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Bruce McManus MD, Phd, FRSC, FCAHS
SCVP 2010 Distinguished Achievement Award recipient
Professor, UBC Department of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine
Director, Providence Heart + Lung Institute at St. Paul's Hospital
Director, James Hogg Research Laboratories
University of British Columbia - St. Paul's Hospital
Director, NCE CECR Centre of Excellence for the Prevention of Organ Failure (PROOF)
Dr. McManus joined the Faculty of Medicine, the University of British Columbia, in July 1993 as Department Head of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine, bringing 11 years of experience on the faculty at the University of Nebraska Medical Centre, including a sabbatical as John F. Fogarty Senior International Fellow at the Max Planck Institute for Biochemistry in Martinsried, Germany.
He received the MD degree from the University of Saskatchewan, residency in medicine and pathology at the Peter Bent Brigham Hospital, Boston, the PhD at the University of Toledo, and post-doctoral fellowships at the University of California and the National Heart, Lung & Blood Institute, NIH.
Dr. McManus’s most important areas of work include: the inflammatory and viral basis of myocardial injury, the role of immunomodulatory therapy in prevention of myocardial injury in myocarditis and allograft rejection, and the pathobiology of heart allograft arteriopathy.
He is a highly productive investigator with >300 peer reviewed publications, 42 chapters, and four edited and/or authored books including Transplant Pathology, Atlas of Cardiovascular Pathology for the Clinician (now 2nd edition), and Idiopathic Dilated Cardiomyopathy; He has also authored an interactive software, Atlas of Heart and Blood Vessel Pathology. He co-holds several patents for inventions.
He was elected to the Royal Society of Canada as a Fellow of the Academy of Sciences in 2002. He received the UBC Killam Research Prize - Senior Scientist Category, and was elected as Fellow of the International Academy of Cardiovascular Sciences in 2003. In 2005, he was elected as an inaugural Fellow of the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences. Dr. McManus received the BC Innovation Council's Lieutenant Governor's Technology Innovation Award in 2006. He has served as Councilor for the International Society for Heart Research and for the American Society for Investigative Pathology.
Current research includes predictive biomarkers of acute and chronic allograft rejection in heart, kidney and liver transplant recipients for less invasive, less expensive, and better care of these transplant patients. He has served as an associate editor of three journals devoted to cardiovascular pathology and heart transplantation.
Dr. McManus has always shared his passion for scientific inquiry freely, generously giving of his time and never ending energy while mentoring 7 postdoctoral fellows, 34 graduate students as well as greater than 50 undergraduate and predoctoral students and scores of pathology residents. He has provided short courses or special courses for the US & Canadian Academy of Pathology, International Society of Heart and Lung Transplantation, American College of Cardiology, and American Dental Association.
In addition to his scientific contributions Dr. McManus was one of the founding members of the Society for Cardiovascular Pathology and has served the society as President, councilor, membership chair, and program chair.
L. MAXIMILIAN BUJA, M.D.
2009 SCVP Distinguished Achievement Award Recipient
L. Maximilian Buja, M.D., is Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, a position he assumed in July 2003 after serving as Dean of The University of Texas Medical School at Houston from April 1996.
He earned a B.S. degree in biology, graduating magna cum laude from Loyola University of the South, New Orleans, Louisiana, in 1964. In 1967, he earned a M.D. degree with honors from Tulane University School of Medicine in New Orleans and in 1968 he received a M.S. degree in anatomy from Tulane’s graduate school. From 1967-1968, Dr. Buja served a medicine internship at Charity Hospital in New Orleans. From 1968-1970, he was a staff associate in the pathology section of the National Heart and Lung Institute in Bethesda, Maryland. From 1970-1972, he was a resident in pathology with the National Cancer Institute and from 1972-1974 a senior investigator at the National Heart and Lung Institute, NIH, Bethesda, Maryland. In 1972, he was certified in anatomic pathology by the American Board of Pathology, and was recertified in 1997 and 2007.
