Surgery Research News — 2011-2012

 

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Congratulations to Meenakshi Rani, PhD, who was awarded the Lonza Award at the 45th Annual Meeting of the American Burn Association in Palm Springs, CA, for her paper entitled, "Burn Wound γδ T-Cells Support a Th-2 and Th-17 Immune Response". The Lonza Award is targeted to young investigators and recognizes excellence in burn wound coverage/healing and supported by a grant from Lonza, Inc. More about Dr. Rani | Trauma Immunopathology Lab (5-1-13)

 

Congratulations to Susannah Nicholson, MD, Chief General Surgery Resident, who presented her poster, 'Pulmonary artery pseudoaneurysm after penetrating chest trauma: diagnosis and management,' at the 2013 annual meeting of the Southwest Surgical Congress held in Santa Barbara, CA. More about Dr. Nicholson | More about our General Surgery Residency Program (4-10-13)

 

Congratulations to General Surgery Medical Student Hannah Harrison, MS2, who presented 'Autotransfusion of hemothorax: Potential exacerbation of hypercoagulability in trauma' at the 4th Annual Frontiers of Translational Science Research Day, March 20, 2013. Her presentation is the result of a summer research project done under the mentorship of Dan Dent, MD, Professor of Trauma and Emergency Surgery. More about Dr. Dent | More about the Division of Trauma and Emergency Surgery (4-10-13)

 

Congratulations to Research Scientist Meenakshi Rani, PhD, Trauma Immunopathology Laboratory, whose abstract entitled 'Trauma-hemorrhage-induced acute lung injury is associated with T-cell mediated Th2 and Th17 immune responses', has been accepted for a poster presentation for 36th Annual Conference on Shock to be held in June 2013 at San Diego, CA. More about Dr. Rani | Trauma Immunopathology Lab (4-8-13)

 

Congratulations to Travis Holloway, MD, General Surgery Research Resident, whose abstract, 'Toll-like receptor induced responses by circulating leukocytes are suppressed in trauma ICU patients', has also been selected to receive a Travel Award to attend the 36th Annual Conference on Shock in June 2013 in San Diego, CA.    More about Annual Conference on Shock | More about our current Research Residents | More about our Research Resident program (3-13-13)

 

Congratulations to Heather Brandfellner, DO, General Surgery Research Resident, whose abstract, 'Analysis of gene expression of enzymes contributing to pain via formation of oxidized lipids in trauma patients', has been selected to receive a Travel Award to attend the 36th Annual Conference on Shock in June 2013 in San Diego, CA.    More about Annual Conference on Shock | More about our current Research Residents | More about our Research Resident program (3-13-13)

 

General Surgery Research Residents and staff presenting at 4th Annual Frontiers of Translational Science Research Day, March 20, 2013: Heather Brandfellner, DO, General Surgery Research Resident, will present "Analysis of Gene Expression of Enzymes Contributing to Pain via Formation of Oxidized Lipids in Burn Patients"; Travis Holloway, MD, General Surgery Research Resident, will present "Association between the Th-17 Immune Response and Pulmonary Complications in a Trauma ICU Population"; and Meenakshi Rani, PhD, Research Scientist, will present "Protective role of γδ T-cells in acute lung injury after trauma - Hemorrhage". Download Research Day flyer More about our current Research Residents | More about our Research Resident program (3-5-13)

 

Congratulations to General Surgery Research Residents who presented posters at the January 2013 42nd Annual Congress of the Society for Critical Care Medicine held in Puerto Rico: Sal Sordo, MD, presented "Holding Anticoagulation for Percutaneous Bedside Procedures in the ICU: Is it Necessary?"; and Travis Holloway, MD, presented "Association between the Th-17 Immune Response and Pulmonary Complications in a Trauma ICU Population". More about the Society of Critical Care Medicine | More about our current Research Residents | More about our Research Resident program (3-5-13)

 

Congratulations to Heather Brandfellner, DO, General Surgery Research Resident, who presented "Analysis of Gene Expression of Enzymes Contributing to Pain via Formation of Oxidized Lipids in Burn Patients" at the October 2012 meeting of the Society for Neuroscience in New Orleans, LA.    More about the Society for Neuroscience | More about our current Research Residents | More about our Research Resident program 3-5-13)

 

Congratulations to Heather Brandfellner, DO, General Surgery Research Resident, who won the South Texas ACS Resident Paper Competition at the 2013 meeting of the American College of Surgeons South Texas chapter. Dr. Brandfellner's winning abstract is entitled "Analysis of Gene Expression of Enzymes Contributing to Pain via Formation of Oxidized Lipids in Burn Patients".   More about the South Texas ACS meeting | More about our current Research Residents | More about our Research Resident program (2-27-13)

 

Congratulations to Caitlin Fearing, UT School of Medicine MS2, participant in the summer research program and in the MD With Distinction Program. Ms. Fearing, student research assistant in the Paula K. Shireman, MD, Vascular Research Laboratory, presented her abstract, "Increased adipocyte deposition in injured muscle with aging and impaired remodeling in females," at the 2013 8th Annual Academic Surgical Congress in New Orleans, LA, February 2013.   Shireman Research Lab | (2-27-13)

