Accepting Abstracts

The New England Surgical Society is now accepting abstracts for the upcoming 21st Annual Surgical Resident and Fellow Research Presentation Day.

Abstract Submission Deadline: March 26, 2014.

Abstract Submission Form

Research Day Guidelines

The 21st Annual Surgical Resident and Fellow Research Presentation Day

Friday, May 9, 2014
UMass Medical Center
55 Lake Avenue North
Worcester, Massachusetts 01655

2013 Award Winners

Basic Science

First Place:

Novel KIT/CSF1R Inhibitor is Superior to Imantinib in a Spontaneous Mouse Model of Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumor (GIST)
Teresa Kim, MD, Michael J. Cavnar, MD, Eric C. Sorenson, MD, Jonathan B. Greer, MD, Noah A. Cohen, MD, Adrian M. Seifert, MD, Megan H. Crawley, BS, Benjamin L. Green, BS, Shan Zeng, MD, PhD,
Ronald P. DeMatteo, MD
MGH

Second Place:

A Novel Approach to Targeted Oncologic Therapy - Co-Culture Viability of Polymer Prodrug Conjugation to Mesenchymal Stem Cells
Kaitlyn Wong, MD, N. Panzarino, MS, Samantha McRae, BS, Richard Arenas, MD,
Sallie Schneider, PhD, T. Emrick, PhD
Baystate Medical Center

Clinical

First Place:

Mortality and Management of Surgical Necrotizing Enterocolitis in the United States
Melissa A. Hull MD¹*, Jeremy G. Fisher MD¹*, Ivan M. Gutierrez MD¹, Brian A. Jones MD¹,
Kuang Horng Kang MD¹, Michael Kenny MA², David Zurakowski PhD¹, Biren P. Modi MD¹,
Jeffrey D. Horbar MD², Tom Jaksic MD, PhD¹
*Co-First Authors ¹Department of Surgery, Children's Hospital Boston, ²Vermont Oxford Network, Burlington, VT

Second Place:

Discriminating Thyroid Nodules in Real Time Using an Integrated Elastic Scattering Biopsy Syringe
Nicholas J. Giordano, Hyunsuk Suh, Eladio Rodriguez-Diaz, Ousama A'amar, Irving J. Bigio, Stephanie L. Lee, Jennifer E. Rosen
Boston University

Awards

Research Presentation Day award recipients will be selected in the categories of Clinical Research and Basic Science. The First Place recipients will be slated for automatic poster presentation at the NESS 93rd Annual Meeting. First Place recipients and runners-up will also have the option to have their abstracts reviewed by the NESS Program Committee for consideration of oral presentation (Podium, Brief, or Specialty Session) at the Annual Meeting. These authors will be notified of this option and will need to notify the NESS administrative offices of their willingness to have their work considered for NESS Annual Meeting oral presentation within two weeks of their selection as award recipients.

Past Winners	Past Programs
2012 Winners	2012 Program
2011 Winners	2011 Program
2010 Winners	2010 Program
2009 Winners	2009 Program
2008 Winners
2007 Winners