Dr. Buja joined the Department of Pathology at The University of Texas Southwestern Medical School at Dallas in 1974 as an assistant professor in pathology. In 1981, he was appointed a professor of pathology and was selected to hold the A.J. Gill Professorship of Pathology at The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center. He became chairman of the Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine at The University of Texas Medical School at Houston in 1989 and served in this role until he was appointed Dean of the Medical School in 1996. He holds the endowed Distinguished Chair in Pathology and Laboratory Medicine. In 2000, Dr. Buja was appointed Chief of Cardiovascular Pathology at the Texas Heart Institute. Since 2001, he has served as Consultant in Cardiovascular Pathology at the Harris County Medical Examiner’s Office and Joseph A. Jachimczyk Forensic Center.
Dr. Buja is a member of numerous scientific societies and has served as President of the Society for Cardiovascular Pathology (1987-1988), the Houston Society of Clinical Pathologists (1995-1996), and the Texas Society of Pathologists (1998). He is a member of the American Society for Clinical Investigation. He serves or has served on numerous journal editorial boards. Dr. Buja has served on several committees of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), and has been active in the American Heart Association. He served as a member of the Residency Review Committee for Pathology of the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) and a member of the Board of Directors of the ACGME.
In 1997, Dr. Buja received the Harlan J. Spjut Award presented by the Houston Society of Clinical Pathologists, and in 2005, he received the George T. Caldwell Distinguished Service Award from the Texas Society of Pathologists. Dr. Buja was elected to the rank of Fellow by the American Association for the Advancement of Science in 1997. In 2001, Dr. Buja was selected as a Founding Fellow of the International Society for Heart Research and a Fellow of the American Heart Association. He became a member of the Cosmos Club in Washington, D.C., in 2002. In 2008, Dr. Buja received the Outstanding Alumnus Award from the Tulane Medical Alumni Association.
In April 2004, Dr. Buja was appointed as the first University of Texas Chancellor’s Health Fellow in Education. Dr. Buja provided leadership in the creation of the U.T. System Academy of Health Science Education. In 2005, Dr. Buja was elected as the first President of this Academy. In 2007, Dr. Buja was named a Distinguished Teaching Professor in the University of Texas System.
Dr. Buja is a physician-scientist who continues to participate in teaching and medical practice. He is internationally recognized for his research in cardiovascular pathology, with particular interests in the pathobiology of cardiomyocyte injury as well as the pathogenesis of atherosclerosis, ischemic heart disease and cardiomyopathies. Dr. Buja is an author of 295 research articles, 127 review articles, editorials and other publications, 108 book chapters, two books in the field of cardiovascular medicine, and two atlases of pathology.
Married to the former Donna Steele Kinney, the Buja’s have three children, Maximilian, Evan and Gregory.
Dr. William D. Edwards
2008 SCVP Distinguished Achievement Award Recipient
William D. Edwards is the Society for Cardiovascular Pathology 2008 Distinguished Achievement Awardee. He received a BA in Chemistry from the University of Kansas . His medical school training was at the same University and he subsequently completed pathology training at a variety of locations including the University of Kansas , University of Cincinnati and the University of Minnesota . The latter was with Dr. Jesse Edwards at the United Hospital , Miller Division in St. Paul MN . He has worked at the Mayo Clinic Rochester MN since 1978. Currently he is Full Professor in Pathology and cross appointed in cardiology. He is Medical Director of autopsy pathology, Director of the Mayo Tissue Registry, and Director of the cardiovascular pathology fellowship training program. His role as a teacher and a diagnostic cardiovascular pathologist has been stellar. Dr. Edwards has written numerous manuscripts that many of us have found invaluable in learning cardiac pathology. His teaching skills are well recognized with a heavy teaching schedule for his local medical colleagues and students and numerous courses and invited lectures in North America and the world. His structured and organized approach to teaching pathology is valued. His teaching has been recognized by his colleagues with numerous Best Teacher awards. He has written on almost all types of cardiovascular pathologies and contributed to the original descriptions of several entities. Echocardiographic pathological correlation, medical photography and congenital heart disease have remained an interest over the years. Bill has trained many cardiologists, cardiac surgeons and pathologists - including many who have become cardiac pathologists. He is a compassionate physician who is guided by his faith and values. His attitude and behaviour have been recognized by a Karis Award at the Mayo Clinic given to a physician who exemplifies compassionate patient care. Bill has been a role model and a mentor to many of us. He has been an excellent Ambassador for Cardiac Pathology.
