Our general surgery residents gain valuable experience presenting at international, national, and regional conferences and have won many distinguished awards. Some of our most recent highlights include:
Hao Liu, MD, PhD
- Rising Star Symposium Presentation, International Liver Transplant Society (ILTS) (2024)
- Steve Sotsky Pancreatic Cancer Research Award, American Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Association (AHPBA) (2022)
- Best of the Best Oral Presentation Award, International Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Association (IHPBA) (2022)
- Resident and Fellows Research Conference Presentation, Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract (SSAT) (2022)
- Best Poster in the HPB surgery category, Society of Surgical Oncology (SSO) (2022)
- Best Poster, Department Research Day, UPMC Department of Surgery (2022)
- American Board of Surgery In-Training Exam (ABSITE) Chair’s List UPMC Department of Surgery (2018-2023)
Vincent Anto, MD
- American Society of Colon and Rectal Surgery General Surgery Resident Research Initiation Grant Awardee
- Burroughs Wellcome Scholar, 2022-2024
- NIH T32 Awardee, Biotherapy of Cancer, 2022-2025
- Chair’s List ABSITE Scorer, 2020-2023
- The Society for Thoracic Surgeons Looking to the Future Resident Scholarship, 2021
Leah Furman, MD
- VA Star Award, September 2023
Ahmed Hamed, MD, MS
- Travel award from Society of Surgical Oncology and Appendix Cancer Pseudomyxoma Peritonei Research Award, February 2023
- Roy and Joan Kroc Award from University of Illinois at Chicago/UIC, March 2022
Callie Hlavin, MD
- Delta Omega Essay Award during Masters of Public Health degree, December 2022
- UPMC Medical Education Quality & Improvement Symposium 2022. Best Oral Presentation Winner, April 2022
Yeahwa Hong, MD
- American Society for Artificial Internal Organs (ASAIO) Abstract Award, 2023
- Thoracic Surgery Foundation (TSF) Resident Research Award, 2022
- 2021: University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine Professionalism/Educator Accolade, 2021
- 2020: University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine Professionalism/Educator Accolade, 2020
Sidrah Khan, MD
- Administrative Chief Resident- University of Pittsburgh Department of General Surgery, July 2023
- New Jersey Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons Award- Best Basic Science E-Poster, June 2023
- Pitt-UPMC Senior Resident and Fellow Leadership Academy, July 2022
- Best Oral Presentation-runner up, 20th Annual Richard L. Simmons and Department of Surgery Research Day, May 2022
- Best Oral Presentation, 19th Annual Richard L. Simmons and Department of Surgery Research Day, May 2021
- Burroughs Wellcome Fund Physician Scientist Institutional Award, July 2019
- Gold Foundation Humanism and Excellence in Teaching / "Little Apple" Award, April 2019
- Gold Foundation Humanism and Excellence in Teaching / "Little Apple" Award, April 2018
- Humanism Honor Society, May 2019
- Humanism Honor Society, May 2018
Thiagu Meyyappan, MD
- The Pitt Innovation Challenge in 2022, October 2022
Katrina Morgan, MD
- Pitt Public Health Futures Award, 2023
Sowmya Narayanan, MD, PhD
- Postdoctoral research training in biotherapy of cancer (T32), 2021-2023
- Third place at the American College of Surgeons Southwestern Pennsylvania Chapter Most Interesting Case Presentations, 2023
Andrew Sayce, MD, PhD
- Charles C Moore Teaching Award, 2022
- Simmons Research Day, Runner-Up, Best Oral Presentation, 2023
- R38 Resident Investigator, 2022-2024
David Silver, MD, MPH
- University of Pittsburgh Department of Surgery Annual Research Day, Best Oral Presentation, April 2023
- Pennsylvania Trauma Systems Foundation Resident Research Award, 1st Place, October 2023