The Society of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography (SCCT) has named Raman Dusaj, MD, and Thomas Smith, MD, as recipients of the fourth annual Young Investigator Award.
Dusaj, of George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences in Washington, DC, won for his submission titled "Estimation of Right Atrial and Ventricular Pressure by CT Coronary Angiography."
Smith, from Cedars-Sinai Heart Institute in Los Angeles, received his award for the paper titled "Assessment of the Morphologic Features of Degenerative Mitral Valve Disease Using 64-slice Multidetector Computed Tomography."
Sponsored via an unrestricted educational grant from Toshiba America Medical Systems of Tustin, CA, the Young Investigator Award is presented to two residents or fellows in radiology or cardiology for their patient care research in the categories of technical and clinical advancement of cardiovascular CT.
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