Dr. Renu Virmani
2007 SCVP Distinguished Achievement Award Recipient
Dr. Renu Virmani has been awarded the 2007 SCVP Distinguished Achievement Award for her outstanding contributions to cardiovascular pathology.
A
graduate of the MAMC New Delhi, Dr. Virmani went on to do her MD in pathology at the
Lady
Hardinge
Medical
College
,
New Delhi
.
She received her Board Certification in Pathology in 1978.
After working as a visiting scientist with Dr William Roberts at the NIH she joined the AFIP (US Army, MC), in the Cardiovascular Department, which she went on to chair from 1984 to 2004.
She became Clinical Professor of
Pathology at the Uniform University of Health Sciences,
Bethesda
, as well as the George Washington University, DC and Clinical Research Professor, Department of Pathology,
Vanderbilt
University
, Nashville TN. Dr. Virmani has well over 450 publications in peer reviewed journals, edited several books and published numerous book chapters.
She and her co-authors are well known for their works on cardiovascular neoplasms, on coronary artery disease and on coronary stents.
Her current interests include the drug eluting stents. She was the first to raise a word of caution about them. Dr. Virmani and her group have undertaken, and published, significant work on the pathology of coronary artery disease, the mechanisms of post angioplasty restenosis and indeed on all aspects of cardiovascular disease! Dr. Virmani has received numerous awards and honors for her work in cardiovascular pathology.
She recently received the Ethica Award at the EuroPCR,
Paris
,
France
, May 2006. She currently serves as the President and Medical Director of the CVPath Institute, Inc. in
Gaithersburg
,
Maryland
, as Clinical Professor of Pathology at
Georgetown
University
,
University
of
Maryland
, and
Vanderbilt
University
.
Dr. Virmani has research interests in vascular pathology with special reference to
developing technologies and animal models for the study of in-stent restenosis and of late with regards to drug-eluting stents.
Another focus of her studies includes mechanisms of atherogenesis with emphasis on sudden coronary death and plaque vulnerability.
Dr. Virmani is on the editorial review board of several scientific publications, which include Circulation; Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis, and Vascular Biology; Journal of the
American
College
of Cardiology, among others.
In recognition of her outstanding accomplishments and contributions to cardiovascular pathology and medicine, the Society for Cardiovascular Pathology is proud and pleased to bestow the 2007 Distinguished Achievement Award.
Dr. Frederick J. Shoen
2006 SCVP Distinguished Achievement Award Recipient
Fredrick J. Schoen, M.D., Ph.D. was selected by the Awards Committee to receive the 2006 Distinguished Achievement Award of the Society of Cardiovascular Pathology. Dr. Schoen is Professor of Pathology and Health Sciences and Technology at the Harvard Medical School and Director, Cardiac Pathology and Executive Vice Chairman, Department of Pathology, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, MA. Dr. Schoen has made major scientific contributions to the field of cardiovascular pathology. His work on the pathology of cardiac valvular prostheses has contributed significantly to improvements in valve design and durability. His more recent work has focused on the potential of cardiovascular tissue engineering. He also has published research in other areas of cardiovascular pathology, including cardiomyopathies and ischemic heart disease. Dr. Schoen’s excellent textbook, Interventional and Surgical Cardiovascular Pathology, is highly regarded. In addition to his scientific accomplishments, Dr. Schoen has provided outstanding leadership to the SCVP. He has served previously as President and, he is currently serving as chairman of the Publications Committee. In recognition of his outstanding contributions, Dr. Fred Schoen was presented with the Distinguished Achievement Award at the February 2006, meeting of the Society in conjunction with the USCAP meeting.
Dr. Thomas N. James
2005 SCVP Distinguished Achievement Award Recipient
Thomas N. James, M.D., was selected by the Awards Committee to be the recipient of the Distinguished Achievement Award of the Society For Cardiovascular Pathology for 2005 based on Dr. James' outstanding contributions to knowledge of the coronary arteries and conduction system in health and disease. Dr. James is Professor of Medicine
and Pathology at the University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston, TX. The Award was presented to Dr. James at the Society's Annual Award Banquet on Sunday, February 27, 2005 in San Antonio, Texas.
Dr. Anton E. Becker
2004 SCVP Distinguished Achievement Award Recipient
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