Department of Surgery Annual Research Day

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2025 Surgery Research Day Agenda

7:00 a.m. - 8:00 a.m. Breakfast, Poster Viewing and Registration

8:00 a.m. - 8:10 a.m. Opening Remarks: Apostolos Tassiopoulos, MD

8:10 a.m. - 8:15 a.m. Welcome: Dean Remarks

8:15 a.m. - 9:00 a.m. Keynote Speaker: Timothy J. Pawlick, MD, PhD, MPH: “Intrahepatic Cholangiocarcinoma: Morphology, Genetics and the Surgeon”

9:00 a.m. - 10:00 a.m. Oral Presentation Session 1: Moderators - Nicholas Ahn, MD; Artem Shmelev, MD

“Rates of Occult Lymph Node Metastasis in Clinically N0 Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma by Primary Site and T-Stage in the Modern Era” - Presenter: David Shimunov

“Application of Pressurized Intraperitoneal” - Presenter: David Restle

“Exploring Acute Rapid Growth of Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms” - Presenter: Stephanie Li

“Gut-Brain Links in Necrotizing Enterocolitis: Impact of G-CSF on Neuronal Synaptic Connections” - Presenter: Cuilee Sha

“Routine Delayed Head CT is Indicated in Geriatric Blunt Trauma Patients on Antithrombotics” - Presenter: Esha Sawant

10:00 a.m. – 10:45 a.m. Coffee Break/Oral Poster Competition/Vendor Fair
Oral Poster Judges: Angela A. Kokkosis, MD; Konstantinos Spaniolas, MD; Deborah Nagle, MD; Randeep S. Jawa, MD

10:45 a.m. - 11:45 a.m. Oral Presentation Session 2: Moderators - Christopher Vanison, MD; Edmund Lee, MD

“Talc and Tetracycline Pleurodesis during VATS Resection Results in Similar Recurrence for Primary Spontaneous Pneumothorax: Assessment of Re-Intervention in a Multi-Center Retrospective Cohort Study" - Presenter: Ilan Pesselev

“Socioeconomic and Geographical Disparities to Undergoing Endoscopic Resection for Stage I Rectal Cancer in the United States: A National Cancer Database (NCDB) Study” - Presenter: Michael Froehlich

“Spatiotemporal Characterization of Arterial and Venous Thrombi: Insights into Composition and Remodeling” - Presenter: Shiffoni Siukhal

“Non-Invasive Monitoring of Burn Wound Healing Dynamics Using DISC Technology in a Porcine Model” - Presenter: Shi Fu

“The ACGME Case Log: Evaluating the Impact of COVID-19 on General Surgery Residents’ Pediatric Surgery Experience” - Presenter: Sophia Liu

11:45 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. Award Presentations

Abstracts

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