Students and Residents Shine at the Academic Surgical Congress
The 18th Annual Academic Surgical Congress, which is the joint meeting of the Association for Academic Surgery (AAS) and the Society of University Surgeons (SUS), was held February 7-9, 2023, in Houston. McGovern Medical School has a strong history of engagement with the AAS and SUS, boasting several past presidents, including Drs. Tien Ko (AAS President, 2002), Lillian Kao (AAS President, 2014), and David Mercer (former Chief of Surgery at LBJGH, SUS President, 2004).
Highlights included a committee session co-led by Dr. Martin Blakely (McGovern Medical School) and Rebecca Snyder (MD Anderson) on “Innovations and Underused Existing Recommendations to Stimulate Randomized Clinical Trials in Surgery.” Dr. Blakely spoke on the problems with a dichotomous worldview around the p-value, and Dr. Kao discussed the advantages of Bayesian statistical analyses for surgical randomized trials.
However, presentations by students and residents were the main attraction of the meeting. Trainees included one pre-medical student, 21 medical students, and eight residents. Faculty mentors represented subspecialties ranging from trauma surgery to psychiatry.
Congratulations to everyone who presented!
Attendees at Academic Surgical Congress: Drs. Nathaniel Deboever, James Klugh, Chelsea Guy-Frank, Nicole Harris, and Elias Chamely
Dr. M. Collins Scott presenting his work on traumatic brain injury (Mentor: Charles Cox, MD)
Cabrina Becker presenting her work on the relationship between opioid misuse and support following trauma (Mentor: Jin Yoon, PhD)
| ASC Conference Presentations – McGovern Students/Residents | ||
|---|---|---|
| Presenter | Mentor | Title |
| Sophia Syed | Michael Wandling | Improving efficiency of high-risk choledocholithiasis management with a surgery-first approach |
| Kayli Quinton | Lillian Kao | Increased Nutritional Deficits and Complications in Trauma Laparotomy Patients with Bowel Resection |
| Christopher Dao | Michelle McNutt | Institutional Risk Factors for Complications with Complex Soft Tissue Coverage of Open Fractures |
| Cabrina Becker | Jin Yoon | The Relationship Between Opioid Misuse and Support Following Trauma |
| Sarah Olson | Jessica Cardenas | Fibrinogen Fragment X Mediates Endothelial Barrier Disruption via Suppression of VE-cadherin |
| Max Skibber | Charles Cox | Mechanotransduced WJ-MSC for Neurotrauma: Conserved Biomechanical Conditioning After Cryopreservation |
| Kelly Sanders | Jessica Cardenas | A Novel Link Between Endotheliopathy of Trauma and Subsequent Thromboembolic Complications |
| Jacob Schriner | Charles Cox | Anticoagulant Choice for Blood Product Storage Affects Platelet Activation and Blood Clot Formation |
| Chris Bolden | Charles Cox | Norepinephrine exacerbates microvascular permeability in a triculture model of the neurovascular unit |
| M. Collins Scott | Charles Cox | Movement and Surface Marker Expression of Myeloid Derived Suppressor Cells after Traumatic Brain Injury |
| Nikita Ghosh | KuoJen Tsao | Timing of imaging correlates with diagnosis of post-operative infections in pediatric patients |
| Shannon Owings | KuoJen Tsao | Regional blocks in infants are associated with a decrease in short-term need for opioids |
| Alejandro Olvera | Curtis Wray | Postoperative Opioid Use Following Robotic Versus Open Pancreaticoduodenectomy Surgery |
| Chelsea Guy-Frank | Lillian Kao | Use of a novel oral health score in trauma ICU patients by non-dental health professionals |
| Nathaniel Deboever | Mara Antonoff | Removing Implicit Bias from Cardiothoracic Surgery Resident Recruitment: Changing the Paradigm |
| Brian Crowley | Danielle Hsu | Surgical trainees with greater notice of case participation require less intraoperative guidance |
| Atharwa Mankame | Charles Cox | Development of a Clot Burst Pressure Device to Investigate Hypotensive Resuscitation Strategies |
| M. Collins Scott | Charles Cox | Cytokine Release by Microglia Exposed to Neurologic Injury Is Amplified by Lipopolysaccharide |
| Samantha Milewicz | Charles Cox | Selection inhibition of MMP-9 attenuates TBI-mediated BBB disruption in novel dynamic in vitro model |
| James Klugh | John Harvin | Opioid Exposure in Patients with Long Bone Fractures: a Secondary Analysis of the MAST Trial |
| Kartik Reddy | Steven Warner | Post-op Outcomes in Pediatric Type 3 Supracondylar Humerus Fractures Treated with 2 pins vs. 3 pins |
| Delani Woods | Michael Wandling | Optimal Management of High-Risk Choledocholithiasis: Does procedural order matter? |
| Chelsea Guy-Frank | Lillian Kao | Not All Surgical Site Infections after Trauma Laparotomy are Equivalent in Severity |
| Nicole Harris | Michael Wandling | A Multidisciplinary Approach to Reducing Gastrostomy Tube Complications |
| Krystle Henderson | Julie Holihan | Consensus Guidelines for the Diagnosis of Occult Inguinal Hernias Using a Delphi Technique |
| Dillon Humpal | KuoJen Tsao | Preoperative education disparities: Spanish-speaking parents feel less prepared |
| Art Boyev | Ching-Wei Tzeng | Sustained Reductions in Opioid Volumes Through Iterative Refinement of Pancreatectomy Pathways |
| Nathaniel Deboever | Mara Antonoff | Circulomics as a Predictive Tool for Post-Operative Atrial Fibrillation After Lung Cancer Resection |
| Sairandri Sathyanarayanan | Wendy Chen | Assessing the Readability of Online Patient Education Materials From National PRS Organization |
| Sairandri Sathyanarayanan | Wendy Chen | Evaluating the Readability of Urethroplasty − Related Online Patient Education Materials |
| Praneet Paidisetty | Wendy Chen | Gynecomastia Patient Education: An Information Quality Assessment of YouTube Videos |
| Praneet Paidisetty | Wendy Chen | Assessing the Readability of Online Patient Education Resources Related to Phalloplasty |
| Fatimah Sunez | Teddy Puzio | Outcomes in Geriatric Trauma Patients following Tracheostomy |
| Sidney Sorrell | Erin Fox | The Impact of Social Determinants of Health on Trauma Outcomes across the Greater Houston Area |
| Skyler Clark | John Harvin | Comparing Outcomes of Tracheostomy Tube Outer Number in Trauma Study |