Education News - Current Academic Year

Congratulations to General Surgery Residents Jacqueline Richa De Arco, MD, and Agustin Cornejo, MD, who have both matched for their first choice in plastic and reconstructive surgery fellowships — Dr. Richa De Arco will be heading to the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota, and Dr. Cornejo will be going to Duke University School of Medicine in Durham, North Carolina. More about Dr. Richa De Arco | More about Dr. Cornejo (5-14-13)

Congratulations to Agustin Cornejo, MD, General Surgery Resident, whose paper, "Analysis of free flap complications and utilization of intensive care unit monitoring," has been published ahead of print in Journal of Reconstructive Microsurgery. More about Dr. Cornejo | More about the General Surgery Residency Program (5-14-13)

Congratulations to Ross Willis, PhD, Director of Surgical Education; Eileen Curry, UT Medical Student; and Pedro Pablo Gomez, MD, General Surgery Resident, whose abstract, "Practice Schedules for Surgical Skills: The Role of Task Characteristics and Proactive Interference on Psychomotor Skills Acquisition" has been accepted for podium presentation at the April 2013 Association of Program Directors in Surgery conference in Orlando, Fla. (pictured right - Dr. Willis, Dr. Gomez)
2013 Association for Program Directors in Surgery conference | More about the General Surgery Residency Program (3-12-13)

Congratulations to Ross Willis, PhD, Director of Surgical Education; Joga Ivatury, MD, General Surgery Resident; Hari Mitra, UT Medical Student; Pedro Pablo Gomez, MD, General Surgery Resident; and Kent Van Sickle, MD, Associate Professor, General Surgery, whose abstract, "Virtual Reality Simulators: Valuable Surgical Skills Trainers or Video Games?" has been accepted for podium presentation at the April 2013 Surgical Education Week conference held in Orlando, Fla. (pictured right - Dr. Willis, Dr. Ivatury, Dr. Gomez, Dr. Van Sickle) 2013 Association for Surgical Education Week conference | More about the General Surgery Residency Program (3-12-13)

Congratulations to Saif Hassan, MD, General Surgery Resident, whose paper, "Needle core biopsy in hte diagnosis of pediatric thyroid neoplasms: A single institution retrospective review," has been published in Pediatric Surgery Journal. More about Dr. Hassan | More about the General Surgery Residency Program (2-27-13)

Sal Sordo, MD, General Surgery Resident, interviewed on Texas Public Radio: Interviewed by Crystal Chavez for the 'Fronteras' TPR program, Dr. Sordo discussed immigration, especially as it involves residency training for physicians, and admits that his immigration experience has not been typical. Listen to interview | More about Dr. Sordo | More about the General Surgery Residency Program (2-19-13)

SAGES Career Development Award - Congratulations to Dr. Pedro Pablo Gomez, UTHSCSA General Surgery Resident, whose research study, 'Multi-institutional development and implementation of a virtual reality robotic surgical curriculum using the Da Vinci Si Surgical System,' has been selected as one of the top three proposals to receive the SAGES Career Development Award. The winner will be selected at the 2013 SAGES Annual Meeting in April in Baltimore, MD. More about the SAGES | More about Dr. Gomez | More about the General Surgery Residency Program (1-30-13)

Congratulations to Dr. Saif Hassan, UTHSCSA General Surgery Resident, whose abstract, 'Evaluating the effectiveness of a discharge protocol for advanced appendicitis at a children's hospital,' has been accepted for presentation at the Academic Surgical Congress held in New Orleans, Louisiana in February 2013. More about the Academic Surgical Congress | More about Dr. Hassan | More about the General Surgery Residency Program (1-23-13)

Congratulations to Dr. Emmanuel Gabriel, UTHSCSA General Surgery Resident, who has been awarded the 2013 J. Bradley Aust Surgical Society Traveling Fellowship. The award will assist Dr. Gabriel during his rotation at MD Anderson, Department of Surgical Oncology, Breast and Melanoma Services. Dr. Gabriel will present his educational experience at the June 2013 annual meeting of the Aust Society. More about Dr. Gabriel | More about the Aust Society | More about the General Surgery Residency Program (1-8-13)

Congratulations to Johanna Bayer, MD, General Surgery Resident, whose abstract, 'Effect of inhaled tacrolimus on ischemia reperfusion injury in rat lung transplant model,' has been selected for presentation at the 93rd Annual Meeting of the prestigious American Association for Thoracic Surgery in Minneapolis, Minn. More about Dr. Bayer | More about the American Association for Thoracic Surgery | More about the General Surgery Residency Program (1-2-13)

