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iNSPIRe Represented at Academic Surgical Congress with Sixteen Abstracts

Mar 4, 2024

ASC group photoAt the 19th Annual Academic Surgical Congress held during February in Washington DC, there was a tremendous amount of participation and representation from SUNY 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 Barthélemy, 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 Courtney J. Balentine, MD, MPH 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  SUNY 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 (SUNY 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!

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Presentations

  1. Faridmoayer E, Sharath S, Choi JC, Shadid G, Barshes NR, Daviu-Molinari T, Kougias P (2024) “Smoking Associated Specialty-Specific Postoperative Respiratory, Wound, Cardiac, and Renal Risks”. Podium presentation at the 2024 Academic Surgeons Conference, February 6-8, Washington, DC.
  1. Faridmoayer E, Eltilib R, Ramirez A, Sharath S, Salami AC, Daviu-Molinari T, Kougias P (2024) “Use of Aortic Valve Replacement Operation Type by Insurance and Racial/Ethnic Classification”. Quick shot presentation at the 2024 Academic Surgeons Conference, February 6-8, Washington, DC.
  1. Bamberger J, Salami AC, Sharath S, Faridmoayer E, Baitelman M, Kougias P (2024) “Racial and Regional Variation in Repair Modality for Ruptured Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms”. Quick shot presentation, 2024 Academic Surgeons Conference, February 6-8, Washington, DC.
  1. Haefner L, Daviu-Molinari T, Sharath S, Faridmoayer E, Choi JC, Roberts M, Kougias P (2024) “Racial and Regional Variation in Repair Modality for Ruptured Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms”. Quick shot presentation, 2024 Academic Surgeons Conference,February 6-8, Washington, DC.
  1. Daviu-Molinari T, Krosser A, Sharath S, Choi JC, Roberts M, Faridmoayer E, Kougias P (2024) “Mortality Risk after Coronary Artery Bypass Graft with and without Carotid Revascularization”. Podium presentation at the 2024 Academic Surgeons Conference, February 6-8, Washington, DC.
  1. Daviu-Molinari T, Sharma J, Chan C, Sharath S, Choi JC, Roberts M, Faridmoayer E, Kougias P (2024) “Change in Utilization of Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting with Concurrent Carotid Revascularization”. Quick shot presentation at the 2024 Academic Surgeons Conference, February 6-8, Washington, DC.
  1. Okeke G, Sana M, Bhattacharjee M, Somorin T, Sharath S, Faridmoayer E, Kougias P (2024) “Potential Risks of Nonoperative Management of Appendicitis in High-Risk Patients”. Podium presentation at the 2024 Academic Surgeons Conference, February 6-8, Washington, DC.
  1. Lunardi N, Thornton M, Zarzaur BL, Agarwal S, Berger M, Sharath S, Kougias P, Bhat S, Pham TH, Balentine CJ (2024) “Potential Risks of Nonoperative Management of Appendicitis in High-Risk Patients”. Podium presentation at the 2024 Academic Surgeons Conference, February 6-8, Washington, DC.
  1. Lunardi N, Thornton M, Zarzaur BL, Agarwal S, Berger M, Sharath S, Kougias P, Bhat S, Pham TH, Balentine CJ (2024) “The Consequences of Failed Nonoperative Management of Acute Appendicitis in High-Risk Patients”. Podium presentation at the 2024 Academic Surgeons Conference, February 6-8,Washington, DC.
  1. Somorin T, Barkan D, Faridmoayer E, Nakeshbandi MR, Sharath S, Kougias P, Berger DH (2024) “Area Deprivation Index is a Poor Predictor of Hospital Patient Cohort Characteristics”. Podium presentation at the 2024 Academic Surgeons Conference, February 6-8, Washington, DC.
  1. Shadid G, Sharath S, Choi JC, Roth A, Balentine C, Roberts MC, Faridmoayer E, Kougias P (2024) “Influence of Hospital Structure on Racial Disparities in Postoperative Venous Thromboembolism Risk”. Quick shot presentation at the 2024 Academic Surgeons Conference, February 6-8, Washington, DC.
  1. Bhattacharjee M, Sharath S, Choi JC, Barshes NR, Faridmoayer E, Solis-Pomales C, Edwards J, Kougias P (2024) “Association between Facility Medicaid Payer Proportion and Lower Extremity Limb Salvage Incidence”. Podium presentation at the 2024 Academic Surgeons Conference, February 6-8, Washington, DC.
  1. Ononogbu-Uche FC, Wroblewski TH, Choudry H, Agarwal S, Sharath S, Kougias P, Barthelemy EJ (2024) “Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Post-Acute Discharge Disposition Following Spinal Cord Injury”. Quick shot presentation at the 2024 Academic Surgeons Conference, February 6-8, Washington, DC.
  1. Wroblewski TH, Ononogbu-Uche FC, Sharath S, Kougias P, Bigdeli TB, Barthelemy EJ (2024) “Disparities in Healthcare Continuity pre- and post-Traumatic Brain Injury: Review of the Literature”. Quick shot presentation at the 2024 Academic Surgeons Conference, February 6-8, Washington, DC.
  2. 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, Febrary 6-8, Washington, DC.
  3. 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: Surgery, iNSPIRe, Research, Residency, General Surgery

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