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HomeMembersAssemblies and SectionsAssembliesThoracic OncologyAwards ▶ 2018 ATS Abstract Scholarship Award Recipients
2018 ATS Abstract Scholarship Award Recipients

These Abstract Scholarship Awards have been funded by the American Thoracic Society

Katie Cleary Alonso, MD
Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center
Abstract Title: Primary Pulmonary Carcinoid as a Potential Marker for Second Primary Malignancy

Shehabaldin Alqalyoobi, MD
University of California Davis Medical Center
Abstract Title: Mortality Predictors in Interventional Pulmonology Common Diagnoses: Insight from National Inpatient Sample Database

Bashar Alzghoul, MD
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
Abstract Title: Optimizing the Approach to Patients with Pleural Effusion and Radiologic Findings Suspect for Cancer

Udit Chaddha, MD
Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California
Abstract Title: Comparison Of Sample Adequacy And Diagnostic Yield Of The 19 G And The 22 G EBUS-TBNA Needles

Ryan Clay, MD
Mayo Clinic
Abstract Title: Canary (computer Aided Nodule Analysis And Risk Yield) As A Radiologic Biomarker To Predict Tumor Response To EGFR-Targeted Therapy In Adenocarcinoma Of The Lung

Van Kim Holden, MD
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Abstract Title: Safety and Efficacy of a New Fully Covered Self-Expandable Metallic Airway Stent

Michael Lake, MD, MS
Thomas Jefferson University
Abstract Title: Racial Differences in Baseline Low-Dose CT Screenings Among Patients Enrolled in a Lung Cancer Screening Program

Branden W. Luna, DO
Medical University of South Carolina
Abstract Title: Utilization of FDG-PET Imaging Based on Pretest Probability in Lung Nodule Management: A Useful Tool or a Fool's Errand?

Christina MacRosty, DO
University of North Carolina Hospitals
Abstract Title: Prognostic Factors in Patients Diagnosed with Malignant Pleural Effusion

Christopher Merrick, MD
Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Abstract Title: Mouse Model of Immune Response Modulation in Malignant Pleural Effusion

Melissa New, MD
University of Colorado
Abstract Title: Prostacyclin Attenuates Changes to the miRNA Profile in a Murine Model of Lung Adenocarcinoma

Mehrdad Pourfathi, MSc
University of Pennsylvania
Abstract Title: Imaging Lung Cancer Using Hyperpolarized MRI Technology: A Preliminary Study

Mohamad M. Rachid, MD
UIC/Advocate Christ Medical Center
Abstract Title: Endobronchial Ultrasound-guided Transvascular Needle Aspiration (EBUS-TVNA), Ten Years of Experience and Success

Mickey Sachdeva, MD
University of California, San Francisco
Abstract Title: Stratifying Somatic EGFR Mutation Profiles for Detection of Drug Resistant Mutations in NSCLC

Virgil Secasanu, MD
The Ohio State University, College of Medicine
Abstract Title: Repeated Dose Of Thrombolytics In Malignant Nondraining Tunneled Pleural Catheters: A Single Center Experience

Akira Takeuchi, MD
Nagoya City University Graduate School of Medical Science
Abstract Title: Thyroid Transcription Factor-1 Expression Predicts The Efficacy Of Bevacizumab Added On Platinum Drugs And Pemetrexed Chemotherapy In Non-squamous Non-small-cell Lung Cancer

Jeffrey Thiboutot, MD
Johns Hopkins University
Abstract Title: Experienced Bronchoscopists Demonstrate Improved Ergonomics with a Rotational Head Bronchoscope when Performing Simulated Bronchoscopy

Amanda Wong, BSc(Hons)
National University of Singapore
Abstract Title: High CD151 Expression in Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer (NSCLC) Patients Expressing Wildtype Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor (EGFR) Is Associated with Poorer Disease Outcome

Dawei Yang, MD
Zhongshan Hospital Fudan University
Abstract Title: Deep Convolutional Neutral Networks Based Artificial Intelligence System For Pulmonary Nodule Detection and Diagnosis in United States and Chinese Dataset

These Abstract Scholarship has been funded by a generous donation from ATS Public Advisory Roundtable member-LUNGevity Foundation

Michelle Zhang, MD
Boston Medical Center
Abstract Title: Myokines as Anti-Proliferative Agents in Lung Adenocarcinoma: an In Vitro Study into Exercise and Lung Cancer

Raewyn Hopkins, RGON, BN, MPH
University of Auckland
Abstract Title: Stratification Of Screening Participants In The National Lung Screening Trial According To COPD Status And Outcomes In The NLST-ACRIN Sub-study (N=10 054)

Lakshmi Kallur, MD
East Tennessee State University
Abstract Title: Lung Cancer in the Palm of Our Hands- A Critical Appraisal of iOS Medical Applications Available