Department of Surgery

Award Winners, 2023 Richard L. Simmons Lecture in Surgical Science/Department of Surgery Research Day

 

On April 19, 2023 we held our 21st Annual Research Day and Richard L. Simmons Lecture in Surgical Science. Attendees were treated to an outstanding presentation, "Leading the Way: Applying American Surgical Leadership Principles to Improve Health Care for All" by this years’ Richard L. Simmons lecturer, Dean Adil Haider from Aga Khan University Medical College . 

The following presenters were selected for special recognition:

Best Oral Presentation: David Silver, MD, MPH- Experience Matters: The Volume Outcome Link in Trauma for EMS (VOLT-EMS)

Runners up:

Andrew Sayce-The Unfolded Protein Response in Trauma and Sepsis

Christof Kaltenmeier- Co-inhibition of inducible nitric oxide synthase (iNOS) and cyclooxygenase 2 (COX2) promotes T cell function and inhibits hepatocellular cancer (HCC) growth via activation of the CD112/CD226 pathway

Shravan Leonard-Murali-Uveal Melanoma Immunogenomics Predict Immunotherapy Resistance and Susceptibility

Poster Winners:

Anna Ramos: cGAS is a Key Regulator of Mitochondrial Dynamics in the Intestinal Epithelium during Inflammation 
Celine Tohme: ZLN005: A Surrogate for Exercise, Protects the Liver against Ischemia Reperfusion Injury and Metastatic Progression 

Tanner Wilson: Gastrointestinal Bleeding Reinforcement Learning Agent for Blood Product Transfusion 
Daryl Fields: Pre-injury frailty best predicts one year mortality in older adults with traumatic spinal column fractures 

Congratulations to all the winners!

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