2024 Poster Competition

Investigating the Influence of Tranexamic Acid on Adipocyte Differentiation in an In Vitro Model
Sneha Patel, Tiffany DeSouza, Anam J. Furrukh, Alex Joo, Silvia Corvera, Janice Lalikos
UMass Chan Medical School, Worcester, MA

Evaluating the Management of Intermittent Claudication before and after Publication of the Society of Vascular Surgery’s Appropriate Use Criteria
Andrea Alonso¹, Anna Kobzeva-Herzog, MD¹, Maha Haqqani¹, Stephen Dalton-Petillo¹, Alik Farber¹, Elizabeth King¹, Cailtin Hicks², Mahmoud Malas³, Karan Garg⁴, Nicholas Osborne⁵, Jessica Simons⁶, Jeffrey Siracuse^1
1Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, ²Johns Hopkins Medicine, Vascular Surgery, Baltimore, MD, ³University of California San Diego, Vascular Surgery, San Diego CA, ⁴New York University Langone Health, Vascular Surgery, New York, NY ⁵University of Michigan Health, Vascular Surgery, Ann Arbor, MI, ⁶University of Massachusetts Memorial Health, Vascular Surgery, Worcester, MA

Metabolic Benefits of Gastrogastric Fistula (GGF) Repair after Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass (RYGB)
Kassra Ehsan; Thomas J. Martin, MD; Eric G. Sheu, MD, PhD, FACS; Ali Tavakkoli, MD, FACS
Laboratory for Surgical and Metabolic Research, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, MA

Validation of an anorectal malformation trainer - Can a high-fidelity model simulate real life?
Claire A. Ostertag-Hill,¹ Prathima Nandivada,¹ Aaron P. Garrison,² Richard J. Wood,³ Michael G. Silver,⁴ Gregory Loan,⁴ Stephen F. Wilson,⁴ Belinda H. Dickie^1
1Department of Surgery, Boston Children’s Hospital, Boston, MA, USA, ²Department of Surgery, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital, Cincinnati, OH, USA, ³Department of Surgery, Nationwide Children’s Hospital, Columbus, OH, ⁴Boston Children’s Hospital, Boston, MA USA

Disparities in Access to Semaglutide and Tirzepatide Due to Race, Diabetes, and Insurance Status
Katherine Wasden¹, Pourya Medhati², Vasundhara Mathur², Thomas Shin², Abdelrahman Nimeri², Ali Tavakkoli², Eric G Sheu^2
1Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, ²Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA

Food Insecurity is Associated with Poor Outcomes After Revascularization for Chronic Limb Threatening Ischemia
Thomas McNamara¹, Max Zhu¹, Diana Rodriguez¹, Nkiruka Arinze¹, Thomas W. Cheng¹, Alik Farber¹, Elizabeth G. King¹, Andrea Alonso¹, Jeffrey J. Siracuse^1
1Divison of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery, Boston Medical Center, Boston, MA, ²Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine, Boston MA

Long-term outcomes of ventral hernia repair: Effect of patient, hernia, and technical characteristics on recurrence
Aymen H. Sadaka¹,², William J. O’Brien³, Kamal M.F. Itani¹,²,^4
1VA Boston Dept. of Surgery, Boston, MA, ²Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, ³VA Boston CHOIR, Boston, MA, ⁴Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA

Long-Term Outcomes of the Mesenteric Artery Growth Improves Circulation (MAGIC) Procedure for Midaortic Syndrome
Megan Z. Chiu¹, Donna C. Koo¹, Steven J. Staffa¹, Diego Porras², Gulraiz Chaudry³, Deborah R. Stein⁴, Michael A. Ferguson⁴, Michelle Dowling¹, Alex G. Cuenca¹, Heung Bae Kim¹, Eliza J. Lee^1
1Department of Surgery, Boston Children’s Hospital, Boston, MA; ²Department of Cardiology, Boston Children’s Hospital, Boston, MA; ³Department of Radiology, Boston Children’s Hospital, Boston, MA; ⁴Department of Nephrology, Boston Children’s Hospital, Boston, MA

Postoperative Disability and Associated Outcomes for Patients Suffering a Stroke after Carotid Artery Stenting
Andrea Alonso¹, Jeffrey Melvin¹, Alik Farber¹, Elizabeth King¹, Karan Garg², Katie Shean³, Thomas O'Donnell⁴, Denis Rybin¹, Jeffrey Siracuse^1
1Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, ²NYU Langone Health, New York, NY, ³St. Elizabeth's Medical Cente, Brighton, MA ⁴Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, NY

A Classification System and Surgical Algorithm for Pediatric Postburn Ear Deformities
Martin R. Buta¹,², Matthew A. DePamphilis¹,²,³, Branko Bojovic¹,², Richard J. Ehrlichman¹,², Daniel N. Driscoll¹,^2
1Shriners Hospitals for Children, Boston, MA, ²Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, ³Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA