Posted on May 10, 2018
On May 2nd, 2018 we held our 16th Annual Research Day and Richard L. Simmons Lecture in Surgical Science. Attendees were treated to an outstanding presentation, “Considerations on the Creative Process in Clinical Problem Solving” by this years’ Richard L. Simmons lecturer, Elliot L. Chaikof, MD, PhD, Surgeon-in-Chief of the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center.
Participants delivered 10 exceptional oral presentations and 47 outstanding poster presentations. The following presenters were selected for special recognition:
Oral Presentation Award Winners
- Best presentation: Chenxuan Yang, MS (Melanie Scott, MD, PhD, mentor) – “Gasdermin D is Hepatoprotective in Models of Non-Infectious Injury”
Runners-up:
- Kristina Nicholson MD (Linwah Yip, MD, mentor) – “Preoperative Molecular Testing Can Safely Reduce Diagnostic Surgery for Cytologically Indeterminate Thyroid Nodules”
- Nandan Nath, MD (Edith Tzeng, MD, mentor) – “Preoperative Exercise Therapy Protects the Liver from Ischemia-Reperfusion Injury”
Poster Presentation Award Winners
- Joshua Brown, MD (Jason L. Sperry, MD, MPH, mentor) – “Identifying Patients with Time-Sensitive Injuries: When Is Mortality Associated with Increasing Prehospital Time?”
- Brandon Smith, MS (Vu T. Nguyen, MD, mentor) – “Systematic Review of the Cost and Burden of Applying to Plastic Surgery Compared to other Specialties”
- John Griepentrog, MD (Matthew Randall Rosengart, MD, MPH, mentor) – “Blue Light Improves Survival After Pneumonia by Augmenting Circadian Protein Expression”
- Hongji Zhang, MD (Allan Tsung, MD, mentor) – “Preoperative Exercise Therapy Protects the Liver from Ischemia-Reperfusion Injury”
Congratulations to all the winners!