2024 Outstanding Surgery Residents’ Awards
The ACVS established the Outstanding Surgery Residents’ Awards competition to encourage the development of clinically important research and the dissemination of the results of these investigations, particularly those conducted by surgery residents. Congratulations to each of the award recipients.
Awards were presented in the following categories:
- Large Animal Residents’ Forum Presentation
(Research and Clinical) - Small Animal Residents’ Forum Presentation
(Research and Clinical) - Veterinary Surgery Publication
- Poster Presentation
Nine oral presentations (four from the large animal and five from the small animal categories) were selected from those presented. Three manuscripts were selected from those published in Veterinary Surgery. Two posters were selected from those presented.
Large Animal Residents’ Forum Presentation: Research
First Place
Jocelyn Marie Stedman, DVM, Kansas State University, Veterinary Health Center. 3T MRI of the Soft Tissues of Equine Stifles.
Second Place
Charlotte Barton, BVetMed, Colorado State University Veterinary Teaching Hospital. Manica Flexoria Resection with Radiofrequency.
Large Animal Residents’ Forum Presentation: Clinical
First Place
Adrienne D. Rhodes, DVM, MS, University of Illinois. Racehorses After Stifle Arthroscopy for OCD.
Second Place
Bruno Dondoni Malacarne, DVM, MS, Marion duPont Scott Equine Medical Center. Equine Limb Cellulitis: 100 Cases
Small Animal Residents’ Forum Presentations: Research
First Place (tie)
Hiroshi Miyagi, DVM, Cornell University College of Veterinary Medicine. Novel Approach to Biliary Obstruction
Peter James Welsh, DVM, WSU-WestVet Collaborative Residency Program. Orthogonal Locking Plate Biomechanics.
Second Place
Alexa Lyn Danner, DVM, MS, WSU-WestVet Collaborative Residency Program. Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy Model Validation.
Small Animal Residents’ Forum Presentation: Clinical
First Place
Natalie J. Worden, DVM, MS, University of Florida. NIRF Accuracy of SLN Detection in Canine MCT
Second Place
Claudia Sofia Colón-Acevedo, BA, DVM, University of Wisconsin-Madison. Cricoarytenoideus Dorsalis Muscle Stimulation.
Veterinary Surgery Publication
First Place
Tom Hernon, BVSc, CertAVP (GSAS), MRC, Ed J. Friend, BVetMed, CertSAS, Guillaume Chanoit, DEDV, MSc, PhD, DACVS (Small Animal), Vicki Black, MA, VetMB, DipECVIM-CA, MRCVS, FHEA, Lee Meakin, MA, MRes, PhD, VetMB. The effect of flushing of the common bile duct on hepatobiliary markers and short-term outcomes in dogs undergoing cholecystectomy for the management of gall bladder mucocele: A randomized controlled prospective study. Veterinary Surgery Volume 52/Issue 5: 697–703 (Clinical)
Second Place
Kaitlyn Marie Mullen, DVM, DACVS (Small Animal), Penny J. Regier, DVM, MS, DACVS (Small Animal), Veronica Perez-Rodriguez, BS, MS, W. Alexander Fox-Alvarez, DVM, MS, DACVS (Small Animal), Judith Bertran, DVM, MS, DACVS (Small Animal), James Colee, PhD. Use of Real-Time Near Infrared Fluorescence to assess gastric viability in dogs with Gastric Dilation Volvulus; a case study. Veterinary Surgery Volume 53/Issue 4: 684–694 (Clinical)
Third Place
Carolyn L. Chen, DVM, Mandy L. Wallace, DVM, MS, DACVS (Small Animal), Rachel A. Reed, DVM, DACVAA, Janet A. Grimes, DVM, MS, DACVS (Small Animal). Accuracy, Precision, Inter-, and Intra-observer Agreement of Pressure Measurement Devices. Veterinary Surgery Volume 53/Issue 4: 596–602 (Research)
Scientific Poster Presentation
First Place
Zong Hang Peng, DVM, Texas A&M University. Remote Respiratory Function Grading.
Second Place
Brittany Anna Maria Veerasammy, BVM&S, MS, MRCVS, University of Tennessee. Urolithiasis in Horses: Complications, Long Term Outcome and Recurrence (1999-2022).
