2011 HFSA Lifetime Achievement Award

Nomination Deadline: July 16, 2010 (receipt date)

Notification to Award Winner: January 2011.

Award Presentation: September 19, 2011.

The HFSA Lifetime Achievement Award is presented by the Executive Council of the HFSA. The purpose of this award is to recognize a lifetime body of work by an individual who has made a significant and sustained contribution to the field of heart failure.

The Lifetime Achievement Award, consisting of a special gift and plaque, is conferred during the Annual Scientific Meeting of the Heart Failure Society of America.

In establishing this award, the HFSA pays tribute to a body of work by a renowned clinician/researcher in advancing the field of heart failure.

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Eligibility

Any living individual whose career has focused on heart failure may be nominated. This award will be made on the basis of the recipient's contribution as follows:

• Advancement of scientific knowledge, either basic or clinical research directly related to heart failure
• Improvement in the practice of treating patients with heart failure
• Demonstrated service to the mission of the HFSA.

Evaluation of nominees and selection of the recipient will be chosen by a majority vote of the Lifetime Achievement Award Committee and submitted to the HFSA Executive Council for approval.

Past Lifetime Achievement Award in Heart Failure Recipients

2009 - Kanu Chatterjee, MBBS, FRCP
2008 - Michael R. Bristow, M.D., Ph.D.
2007 - Arnold M. Katz, M.D.
2006 - Jay N. Cohn, M.D.