Congratulations to the 2016 ACOS Poster, Podium, and Resident Award Winners

ACOS recognized the 2016 recipients of the Resident Achievement Award, Robert C. Erwin Literary Award, and Scientific Poster and Podium Presentation competitions during the 2016 Annual Clinical Assembly in Phoenix.

Resident Achievement Award Winners


Zachary M. Bauman, D.O.
University of Arizona Medical Center
Trauma Surgery

Ronak A. Gor, D.O.
Einstein Healthcare Network
Urological Surgery

Kirin K. Syed, D.O.
Bladder Health and Reconstructive Urology Institute
Urological Surgery

Carrie D. Watson, D.O.
Mercy St. Vincent Medical Center
General Surgery

Robert C. Erwin Literary Award Recipients


First place: Devin C. Flaherty, D.O., Ph.D.
Prognostic Utility of Immunoprofiling in Colon Cancer: Results from a Prospective, Multicenter Nodal Ultrastaging Trial
General Surgery

Second place: Zachary M. Bauman, D.O.    
Repeat Head CT? Not Necessary for Patients with a Negative Initial Head CT on Anticoagulation or Antiplatelet Therapy Suffering Low-Altitude Falls
Trauma Surgery
 
Third place: Zachary M. Bauman, D.O.         
Improving Mortality in Trauma Laparotomy through the Evolution of Damage Control Resuscitation: Analysis of 1,030 Consecutive Trauma Laparotomies
General Surgery

Fourth place: Devin C. Flaherty, D.O., Ph.D.         
Adrenalectomy for Metastatic Melanoma: Current Role in the Age of Nonsurgical Treatments
General Surgery

Fifth place: David S. Zaghlool, D.O.      
EkoSonic Thrombolysis as a Therapeutic Adjunct in Venous Occlusive Disease
General Surgery

Scientific Poster Presentations


First place: William Sellers, D.O.
The Utility of Kcentra in Trauma and Acute Care Surgery Patients
General Surgery

Second place: Vanessa Yoo, D.O.
The Unnecessary: Evaluating Preoperative Blood Testing to Optimize Utilization of the Blood Bank
General Surgery

First place: Katie Moser, D.O.
Large Anterior Tibial Artery Pseudoaneurysm Following Complex Tibia/Fibula Fracture
General Vascular Surgery

Second place: Heidi Kemmer, D.O.
Critical Limb Ischemia as a Presenting Symptom of Isolated Bilateral Common Femoral Artery Aneurysms, A Case Report
General Vascular Surgery

First place: Cara Marie Rogers, D.O.
A Connexin 43 Mimetic Peptide Sensitizes Glioblastoma Cells to Temozolomide
Neurological Surgery

Second place: John Dickinson, D.O.
Efficacy of Feed and Sleep: A Method for Performing Lumbar Margnetic Resonance Imaging in Infants without Sedation
Neurological Surgery

First place: Steven Oven, D.O.
Radial Nerve Injury After Venipuncture: A Case Report and Literature Review
Plastic Reconstructive Surgery

Second place: Peter Andrade, D.O.
Use of a rigid external distractor device in the setting of acute trauma for complex maxillofacial fractures.
Plastic Reconstructive Surgery

First place: Jaschar Shakuri-Rad, D.O.
Prospective Randomized Blinded Study Evaluating Ultrasound versus Fluoroscopy Guided Sacral Neuromodulation Placement
Urological Surgery

Second place: David Cahn, D.O.
Prospective Randomized Blinded Study Evaluating Ultrasound versus Fluoroscopy Guided Sacral Neuromodulation Placement
Urological Surgery

Scientific Podium Presentations

First place: John Brady, D.O.
Combined Hookwire and Methylene Blue Localization of Pulmonary Nodules: 75 Consecutive Cases
Cardiothoracic Surgery

Second place: Vikram Palkar, D.O.
Utilization of Rotational Angiography for the Diagnosis and Treatment of Persistent Type II Endoleaks
General Vascular Surgery

First place: Scott Moradian, D.O.
Introducing the Minced Edge Translocation Graft (MET Graft)
General Surgery

Second place: Olutayo Sogunro, D.O.
Do Imaging Modalities Accurately Measure Tumor Size in Breast Cancer?
General Surgery

First place: Cara Marie Rogers, D.O.
A Connexin 43 Mimetic Peptide Sensitizes Glioblastoma Cells to Temozolomide
Neurological Surgery

Second place: John Dickinson, D.O.
Efficacy of Feed and Sleep: A Method for Performing Lumbar Margnetic Resonance Imaging in Infants without Sedation
Neurological Surgery

First place: Steven Oven, D.O.
Radial Nerve Injury After Venipuncture: A Case Report and Literature Review
Plastic Reconstructive Surgery

Second place: Peter Andrade, D.O.
Use of a rigid external distractor device in the setting of acute trauma for complex maxillofacial fractures.
Plastic Reconstructive Surgery

First place: David Cahn, D.O.
Radical Cystectomy and Bladder Preservation Therapy in the National Cancer Database: Analysis of Survival Outcomes and Temporal Trends for Muscle Invasive Bladder Cancer
Urological Surgery

Second place: Jaschar Shakuri-Rad, D.O.
Prospective Randomized Blinded Study Evaluating Ultrasound versus Fluoroscopy Guided Sacral Neuromodulation Placement
Urological Surgery