UH Department of Surgery - 6th Annual Research Day, 5/17/23

Thank you for joining us to celebrate University Hospitals Department of Surgery’s 6 th Annual Research Day. This event showcases the research endeavors across the Department of Surgery at University Hospitals and Case Western Reserve University. Today’s presentations from residents, fellows, medical students, and research trainees reflect the diverse spectrum of our department’s research, including basic and translational science, clinical, health services and outcomes, and surgical education research.

We are pleased to welcome Tracy Wang MD, MPH, FACS as this year’s honored guest for the Oliver H. Payne Lectureship. Dr. Wang will be presenting her lecture “Challenging Surgical Dogma: One (Research) Question at A Time” during Grand Rounds.

This year’s presentation format will consist of 29 quick shot presentations. Each medical student presenter will have 3 minutes for an oral presentation followed by a 2 minute Q&A session. Each trainee presenter will have 4 minutes for an oral presentation followed by a 2 minute Q&A session. Prizes will be awarded for the top medical student and trainee presentations at resident graduation.

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PRESENTERSOLIVER H PAYNE LECTURESHIP

Tracy S. Wang MD, MPH, FACS

Professor of Surgery, Division of Surgical Oncology

Vice-Chair of Strategic and Professional Development

Chief, Section of Endocrine Surgery

Medical College of Wisconsin

Grand Rounds Presentation: “Challenging Surgical Dogma: One (Research) Question at A Time”

Tracy S. Wang, MD, MPH, FACS, is currently Professor of Surgery, Vice-Chair of Strategic and Professional Development, and Chief of the Section of Endocrine Surgery in the Department of Surgery at the Medical College of Wisconsin (Milwaukee, WI). Dr. Wang is the Program Leader for the Endocrine Cancer program at the Froedtert Hospital/Medical College of Wisconsin Cancer Center.

She completed her residency in General Surgery at Long Island Jewish Medical Center and fellowship in Endocrine Surgery at Yale University. Her clinical practice is focused on the surgical endocrine disease of the thyroid, parathyroid, and adrenal glands, including inherited endocrine syndromes. Dr. Wang has published >150 peer-reviewed manuscripts and book chapters.

She currently serves as Treasurer of the American Association of Endocrine Surgeons and is a Councilor for the Central Surgical Association. She is a past-President of the Society of Asian Academic Surgeons. She is on the Board of Directors for the Surgical Biology Club II. She also serves as an Associate Editor for the American Journal of Surgery and on the Editorial Boards of World Journal of Surgery, Surgery, and the Journal of Surgical Research

Research Interests

Dr. Wang’s primary clinical and research focus involves malignant and benign tumors of the endocrine system, most notably thyroid cancer, adrenal neoplasms and inherited/sporadic parathyroid disease. In particular, she has an interest in optimizing multidisciplinary protocols for the perioperative management of patients with surgical endocrine disease.

PRESENTERS PROGRAM SCHEDULE

12:30 PM – 12:40 PM

12:40 PM – 12:45 PM

WELCOME / INTRODUCTION

Christopher Towe, MD

1) Victoria Deng (Faculty Advisor: Leena Khaitan, MD)

Gastric Bypass Reversal, The Patient's Journey: An Analysis of Pre-Reversal Interventions and Post-Reversal Outcomes

12:46 PM – 12:51 PM

2) Anjan Ghosh (Faculty Advisor: Edward Barksdale, MD)

Impact of Covid-19 on Magnitude and Patterns of NAT and GSW Trauma Activations at a Level 1 Pediatric Trauma Center

12:52 PM – 12:57 PM

3) Gianna Dingillo (Faculty Advisor: Christopher Towe, MD)

Early onset lung cancer is associated with more advanced disease but better overall survival

12:58 PM – 1:03 PM

4) Claire Drigotas (Faculty Advisor: Richard Hoehn, MD)

The Effect of Surgical Timing in Non-Metastatic Melanoma

1:04 PM – 1:09 PM

5) Isabel Ho (Faculty Advisor: Howard Wang, MD)

An Analysis of Craniofacial Surgery Fellowship Websites and Social Media Presence

1:10 PM – 1:15 PM

6) Jacqueline Kloos (Faculty Advisor: Christopher Towe, MD)

