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iNSPIRe Represented at Academic Surgical Congress with Sixteen Abstracts

Mar 4, 2024

At the 19^th Annual Academic Surgical Congress held during February in Washington DC, there was a tremendous amount of participation and representation from 含羞草研究所 Downstate's Department of Surgery's iNSPIRe initiative. Sixteen abstracts were accepted for posters and oral presentations. 

Among those representing the department was our Chair of Surgery, Panos Kougias, MD, MSc, FACS, and Director of Clinical and Health Services Research, Sherene Sharath, PhD, MPH. Senior authors and mentors for these studies included Dr. Sharath, Dr. Kougias, Ernest Barth茅lemy, MD, MPH, MA, Francisca Velcek, MD served as project mentors for the other projects presented by trainees. Unique among these presentations is work resulting from a long-standing collaboration with the University of Wisconsin-Madison's and his resident collaborator, Nicole Lunardi, MD (UT Southwestern Medical Center).

Residents representing the Department included Tomas Daviu-Molinari, MD, Marla Sacks, MD, and Sanjana Balachandra, MD (who is currently completing a research fellowship at the University of Alabama). Additionally, we were well-represented by students from the 含羞草研究所 Downstate College of Medicine and School of Public Health, who are aspiring surgeons and members of the iNSPIRe program including: Tobi Somorin, Lindsay Haefner, Jacob Bamberger, Moyouri Bhattacharjee, Tadeusz Wroblewski, Favour Ononogbu-Uche, and Grace Shadid. And we would be remiss if we did not also highlight the work of our undergraduate and high school students, Gozienna Okeke (含羞草研究所 Binghamton University), Mahrukh Sana (CUNY Brooklyn College), and Daniel Barkan.

Congratulations to all of you - your success is a source of pride and a representation of your hard work and dedication! We look forward to many more such events!

Presentations

1. Faridmoayer E, Sharath S, Choi JC, Shadid G, Barshes NR, Daviu-Molinari T, Kougias P (2024) 鈥淪moking Associated Specialty-Specific Postoperative Respiratory, Wound, Cardiac, and Renal Risks鈥�. Podium presentation at the 2024 Academic Surgeons Conference, February 6-8, Washington, DC.

2. Faridmoayer E, Eltilib R, Ramirez A, Sharath S, Salami AC, Daviu-Molinari T, Kougias P (2024) 鈥淯se of Aortic Valve Replacement Operation Type by Insurance and Racial/Ethnic Classification鈥�. Quick shot presentation at the 2024 Academic Surgeons Conference, February 6-8, Washington, DC.

3. Bamberger J, Salami AC, Sharath S, Faridmoayer E, Baitelman M, Kougias P (2024) 鈥淩acial and Regional Variation in Repair Modality for Ruptured Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms鈥�. Quick shot presentation, 2024 Academic Surgeons Conference, February 6-8, Washington, DC.

4. Haefner L, Daviu-Molinari T, Sharath S, Faridmoayer E, Choi JC, Roberts M, Kougias P (2024) 鈥淩acial and Regional Variation in Repair Modality for Ruptured Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms鈥�. Quick shot presentation, 2024 Academic Surgeons Conference,February 6-8, Washington, DC.

5. Daviu-Molinari T, Krosser A, Sharath S, Choi JC, Roberts M, Faridmoayer E, Kougias P (2024) 鈥淢ortality Risk after Coronary Artery Bypass Graft with and without Carotid Revascularization鈥�. Podium presentation at the 2024 Academic Surgeons Conference, February 6-8, Washington, DC.

6. Daviu-Molinari T, Sharma J, Chan C, Sharath S, Choi JC, Roberts M, Faridmoayer E, Kougias P (2024) 鈥淐hange in Utilization of Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting with Concurrent Carotid Revascularization鈥�. Quick shot presentation at the 2024 Academic Surgeons Conference, February 6-8, Washington, DC.

7. Okeke G, Sana M, Bhattacharjee M, Somorin T, Sharath S, Faridmoayer E, Kougias P (2024) 鈥淧otential Risks of Nonoperative Management of Appendicitis in High-Risk Patients鈥�. Podium presentation at the 2024 Academic Surgeons Conference, February 6-8, Washington, DC.

8. Lunardi N, Thornton M, Zarzaur BL, Agarwal S, Berger M, Sharath S, Kougias P, Bhat S, Pham TH, Balentine CJ (2024) 鈥淧otential Risks of Nonoperative Management of Appendicitis in High-Risk Patients鈥�. Podium presentation at the 2024 Academic Surgeons Conference, February 6-8, Washington, DC.

9. Lunardi N, Thornton M, Zarzaur BL, Agarwal S, Berger M, Sharath S, Kougias P, Bhat S, Pham TH, Balentine CJ (2024) 鈥淭he Consequences of Failed Nonoperative Management of Acute Appendicitis in High-Risk Patients鈥�. Podium presentation at the 2024 Academic Surgeons Conference, February 6-8,Washington, DC.

10. Somorin T, Barkan D, Faridmoayer E, Nakeshbandi MR, Sharath S, Kougias P, Berger DH (2024) 鈥淎rea Deprivation Index is a Poor Predictor of Hospital Patient Cohort Characteristics鈥�. Podium presentation at the 2024 Academic Surgeons Conference, February 6-8, Washington, DC.

11. Shadid G, Sharath S, Choi JC, Roth A, Balentine C, Roberts MC, Faridmoayer E, Kougias P (2024) 鈥淚nfluence of Hospital Structure on Racial Disparities in Postoperative Venous Thromboembolism Risk鈥�. Quick shot presentation at the 2024 Academic Surgeons Conference, February 6-8, Washington, DC.

12. Bhattacharjee M, Sharath S, Choi JC, Barshes NR, Faridmoayer E, Solis-Pomales C, Edwards J, Kougias P (2024) 鈥淎ssociation between Facility Medicaid Payer Proportion and Lower Extremity Limb Salvage Incidence鈥�. Podium presentation at the 2024 Academic Surgeons Conference, February 6-8, Washington, DC.

13. Ononogbu-Uche FC, Wroblewski TH, Choudry H, Agarwal S, Sharath S, Kougias P, Barthelemy EJ (2024) 鈥淩acial and Ethnic Disparities in Post-Acute Discharge Disposition Following Spinal Cord Injury鈥�. Quick shot presentation at the 2024 Academic Surgeons Conference, February 6-8, Washington, DC.

14. Wroblewski TH, Ononogbu-Uche FC, Sharath S, Kougias P, Bigdeli TB, Barthelemy EJ (2024) 鈥淒isparities in Healthcare Continuity pre- and post-Traumatic Brain Injury: Review of the Literature鈥�. Quick shot presentation at the 2024 Academic Surgeons Conference, February 6-8, Washington, DC.
15. Sacks M (2024) "Disparities in Management and Outcomes for Small Bowel Obstruction in Black Patient Populations". Quick shot presentation at the 2024 Academic Surgeons Conference, February 6-8, Washington, DC.
16. Sacks M, Velcek F (2024) "Pediatric Surgery Preoperative Discussions: Quality Improvement for Resident Communication". Quick shot presentation at the 2024 Academic Surgeons Conference, February 6-8, Washington, DC.

Tags: General Surgery, Research, iNSPIRe, Residency, Surgery