 

Research Residents presentations at South Texas Chapter ACS Meeting: Congratulations to our General Surgery Research Residents who have been selected to present at the February 2013 meeting of the South Texas Chapter of the American College of Surgeons in Houston. (pictured left to right)
Sal Sordo, MD, presenting 'Holding Anticoagulation for Bedside Procedures in the ICU: Is it Necessary?' and 'The Grill Can Kill: Perforation of The Small Bowel by Metallic Grill Brush Bristle'
Travis Holloway, MD, presenting 'Percutaneous Endoscopic Gastrostomy in the Critically Ill: Safe to Place in the Infected Patient'
Heather Brandfellner, DO, presenting 'Analysis of Gene Expression of Enzymes Contributing to Pain via Formation of Oxidized Lipids in Burn Patients'
More about the South Texas ACS meeting | More about our current Research Residents | More about our Research Resident program (2-20-13)

 

Congratulations to Zhenyu Qin, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor of Vascular Surgery Research, Director of the Vascular Metallomics Research Laboratory, who has accepted the invitation from the American Heart Association to participate as a Reviewer for the American Heart Association Vascular Wall Bio BSc5 Peer Review Group Spring 2013 meeting. More about Dr. Qin | Dr. Qin's Vascular Metallomics Research Laboratory (1-29-13)

 

Congratulations to Jacob Carmichael, past participant in the Voelcker Biomedical Research Academy, who has been accepted into Georgetown University's School of Nursing and Health Studies in Washington, DC. Only 12.5% of early applicants to Georgetown are accepted. In a letter to his UTHSCSA Department of Surgery mentor, Zhenyu Qin, MD, PhD, Jacob relates his belief that his experience in Dr. Qin's lab drove his early acceptance and admission into the Georgetown program, and expressed his gratitude for the three summers of research experience with Dr. Qin in his Vascular Metallomics Research Laboratory. More about the Vascular Metallomics Research Laboratory | More about the Voelcker Academy (1-8-13)

 

Congratulations to Research Scientist Meenakshi Rani, PhD, Trauma Immunopathology Laboratory, whose abstract entitled 'Burn Wound γδ T-Cells Support a Th-2 and Th-17 Immune Response' has been accepted for an oral presentation at the April 2013, 45th Annual Burn Association (ABA) annual meeting to be held in Palm Springs, CA. More about Dr. Rani | Trauma Immunopathology Lab | UT Trauma Research (12-5-12)

 

Congratulations to Carole Villamaria, MD, General Surgery Research Resident, who won First Place for Resident / Fellow presentation at the Texas Society of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery 2012 Fall Meeting in San Antonio, Texas. Dr. Villamaria's abstract title was 'Suspended animation mitigates ischemia-reperfusion in a microvascular porcine model of vascularized composite tissue transplantation'. More about Dr. Villamaria | (11-6-12)

 

Congratulations to medical student Michelle Moller, whose article, 'Tissue markers in human atherosclerotic carotid artery plaque,' has been published in the November 2012 Annals of Vascular Surgery. Ms. Moller's research was performed under the supervision and guidance of Zenhyu Qin, MD, PhD, and Boulos Toursarkissian, MD, in the Division of Vascular / Endovascular Surgery. More about Dr. Qin | Dr. Qin's Vascular Metallomics Research Laboratory | More about Dr. Toursarkissian (10-30-12)

 

Congratulations to Zhenyu Qin, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor of Vascular Research, whose March 2012 article, "The use of THP-1 cells as a model for mimicking the function and regulation of monocytes and macrophages in the vasculature," is in the top four of downloaded SciVerse Science Direct articles on atherosclerosis.
Read Dr. Qin's article | Click here to learn more on the Elsevier website | More about Dr. Qin | Dr. Qin's Vascular Metallomics Research Laboratory (10-23-12)

 

Congratulations to Research Scientist Meenakshi Rani, PhD, Trauma Immunopathology Laboratory, whose abstract entitled 'Protective Role of Gamma-Delta T-Cells in Acute Lung Injury after Trauma Hemorrhage' has been accepted for poster presentation at the October 2012, 5th Annual Flowtex conference to be held in Houston, TX. More about Dr. Rani | UT Trauma Research (10-16-12)

 

Martin G. Schwacha, PhD, Professor of Trauma Research, and Editor-in-Chief of the International Journal of Burns and Trauma (IJBT), is very pleased to announce that the IJBT is now officially indexed in PubMed and fully archived in PubMed Central. IJBT on PubMed | IJBT in PubMed Central, National Library of Medicine | More about Dr. Schwacha | UT Trauma Research (9-5-12)

 

Save the Date! 2012 Medical Student Research Day - Wednesday November 28, 2012 Open to all faculty, students, staff, guests. Research Day provides our medical students an opportunity to present posters based on their research; posters are judged by UTHSCSA faculty; reception follows programs. Download flyer (8-15-12)

 

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