Effect of Frailty Level on 90-day Survival in Urgent Thoracic Surgery

1:16 PM – 1:21 PM

7) Ajitha Mallidi (Faculty Advisor: Leena Khaitan, MD) Effect of mood disorders on overall weight loss and 30 day outcomes in index bariatric surgery

1:22 PM – 1:27 PM

8) Meaghan MacRae (Faculty Advisor: Eiichi Miyasaka, MD) CRP Levels Improve Patient Risk Stratification for Acute Appendicitis

1:28 PM – 1:33 PM

9) Zoe Silsby (Faculty Advisor: Megan Miller, MD) Factors Influencing Post-Mastectomy Reconstruction in Breast Cancer Patients Aged 40 and Younger

1:34 PM – 1:39 PM

10) Yiran Wang (Faculty Advisor: Karem Harth, MD) Trends in Venous Stent Usage for Lower Extremity Venous Disease in the United States After FDA Approval, 2014-2021

1:40 PM – 1:45 PM

11) Lauren Poston (Faculty Advisor: Christopher Towe, MD)

Inaccurate clinical stage is common and associated with poor overall survival among patients with lung cancer in the National Cancer Database

1:46 PM – 1:51 PM

12) Allison Mo (Faculty Advisor: Leena Khaitan, MD)

Weight Loss Outcomes and Medication Changes in Gastric Bypass vs Sleeve Gastrectomy patients with Mood Disorders

PRESENTERS PROGRAM SCHEDULE

1:52 PM – 1:57 PM

13) Victoria Wu (Faculty Advisor: Lee Ocuin, MD)

Presenter: Jonathan Lee

Why the treatment sequence matters: Interplay between chemotherapy cycles received, cumulative dose intensity, and survival in resected early-stage pancreas cancer

1:58 PM – 2:03 PM

14) Anna Tanaka (Faculty Advisor: Eiichi Miyasaka, MD)

Equivocal and Positive Imaging Findings Common in Patients with Negative Appendectomies

2:04 PM – 2:09 PM

15) Jyothika Yermal (Faculty Advisor: Leena Khaitan, MD) Does Revision After Gastric Bypass Treat Abdominal Pain?

2:10 PM – 2:15 PM

16) Jack Zhao (Faculty Advisor: Richard Hoehn, MD)

Understanding Surgical Attrition for "Resectable" Pancreatic Cancer

2:16 PM – 2:21 PM

17) Thomas Syphan (Faculty Advisor: Christopher Towe, MD)

The Impact Of Disparities On Minimally Invasive Esophagectomy After The 2014 Affordable Care Act Expansion: A Retrospective Analysis

2:25 PM – 2:45 PM

2:50 PM – 2:56 PM

18) Karan Grover, MD, PharmD (Faculty Advisor: Mujjahid Abbas, MD) Understanding How Experts Do It: A Conceptual Framework for the Robotic Roux-En-Y Gastric Bypass

2:57 PM – 3:03 PM

19) Fasih Ali Ahmed, MBBS (Faculty Advisor: Richard Hoehn, MD) Improved Surgical Outcomes For Rural Colorectal Cancer Patients Who Travel For Care

3:04 PM – 3:10 PM

20) Avanti Badrinathan, MD (Faculty Advisor: Christopher Towe, MD) Rib Injury After Blunt Trauma Is Associated with Increased Long Term Opioid Usage

3:11 PM – 3:17 PM

21) Lauren Drapalik, MD (Faculty Advisor: Amanda Amin, MD) Using MammaPrint on Core Needle Biopsy to Guide the Need for Axillary Staging During Breast Surgery

3:18 PM – 3:24 PM

22) Saher-Zahra Khan, MD (Faculty Advisor: Emily Steinhagen, MD)

Holistic Review of Colorectal Surgery Applicants

3:25 PM – 3:31 PM

23) Mohamedraed Elshami, MD MMSc (Faculty Advisor: Lee Ocuin, MD)

Discordance Between Conventional and Detailed Lymph Node Analysis in Resected, Node-negative Pancreatic or Ampullary Adenocarcinomas and Association with Adverse Survival Outcomes

