The LIVE Award
A Leader In EndoVascular Education Award — The LIVE Award recognizes those vascular specialists who have dedicated their professional careers to educating students, postgraduate trainees, and peers in all aspects of vascular medicine and intervention.
The VIVA Foundation is proud to honor the 2026 LIVE Award recipient:
Andrew Holden, MBChB
Professor Holden is the director of Northern Region Interventional Radiology Service and is based at Auckland City Hospital where he co-directs the Vascular Intervention Research Unit. He also serves as a Professor of Radiology at University of Auckland.
Prof. Holden is a member of IRSA (Interventional Society of Australasia) and is a Past-President of the Asia-Pacific Society of Cardiovascular and Interventional Radiology (APSCVIR). He holds the EBIR (European Board of Interventional Radiology) Diploma and is currently a Co-Director of the Charing Cross Symposium.
Prof. Holden is the author of over 140 articles in peer reviewed journals and five book chapters. His interests include vascular interventional procedures, including advanced endovascular aneurysm repair techniques and revascularization in claudication and critical limb ischemia.
To date, Prof. Holden has been involved in over 100 medical device trials, many “first in human” and many as Principal Investigator.
In 2018, Prof. Holden was recognized for his contribution to vascular and endovascular intervention by being awarded an Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit (ONZM) medal.
Previous LIVE Award Recipents
| 2025 | TONY DAS, MD |
| 2024 | ANDREJ SCHMIDT, MD |
| 2023 | MARIANNE BRODMANN, MD |
| 2022 | DANIEL CLAIR, MD |
| 2021 | JAMES F. BENENATI, MD |
| 2019 | BRUCE H. GRAY, DO |
| 2018 | DIERK SCHEINERT, MD |
| 2017 | THOMAS ZELLER, MD, PhD |
| 2016 | MARK BATES, MD |
| 2015 | TIMOTHY SULLIVAN, MD |
| 2014 | J. MICHAEL BACHARACH, MD |
| 2013 | JOHN LAIRD JR., MD |
| 2012 | MICHAEL DAKE, MD |
| 2011 | MARK WHOLEY, MD |
| 2010 | MICHAEL R. JAFF, DO |
| 2009 | GARY ANSEL, MD |
| 2008 | EDWARD DIETHRICH, MD |
| 2007 | L. NELSON HOPKINS III, MD |
| 2006 | BARRY KATZEN, MD |
| 2005 | KENNETH ROSENFIELD, MD |
The ATLAS Award
A Teacher, Leader, And Scholar Award — The ATLAS Award celebrates the career and impact of physicians who have distinguished themselves as scholars and leaders in their respective vascular fields. They have committed their careers to advancing the care of patients with vascular disorders, and they have taught countless numbers of physicians techniques to expand care across the United States and the world.
The VIVA Foundation is proud to honor the 2026 ATLAS Award recipient:
Kenneth Rosenfield, MD, MHCDS
Previous ATLAS Award Recipents
| 2025 | IRIS BAUMGARTNER, MD |
| 2024 | ALAN H. MATSUMOTO, MD |
| 2023 | PETER A. SCHNEIDER, MD |
| 2022 | MICHAEL DAKE, MD |
| 2021 | JOHN BARTHOLOMEW, MD |
| 2019 | CHRISTOPHER J. WHITE, MD |
| 2018 | FRANK VEITH, MD |
| 2017 | NICK HOPKINS, MD |
| 2016 | THOM ROOKE, MD |
| 2015 | GARY S. ROUBIN, MD |
| 2014 | BARRY T. KATZEN, MD |
| 2013 | JERRY GOLDSTONE, MD |
| 2012 | JOHN SPITTELL, MD |
| 2011 | GIANCARLO BIAMINO, MD, PHD |
| 2010 | ERNEST RING, MD |
| 2009 | JESS YOUNG, MD |
| 2008 | NORMAN HERTZER, MD |
The Vascular Career Advancement Award
VIVA and LINC have collaborated to develop the Vascular Career Advancement Award to recognize young physicians who show promise as potential leaders in the vascular field. Recipients are selected for their dedication to a philosophy of multidisciplinary vascular care and improving the care and outcomes of patients with vascular disease.
The VIVA Foundation is proud to honor the 2026 VCA Award recipients:
Leigh Ann O'Banion, MD
Leigh Ann O’Banion, MD, is an Associate Clinical Professor in the Department of Surgery, at the University of California San Francisco, Fresno Branch Campus.
Dr. O’Banion received her undergraduate degree in Biologic Sciences from Louisiana State University and her medical degree from the Louisiana State University School of Medicine in New Orleans. She completed her general surgery residency at UCSF Fresno. Subsequently, she completed her Vascular Fellowship at UCSF. Dr. O’Banion is board certified by the American Board of Surgery in General and Vascular Surgery.
Dr. O’Banion has been a faculty member in the Department of Surgery since 2017 teaching general surgery residents and UCSF medical students. She was recently appointed the UCSF Fresno Director for Faculty Development. She currently serves as chair of the Communications committee of the WVS, as well as a member of the AVF Program Committee.
