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Top Gun Competition
The Massachusetts Chapter ACS congratulates the 2023 Top Gun Competition Winners:
UMass Memorial Medical Center
To Gun Team Winners: Image from left to right: President: Dr. Alik Tavakkoli, PGY5: Edward Kim, PGY1: Dallas Walter, Coach: Dr. Donald Czerniach, PGY3: Sasank Kalipatnapu, Top Gun Chair: Dr. Luise Pernar
Thank you to our industry partners at Applied Medical, Ethicon, and Limbs & Things for their in-kind equipment support of the Top Gun Competition.
The Massachusetts Chapter ACS congratulates the 2023 Survivor Team Winner: Bobby Yu of Baystate Medical Center.
2023 Survivor Game Winner –Pictured from left to right: Winner, Bobby Yu and Host Dr. Nikolay Bugaev
Awards
| Commission on Cancer: | |
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Winner: Alexander Hu, MD Title: “Neamine Inhibits Tumor Growth In a Mouse Model of Colitis-Associated Cancer” |
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Winner: Andrei Moscalu Title: “Sleeve gastrectomy (SG) inhibits tumor growth in an orthotopic diabetic mouse model of anaplastic thyroid cancer (ATC)” |
| Commission on Trauma: | |
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Winner: Margaret Siu Title: “Significant Institutional Cost Savings from A Tele-Trauma Surgery Consultation Service” |
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Winner: Kamila Moskowitzova, MD Title: “Impact of Transamniotic Stem Cell Therapy (TRASCET) on Fetal Hematopoiesis in a Syngeneic Model of Intrauterine Growth Restriction (IUGR)” |
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Winner: Katherine He Title: “Procedure-level Misutilization of Antimicrobial Prophylaxis in Pediatric Surgery: Implications for Improved Stewardship and More Effective Infection Prevention” |
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Winner: Ali Dzhemiliev Title: “Enhancing Trauma Care in Ukraine Amid Conflict: A Successful Implementation of Modified ATLS Course in Active War Zone” |
| 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. |
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Winner: Thomas I. Hirsch Title: “Heparin Impairs Lung Development in Neonatal Mice” |
| Sponsors
The Massachusetts Chapter of the American College of Surgeons wishes to recognize and thank the following companies for their monetary commercial support that contributed to the success of the 69th Annual Meeting!
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