PHILADELPHIA ACADEMY OF SURGERY

FEBRUARY 7, 2011 RESIDENT COMPETITION

2011 PODIUM PRESENTATION WINNER

DEBORAH KELLER, MD
”Life After Near-Death: Long-term Functional Outcomes in Survivors of Emergency Department Thoracotomy”

OTHER PODIUM PRESENTATIONS

Michael Kwiatt, MD
”Is Low Molecular Weight Heparin Safe For Venous Thromboembolism Prophylaxis In Patients With Traumatic Brain Injury? A Western Trauma Association Multicenter Study”

Jonas A. Nelson, MD
”Age And Abdominal Wall Strength: Assessing The Aging Abdominal Wall After Autologous Breast Reconstruction”

POSTER PRESENTATIONS

Adam S. Bodzin, MD
"Expanded Criteria Donor Kidneys Where the Paired Kidney is Discarded Due to Biopsy Results: A Concept That Needs to Be Revised"

Nichole Fox, MD
“Surgical Feeding Tubes in the Open Abdomen: A Risk Worth Taking?"

Kevin Geffe, MD
"To Determine Long-Term Outcomes In Elderly Patients That Underwent Evacuation Of A Traumatic Intracranial Hemorrhage (ICH)"

Ashwin Antony Kurian, MD
“The Coming Of Age Of Complex Laparoscopy In A Community Teaching Hospital: Practice Patterns Learned From A Laparoscpic Ventral Hernia Repair Model”

Neena K. Singh, MD
"Non-Attendance At General Surgery And Breast Surgery Clinic: A Retrospective Audit At One Institution"

Carrie A. Stransky, MD
"Preoperative FDG-PET/CT (PET) is an Important Tool in the Management of Patients With Thick (T4) Melanoma"

Vanessa A. Talbott, MD
“A Promising Novel Target in Pancreatic Cancer: HuR Modulates Multiple Core Signaling Pathways Required for Pancreatic Tumorigenesis”

Brant W. Ullery, MD
"Clinical Manifestations Of Spinal Cord Ischemia Following Thoracic Endovascular Aortic Repair"