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Congratulations to General Surgery Resident Agustin Cornejo, MD,
who presented two research projects at the October 2011 annual meeting of the Texas
Society of Plastic Surgeons – 'The use of human acellular dermal
matrix in two stage expander-implant based breast reconstruction' 'Effect
of adipose tissue-derived osteogenic and endothelial cells on bone
allograft osteogenesis and vascularization in critical-sized calvarial defects'.
More about Dr. Cornejo
(10-25-11)
Congratulations to Richard Oppeltz, MD, General Surgery Research Resident, Trauma Immunopathology
Laboratory, whose
abstract entitled 'The Contribution of Opiate Analgesics to the
Development of Complications in Trauma Patients', has been accepted for a oral presentation at
the June 2011 34th Annual Conference on Shock to be held in Norfolk, VA. Since Dr.
Oppleltz's abstract was one of the highest scoring submitted he has also received a travel award
to attend the meeting.
More about Dr. Oppeltz |
More about the Trauma Immunopathology Laboratory
(4-25-11)
Congratulations to Agustin Cornejo, MD, General Surgery Research Resident,
who has been chosen to receive the Duke Fellow / Resident Travel Grant Award
for the March 2011 Masters of Minimally Invasive Adominal Surgery in Orlando, Florida –
a two-day Duke University course in surgery covering the latest minimally invasive therapies in abdominal surgery.
More about Dr. Cornejo |
More about the Department of Surgery
Research Residents Program (2-9-11)
Congratulations to Agustin Cornejo, MD, General Surgery Research Resident, whose
poster, 'Effect of osteoblasts and endothelial cells differentiated from adipose-derived stem
cells on vascularity and osteogenesis using bony constructs in vivo', was accepted for
presentation at the 2nd Annual Frontiers of Translational Science Research Day at the January 2011
University of Texas Health Science Center San Antonio.
More about Dr. Cornejo |
More about the Department of Surgery
Research Residents Program (1-18-11)
Congratulations to Richard Oppeltz, MD, General Surgery Research Resident:
Dr. Oppeltz's abstract, "Burn wound iNOS expression is regulated by
gamma/delta T-cells" has been selected for an oral presentation at the
American Burn Association 43rd Annual Meeting in Chicago, IL, in March 2011. Dr. Oppeltz's research is conducted under the guidance
of Martin Schwacha, PhD, Professor of Trauma Research and Director of the Trauma Immunopathology Laboratory.
More about Dr. Oppeltz |
More about our Research Resident program |
Trauma Immunopathology Research Laboratory
(11-16-10)
Welcome to this year's General Surgery Residents in Research:
(pictured, left to right) Jeremy Simmons,
MD; Jackie Richa de Arco, MD; Nanda Kumar, MD; Ashwini Kumar, MD;
and Agustin Cornejo, MD, are beginning their research
experience this year.
Our research resident program experience can set the stage for a productive
academic career, propel the
resident to a top fellowship or simply allow the young surgeon an opportunity to
learn what really goes into research so that he/she may evaluate medical
literature more critically. Regardless of a surgeon's ultimate career path, we
believe that time spent in research should complement the clinical training and
make one a better surgeon over the long term.
More about our Research Residents
(6-3-10; updated 7-27-10)
Researchers
study trauma response using near-infrared rays:
Texas researchers, including Department of Surgery Associate Professor
Paula K. Shireman, MD, and General Surgery Resident Carlo Martinez, MD, MSCI, are using near-infrared
light waves and a contrast agent to detect tiny leaks in rodents’ blood vessels, then track the blood
as it pools in tissues. Vessel leaks and muscle damage can be measured,
and can serve as markers of damage or muscle death.
"In the IR-820 experiments, we are attempting to measure how much albumin leaves the vascular
system and how robust the injured tissue’s capacity is to remove it,"
Dr. Shireman said. "We are looking to see if the vascular system is not leaky anymore and whether there is regeneration of muscle."
