WASHINGTON, Aug. 13,
2024 /PRNewswire/ -- The Heart Failure Society
of America (HFSA) announced the slate of 2024 HFSA Award recipients
who will be recognized at the HFSA Annual Scientific Meeting 2024,
September 27-30 in Atlanta, Georgia.
"Congratulations are in order for this remarkable slate of
professionals whose work has undoubtedly transformed the lives of
many patients and contributed to the advancement of the field,"
said James C. Fang, MD, FHFSA, HFSA
President. "I speak for the entire HFSA Board of Directors when I
say that we can't wait to honor their achievements at the Annual
Scientific Meeting."
This year's award winners are as follows:
HFSA Lifetime Achievement Award
Mandeep Mehra, MBBS, MSc, FRCP of Brigham and
Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical
School
The HFSA Lifetime Achievement Award
recognizes a lifetime body of work by individuals who have made a
significant and sustained contribution to the field of heart
failure.
Distinguished HFSA Member Award
Corrine Jurgens, PhD, RN, APRN, FHFSA of
Boston College's William F. Connell School of Nursing
The
Distinguished HFSA Member Award celebrates a member's body of work
in the field of heart failure and their work and service to the
Heart Failure Society of America.
Distinguished Leadership Award
Biykem Bozkurt, MD,
PhD, FHFSA of Baylor College of
Medicine
The HFSA Distinguished Leadership Award
celebrates a leader in the field of heart failure in the areas of
education and mentorship.
Pioneer Award (two winners)
Peter Liu, MD of University
of Ottawa Heart Institute
Donna Mancini, MD of Mount Sinai Health
System
The HFSA Pioneer Award is given to an innovator and
pioneer in the field of heart failure. The Award notes the HFSA
member's innovative role in heart failure which helps to set the
stage for future generations of heart failure providers.
Nursing Clinical Excellence Leadership Award
Teri Diederich, DNP, APRN-NP,
FHFSA of Nebraska Medicine
The HFSA Nursing Clinical
Excellence Award recognizes clinical nursing excellence by a
registered nurse who works directly with heart failure patients,
their families, and other nurses providing HF services.
Nursing Research Leadership Award
Quin Denfeld,
PhD, RN, FHFSA of OHSU School of Nursing
The HFSA Nursing
Research Leadership Award recognizes extraordinary achievement and
excellence in nursing that improves outcomes of patients with heart
failure.
Outstanding Heart Failure Care Team Award (two
winners)
Center for Advanced Heart Failure and
Mechanical Circulatory Support Team at Rochester Regional
Health
Heart Failure & Transplant Team at
Intermountain Medical Center
The Outstanding Heart Failure
Care Team Award celebrates the accomplishments of a heart failure
care team, collectively.
About the Heart Failure Society of America
The Heart
Failure Society of America, Inc. (HFSA) represents the first
organized effort by heart failure experts from the Americas to
provide a forum for all those interested in heart function, heart
failure, and congestive heart failure (CHF) research and patient
care. The mission of HFSA is to provide a platform to improve and
expand heart failure care through collaboration, education,
innovation, research, and advocacy. HFSA members include
physicians, scientists, nurses, nurse practitioners, pharmacists,
trainees, other healthcare workers and patients. For more
information, visit hfsa.org.
Media Contact: Laura Poko,
301-798-4493, ext. 226, lpoko@hfsa.org
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