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2021 Annual SBAS Awards
Each year SBAS recognizes excellence among its student and resident presenters at its annual meeting. Two awards are presented: the Onye Emmanuel Akwari, MD Award is presented to students and the Claude H. Organ, Jr., MD Award is presented to residents.
STUDENTS
Starting in 2021 and continuing annually, the Onye Emmanuel Akwari, MD award will recognize excellence in medical students presenting at the annual meeting.
First Place
Identifying Modifiable Variables to Increase Underrepresented Minority Students' Admission to Medical School
Ijezie Ikwuezunma
University of Chicago
RESIDENTS
Claude H. Organ, Jr., MD Resident Award recognizes excellence in residents presenting at the annual meeting.
First Place
Establishing an Orthotopic Xenograft Murine Model for Desmoplastic Small Round Cell Tumor
Alyssa E. Peace, MD
University of North Carolina
First Place
Mucin-4 Antibody Conjugated to a Near-Infrared Fluorophore Selectively Targets Colon Cancer in Primary and Liver Metastatic Patient Derived Orthotopic Xenograft Mouse Models
Michael A. Turner, MD
University of California San Diego
Second Place
National Trends in Distribution of Underrepresented Minorities within United States General Surgery Residency Programs
Brittany Carter, MD
Baylor University Medical Center
Second Place
Increased risk of post-operative mortality with obesity, age, male sex among COVID-19 surgical patients
Connie Shao, MD
University of Alabama at Birmingham
Third Place
Early Results of a Perioperative Enhanced Recovery After Esophagectomy Nutrition and Immunonutrition Protocol
Elise Hill, MD
UC Davis Medical Center