PRESENTERS PROGRAM SCHEDULE

3:32 PM – 3:38 PM 24) Christina Boutros, DO (Faculty Advisor: Jeffrey Marks, MD) Symptom Duration is Not Associated with POEM Failure

3:39 PM – 3:45 PM

25) Hanna Kakish, MD (Faculty Advisor: Luke Rothermel, MD) Predictors of Lymph Node Positivity in Very Thin Invasive Melanomas

3:46 PM – 3:52 PM

26) Daniel Praise M. Mowoh, MD (Faculty Advisor: Leena Khaitan, MD) Does Sleeve Gastrectomy Morphology Improves Long Term GERD and Reoperation Outcomes

3:53 PM – 3:59 PM

27) Alexander Loftus, MD (Faculty Advisor: Lee Ocuin, MD)

Postoperative extended-spectrum penicillin antibiotic therapy is associated with lower rate of clinically relevant postoperative pancreatic fistula after pancreatoduodenectomy in intermediate- and high-risk patients: A single-institution analysis.

4:00 PM – 4:06 PM

28) Aria Bassiri, MD (Faculty Advisor: Christopher Towe, MD)

Evaluating the optimal time between diagnosis and surgical intervention for earlystage lung cancer

4:07 PM – 4:13 PM

29) Heming Hannah Zhao, MD (Faculty Advisor: Scott Wilhelm, MD)

Pediatric Thyroid Cancer: Socioeconomic Disparities and Their Impact on Access to Care

4:15 PM – 4:30 PM CLOSING STATEMENTS

PRESENTERSVISUAL ABSTRACTS

1 Victoria Deng Bariatric Surgery

Gastric Bypass Reversal, The Patient's Journey: An Analysis of PreReversal Interventions and Post-Reversal Outcomes

Daniel Praise Mowoh MD, Jonathan R. Zadeh MD, Victoria Deng BA, Tatini MalSakar BA, Tiffany Ogundipe BA, Rafael Alvarez MD, Leena Khaitan MD, Mujjahid Abbas MD

PRESENTERSVISUAL ABSTRACTS

2

Anjan Ghosh

Pediatric Surgery

Impact of Covid-19 on Magnitude and Patterns of NAT and GSW

Trauma Activations at a Level 1 Pediatric Trauma Center

Anjan Ghosh BS, Avanti Badrinathan MD, Louisa B. Chen MD, Edward M. Barksdale, Jr. MD

PRESENTERSVISUAL ABSTRACTS

3

Gianna Dingillo

Thoracic Surgery

Early onset lung cancer is associated with more advanced disease but better overall survival

Gianna Dingillo MS, Aria Bassiri MD, Avanti Badrinathan MD, Christine Alvarado MD, Jillian Sinopoli DO, Leonidas Tapias MD, Philip Linden MD, Christopher Towe MD

PRESENTERSVISUAL ABSTRACTS

4 Claire Drigotas

Surgical Oncology

The Effect of Surgical Timing in Non-Metastatic Melanoma

Hanna Kakish MD, Claire Drigotas BA, Richard Hoehn MD

PRESENTERSVISUAL ABSTRACTS

5 Isabel Ho Plastic Surgery

An Analysis of Craniofacial Surgery Fellowship Websites and Social Media Presence

Isabel Ho BA, Howard D. Wang MD

PRESENTERSVISUAL ABSTRACTS

6

Jacqueline Kloos

Thoracic Surgery

Frailty is Associated with 90-Day Mortality Among Urgent Thoracic Surgery Conditions

Jacqueline Kloos BA, Aria Bassiri MD, Vanessa P. Ho MD MPH, Jillian Sinopoli DO, Leonidas Tapias Vargas MD, Philip A. Linden MD, Christopher W. Towe MD

PRESENTERSVISUAL ABSTRACTS

7

Ajitha Mallidi Bariatric Surgery

Do patients with mood disorders who have undergone bariatric surgery have worse outcomes?

