Hye Memorial Competition

To honor the contribution of member Dr. Robert Hye.

Robert Hye MD

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.

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

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

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