Her clinical research focuses on limb salvage and outcomes-based research on vascular patients with major amputation. She was awarded the 2021 UCSF Fresno Faculty Research Award. Additionally, she is the founder of CHAMPIONS, an outreach program aimed at providing comprehensive cardiovascular screening and education in vascular deserts across the US in collaboration with the Foundation to Advance Vascular Cures, for which she serves as their medical director.
Stefano Barco, MD, PhD
Prof. Stefano Barco, MD, PhD, FESC, is a senior attending physician (Leitender Arzt) Deputy Directory of the Department of Angiology of the University Hospital Zurich, Switzerland. He is a visiting scientist at the Center for Thrombosis and Hemostasis (Mainz, Germany).
He completed a residency in internal medicine (FMH) at the University of Pavia, Italy, a Ph.D. in vascular medicine at the University of Amsterdam, NL, and a residency in vascular medicine (FMH) with a focus on endovascular interventions at the University Hospital Zurich.
He is active in the care of patients with arterial and venous disorders and teaches classes at the undergraduate and graduate levels at different institutions.
His primary research interest is in venous thromboembolism. His projects have been funded by the Schweizerischer Nationalfonds and by the Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung in Deutschland.
He has written or co-authored more than 280 articles in peer-reviewed journals, including 120 with original data. He was a World Thrombosis Day steering committee member and is currently in the nucleus of the European Society of Cardiology "Working Group on Pulmonary Circulation and Right Ventricular Function", co-chair of the ISTH subcommittee "Factor XI and the Contact System", and a member of the International Consortium for Health Outcome Measures for VTE.
Prof. Barco is the recipient of the 2022 Swiss Angiology Society Award, 2021 Scientist Award of the Walter and Gertrud Siegenthaler Foundation, 2021 Bayer Thrombosis Prize, and 2014 Bonizzoni Award (Ferrata-Storti Foundation), as well as of the GTH, ESC, SISET, and ISTH Early Career Awards.
He serves as Associate Editor for "Thrombosis Research", "Haemostaseologie", and "VASA-European Journal of Vascular Medicine", and as Editorial Board Member for the "Journal of Thrombosis and Hemostasis" and for "Bleeding, Thrombosis and Vascular Biology".
Previous VCA Award Recipents
| 2024 - 2025 | JUN LI, MD & TIM WITTIG, MD |
| 2023 - 2024 | JORDAN R. STERN, MD & LORENZO PATRONE, MD |
| 2022 - 2023 | KUSH R. DESAI, MD; & TATSUYA NAKAMA, MD |
| 2021 - 2022 | ERIC A. SECEMSKY, MD, MSc; & EVA FREISINGER, MD |
| 2020 - 2021 | VENITA CHANDRA, MD; & YOSHIMITSU SOGA, MD, PhD |
| 2019 - 2020 | STEVEN KUM, MD; & PARAG J. PATEL, MD, MS |
| 2018 - 2019 | OSAMU IIDA, MD; & SABINE STEINER, MD |
| 2017 - 2018 | EHRIN ARMSTRONG, MD; & DANIELA BRANZAN, MD |
| 2016 - 2017 | SAHER SABRI, MD; & ANTONIO MICARI, MD |
| 2015 - 2016 | RAGHU KOLLURI, MD, MS; & THEODOSIOS BISDAS, MD, PHD |
| 2014 - 2015 | FELIX MAHFOUD, MD; & GUSTAVO ODERICH, MD |
| 2013 - 2014 | MEHDI SHISHEHBOR, DO; & MARTIN WERNER, MD |
The VEINS Award
Venous Educator, Innovator, and National Statesperson Award - The VEINS Award honors those individuals who have made significant contributions to improving the care of patients with venous disease.
The VIVA Foundation is proud to honor the 2026 VEINS Award recipient:
Teresa Carman, MD
Teresa Carman is the Director of Vascular Medicine at University Hospitals Case Medical Center and Assistant Professor of Medicine at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine. She attended medical school at Ohio State University. She trained in Internal Medicine at Mayo Clinic Jacksonville and Cleveland Clinic Florida. She completed fellowships in Vascular Medicine and Clinical Thrombosis at Cleveland Clinic. Along with a busy clinical practice she is active in resident and fellow education.
Dr. Carman’s research interests parallel her training in clinical thrombosis, vascular ultrasound and arterial vascular disease. Her research has been presented at national and international meetings. She has published clinical manuscripts in numerous peer-reviewed journals. She is currently Chair for the APCA counsel. She is also a Director on the American Board of Venous and Lymphatic Medicine.
Previous VEINS Award Recipents
| 2025 | LINDSAY MACHAN, MD |
| 2024 | KATHLEEN GIBSON, MD |
| 2023 | STEVE ELIAS, MD |
| 2022 | RAGHU KOLLURI, MD, MS |
| 2021 | MARK H. MEISSNER, MD |
| 2019 | SURESH VEDANTHAM, MD |
| 2018 | SAMUEL Z. GOLDHABER, MD |
