Funding & Travel Awards

National Medical Association (NMA) Annual Convention Travel Award Recipients

New York, NY, August 3-7, 2024

Avrodet Mourkus

"Apixaban and Rivaroxaban Use in Raynaud’s Syndrome May Provide Vasodilatory and Anticoagulation Assistance in Normotensive Persons with Cyanosis and Gangrene"​

Leana Dogbe

 "African American Women are more likely to Undergo Carotid Endarterectomy for a Higher Degree of Stenosis and Have Increased Risk of Return to the Operating Room as compared to White Women" ​

Sasha Bennett

"Use of Arterial Duplex Ultrasound and Atherectomy is Associated with Increased Complications and Adverse Events when Compared with Ankle Brachial Index and Toe Brachial Index"​

Garyn Metoyer

New York University Brooklyn​

Melina Recarey

"Infrainguinal bypass for limb salvage in octogenarians has comparable mortality to amputation and affords better chance of home discharge than amputation"​

Ericka Knight

"Use of Arterial Duplex Ultrasound and Atherectomy is Associated with Increased Complications and Adverse Events when Compared with Ankle Brachial Index and Toe Brachial Index"

Society for Vascular Surgery (SVS) Annual Meeting (VAM) Travel Award Recipient

Chicago, IL, June 19-22 2024

Melina Recarey
at George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences

Christinah Alli
at Drexel University College of Medicine

Cynthia Ramazani
at Emory University School of Medicine

Leona Dogbe
at Penn State College of Medicine

D’Andre Williams MD, PGY4
at Cleveland Clinic

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