“Winning the award has been an incredible asset for my career. It’s opened so many doors. It was an incredible opportunity to learn what it meant to be at the table in interventional cardiology. I would encourage you to keep pursuing your passions, work hard on your research and your clinical skills. It is possible to be a clinician-scientist in interventional cardiology — and all of the previous Linnemeier winners are examples of that.”

— Robert W. Yeh, MD, MBA

Professor of Medicine, Cardiovascular Outcomes Research, Harvard Medical School
Director, Center for Outcomes Research, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
2011 Linnemeier Award Winner 

“I was thrilled when I was chosen as a Linnemeier Award recipient. It was such an impressively wonderful moment to realize my peers and mentors could see the value in my research interests — this accelerated my belief in what I could do. I would encourage everyone to strongly consider applying for the Linnemeier Award. It really does recognize the best in the future of interventional cardiology. It awards those creative thinkers, incredibly hard workers, and people with vision.”

— Farouc Jaffer, MD, PhD

Director, Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory, Massachusetts General Hospital
Associate Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
2004 Linnemeier Award Winner 

“To be recognized as a Linnemeier Award winner is one of my biggest career achievements. It was a gateway for meeting many more people in the interventional community, to my inclusion in many clinical trials, and to many opportunities for developing new technologies. For young investigators wanting to expand their careers in clinical trials and innovation, I couldn’t advocate more to apply for the Linnemeier Award. It’s a tremendous recognition and an opportunity to catapult your career.”

— David E. Kandzari, MD

Chief, Piedmont Heart Institute and Cardiovascular Service Line
Director, Interventional Cardiology, Piedmont Heart Institute
2003 Linnemeier Award Winner