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 2016 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
Elizabeth Collar (Oregon State University), Michael Huber, Urszula Iwaniec, KatjaDuesterdieck-Zellmer, Susan Stover. Third Carpal Bone Fracture is Associated with Focal Subchondral Bone Porosity in Racehorses.
Second Place
Jacqueline A. Hill (Cornell University), Jennifer Michelle Cassano, Margaret Goodale, Lisa Ann Fortier. Mesenchymal Stem Cell Antigenicity Is Suppressed in an Inflamed Joint Environment.
Clinical
First Place
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).
Second Place
Linda Wright (Evidensia Equine Specialist Hospital Helsingborg), Claus Thorn Ekstrom, Mads Kristoffersen, Casper Lindegaard. Hematogenous Septic Arthritis in Foals: Short- and Long-Term Outcome and Analysis of Factors Affecting Prognosis.
Small Animal Residents’ Forum Presentation
Research
First Place
Brittany Jane Ciepluch (Texas A&M University), Kelley Thieman Mankin, Heather Wilson-Robles, Gwendolyn Levine, Maureen O’Brien, Roger Smith. The Ability of a Cell Salvage System and Leukocyte Reduction Filter to Remove Hemangiosarcoma Cells from Dog Blood.
Second Place
Elizabeth Thompson (North Carolina State University), Simon Roe, Amir Robe, Jacqueline Cole. Comparison of Multiple Tension Band Wire Configurations on a Greater Trochanteric Osteotomy Model.
Clinical
First Place
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.
Second Place
Kristin Ashley Coleman (Colorado State University), Eric Monnet. Comparison of Laparoscopic Gastropexy Performed Using Intracorporeal Suturing versus Using an Endoscopic Suturing Device.
Veterinary Surgery Publication
First Place
Yonathan Buks (Animal Specialty Group), The Effects of Interlocking a Universal Hip Cementless Stem on Implant Subsidence and Mechanical Properties of Cadaveric Canine Femora. Buks Y, Wendelburg KL, Stover SM, Garcia-Nolen TC. Veterinary Surgery 45: 155-164
Second Place
Katie Hamilton (University of Bristol), Effect of Osteotomy Position and Tibial Plateau Rotation on the Tensile Force Required for Failure of the Canine Quadriceps Mechanism. Hamilton K, Tarlton J, Parsons K, Toscano M, Burton N. Veterinary Surgery 44: 763-771
Third Place
Katherine Mitchell (University of Melbourne), Outcomes of Limb-Sparing Surgery Using Two Generations of Metal Endoprosthesis in 45 Dogs with Distal Radial Osteosarcoma. A Veterinary Society of Surgical Oncology Retrospective Study. Mitchell KE, Boston SE, Kung M, Dry S, Straw RC, Ehrhart NP, Ryan SD. Veterinary Surgery 45: 36-4
Poster Presentation
First Place
Anna Marie Massie (University of California-Davis), Outcome of Chronic Nonunion Fractures in Dogs Treated with Rigid Fixation, Compression Resistant Matrix and Recombinant Human Bone Morphogenetic Protein-2.
Second Place
William Alexander Fox-Alvarez (University of Florida), Description of a Novel Technique for Gastric Decompression in Dogs: Temporary Percutaneous Gastropexy and Continuous Decompressive Gastrostomy.