Read complete
story in the HSC News |
More about Dr. Shireman |
More about Dr. Martinez
(6-2-09)
Congratulations to General Surgery Research Resident SreyRam Kuy, MD, who will present her abstract,
'Gender Based Differences in Management and Outcomes of Cholecystitis,' at the June 2009 AcademyHealth Annual Research
Meeting in Chicago, IL. For 25 years AcademyHealth's Annual Research
Meeting (ARM) has brought together health services researchers,
providers, and key decision makers to address the critical challenges
confronting the nation's health care delivery system. | More about Dr. Kuy
(3-25-09)
Congratulations to Carlo O. Martinez, MD, General Surgery Research Resident, who was awarded a 2009 American Society for Investigative Pathology (ASIP) Trainee
Travel Award. He will present his abstract, "Kinetics of Myogenic Progenitor Cells (MPC) Expansion and
Bone Marrow-derived Cell Recruitment in Skeletal Muscle Regeneration," at the 2009 American Society for
Investigative Pathology (ASIP) Annual
Meeting for Experimental Biology in New Orleans. Dr. Martinez is currently completing his second year of
research with Drs. Shireman and McManus. More about Dr.
Martinez (3-2-09)
Congratulations to SreyRam Kuy, MD, who will present her abstract, 'Gender Based Disparities
in Cholecystitis Outcomes,' at the Boston, MA., New England
Science Symposium in April 2009. Dr. Kuy is currently completing a Masters in Health
Science Research at the Yale School of Medicine. | More about Dr. Kuy
(2-17-09)
Congratulations to SreyRam Kuy, MD, Surgery Research Resident, whose presentation, 'Women
have better outcomes in cholecystitis,' has been selected for presentation at the American
Medical Women's Association Conference 17th Annual Conference in Williamsburg, VA, in March 2009.
She is currently completing a Masters in Health Science Research at the Yale School of Medicine. |
More about Dr. Kuy (1-12-09)
Congratulations to General Surgery Research Residents Carlo Martinez, MD, and Shaun Gifford, MD:
Dr. Gifford has been awarded 1st place and Dr. Martinez 2nd place in the 2008 San Antonio Vascular
Surgical Society Resident Research Competition on 25 Oct 2008.
More about Dr. Martinez |
More about Dr. Gifford
(11-3-08)
General Surgery Research Residents Carlo Martinez, MD, and Shaun Gifford, MD, selected
as Resident Reviewers for the Residents Forum in the Archives of Surgery:
Dr. Martinez is in his second year of research working with
Dr. Paula Shireman (vascular surgery) in the areas of inflammation, muscle
regeneration, and angiogenesis. More about Dr. Martinez
Dr. Gifford is also in his second year of research in vascular surgery at Wilford Hall
USAF Medical Center under the mentorship of Todd Rasmussen, MD. Dr. Gifford's research has
been in the areas of military vascular trauma and use of vascular
shunts to limit ischemia/reperfusion injury. More about Dr. Gifford
(10-15-08)
Congratulations to Meeghan Lautner, MD, General Surgery Research Resident, who has beeen
awarded an F32 National Research Service Award (NRSA) Fellowship by the National Institutes
of Health. The award will be funded by the National Cancer Institute for her research project
titled, "Role of TRPV1 in Cancer Pain". Ken Hargreaves, DDS, PhD, Chair, Department of Endodontics,
UTHSCSA Dental School, serves as Dr. Lautner's research mentor. More about Dr. Lautner |
More about Dr. Hargreaves |
More about our Research Resident program
(10-3-08)
Congratulations to surgery research residents Shaun Gifford, MD, and Gabe Burkhardt, MD,
on their recent AFSG funding award of $53k for the research study, "Bioabsorbable Stent-grafting for Repair of Arterial Trauma: Proof of
Concept in a Porcine (Sus scrofa) Model of Extremity Vascular Injury." Todd Rassmussen, MD, serves as
mentor for residents involved in vascular surgery research projects. |
More about our research residents
(8-5-08)
Congratulations to Susannah Nicholson, MD, General Surgery
Research Resident, who has been awarded the NIH Loan Repayment Award.
The NIH will provide funding to repay a portion of her student loans in
exchange for research. Dr. Nicholson will be working with Robert Johnson, PhD, and
Ronald Stewart, MD, to investigate the Effects of Hemoperitoneum Driven
Carbon Monoxide on Post-Traumatic Stability and Platelet Aggregation.
More about Dr. Nicholson
(8-1-08)
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