Resident Speaker Exchange Program Awards

Each year, the winner of the Overall Highest Scoring Presentation at the Residents’ Forums at the Surgery Summit, both small and large animal presentations, are invited to present at the ECVS meeting. The ACVS Foundation reimburses the winners for expenses to attend the ECVS meeting, up to a specific dollar limit. ECVS selects their residents at their July meeting. Those ECVS awardees present at the next ACVS Surgery Summit.

2025 Recipients 

Large Animal Residents’ Forum  

Emily McKinley, DVM, (The Ohio State University). Mechanics and Degradation of SDFT Elastin. 

Small Animal Residents’ Forum 

Alison Pankowski, DVM, (Texas A&M University). Assessing OR Cleanliness Using Settle Plates.  

2024 Recipients 

Large Animal Residents’ Forum Presentation (Clinical) 

Adrienne Rhodes, DVM, MS, (Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI). Racehorses After Stifle Arthroscopy for OCD. 

Small Animal Residents’ Forum Presentation (Clinical) 

Natalie Worden, DVM, MS, (University of Florida, Gainesville, FL). NIRF Accuracy of SLN Detection in Canine MCT. 

2023 Recipients

Large Animal Residents’ Forum Presentation (Research)

Chantelle Carol Jukic, BVSc, (University of Queensland, Queensland, Australia). Ex-Vivo Mechanical Testing of a Custom Made 4 Hole Plate and a 3 Hole PIP Joint Plate for Distal Interphalangeal (DIP) Joint Arthrodesis.

Small Animal Residents’ Forum Presentation (Research)

William C. Chung, VMD, (Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI).  Mechanical Comparison of Straight and Pre-Bent Interlocking Nails Used for the Stabilization of Tibial Fracture.

2022 Recipients

Large Animal Residents’ Forum Presentation (Clinical)

Thomas McParland, BVetMed, (Raleigh, NC). Navicular Invagination MRI Characterization.

Small Animal Residents’ Forum Presentation (Clinical)

Leah Hixon, DVM, (University of Georgia, Athens, GA). Liposomal Bupivacaine in Canine Laparotomies.

2021 Recipients

Large Animal Residents’ Forum Presentation (Research)

Brenna Pugliese, DVM, MS, (Cornell University, Ithaca, NY). Equine Mesenchymal Stomal Cell- and Plasma-Derived Extracellular Vesicles Contain Mitochondria.

Small Animal Residents’ Forum Presentation (Research)

Philippe Larose, DVM, (Guelph, Canada). NIRF Cholangiography in Dogs: A Pilot Study.