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

2025 Robert Hye Memorial Resident Competition Winners

First Place

Christine M. Mavilian

University of California, Los Angeles, CA

Validation of the Society for Vascular Surgery Appropriate Use Criteria for Management of Intermittent Claudication

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Second Place (Tie)

Zachary Rengel, MD

University of Southern California

Vessel Level Comparative Analysis Of 5 Year Renal Branch Performance Following Fenestrated Branched Endovascular Aortic Repair Using Thoracoabdominal Multibranched Endoprotheses and Physician Modified Endografts

Jose Luis Lopez, MD

University of California, Los Angeles

The Association Between Multimorbidity and Arteriovenous Fistula Creation Outcomes

Third Place (Tie)

Colleen P. Flanagan, MD

University of California, San Francisco

Improving Discharge Opioid Prescriptions Following Elective Vascular Surgery Procedures Using Patient-Specific Data

Armin Tabiei, MD

University of California, Los Angeles

Impact of Lumen Origin and Gap Distance on Target Artery Outcomes Following Fenestrated-Branched Endovascular Aortic Repair for Post-dissection Thoracoabdominal Aortic Aneurysms

2024 Robert Hye Memorial Resident Competition Winner

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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Previous Winners

2023

Riley Brian, MD, MAEd
University of California, San Francisco

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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1415 Commercial Ave., Ste. 257
Anacortes, WA 98221
Tel: 360-420-6906
Fax: 360-261-6077
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