Michigan Chapter
The Annual Meeting and Resident Surgeons Competition took place on
May 19-20, 2011, at the Amway Grand Plaza Hotel in Grand Rapids. This year,
75 abstracts were submitted for consideration and the top 49 were selected for presentation. Thank you to all the residents who worked so diligently on their
submitted abstracts and to those who made the trip to Grand Rapids to present their work to our members. Click here for a copy of the abstracts presented.
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| FREDERICK A. COLLER AWARD |
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Paul DiMusto, MD
University of Michigan
Sponsor: Thomas Wakefield, MD, FACS
Increased PAI-1 in Females Compared to Males is Protective for Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Formation in a Rodent Model
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| ALEXANDER J. WALT AWARD |
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Brian Gray, MD
University of Michigan
Sponsor: George B. Mychaliska, MD, FACS
Development of an Artificial Placenta: 24-Hour Veno-Venous Extracorporeal Life Support in Premature Lambs
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| MICHIGAN COMMITTEE ON TRAUMA BASIC SCIENCE AWARD |
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Abubaker Ali, MD
Wayne State University/Detroit Medical Center
Sponsor: Lawrence Diebel, MD, FACS
Estrogen Modulation of Pneumonia: An IgA Effect?
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| FAROUK N. OBEID CLINICAL TRAUMA AWARD |
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Bedabrata Sarkar, MD
University of Michigan
Sponsor: Stewart Wang, MD, PhD, FACS
Core Muscle Size as an Indicator of Increased Thoracic Injury in Trauma Patients |
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| ROBERT V. DANTO MEMORIAL CANCER RESEARCH AWARD |
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Filip Bednar, MD
University of Michigan
Sponsor: Diane Simeone, MD, FACS
Epithelial Mesenchymal Transition Correlates with Increased Aggressiveness in a Murine Model of Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma
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| D. EMERICK SZILAGYI MICHIGAN VASCULAR PRIZE |
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Stefan Leichtle, MD
St. Joseph Mercy Hospital
Sponsor: Walter Whitehouse, MD, FACS
General Anesthesia: An Independent Risk Factor for Myocardial Infarction
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| KRISHNA K. & PAMELA E. SAWHNEY ETHICS AWARD |
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Adam Ylitalo, DO
Wayne State University/Detroit Medical Center
Sponsors: James Tyburski, MD, FACS and Richard Santucci, MD, FACS
Lack of Emergency Room and Primary Care Genitournary Physical Examination Before Urologic Consultation- A Quality of Care Issue |
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| GIFT OF LIFE TRANSPLANTATION AWARD |
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Muhammad Masood, MD
University of Michigan
Sponsor: Jules Lin, MD
Utilization of Ambulatory ECMO as a Bridge to Lung Transplant Promotes Early Physical Therapy and Reduces Duration of Mechanical Ventilation |
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| EDUCATION AWARD |
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Alicia Olson, MD
Wayne State University /Detroit Medical Center
Sponsor: David Edelman, MD
Variation in Performance by Novices on LaparascopicVirtual Reality Simulators |
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