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2022 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.
Onyekwere Emmanuel Akwari, MD Award
First Place
Identification of a Novel Candidate Molecular Mediator of Isoproterenol-Induced Cardiac Remodeling
Lamario J. Williams
University of Alabama at Birmingham
Second Place
Observation of Small Sporadic Pancreatic Neuroendocrine Tumors is Safe and Feasible
Valencia Henry
Edward Via College of Osteopathic Medicine-Carolinas Campus
Third Place
Reduction Mammoplasty for Gigantomastia
Ankor Talwar
Albany Medical College
Claude H. Organ, Jr., MD Award
First Place
Demographic Differences in Complication and Failure to Rescue Rates Following Lung Transplantation
Boateng Kubi, MD
Department of Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital
Second Place
Elucidation of the Transcriptional Mechanism of SUMO-Conjugated ETV1 in Mammary Oncogenesis
Mohammed Olufemi Suraju, MD
University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics
Third Place
The Combined Effect of Race, Dual-Eligibility and Neighborhood Deprivation on Post-Discharge Care and Medicare Spending
Sidra Bonner, MD, MPH, MSc
University of Michigan