Resident Speaker Exchange Program Awards

Each year, a winner from the best ACVS resident presentations at the Surgery Summit, both small animal and large animal presentations, (as determined by the ACVS Residents’ Forum judges) are invited to present at the ECVS meeting. Winners in the research and clinical categories will alternate each year. ACVS 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.

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.


2020 Recipients

Large Animal Residents’ Forum Presentation (Clinical)

Lauren Smanik, DVM, (Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO). Internal Fixation of Type II Distal Phalangeal Fractures in 51 horses.

Small Animal Residents’ Forum Presentation (Clinical)

Hadley Gleason, VMD, (University of Illinois, Urbana, IL). Ala Vestibuloplasty Improves Cardiopulmonary and Lifestyle Parameters in Brachycephalic Cats.


2019 Recipients

Large Animal Residents’ Forum Presentation (Research)

Stasia 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. 

Small Animal Residents’ Forum Presentation (Research)

Brian Dent (The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH), 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. 


2018 Recipients

Large Animal Residents’ Forum Presentation (Clinical)

Cole Sandow (Louisiana State University School of Veterinary Medicine, Baton Rouge, LA) Carlos Aguilar, Nathalie Rademacher, Laura Riggs. Effects of Screw Size & Approach in Simulated Medial Condylar Fractures.

Small Animal Residents’ Forum Presentation (Clinical)

Erin Gibson (University of California, Davis, CA), Ingrid Balsa, Lynelle Johnson, William Culp, Michele Steffey, Philipp Mayhew, Michelle Giuffrida, Kathryn Phillips. Diagnosis, Treatment and Outcomes of Intrathoracic Disease Secondary to Grass Awn Migration in 37 Dogs.


2017 Recipients

Large Animal Residents’ Forum Presentation (Research)

Marcos Perez Nogues (University of California-Davis), Julie E. Dechant, Tanya Garcia-Nolen, Susan M. Stover. Evaluation of the Effect of Water Temperature on Fiberglass Cast Strength.

Small Animal Residents’ Forum Presentation (Research)

James Howard (The Ohio State University), Nina R. Kieves, Brittney Johnson, Judith Bertran, Antonio Pozzi, Stephen Jones. Measurement of Shoulder Abduction Angles in Dogs—An Ex-Vivo Study of Accuracy and Precision.


2016 Recipients

Large Animal Residents’ Forum Presentation (Clinical)

Kati Glass (Texas A&M University), Jeffrey Watkins. Intramedullary, Interlocking Nail Fixation of Humeral Fractures in 27 Horses Less than 1 Year of Age: (1989– 2013).

Small Animal Residents’ Forum Presentation (Clinical)

Stephanie Ann Majeski (University of California-Davis), Michele Steffey, Rachel Pollard, Mark Fuller, Geraldine Hunt, Philip Mayhew. CT Lymphography for Iliosacral Lymphatic Mapping in Dogs with Anal Sac Gland Carcinoma


2015 Recipients

Large Animal Residents’ Forum Presentation (Research)

Benjamin Duane Shrauner (North Carolina State University), Anthony Blikslager, Jennifer Davis, Nigel Campbell, Meghann Lustgarten, Timo Prange. Standing Lumbosacral Epiduroscopy in Horses.

Small Animal Residents’ Forum Presentation (Research)

Bronwyn Fullagar (The Ohio State University), Wei Rao, Xiaoming He, Chen Gilor, Feng Xu, Christopher A. Adin. Nano-Encapsulated Bilirubin Protects Murine Pancreatic Islet Cells Exposed to Hypoxic Stress.