2020 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
Studies may be prospective or retrospective clinical studies or controlled laboratory research.
Two posters were selected from those presented by residents. Eight oral presentations (four from both large animal and small animal categories) were selected from those presented. Three manuscripts were selected from those published in Veterinary Surgery. Presentations, publications and posters must represent the original work of the resident. Studies may be prospective or retrospective clinical studies or controlled.
Large Animal Residents’ Forum Presentation
Research
First Place
Shannon S. Connard, BS, DVM1, Renata L. Linardi1, Kayla M. Even1, Alix K. Berglund2, Lauren V. Schnabel2, Kyla F. Ortved1. 1University of Pennsylvania, School of Veterinary Medicine, Kennett Square, PA; 2NSCU, College of Veterinary Medicine, Raleigh, NC. Effects of Continuous Passage on the Immunomodulatory Properties of Equine Bone Marrow-Derived Mesenchymal Stem Cells In Vitro.
Second Place
Lauren K Luedke, DVM1, Phoebe Ilevbare2, Kira Noordwijk1, Pablo Palomino3, Sean McDonough1, Scott Palmer4, Eve Donnelly3, Heidi Reesink1. 1Cornell University, Department of Clinical Sciences, Ithaca, NY; 2Cornell University, Ithaca, NY; 3Cornell University, College of Engineering, Ithaca, NY; 4Cornell University, Department of Population Medicine & Diagnostic Sciences, Ithaca, NY. Proximal Sesamoid Bone Microdamage and Fracture Toughness Testing in Thoroughbred Racehorses.
Clinical
First Place
Lauren Smanik, DVM1, Darko Stefanovski2, Dean Richardson2. 1Colorado State University Veterinary Teaching Hospital, Department of Clinical Sciences, Fort Collins, CO, United States; 2University of Pennsylvania, New Bolton Center, Department of Clinical Studies, Kennett Square, PA. Internal Fixation of Type II Distal Phalangeal Fractures in 51 Horses.
Second Place
Morgane Isabelle Pouyet, DVM1, Alvaro Bonilla2. 1Université de Montréal, Saint-Hyacinthe, QC, Canada. Diagnostic Needle Arthroscopy of the Scapulohumeral Joint in Standing Sedated Horses.
Small Animal Residents’ Forum Presentation
Research
First Place
Aki Otomo, DVM1, Karanvir S. Aulakh2, Katherine Barnes3, Brandon Thibodaux1, Nathalie Rademacher1, Chin-Chi Liu1, J. Alberto Gines1. 1Louisiana State University, School of Veterinary Medicine, Department of Veterinary Clinical Sciences, Baton Rouge, LA, United States of America; 2Louisiana State University, School of Veterinary Medicine, Department of Veterinary Clinical Sciences, Baton Rouge, LA, United States; 3Texas A&M University, College of Veterinary Medicine, Department of Small Animal Clinical Sciences, College Station, TX, Intra- and Inter-observer Variability of Current Methods Measuring Femoral Torsion Angle Using Radiographs and Computed Tomography in an In Vitro Model.
Second Place
Jennifer Wan, BScH, DVM1, Michelle Oblak1. 1Ontario Veterinary College, Guelph, Canada. Evaluating the Feasibility and Safety of a Multimodal Nanoparticle Contrast Agent (Nanotrast-CF800) for Image-Guided Sentinel Lymph Node Mapping in the Oral Cavity of Healthy Dogs.
Clinical
First Place
Hadley E Gleason, VMD1, Heidi E Phillips1, Stephanie E Keating1, Phillip Edward Stanley Hamel2, Annette E McCoy1, Ryan E Fries1. 1University of Illinois, Urbana, IL, United States; 2Boundary Bay Veterinary Specialty Hospital, Langley, BC. Ala Vestibuloplasty Improves Cardiopulmonary and Lifestyle Parameters in Brachycephalic Cats.
Second Place
Megan Korpita, DVM1, Michele Steffey1, Ingrid M Balsa1, Michelle Giuffrida1, William T.N. Culp1, Geraldine B Hunt1, Philipp D Mayhew1, Alane K Cahalane2. 1UC Davis, Davis, CA; 2VSH Hong Kong, Hong Kong, People’s Republic of China. Laryngeal Dysfunction After Surgical Patent Ductus Arteriosus Attenuation in Dogs.
Veterinary Surgery Publication
First Place
Daniel J. Lopez, DVM (Cornell University College of Veterinary Medicine, Ithaca, NY), Galina M. Hayes PhD, DACVECC, DACVS, Gilad Fefer BS, Sarah A. McCalla DVM, Denise F. LaLonde‐Paul LVT, BS, MPS, James A. Flanders DVM, DACVS, Julia P. Sumner BVSc, DACVS-SA. Effect of subcutaneous closure technique on incisional complications and postoperative pain in cats undergoing midline celiotomy: A randomized, blinded, controlled trial. Veterinary Surgery Volume 49: 321-328
Second Place
Whitney D. DeGroot, BSc, DVM (University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN), Karen M. Tobias DVM, MS, DACVS, Danielle C. Browning LVMT, Xiaojuan Zhu PhD. Examination of laryngeal function of healthy dogs by using sedation protocols with dexmedetomidine. Veterinary Surgery Volume 49: 124-130
Third Place
Hayley M. Gallaher, DVM (Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, MS), James R. Butler DVM, MS, DACVS‐SA, Robert W. Wills MS, DVM, PhD, DACVPM, Lauren B. Priddy PhD, Steven H. Elder PhD, Sarah M. Heller BS, Erin Brinkman DVM, DACVR, Wes Baumgartner DVM, PhD, DACVP. Effects of short‐ and long‐term administration of nonsteroidal anti‐inflammatory drugs on osteotomy healing in dogs. Veterinary Surgery Volume 48: 1318-1329
Poster Presentation
First Place
Brian Petrovsky, DVM1, Taylor Knuth1, Cristina Aponte-Colón1, Lingnan Yuan2, Jon P Mochel3, Eric Zellner1. 1Iowa State University, Department of Veterinary Clinical Sciences, Ames, IA; 2Iowa State University, Ames, IA; 3Smart Pharmacology Biomedical Sciences, Ames, IA. Retrospective Comparison of Locking and Non-locking Plating Systems on 63 Canine Ilial Body Fractures.
Second Place
Haileigh Kate Avellar, DVM, MS1, John Dylan Lutter1, Charan Ganta1, Warren Beard1, Naveen Jonnalagadda1, Joseph R Smith1, Sarah Peloquin1, Qing Kang1, Kanwal Ayub1. 1Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS. In Vitro Antibacterial Activity of Equine Mesenchymal Stromal Cells and Platelet Lysate Against Common Clinical Pathogens.
