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2023 Annual SBAS Awards
Each year SBAS recognizes excellence among its resident and student presenters at its annual meeting. Two awards are presented: Claude H. Organ, Jr., MD Award is presented to residents and the Onye Emmanuel Akwari, MD Award is presented to students.
RESIDENTS
Claude H. Organ, Jr., MD Award recognizes excellence in residents presenting at the annual meeting
First Place
Chukwuma N. Eruchalu, MD; Resident Physician; Massachusetts General Hospital; Scientific Session 3B: Quick Shots Education Outcomes and Orthopedics; Disparities in Operative Experience Among Racial/Ethnic Minority General Surgery Residents: A Multi-Institutional Study from the US ROPE Consortium
Second Place
Emma S. Crichton, MD, MPH; Resident; Emory University; Scientific Session 3A : Quick Shots CV / Critical Care / Transplant; The Absence of T Follicular Regulatory Cells Alters the Quantity of T follicular Helper Cells Following Transplantation
Third Place
Desmond L Layne, MD; General Surgery Resident; University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics; Scientific Session 3B : Quick Shots Education Outcomes and Orthopedics; Qualitative Analysis of Freetext Comments by Faculty Assessors for Five General Surgery Entrustable Professional Activities for Analysis of Alignment with EPA Behavior Descriptors and Provision of Actionable Feedback
MEDICAL STUDENTS
Onye Emmanuel Akwari, MD Award will recognizes excellence in medical students presenting at the annual meeting
First Place
Takara R. Newsome-Cuby, B.S. M.S.; Medical Student; Kansas City University School of Osteopathic Medicine Scientific Session 3A : Quick Shots CV / Critical Care / Transplant; A Novel and Effective Treatment for Hypotension in Septic Shock Patients.
Second Place
Annette Appiah; Medical Student; Penn State College of Medicine; Scientific Session 3A : Quick Shots CV / Critical Care / Transplant; Hemodynamic Performance Characteristics of Different Centrifugal Blood Pumps Using Simulated Neonatal and Pediatric ECMO Circuits
Third Place
Byron Udegbe, BA; Medical Student; Temple University Lewis Katz School of Medicine; Scientific Session 3B : Quick Shots Education Outcomes and Orthopedics; The Impact of Socioeconomic Status and Race on Outcomes After Hip Fracture