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The Massachusetts Chapter ACS congratulates the 2017 Top Gun Competition Winners: UMass Memorial Medical Center Pictured from left to right are Drs. John Kelly, Samuel Vazquez, Nicole Cherng and mentor Dr. Donald Czerniach. Thank you to our industry partners at Applied Medical, Ethicon and Olympus for their in-kind equipment support of the Top Gun Competition.

The Massachusetts Chapter ACS congratulates the 2017 Survivor Game Winner: David Harris of Brigham and Women’s Hospital 2017 Survivor Game Pictured from left to right: Drs. George Velmahos, Ruchi Thanawala of Baystate Medical Center, Ryan Macht of Boston Medical Center, Sarah Meade of Lahey Hospital & Medical Center, David Harris of Brigham and Women's Hospital, Jigesh Shah of St. Elizabeth's Hospital, and Brandon Colvin of UMass Memorial Medical Center.

Awards COMMISSION ON CANCER: Mallika Gopal, MD of Boston University School of Medicine Impact of Subtype and Location on Pathological Upstaging of Clinical T1b/T2N0 Esophageal Cancer Abha Aggarwal, MD of Brigham and Women's Hospital Metabolic inhibition of Anaplastic Thyroid Cancer with 3-BP Depends on Hexokinase II Expression Praveen Sridhar, MD of Boston University Pre-clinical evaluation of spliceosome and proteasome inhibition in triple negative breast cancer Gabriel J. Ramos-Gonzalez, MD of Boston Children's Hospital Long-term Outcomes of Liver Transplantation for Hepatoblastoma: a Single-Center 14-year Experience Pictured from left to right: Dr. Peter S. Hopewood, ACS Committee on Cancer Liaison; recipients Drs. Gabriel J. Ramos-Gonzalez of Boston Children's Hospital, Praveen Sridhar of Boston University, Abha Aggarwal of Brigham and Women's Hospital, and Mallika Gopal of Boston University School of Medicine; and Dr. Anne C. Larkin, Chapter President. BASIC SCIENCE POSTER: Shen Li, MD of Massachusetts General Hospital Pioglitazone Reduces Hepatocellular Neoplasia in a Rat Model of Cirrhosis CLINICAL POSTER: Rajshri Mainthia, MD of Massachusetts General Hospital Malpractice Claims after Cholecystectomy: What Factors are Associated with Plaintiff Payout? CLINICAL ORAL: Janka Lagoo Physicians Working in New Hospital Environments: Understanding their Challenges to Develop Real Solutions JOSEPH MURRAY RESIDENT RESEARCH BASIC SCIENCE ORAL: In memory of Dr. Joseph E. Murray who conducted the world’s first successful organ transplant and received the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1990. Sameer Hirji Utility and Feasibility of Intra- and Post-Operative Crisis Management Checklists in Cardiac Surgery

RESIDENT RESEARCH AWARD MC-ACS MEMBER CONTRIBUTORS Leslie M. Silverstein, MD Christos A. Hasiotis, MD

SPONSOR A RESIDENT PROGRAM MC-ACS MEMBER CONTRIBUTORS Mitchell H. Bamberger Terry L. Buchmiller Laura S. Dominici Robert P. Driscoll Peter S. Hopewood Pardon R. Kenney Stanley H. Konefal, Jr. Edward M. Kwasnik Anne C. Larkin David McAneny Kevin P. Moriarty Faina Nakhlis Dmitry Nepomnayshy Benjamin T. Pollard Rocco Ricciardi Marc S. Rubin Richard S. Swanson Ali Tavakkoli Jacqueline J. Wu

Sponsors Gold Partners: Argentum Medical and BD Silver Partners: Allergan and Ethicon Bronze Partner: Olympus Exhibitors ACell Allergan Applied Medical Argentum Medical LLC Bard Davol BD Ethicon Getinge Gore & Associates Hitachi Healthcare Mallinckrodt Pharmaceuticals Medtronic OBP Medical Olympus Shire Stryker Endoscopy UBERDOC