The Hawley H. Seiler Residents Competition Award is presented for an outstanding paper by a cardiothoracic or general surgery resident. It is bestowed upon the resident excelling in the following categories regarding their abstract submission: quality of abstract as well as manuscript and oral presentation. The award is named after STSA Past President and founding member Hawley H. Seiler, MD.
Dr. Seiler's many contributions to STSA included serving as Secretary for 15 years and presenting on numerous topics at Annual Meetings.
HAWLEY H. SEILER AWARD WINNERS
1997 - Elaine E. Tseng........................................ Baltimore, Maryland
1998 - Stephen Langley...................................... Durham, North Carolina
1999 - Aron Goldberg......................................... Charleston, South Carolina
2000 - Cullen D. Morris........................................Atlanta, Georgia
2001 - Sitaram M. Emani.......................................Durham, North Carolina
2002 - Thomas S. Maxey.......................................Charlottesville, Virginia
2003 - Brian Bethea..............................................Baltimore, Maryland
2004 - Tara Karamlou............................................Portland, Oregon
2005 - Edward John Hickey.....................................London, England
2006 - Thomas K. Varghese....................................Ann Arbor, Michigan
2007 - Tara Karamlou.............................................Portland, Oregon
2008 - David Cooke...............................................Sacramento, California
2009 - Jeremiah Geoff Allen....................................Baltimore, MD