2024 Annual Meeting Winners

Held on Friday, May 17, 2024, 3:00pm-8:00pm

Oral Abstract Paper Competition Winners

2nd Place - Herschel Patel

Abstract Title: Survival Outcomes after Therapy De-Escalation in HPV- positive Oropharyngeal SCC: A Single-Arm, Open-label, Clinical Trial

1st Place - Sara Cartwright

Abstract Title: Real-World Oncology Experience of Neoadjuvant Pembrolizumab for Triple-Negative Breast Cancer: Surgery Outcomes and Pathological Responses

3rd Place - Bria Foley

Abstract Title: The Landscape of U.S. Academic Surgery Departments in the Corporate Medicine Era: Federal and Industry Funding Academic Output, and Corporate Medicine Revenue Analysis

E-Poster Abstract Paper Competition Winners

Monitor 1

1st Place

Terrence Kumar

Abstract Title: Don’t Worry, Everything is Going According to Plan - Textbook Outcomes in RoboBc-Assisted Low Anterior ResecBon for Rectal Cancer

2nd Place

Kelsey Tieken

Abstract Title: Student, Resident, and Faculty Perceptions on Providing Excellent Surgical Education: A Qualitative Analysis

2nd Place

Lucas Houser

Abstract Title: Breast Cancer Care Disparities in Sexual Minority Women: An Analysis of the National Institutes of Health All of Us Research Program

Monitor 2

1st Place

Jason Lizalek

Abstract Title: How Many Lymph Nodes Should We Excise in Patients with Melanoma?

2nd Place

Stevin Lu

Abstract Title: Utility of Routine Preoperative Urinalysis in Elective Lumbar Spine Fusion Surgery

Resident Surgical Jeopardy Winners