Resident Award and Scientific Poster and Podium Winners Recognized at the Annual Clinical Assembly

The College recognized the 2017 recipients of the Robert C. Erwin Literary Award, Resident Achievement Award, and the winners of the scientific poster competition during the 2017 Annual Clinical Assembly in National Harbor, Maryland.

Resident Achievement Award Winners

David B. Cahn, D.O.
Einstein Healthcare Network
Urological Surgery

Esther Han, D.O.
Detroit Medical Center
Urological Surgery

Nicholas J. Madden, D.O.
Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine
General Surgery

Benjamin A. Raymond, D.O.
University of Pennsylvania Medical Center - Horizon
General Surgery

Robert C. Erwin Literary Award Recipients

First place: David B. Cahn, D.O.    
Urological Surgery
Contemporary practice patterns and survival outcomes for locally advanced urethral malignancies: An NCDB analysis
 
Second place: James Kurtz, D.O.    
General Surgery    
Surveillance strategies in the follow-up of melanoma patients: too much or not enough?

Third place: Benjamin A. Raymond, D.O.    
General Surgery    
Pneumoperitoneum secondary to spontaneously perforated pyometria: a case report

Scientific Poster Presentations

Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery

First Place: Patrick Coffey, D.O.
Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy for Calciphylaxis: Review of Successful Treatment of Two Patients

Second Place: Sarah Pergande, D.O.
Case Study: Cardiac Tamponade and Superior Vena Cava Syndrome on Initial Presentation in a Patient with Thymoma

General Surgery

First Place: Danielle Lipoff, D.O.
Anxiety is Not a Barrier to Screening Mammography in Younger Women

Second Place: Matthew Robinson, D.O.
Laparoscopic Conversion of Gastric Bypass to Sleeve Gastrectomy: A Novel Approach

Student Award Winner: Student Doctor Kevin Keating    
The Anti-Inflammatory Potential of Osteopathic Manipulative Medicine Using a Murine Model of Sepsis Induced Ileus    

Neurological Surgery

First Place: Joshua Prickett, D.O.
Effect of KCC2 Expression on GABA Mediated Peritumoral Hyperexcitability in a Pediatric Model of Glioma.

Second Place: Xavier Gaudin, D.O.
Incidence of Intra-Operative Hypotension in Acute Traumatic Spinal Cord Injury and Associated Factors.

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

First Place: Lauren Wright, D.O.
Botulinum Toxin Therapy: Is Syringe Type Related To Cost Effectiveness?

Urological Surgery

First Place: Richard Blatter, D.O.
Nintedanib for the Treatment of Peyronie’s Disease in a Rat Model

Second Place: Scott King, D.O.
Stumbled upon Adrenal Masses: Should We Treat?

Student Award: Student Doctor Clayton Davis    
Standard Deviation of Hounsfield Units as a Predictor of Extracorporeal Shockwave Lithotripsy Outcomes

Scientific Podium Presentations

Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery

First Place: Trent Howard, D.O.
Overcoming a Potential 200% Mortality: Successful Cesarean Section Delivery and Type A Aortic Dissection Repair

Second Place: Lauren Kopicky, D.O.
Arterial Thromboembolism Secondary to Thoracic Outlet Syndrome

General Surgery

First Place: Mark Kryskow, D.O.    
Margin Probe Assessment of Lumpectomy Margins and Rates of Surgical Re-excision in a Rural Community Teaching Hospital

Second Place: Student Doctor Kevin Keating    
The Anti-Inflammatory Potential of Osteopathic Manipulative Medicine Using a Murine Model of Sepsis Induced Ileus

Neurological Surgery

First Place: Joshua Prickett, D.O.
Effect of KCC2 Expression on GABA Mediated Peritumoral Hyperexcitability in a Pediatric Model of Glioma.

Second Place: Xavier Gaudin, D.O.
Incidence of Intra-Operative Hypotension in Acute Traumatic Spinal Cord Injury and Associated Factors.    

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

First Place: Vidhi Adlakha, D.O.
Complications of Methylene Blue Dye in Immediate Implant Based Breast Reconstruction – Case Reports

Second Place: Vanessa Coffey, D.O.
Foreign Body Migration Causing Non-Suppurative Tenosynovitis

Urological Surgery

First Place: Carmen Tong, D.O.
Comparing Traditional Three Port and Single Site Laparoscopic Inguinal Hernia Repair in Children

Second Place: Jamie Olsen, D.O.
Medial Versus Lateral Camera Port Placement for Robotic Nephron-Sparing Surgery: Evaluating Surgical Complications and Outcomes