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Award Winners

Best Paper – Overall

5. DOES THE COST OF AIR TRANSFER AND INCIDENCE OF OVERTRIAGE JUSTIFY A MODIFICATION IN THE CRITERIA FOR ABA BURN CENTER TRANSFER GUIDELINES?
Presenter: Natalie Kashefi, MS
Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Lubbock, TX

Best Paper – Oncology

3. IMPACT OF WEIGHT CHANGE DURING NEOADJUVANT CHEMOTHERAPY ON PATHOLOGIC RESPONSE IN TRIPLE NEGATIVE BREAST CANCER
Presenter: Jean Bao, MD
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX

Best Paper – Trauma

8. DOES PRIMARY ENDOSCOPIC REALIGNMENT PROMOTE TREATMENT DELAY FOR PELVIC FRACTURE URETHRAL DISTRACTION DEFECTS?
Presenter: J. Francis Scott, BA, EMT
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX

Best Paper – Sub Specialty

26. AXILLARY-AXILLARY ARTERIOVENOUS PTFE GRAFTS FOR HEMODIALYSIS IN DIFFICULT ACCESS PATIENTS
Presenter: Joseph Liechty, MD
Baylor University Medical Center, Dallas, TX

Award Winners

Best Paper – Overall

38. CONTEMPORARY PEDIATRIC APPENDICITIS: PENDULUM SWINGS IN THE DECISION TO IMAGE
Presenter: Erica Hodgeman, MD
Children’s Medical Center, Dallas, TX

Best Paper – Oncology

13. LONG TERM EFFECT OF THE BETHESDA SYSTEM FOR REPORTING THYROID CYTOPATHOLOGY ON THYROIDECTOMY RATES AND MALIGNANCY RISK IN CYTOLOGICALLY INDETERMINATE LESIONS
Presenter: Jacqueline Lee, MD
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX

Best Paper – Trauma

29. DETERMINANTS AND TIMING OF RADIOGRAPHIC STABILIZATION OF INTRACRANIAL HEMORRHAGE AFTER NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES FOR TBI
Presenter: Kareem Abdel Fattah, MD
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX

Best Poster / Mini Talk

24. AGGRESSIVE SURGICAL MANAGEMENT OF DIFFUSE GASTROINTESTINAL CARCINOID TUMORS IS NOT WARRANTED
Presenter: Brittney Culp, MD
Baylor University Medical Center, Dallas, TX

Winner of the iPad Raffle

Paul Critelli, MD
Methodist Dallas Medical Center, Dallas, TX

Resident Jeopardy

University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center

Award Winners

Best Paper – Overall

AXL RECEPTOR TYROSINE KINASE IS CRITICAL TO PANCREATIC CANCER PROGRESSION AND METASTASES
Amanda Kirane, MD
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX

Best Paper – Oncology

BREAST MASTECTOMY: IS THERE OCCULT CANCER WITHIN THE NIPPLE?
Veronica Jones, MD
Baylor University Medical Center, Dallas, TX

Best Paper – Trauma

CAN ACUTE CARE SURGEONS PLACE PEG TUBES SAFELY?
Christopher Mitchell, MD
Methodist Dallas Medical Center, Dallas, TX

Best Poster / Mini Talk

PG545, A HEPARANASE INHIBITOR, INHIBITS PANCREATIC CANCER METASTASIS AND GROWTH IN VITRO AND INVIVO
Katherine Ostapoff, MD
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX

Resident Jeopardy

University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center

Award Winners

Best Paper – Overall

WHO WILL COVER THE COST OF UNDOCUMENTED IMMIGRANT TRAUMA CARE?
Christopher Mitchell
Dallas Methodist Medical Center, Dallas, TX

Best Paper – Oncology

LONG-TERM OUTCOME ANALYSYSIS IN PATIENTS WITH BREAST CANCER AND A POSITIVE AXILLARYRY MICROMETASTASES WHO DID NOT UNDERGO AXILLARY DISSECTION
Elise Roe
Baylor University Medical Center, Dallas, TX

Best Paper – Trauma

CHILD ABUSE: A SIGNIFICANT ETIOLOGY OF MORTALITY IN PEDIATRIC TRAUMA PATIENTS
Jordan Estroff
Children’s Medical Center Dallas, Dallas, TX

Best Poster / Mini Talk

PERICAVAL MASS: A TIME TO REFLECT ON VENA CAVA ANEURYSMS
Jenna Wishnew
Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX

Award Winners

Best Paper – General Surgery

Localizing The Elusive Parathyroid Adenoma
Katie Fritz, MD
Baylor University Medical Center – Dallas, TX

Best Paper – Oncology

Delays In Time To Treatment And Survival Impact For Breast Cancer Patients
Amy Brazda, MD
UT Southwestern – Dallas, TX

Best Paper – Trauma

Trauma Activation: Are We Making The Right Call? A Three Year Experience At A Level I Pediatric Trauma Center
David Williams, MD
UT Southwestern – Dallas, TX

Resident Jeopardy

Steven Brooks, MD and Ben Hirsch, MD
Texas Tech University

Award Winners

Best Paper – Trauma & Critical Care

Christina Roland, MD
UT Southwestern Medical Center

Best Paper – Oncology

Matthew Cusick, MD
Baylor University Medical Center

Best Paper – Trauma

Colin Sharp, MD
Methodist Health System

Best Poster

Pavlos Papavasiliou, MD
Baylor University Medical Center

Resident Jeopardy

UT Southwestern Medical Center

Award Winners

Best Paper – Trauma & Critical Care

Clark Mooty, MD
Methodist Health Systems

Best Paper – Cancer

ST Steen, MD
Baylor University Medical Center

Best Paper – General Surgery

Sheila Reddy, MD
Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center

Best Poster

Sean Dineen, MD
UT Southwestern Medical Center

Resident Jeopardy

Pavlos Papavasiliou and Shawn Steen
Baylor University Medical Center