Outstanding Surgical Resident Awards

The ACVS provides annual recognition for outstanding surgical resident presentations, publications and posters. This recognition is to encourage the continued development of clinically important research, particularly that conducted by surgical residents in training.

Two presentations (one Clinical, one Research) will be selected from those given in the Residents Forum at the Annual Veterinary Symposium of the College. Residents may submit only one abstract for presentation at the Residents Forum. A poster will be selected from those presented by residents at the Symposium. Residents wishing to be considered must follow the guidelines in the Call for Papers and submit the abstract by the advertised deadline. Two manuscripts (one Clinical, one Research) will be selected from those published in Veterinary Surgery.

Presentations, publications and posters must represent the original work of the resident. The resident should have been the primary researcher, although the studies may have been under the direction of an ACVS Diplomate or other senior investigator. Studies may be prospective or retrospective clinical studies or controlled laboratory research. Literature review papers that do not include original work are not eligible. Members of the judging committee shall not have been a co-worker or involved in the development of the presentation.