Congratulations to Jerry Cheriyan, MD, General Surgery Resident, who has recently published two abstracts: How does the right gastroepiploic artery compare with the saphenous vein for revascularization of the right coronary artery? and Does the right internal thoracic artery or saphenous vein graft offer superior revascularization of the right coronary artery? See complete list of recent publications | More about Dr. Cheriyan (12-19-12)

Congratulations to Meeghan Lautner, MD, General Surgery Chief Resident, who has matched for the Breast Surgical Oncology Fellowship at MD Anderson in Houston, TX. More about Dr. Lautner | More about the General Surgery Residency Program (12-4-12)

Congratulations to Greg Lamaris, MD, General Surgery Chief Resident, whose abstract, Simultaneous contralateral reduction mammoplasty or mastopexy during unilateral free flap breast reconstruction, has been published by the Annals of Plastic Surgery in the November 2012 issue. More about Dr. Lamaris | More about the General Surgery Residency Program (11-27-12)

Congratulations to Joga Ivatury, MD, General Surgery Chief Resident, who has matched for the Colon and Rectal Surgery Fellowship at the University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN. More about Dr. Ivatury | More about the General Surgery Residency Program (11-27-12)

Congratulations to General Surgery Chief Residents Susannah Nicholson, MD, and Mark Muir, MD, who have matched for the UTHSCSA Surgical Critical Care Fellowship. More about Dr. Nicholson | More about Dr. Muir | More about the General Surgery Residency Program (10-16-12)

Congratulations to Greg Lamaris, MD, General Surgery Resident, whose research project, 'Challenges Beyond the midline: Improving outcomes in lateral abdominal wall reconstruction', was selected for presentation at the American College of Surgeons 2012 Annual Meeting in Chicago. More about Dr. Lamaris | More about the General Surgery Residency Program (10-9-12)

Congratulations to our 2012-2013 General Surgery Resident Council: Members of this year's Resident Council are: (pictured, back row) Drs. Ruchir Puri (R5); Joga Ivatury (R5), Administrative Chief; Travis Holloway (Research), and Luke Putnam (R2). (front row) Meeghan Lautner (R5), Natalie Britt (R4), Liz Scherer (R3), Ashley McGinity (R2), and Heather Brandfellner (Research).
(pictured, 2nd photo) Drs. Tim Abston (R3), Mark Muir (R5), Administrative Chief, and Richard Oppeltz (R4). More about the General Surgery Residency Program (9-19-12)

Congratulations to Melissa Vanover and Andrew Ludwig, 4th year medical students, whose essays were selected as the winners for the Department of Surgery ACS stipends this year. Melissa and Andrew will each receive a $1000 to assist in travel expenses to attend this year's ACS meeting in Chicago. (9-18-12)

Congratulations to Adeel Rehman, MD, General Surgery Resident, who presented his abstract, 'Toll-like receptor 7 regulates pancreatic carcinogenesis', at the September 2012 2nd World Congress on Cancer Science and Therapy held in San Antonio, Texas. More about Dr. Rehman | More about the General Surgery Residency Program (9-11-12)

Congratulations to our 2012 Aust Society Meeting Resident Paper Competition Winners: (pictured left to right)
Basic Science:
First place – Heather Hancock, MD, 'Aging Does Not Affect Muscle Regenerative Capacity in Mice'
Second place – Carole Villamaria, MD, 'Microvascular Porcine Model for the Optimization of Composite Tissue AutoTransplantation'
Third place – Johanna Bayer, MD, 'Effect of Inhaled Tacrolimus on Ischemia Reperfusion Injury in a Rat Lung Transplant Model'
Clinical:
First place – Joga Ivatury, MD, 'The Effect of Insurance Status on the Interval of Time to Diagnosis of Breast Cancer'
Second place – Travis Holloway, MD, 'The Th-17 Cytokine Response and Pulmonary Complications in the ICU'
Third place – Salvador Sordo, MD, 'Loss of Salivary Cortisol Diurnal Variability in Critically Injured Patients' More about the J. Bradley Aust Surgical Society (6-26-12)

Congratulations to Ruchir Puri, MD, General Surgery Resident, whose abstract, 'Transthoracic Repair of Slipped Nissen Fundoplications: Technique and Results', has been published in the July 2012 Annals of Thoracic Surgery. More about Dr. Puri | More about the General Surgery Residency Program (7-24-12)

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