PHILADELPHIA ACADEMY OF SURGERY
FEBRUARY 10, 2014 RESIDENT COMPETITION
2014 PODIUM PRESENTATION WINNER
Kathleen M. Lamb, MD
“Adipose derived stem cells as smooth muscle cell substitutes to create a tissue-engineered vascular graft (TEVG)”
PODIUM PRESENTATIONS
Jashodeep Datta, MD
“Progressive Loss of CD4 T Helper Type 1 Response is Critically Involved in Breast Tumorigenesis and Reversed by Immunization but not Conventional Therapies”
John Fischer, MD
“Internal validation of the sternal infection risk score (SIRS) – a retrospective review of 5,179 patients undergoing median sternotomy”
Sophia Khan, MD
“Fibroblast Growth Factor, Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor and Sphingosine-1-Phosphate Promotes Endothelial Differentiation of Human Adipose-Derived Stem Cells”
Kathleen M. Lamb MD
“Adipose derived stem cells as smooth muscle cell substitutes to create a tissue-engineered vascular graft (TEVG)”
Jonas A. Nelson, MD
“Predicting readmission following ventral hernia repair: an analysis of 10,745 patients from the ACS-NSQIP 2011 dataset"
POSTER PRESENTATIONS
Blake D. Babcock, MD
“Establishing Anti-Cancer Mechanism and Activity of A Novel p53-Derived Peptide In A Colon Cancer Peritoneal Carcinomatosis Model”
Erica Bloomquist, MD
“A Prospective Comparison of Patient Satisfaction and Outcomes with Radioactive Seed Localization versus Wire Localization”
Rachel Choron, MD
“The Anti-Proliferative and Impaired Differentiation Effects of the Chemotherapeutic Agent Paclitaxel on Human Adipose-Derived Stem Cells”
Larry Greenawald, MD
“A Five-Year Review of Feedback From the Philadelphia-Area Mock ABS Certifying Examination”
Shreya Gupta
“Diagnosis of post- cardiotomy tamponade by miniaturized transesophageal echocardiography”
Jeevan Kumar
“Sternal Pain after Cardiac Surgery: Rigid Fixation vs Wire Closure.Randomized results of 75 patients”
Michael Minarich, MD
“BMI as Major Preoperative Risk Factor for Leak after Distal Pancreatectomy: an Analysis of National Surgical Quality Improvement Program Database”
Grace Montenegro, MD
“Single port laparoscopic colorectal surgery shows no drawbacks compared to standard laparoscopic surgery: results of a case match study”
Andrew B Rhodes, MD
“One-Hundred and Thirty-Three Operations for Pheochromocytoma at a Single Institution: are both pre-operative phenoxybenzamine and metyrosine necessary”
Radhika Smith, MD
“Surveillance after neoadjuvant therapy in advanced rectal cancer can have comparable outcomes with TME”
Sharven Taghavi, MD
“Permissive Hypoventilation” in a Swine Model of Hemorrhagic Shock”
Daizo Tanaka, MD
“Procalcitonin guided antibiotic management for the post-operative open heart surgery patient with clinical suspicion of sepsis”