Contact: Julie Boyland, jboyland@acc.org,

NEW ORLEANS (Mar 27, 2026) -

JACC, the flagship journal of the American College of Cardiology, will recognize seven primary authors with the William W. Parmley Young Author Achievement Award during ACC.26 in New Orleans.

Also known as the Parmley Prize, the award is named after Dr. William W. Parmley, a past editor-in-chief of JACC. It puts the spotlight on exceptional first-author publications by trainees in JACC and aims to elevate trainee-led research and highlight their contributions to cardiovascular research. All papers are evaluated based on originality, methodology, presentation and importance.

This year’s winners and their mentors are:

• Lovedeep S. Dhingra, MBBS
  Section of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut
  Mentor: Rohan Khera, MD, MS
  Study: “Ensemble Deep Learning Algorithm for Structural Heart Disease Screening Using Electrocardiographic Images: PRESENT SHD”
• Chee Loong (Dominic) Chow, MBBS
  Department of Medicine, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia
  Mentor: Uwais Mohamed, MBBS
  Study: “Clinical Outcomes of Conduction System Pacing vs Right Ventricular Septal Pacing in Atrioventricular Block: The CSPACE Randomized Controlled Trial”
• Jawad Haider Butt, MD, PhD
  Department of Cardiology, Copenhagen University Hospital – Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark
  Mentor: Lars Køber, MD DMSc
  Study: “Long-Term Effect of ICDs in Nonischemic Heart Failure With Reduced Ejection Fraction: Extended Follow-Up Analysis of DANISH”
• Rebecca Josowitz, MD, PhD
  Division of Cardiology, Department of Pediatrics, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
  Mentor: J. William Gaynor, MD
  Study: “Placental Malperfusion is Associated with Adverse Outcomes in Congenital Heart Disease and With Genetic Variants in Placental Developmental Pathways”
• Niekbachsh Mohammadnia, MD
  Department of Cardiology, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
  Mentor: Michael C. Honigberg, MD, MPP
  Study: “Colchicine and Longitudinal Dynamics of Clonal Hematopoiesis: An Exploratory Substudy of the LoDoCo2 Trial”
• John W. Ostrominski, MD
  Cardiovascular Division, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston
  Mentors: Scott D. Solomon, MD, and Muthiah Vaduganathan, MD, MPH
  Study: “Anthropometric Measures, Cardiovascular Outcomes, and Treatment Effects of Finerenone in Cardiovascular-Kidney-Metabolic Disease: Pooled Participant-Level Analysis of 3 Global Trials; Adiposity-Related Anthropometrics and Clinical Outcomes in Heart Failure With Mildly Reduced or Preserved Ejection Fraction: A Participant-Level Pooled Analysis of Randomized Clinical Trials; and Natriuretic Peptides, Body Mass Index, and Clinical Outcomes in Heart Failure with Mildly Reduced or Preserved Ejection Fraction”
• Awais Sheikh, MBChB
  National Amyloidosis Centre, University College London, Royal Free Campus, London, United Kingdom
  Mentor: Marianna Fontana, MD, PhD
  Study: “Myocardial Amyloid Burden in Transthyretin Amyloidosis”

In addition, 17 were recognized with honorable mentions for their outstanding research.

• Arya Aminorroaya MD, MPH
  Section of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut
  Mentor: Rohan Khera, MD, MS
  Study: “Effects of Tirzepatide in Type 2 Diabetes: Individual Variation and Relationship to Cardiovascular Outcomes”
• Priscilla Duran-Luciano, MD
  Albert Einstein College of Medicine/Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, New York
  Mentor: Carlos J. Rodriguez, MD
  Study: “Association of Lp(a) with Cardiovascular Disease and All-cause Mortality in US Hispanics and Latinos”
• Daniel Johnson, BA
  Mentor: Rishi Wadhera, MD, MPP, MPhil
  Study: “Heart Failure Care and Outcomes After Private Equity Acquisition of U.S. Hospitals”
• Yuki Sahashi, MD, MSc, PhD
  Mentor: David Ouyang, MD
  Study: “Artificial intelligence automation of echocardiographic measurements”
• Maria A. Pabon MD
  Mentor: Muthiah Vaduganathan, MD, MPH
  Study: “Finerenone Reduces New-Onset Atrial Fibrillation Across the Spectrum of Cardio-Kidney-Metabolic Syndrome: The FINE-HEART Pooled Analysis”
• Hamed Tavolinejad, MD
  Mentor: Masih Tajdini, MD
  Study: “Using Compression Stockings to Prevent Recurrence of Vasovagal Syncope: A Randomized Sham-Controlled Trial”
• Taisuke Nakade, MD, PhD
  Mentor: Yuya Matsue, MD, PhD
  Study: “Frailty Scale Captures Multidimensional Vulnerability and Predicts Mortality in Heart Failure”
• Yu Mi Kang, MD, PhD, MPH
  Mentor: Michelle O'Donoghue, MD, MPH
  Study: “Obesity-Associated Cardiovascular Risk and Benefit from PCSK9 Inhibition: A Prespecified Analysis from FOURIER”
• Jwan Naser, MBBS
  Mentor: Barry Borlaug, MD
  Study: “Tricuspid regurgitation across the spectrum of heart failure with preserved ejection fraction”
• Ouriel Saura, MD
  Mentor: Alain Combes, MD, PhD
  Study: “Effect of ECMO flow variations on pulmonary capillary wedge pressure in patients with cardiogenic shock”
• Shitian Li, BM
  Mentor: Jing Li, MD, PhD
  Study: “Effects of intensive blood pressure control in patients with frailty: A post-hoc analysis from ESPRIT”
• Bryan Chong, MBBS
  Mentor: Nicholas Chew, MBChB
  Study: “The Global Syndemic of Modifiable Cardiovascular Risk Factors Projected from 2025 to 2050”
• Zainab Mahmoud, MD, MSc
  Study: “Aspirin Prophylaxis for Preeclampsia Prevention in Nigeria: An Explanatory Sequential Mixed Methods Study”
• Hyeok-Hee Lee, MD, PhD
  Mentor: Eric A. Secemsky, MD, MSc
  Study: “Trends in Prevalence, Treatment, and Control of Cardiometabolic Risk Factors Among Adults With Hypertension in the United States, 1999-2023”
• Sean Tan, MBBS
  Mentor: Stephen Nicholls, MBBS, PhD
  Study: “Pop-Up Cardiovascular Screening Within Community Pharmacies and An International Sporting Event”
• Rohit Nathani, MD
  Mentor: Saket Girotra, MD, SM
  Study: “Relation Between the Incidence of In-Hospital Cardiac Arrest and Survival in Older Patients”
• Fawzi Kerkouri, MD, MPH
  Mentor: Eloi Marijon, MD, PhD
  Study: “Defibrillation Testing During Implantation of Subcutaneous Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillators”

ACC.26 will take place March 28 – 30, 2026, in New Orleans, bringing together cardiologists and cardiovascular specialists from around the world to share the newest discoveries in treatment and prevention. Follow @ACCinTouch, @ACCMediaCenter and #ACC26 for the latest news from the meeting.

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