ian Gordon
Dr. Bradley Hill
Dr. Omid Jazaeri
Dr. Gregory Magee
Dr. Scott Musicant
Dr. Thomas Rehring
Eric Smith
Dr. Shant Vartanian
Dr. Wei Zhou

2023 Robert Hye Memorial Resident Competition Winners

First Place

Riley Brian, MD, MAEd, Elizabeth Lancaster, MD, MAS, Jade Hiramoto, MD

Department of Surgery, University of California, San Francisco, CA

Sustained Impact of a “Just in Time” Educational Intervention for Opioid Overprescribing in Dialysis Access Surgery

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Second Place

Arash Fereydooni, MD, Keyuree Satam, MD, Shernaz Dossabhoy, MD, Sabina Sorondo, MD, Shipra Arya, MD, Brant Ullery, MD, Jason T. Lee, MD

Stanford University, Stanford, CA

Propensity Score Matched Comparison of EndoSuture Versus Fenestrated Aortic Aneurysm Repair in Treatment of Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms with Unfavorable Neck Anatomy

Third Place

Kathryn L. DiLosa MD, MPH1, Michelle Manesh, MD2, Lucas Ruiter Kanamori, MD3, Mabel Chan, MD4, Gregory A. Magee, MD2, Fernando Fleischman, MD2, Jason T. Lee, MD5, Sara L. Zettervall, MD6, Matthew P. Sweet, MD6, Joel P. Harding, DO7, Shahab Toursavadkohi, MD7, Javairiah Fatima, MD4, Gustavo S. Oderich, MD3, Sukgu M. Han, MD, MS2, Steven Maximus, MD1

University of California, Davis Health, Sacramento, CA

Multi-Center Experience with an Off-The-Shelf Single Retrograde Thoracic Branch Endoprosthesis for Acute Aortic Pathology

2023 Robert Hye Memorial Resident Competition Winner

Karissa M. Wang

University of California, Los Angeles

Revisions to Promote Maturation and Short-Term Death After Arteriovenous Fistula Creation

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Previous Winners

2022

Reginald Nkansah, MD
University of Washington

2021

Iris Liu, MD
University of California, San Francisco

2020

Alexa Mordhorst, MD
University of British Columbia

2019

Linda Wang, MD, MBA
Massachusetts General Hospital

2018

Joel Ramirez, MD
University of California, San Francisco

2017

Amir Ghaffarian, MD
University of Utah

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