2024 Award Recipients
Oral Abstract Award Winners
Resident
1st Place Mir Ibrahim Sajid, MD, Orthopaedic Trauma Service, Florida Orthopaedic Institute Does Topical Antibiotic Powder Administration in the Emergency Department Reduce Deep Surgical Site Infection in Type III Lower Extremity Fractures? A Multi-Center Study with Matched Historical Comparison
2nd Place Lawrence J. Lin, MD, NYU Langone Health Investigating the Impact of Health Insurance on the Treatment of Distal Radius Fractures
3rd Place Nirav K. Mungalpara, MD, MRCS, University of Illinois at Chicago The Impact of Pre-Existing Cervical Radiculopathy on the Development of Carpal Tunnel Syndrome Following Distal Radius Fractures: A Study of the Double Crush Hypothesis
Medical Student
1st Place Christina A Stach, BS, Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth The Electronic Medical Record Burden on Surgeons Who Perform Total Joint Replacement
2nd Place Victor Koltenyuk, BA, New York Medical College Increasing Time to Flap Coverage is Associated with Surgical Site Infections in Open Fractures of the Lower Extremity
3rd Place Don Le, BS, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston Can Artificial Intelligence Chatbots Effectively Triage Referrals to Pediatric Orthopaedists?
Rapid Fire Awards
Resident
Long Head of the Biceps Tenodesis: Anatomic vs. Traditional Tensioning Technique Andrew Chen, MD, Loyola University Medical Center
Intraoperative Periprosthetic Fracture Rate in Elderly Patients Undergoing Hip Hemiarthroplasty: A Comparison of Uncemented and Cemented Stems Michael J. DeRogatis, MD, MS, St. Luke's University Hospital
Comparison of 3 Treatments for Fractures of the Humeral Shaft Neil J. Werthmann, MD, MS, Medical City Denton Orthopaedic Surgery *Presented by Mason Poffenbarger, MD
Medical Student
Reducing Postoperative Opioids Across Different Surgical Specialties- Enhanced Recovery Pathways Wali U. Pirzada, Rothman Institute Foundation for Opioid Research and Education
Effect of Total Hip Arthroplasty Bearing Type on Risk of Revision in the Younger Population via the American Joint Replacement Registry Akshay Reddy, BS, University of Florida College of Medicine
Evaluation of Artificial Intelligence Methods for Fracture Detection in Orthopedic X-Rays S. Shamtej Singh Rana, BS, KP Bernard J. Tyson School of Medicine *Presented by Kishitij Joshi
Poster Awards
Resident
1st Place Semaglutide Use Prior to Single-level Lumbar Fusion Associated with Fewer Re-admissions and 90-Day Costs Abigail Razi, Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell
2nd Place Effect of Low Body Mass Index and Hypoalbuminemia on Complications Following Total Hip Arthroplasty Jibreel Hussain, University of Illinois at Chicago
3rd Place Mixing Metals During Operative Fixation and In Vivo Galvanization Andrea Attenasio, Rutgers/Jersey City Medical Center
4th Place The impact of anatomic alignment on radiocapitellar pressure following radial head arthroplasty John Heifner, Miami Bone and Joint Institute
Medical Student
1st Place Xylazine-Associated Necrotic Upper Extremity Wounds Jacob Zeitlin, Philadelphia Hand to Shoulder Center
2nd Place Utility of Nutritional Biomarkers for Complication Prediction Post-Total Hip Arthroplasty Eden VanderHoek, Oregon Health and Science University
3rd Place Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Albumin and Total Joint Arthroplasty Joshua Harounian, SUNY Downstate Medical Center
4th Place Outcomes of Total Shoulder Arthroplasty in Patients > 80 Years Old Albert Mousad, Tufts University School of Medicine
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