Resident Highlights

2023

James Butterfield, M.D.: “Body Contouring Research Foundation Researcher’s Award Winner” at the American Association of Plastic Surgeons Annual Meeting, April 2023. 
Miranda Chacon, M.D.: First place for a resident research paper competition at New York State Committee on Trauma
Ariana Goodman, M.D.: “Ethics Scholarship” American Association of Thoracic Surgery 
Baily Hilty, M.D.: “Wangensteen Scientific Forum Excellence in Research Award” at the American College of Surgeons Clinical Congress 
Peter Juviler, M.D.: 

• "Quality Safety and Value Award” American Pediatric Surgical Association. Best quality improvement abstract and manuscript submitted to American Pediatric Surgical Association annual meeting.
• “Best paper” regional Committee on Trauma, 2023

Anthony Loria, M.D.: 

• “Best in Surgery” distinction for his paper “Implementation of a new definition for acute kidney injury in the National Surgical Quality Improvement Project: What is the impact?” 
• "Writers scholarship award" from Surgical Society of the Alimentary Tract 

Brittany Rocque, M.D.: 

• "Young Investigator Award" at both the American Transplant Congress and the International Liver Transplantation Society Clinical Congress 
• “People’s Choice Best Plenary Session Presentation”, Plenary Abstract Session #2, 2023 American Transplant Congress, San Diego, CA, USA
• “Poster of Distinction Award”, American Society of Transplant Surgeons

Giap Vu, M.D.: "Best Paper Award" from the Association of Asia Pacific Physical Societies
 

Travel scholarships: 

• Paul Burchard, M.D.: Medical Faculty Council Travel Award in Basic Science Research, Spring 2022 
• Kash Desai, M.D. & Ben Ford, M.D.: Pacific Northeast Endovascular Conference summit
• Ben Ford, M.D.: Vascular and Endovascular Surgical Society meeting and Eastern Vascular Society annual meeting
• Josh Geiger, M.D.: International Aortic Summit meeting
• Irina Kanzaforova, M.D.:  Introduction to Academic Vascular Surgery meeting
• Brittany Rocque, M.D.: “Sherilyn Gordon Memorial Travel Award”, American Society of Transplant Surgeons Recognition Award