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