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Division of Cardiovascular Medicine Division of Cardiovascular Medicine

Awards

Fellow Appreciation Faculty and Staff Awards

Award given to one faculty member and one staff member recognized by the graduating class for their outstanding dedication, mentorship, and support.

YEAR FACULTY STAFF
2025 Duran Robin Whitman
2024 Han Margo Relaford
2023 Shen Robin Linville
2022 Alshawabkeh Valerie Wahlers - VA
2021 Tran Joycelle Martinez & Stefanie Brennan
2020 McDivit Sarah Lassiter - VA
2019 Wettersten Szilvia Wheeler - VA cath lab
2018 Urey Gian Magpayo & Joycelle Martinez
2017 Tran Nassar
2016 Schricker Margo Relaford
2015 Wilson Cath lab staff
2014 Penny/Patel Bill Arend

Zipser Awards

Presented to a General Cardiology Fellow recognized by the UCSD Internal Medicine Residents for excellence in clinical cardiology, humanitarianism, professionalism, and outstanding teaching.

YEAR RECIPIENT
2025 Shelief Robbins-Juarez
2024 Revathy Sampath-Kumar
2023 Adam Custer & Tania Saul
2022 David Torres Barba
2021 Omar Aldaas & Antoinette Birs
2020 Patrick Azcarate & Jason Duran
2019 Dan Mangels & Alayn Govea
2018 Darrin Wong & Doug Darden
2017 Shiv Sab

Schulman Awards

Established by the generosity of Victor and Ruth Shulman, patients of Dr. Kirk Peterson. The Schulman Award recognized outstanding research in cardiovascular medicine performed at UC San Diego by individuals at the early stage in their careers.

2024-2025

Harpreet Bhatia - Jr Clinical Faculty
Jing Zhang - Post Doc- Dr. Sheikh's lab
Revathy Sampath-Kumar - Fellow

2023-2024

Harpreet Bhatia - Jr Clinical Faculty
Elle Farah - Post Doc- Chi's Lab
Van Kim Ninh - Post Doc- Dr. King's lab
Antoninette Birs - HF Fellow
Joseph Taleb - Fellow

2022-2023

Harpreet Bhatia - Jr Clinical Faculty
Gary Ma - Fellow
John Power - Fellow

2021-2022

 

2020-2021

Gordon Ho - Jr. Clinical Faculty
Yan Liang - Post Doc
Doug Darden - Fellow
Quan Bui - Fellow

2019-2020

Nick Wettersten - Jr Clinical Faculty
Mike Wilkinson - Jr Clinical Faculty
Doug Darden - Fellow
Harpreet Bhatia - Fellow

2018-2019

Kevin King - Jr Research Faculty
Isac Thomas - Jr Clinical Faculty
Stephen Dickson - Fellow
Calvin Yeang - Fellow
Canzhao Liu - Post Doc
Simone Spinozzi - Post Doc

2017-2018

Kevin King - Jr Research Faculty
Isac Thomas - Jr Clinical Faculty
Xi Fang - Post Doc
Calvin Yeang - Fellow

2016-2017

Jonathan Hsu - Faculty Clinical
Isac Thomas - Fellow
Ana Manso Martin, Jr. - Research Faculty
Dekker Deacon, Cassandra Hope, Post Doc

2015-2016

Jonathan Hsu - Faculty Clinical
Stephen Lange - Faculty Basic Sciences

2014

Lawrence Ang
Matthew Stroud Post Doc

Grants

Name Grant
Thomas Prohaska NIH Program Project Grant
Calvin Hong T32
Isac Thomas T32, AHA career development award
Nick Wettersten VA Career Development Award, R21
Calvin Yeang T32, K award
Mike Wilkinson ACC-Merck Grant; CA ACC Grant, K award
Gordon Ho K award
Paul Kim K award
Harpreet Bhatia T32, K award
David Torres-Barba T32
Quan Bui AHA Career Development Award; Ionis Young Investigator Award
Antoinette Birs Novartis investigator-initiated trial
Revathy Sampath-Kumar Internal Department Grant
Benjamin Hoffman ACC-Merck
Gourisree Dharmavaram UC San Diego BEACON grant
Iosif Taleb T32