2024 Surgery Residents’ Award recipients announced at Surgery Summit

Outstanding Surgery Residents’ Awards

The annual Outstanding Surgery Residents’ Awards competition at the ACVS Surgery Summit encourages the development of clinically important research and the dissemination of the results of these investigations, particularly those conducted by surgery residents.

Residents are eligible for awards for presentations at the Residents’ Forums and Scientific Poster Presentation. In addition, ACVS and ECVS surgery residents are presented with awards for publication in Veterinary Surgery. 

Large Animal Residents’ Forum Research Presentation

First Place – Jocelyn Marie Stedman, DVM 3T MRI of the Soft Tissues of Equine Stifles 

Second Place – Charlotte Barton, BVetMed Manica Flexoria Resection with Radiofrequency 

Large Animal Residents’ Forum Clinical Presentation

First Place – Adrienne D. Rhodes, DVM, MS Racehorses after Stifle Arthroscopy for OCD 

Second Place – Bruno Dondoni Malacarne, DVM, MS Equine Limb Cellulitis: 100 Cases 

Small Animal Residents’ Forum Research Presentation

First Place (tie) – Hiroshi Miyagi, DVM Novel Approach to Biliary Obstruction 

First Place (tie) – Peter James Welsh, DVM Orthogonal Locking Plate Biomechanics 

Second Place – Alexa Lyn Danner, DVM, MS Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy Model Validation 

Small Animal Residents’ Forum Clinical Presentation

First Place – Natalie J. Worden, DVM NIRF Accuracy of SLN Detection in Canine MCT 

Second Place – Claudia Sofia Colón-Acevedo, BA, DVM Cricoarytenoideus Dorsalis Muscle Stimulation  

Veterinary Surgery Publication Award

First Place – Tom Hernon, BVSc, CertAVP (GSAS), MRC 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. Volume 52/Issue 5: 697–703 (Clinical) 

Second Place – Kaitlyn Marie Mullen, DVM, DACVS (Small Animal) Use of Real-Time Near Infrared Fluorescence to assess gastric viability in dogs with Gastric Dilation Volvulus; a case study. Volume 53/Issue 4: 684–694 (Clinical) 

Third Place – Carolyn L. Chen, DVM Accuracy, Precision, Inter-, and Intra-observer Agreement of Pressure Measurement Devices. Volume 53/Issue 4: 596–602 (Research) 

Scientific Poster Presentation

First Place – Zong Hang Peng, DVM Remote Respiratory Function Grading 

Second Place – Brittany Anna Maria Veerasammy, BVM&S, MS, MRCVS Urolithiasis in Horses: Complications, Long Term Outcome and Recurrence (1999–2022) 

 

One AO Awards

AO VET North America presents two One AO Awards. The winning abstracts are chosen based on their cross-disciplinary orthopedic relevance and embodiment of the one medicine spirit of AO North America, a unique organization that brings together physicians and veterinary experts in the fields of trauma, craniomaxillofacial, spinal, and veterinary orthopedic surgery. Sponsored by ACVS Educational Partner, AO VET North America. 

Large Animal Resident Research Award 

Gwladys Malek, DVM, MSc Corticosteroid effects of equine osteoclasts in vitro 

Small Animal Resident Research Award 

Regan Marie Stoneburner, DVM MPR vs. CADS 3-D Measurements of Canine Radii  

 

ACVS/ECVS Resident Speaker Exchange Program Awards

A winner from the best ACVS resident large animal and small animal presentations at the Residents’ Forum will be invited to present at the European College of Veterinary Surgeons meeting. Winners in the clinical and research categories alternate each year. This year’s category is clinical. 

Large Animal Residents’ Forum Clinical Presentation  

Adrienne Rhodes, DVM, MS Racehorses After Stifle Arthroscopy for OCD 

Small Animal Residents’ Forum Clinical Presentation  

Natalie Worden, DVM NIRF Accuracy of SLN Detection in Canine MCT