2019 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
Two posters were selected from those presented by residents at the 2019 ACVS Surgery Summit. Eight oral presentations (four from both large animal and small animal categories) were selected from those given in the Residents’ Forum at the ACVS Surgery Summit. 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
Stasia Nise Sullivan (The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH), Sara Cole, Matthew Brokken, Sushmitha Durgam. Methylprednisolone Decreases the Viability and Transcriptional Activity of Equine Deep Digital Flexor Tendon Cells.
Second Place
Ana Velloso Alvarez (Auburn University, Auburn, AL), Anne A. Wooldridge, Fred Caldwell, Lindsey Boone. Effects of Autologous Protein Solution, Autologous Conditioned Serum, and Triamcinolone on Inflammatory and Catabolic Gene Expression in Equine Cartilage and Synovial Explants Treated with IL-1β in Co-culture.
Clinical
First Place
Caroline Constant (AO Research Institute, Université de Montréal, Davos, Switzerland; Université de Montréal, St-Hyacinthe, QC, Canada; École de Technologie Supérieure, Montréal, QC, Canada), Sylvain Nichols, Yvan Petit, Éric Wagnac, Vladimir Braïlovski, André Desrochers. Cranial Cruciate Ligament Rupture in Adult Cattle: Design and Ex-Vivo Joint Stability Evaluation of an Innovative Braided Super-Elastic Nitinol Prosthesis.
Second Place
Lauren Nicole Mundy (Purdue University, College of Veterinary Medicine, Lafayette, IN; Nanovis, Inc., Columbia City, IN), Timothy Lescun, Russell Main, David Detwiler, Abigail Durkes. Comparison of Nanosurfaced, Silver-Coated, and Uncoated Titanium Pins in the Equine Third Metacarpal Bone Over Five Weeks of Transfixation Casting.
Small Animal Residents’ Forum Presentation
Research
First Place
Brian Thomas Dent (The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH; Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS), Turi Aarnes, Vincent Wavreille, Jeffrey Lakritz, Phillip Lerche, Butch Kukanich, Carolina Riccó Pereira, Richard Bednarski. Pharmacokinetic and Pharmacodynamic Effects of Oral Transmucosal and Intravenous Dexmedetomidine in Dogs.
Second Place
Maureen A. Griffin (University of California-Davis, School of Veterinary Medicine, Davis, CA; Sutter Medical, Sacramento, CA), William Culp, Tanya Garcia-Nolen, Craig Glaiberman, Michelle Giuffrida, Ingrid Balsa, Philipp Mayhew, Eric Johnson, Stanley Marks. Percutaneous Radiologically-Guided Gastrostomy Tubes: Procedural Description and Biomechanical Comparison.
Clinical
First Place
Callie LaMoin Blackford Winders (University of Minnesota, Saint Paul, MN), Michael Daubert, Michael G. Conzemius. Comparison of Semi-Cylindrical Recession Trochleoplasty and Trochlear Block Recession for the Treatment of Canine Medial Patellar Luxation: A Pilot Study.
Second Place
Janis Marie Lapsley (Cornell University Hospital for Animals, Ithaca, NY), Galina M. Hayes, Cheryl Balkman, Ashleigh Newman, Jeanine Peters-Kennedy, Valentin S. Janvier. Single Center Experience of Implementing Indirect Computed Tomographic Lymphography for Sentinel Lymph Node Mapping in Dogs with Mast Cell Tumor— Technique Development, Perioperative Morbidity, and Effect on Treatment Recommendations in the First 19 Cases.
Veterinary Surgery Publication
First Place
Valerie E. Nesser (University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA), Jennifer A. Reetz, Dana L. Clarke, Lillian R. Aronson. Radiographic distribution of ureteral stones in 78 cats. Veterinary Surgery Volume 47: 895-901
Second Place
Olivier Brandenberger (Equine Clinic of Grobois, France), Ann Martens, Céline Robert, Peter Wiemer, Hugo Pamela, Lieven Vlaminck, Katerina Barankova, Maarten Haspeslagh, Justin D. Perkins, Norm Ducharme, Fabrice Rossignol. Anatomy of the vestibulum esophagi and surgical implications during prosthetic laryngoplasty in horses. Veterinary Surgery Volume 47: 942-950
Third Place
Alexandra Penelas (University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland), Andreas Gutbrod, Karolin Kühn, Antonio Pozzi. Feasibility and safety of arthroscopic medial glenohumeral ligament and subscapularis tendon repair with knotless anchors: A cadaveric study in dogs. Veterinary Surgery Volume 47: 817-826
Poster Presentation
First Place
Massimo Marco Delli-Rocili (Department of Clinical Studies, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON, Canada), Nicola Cribb, Donald Trout, Jeffrey Thomason, Alexander Valverde. Effectiveness of a Paravertebral Nerve Block Versus Local Portal Block for Laparoscopic Closure of the Nephrosplenic Space: A Pilot Study.
Second Place
Kathleen Marie Weatherall (Auburn University College of Veterinary Medicine, Auburn, AL; Auburn University Samuel Ginn College of Engineering, Alabama Center for Paper & Bioresource Engineering, Auburn, AL), Reid Hanson, Fred Caldwell, Robert Cole, Russell Cattley, Kara Lascola1, Stuart Clark-Price, Ransis Farag, Edmon Perkins, Eli Sumner, Lindsey Boone. Comparison of Tensile Strength of Self-Locking and Surgeon’s Knots for Closure of Ventral Midline Celiotomy in Horses.
