Linnemeier Award | TCT 2025

Thomas J. Linnemeier Spirit of Interventional Cardiology
Young Investigator Award

Apply for the Young Investigator Award!

Younger than 40?

Committed to academic and research excellence?

Have the accomplishments to prove it?

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Winner

Awarded a $10,000 scholarship.
Honored on the TCT^® podium.

Finalists

Become faculty at TCT^® 2025.

Deadline

July 31, 2025, 2:00 PM EDT, UTC -4

Your Chance To Shine

Vie for a chance to be honored as an emerging investigator pursuing a commitment to clinical and academic excellence! The Linnemeier Award has launched the careers of many of the global leaders of interventional cardiovascular medicine. Let us recognize YOUR dedication to exceptional patient care and ongoing academic research.

Eligibility

Both international and U.S.-based applicants are encouraged to apply.

Candidates for this award must be:

Younger than 40 years old at the start of TCT^® 2025 (October 25) — excluding individuals who have attained the rank of associate or full professor, regardless of age. (Applicants over the age of 40 need not apply.)
Specializing in interventional cardiovascular medicine (interventional cardiology, endovascular medicine, structural heart disease, pathology, etc.).

Application Guidelines

Please submit the following:

CV
Personal statement
Clinical accomplishments
Letters of recommendation
Supplemental information, as relevant

Notification

Finalists will be notified in mid-September.

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The Ultimate Career Boost!

“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

“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

— David E. Kandzari, MD

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

— 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

— Farouc Jaffer, MD, PhD

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

— David E. Kandzari, MD

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

From Rising Stars to Cardiovascular Leaders:
Meet the Linnemeier Award Alumni

"This is one of my favorite parts of TCT every year. The list of previous Linnemeier Award winners reads like a 'Who's Who' of leaders in interventional cardiology."

— David J. Cohen, MD, MSc, TCT^® Program Director