2013 Annual Meeting Archive

The Massachusetts Chapter ACS congratulates the 2013 Top Gun Competition Winners:

Lahey Clinic Megan Applewhite, Andrew Gagnon, Victor Kim

BASIC SCIENCE POSTER: Dr. Sonam Dilwali “Salicylates Inhibit Proliferation of Primary Human Vestibular Schwannoma Cells”   CLINICAL POSTER: Dr. Michael Cassidy “Reducing Postoperative VTE Complications with a Risk-Stratified Protocol and Mobilization Program”   CLINICAL ORAL: Dr. Tsuyoshi Kaneko “Mechanical versus Bioprosthetic Mitral Valve Replacement in Patients Under 65”   JOSEPH MURRAY RESIDENT RESEARCH BASIC SCIENCE ORAL: Dr. Joanna Ng-Glazier “A Photochemical Tissue Bonding Approach for Sutureless Microvascular Anastomosis in an Arterial Graft Model”

RESIDENT RESEARCH AWARD MC-ACS MEMBER CONTRIBUTORS 2013 Robert Blute, MD Garry Fitzpatrick, MD Emanuel Friedman, MD Clement LaCoste, MD S. Mangano, MD Najmosama Nikrui, MD Thomas O’Leary, MD Robert Quinlan, MD Grant Rodkey, MD Robert H. Yuan, MD

SPONSOR A RESIDENT PROGRAM MC-ACS MEMBER CONTRIBUTORS 2013 Desmond H. Birkett, MD Terry L. Buchmiller, MD Peter S. Hopewood, MD John J. Kelly, MD Anne C. Larkin, MD Peter T. Masiakos, MD David McAneny, MD Kevin P. Moriarty, MD Dmitry Nepomnayshy, MD Joseph D. Raffetto, MD Marc S. Rubin, MD Heena Santry, MD Richard Swanson, MD Jacqueline Wu, MD Michael Zinner, MD

Sponsors Covidien CareFusion Davol Bard LifeCell Corporation Exhibitors Aesculap, Inc. Applied Medical Atrium/ MAQUET Cadence Pharma Cambridge Endoscopic Devices, Inc. CareFusion Covidien Davol Ethicon Genomic Health Gore & Associates Hitachi Aloka Intuitive Surgical Karl Storz LifeCell Lumitex Inc. Microline Olympus Pacira Pfizer RTI Surgical Sanofi Surgical Science Inc. Tei Biosciences