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History of Surgery Poster Competition 2022

First Place

Brazen In Brazoria, Texas: Dr. Sofie Herzog and Her Bullet Necklace

Sadhana Anantha
Carlos Theodore Huerta, MD
Steve S. Courel, BS
Eduardo Alfonso. Perez, MD, FACS

 

Second Place

The Evolution of Ethical Dilemmas In Global Surgery - The Transition From Mission Trips To Capacity Building And The Challenges Of Autonomy, Itinerant Surgery, And Neocolonialism

Youmna Ashraf Sherif, MD
Sukriti Bansal, MD
Lubna Khan, MD
Todd K. Rosengart, MD FACS
Rachel Wilkins Davis, MD

 

Other Posters Presented

A Resolution Leading to A Revolution- Life Of Dr. Zora Janžekovič

Mian Hanif, MBBS

Beyond Medicine: Eloisa Diaz, The First Woman Surgeon Graduate In Latin America

Gabriela Rangel Brandao
Sarah Bueno Motter
Bruna Oliveira Trindade, MS

Burn Surgery and The Discovery Of Tangential Excision For The Treatment Of Partial And Full Thickness Burns

Tamir Bresler, MD

Emotional Evolution in Surgery from the 19th Century to the Modern Era.

Sarah Watanaskul
Michael Zhao, BS

Evolution Of Caesarean Section: From Post-mortem to a Life-saving And Popularized Procedure in the 21st Century

Anisa Suraya Ab Razak

Gravedigging Of Deceased Black Patients for Use In Surgical Dissection

Micaela S. Torres
Abdoulie O. Njai, BS
Benjamin Allar, MD
Mayra I. Lucas, BS
Gezzer Ortega, MD MPH

Herbert Milton: The Man Who Paved the Road to the Mediastinum

Abdulhadi Almutairi, MD, FACS

History And New Horizons in The Management of Cloaca: The Convergence Of Cloaca And Differences Of Sex Development (DSD)

Danielle Dougherty, MD
Sydni Imel, DO
Matthew W. Ralls, MD FACS
Bryan Sack, MD
Kathleen Dolores van Leeuwen, MD, FACS
K. Elizabeth Speck, MD, MS, FACS

Hua Tuo: Medical Pioneer And China’s First Surgeon

Kevin M. Chang
Sarah BENAMMI, MD
Brian Carlson, MS
Eduardo Smith Singares, MD, FACS

James Barry’s Secret: The Story Of A Courageous Woman

Marie Merz
Maxime Maurel
Alessandro Martinino, MD
Juan Pablo Scarano Pereira

Knitting The History Of Surgery Together One Thread At A Time

Harshit Arora
Kanwar Partab Bir Singh, MBBS
Hassan Aziz, MBBS
Sargun Virk

Olga Jonasson, MD, FACS: The First Woman In The United States To Chair An Academic Department Of Surgery (1934-2006)

Sina Zarrintan
Christopher Yu. Chow
Rohini J. Patel, MD, MPH
Ann C. Gaffey, MD, MS
Mahmoud B. Malas, MD, MHS, RPVI, FACS

Physicians As Political Trailblazers: Signers Of The Declaration Of Independence

Mitra Sadigh
Katherine Ferra Pradas
Pooja Patel
Dooniya Shaikh, MD
Lambros D. G. Angus, MD, FACS

Sir Harold Ridley, A Royal Airforce Pilot And The Birth Of Bioengineering And Surgical Device Implantation

Steven Christopher. Howe, MD FACS

Soup Bone Cranioplasties To Varicose Veins- William Wayne Babcock A Head To Toe Surgeon

Jessica Magarinos, MD
Claire Miller, MD
Takshaka Patel, MD
Nicholas Peterson, MD
Erica Roth, MD
Brian Monahan, MD
George Taylor, MD
Craig Profant, MD
Abhijit Sadashiv Pathak, MD, FACS
Amy Joy Goldberg, MD, FACS

Surgical Leadership Outside the Operating Room: C. Everett Koop's Groundbreaking Crusade For A Smoke-free America

Utsav Patwardhan, MD
Gretchen Floan, MD
Connor Arellano, DO
Hari Thangarajah, MD, FACS
Karen Kling, MD, FACS
Timothy Fairbanks, MD, FACS
Pamela M. Choi, MD
Romeo Castro Ignacio, MD FACS

The Ambivalent History of Surgeons and the Human Immunodeficiency Virus / Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (HIV/AIDS) Epidemic

Austin Taylor Mefford

Vascular Surgery In Antiquity; The Arteriotomy And Surgical Techniques Of 2nd Century Physicians

Brienne Ryan, MD