Daniel Praise Mowoh MD, Ajitha Mallidi BA, Karan Grover MD PharmD, Shravan Sarvepalli MD, Rachel Cole BS, Mujjahid Abbas MD, Leena Khaitan MD

PRESENTERSVISUAL ABSTRACTS

8

Meaghan MacRae

Pediatric Surgery

CRP Levels Improve Patient Risk Stratification for Acute Appendicitis

Meaghan MacRae BS, Megan Callaghan BS, Eiichi Miyasaka MD

PRESENTERSVISUAL ABSTRACTS

9 Zoe Silsby

Surgical Oncology

Factors Influencing Post-Mastectomy Reconstruction in Breast Cancer Patients Aged ≤ 40

Zoe O. Silsby BS, Lauren M. Drapalik MD, Amanda L. Amin MD MS, Ashley Simpson DO, Lisa Rock MD, Robert Shenk MD, Megan E. Miller MD

PRESENTERSVISUAL ABSTRACTS

10

Yiran Wang

Vascular Surgery

Trends in Venous Stent Usage for Lower Extremity Venous Disease in the United States After FDA Approval, 2014-2021

Yiran Wang BA, Scott Anthony Martin PhD, Karem C. Harth MD MHS

PRESENTERSVISUAL ABSTRACTS

11

Lauren Poston Thoracic Surgery

Inaccurate clinical stage is common and associated with poor overall survival among patients with lung cancer in the National Cancer Database

Lauren M. Poston BS, Aria Bassiri MD, Jacqueline Kloos BA, Jessica Linden BA, Jillian Sinopoli DO, Leonidas Tapias Vargas MD, Christopher W. Towe MD

PRESENTERSVISUAL ABSTRACTS

12

Allison Mo

Bariatric Surgery

Do gastric bypass patients have poorer management of mood disorders post-operatively compares to sleeve patients in the setting of variability in medication pharmacokinetics? A retrospective cohort study of a single hospital system

Daniel P. Mowoh MD, Allison Mo BA, Ajitha Mallidi BS, Jyothika Yermal BS, Shravan Sarvepalli MD, Karan Grover MD PharmD, Rachel Cole BS, Leena Khaitan MD MPH, Mujjahid Abbas MD

PRESENTERSVISUAL ABSTRACTS

13

Victoria Wu

Surgical Oncology

Presented by: Jonathan Lee

Interplay of treatment sequence, proportion of chemotherapy cycles completed, and relative dose intensity on overall survival in earlystage PDAC patients

Victoria S. Wu BA, Mohamedraed Elshami MD MMSc, Henry J. Stitzel BS, Jonathan J. Lee BA, Jonathan J. Hue MD, Ravi K. Kyasaram MS, John Shanahan BS, Jeffrey M. Hardacre MD, John B. Ammori MD, Jordan M. Winter MD, J. Eva Selfridge MD PhD, Amr Mohamed MD, Sakti Chakrabarti MD, David Bajor MD, Amit Mahipal MBBS, Lee M. Ocuin MD

PRESENTERSVISUAL ABSTRACTS

14

Anna Tanaka

Pediatric Surgery

Equivocal and Positive Imaging Findings Common in Patients with Negative Appendectomies

Anna Tanaka BA, Eiichi Miyasaka MD

PRESENTERSVISUAL ABSTRACTS

15

Jyothika Yermal

Bariatric Surgery

Outcomes for revision of gastric bypass for abdominal pain: is bypass revision for pain a worthwhile endeavor?

Daniel P. Mowoh MD, Jyothika Yermal BS BA, Shravan Sarvepalli MD, Karan Grover MD PharmD, Michael Bassett BS, Leena Khaitan MD MPH , Mujjahid Abbas MD

PRESENTERSVISUAL ABSTRACTS

16

Jack Zhao

Surgical Oncology

Understanding Surgical Attrition for "Resectable" Pancreatic Cancer

Jack Zhao BA, Hanna Kakish MD, Richard Hoehn MD

PRESENTERSVISUAL ABSTRACTS

17

Thomas Syphan Thoracic Surgery

The Impact Of Disparities On Minimally Invasive Esophagectomy After The 2014 Affordable Care Act Expansion: A Retrospective Analysis

Thomas A Syphan BSc, Avanti Badrinathan MD, Aria Bassiri MD, Jessica Linden BA, Christine E Alvarado MD, Jillian Sinopoli DO, Leonidas Tapias Vargas MD, Christopher W Towe MD

PRESENTERSVISUAL ABSTRACTS

18

Karan Grover, MD, PharmD

Bariatric Surgery

Understanding How Experts Do It: A Conceptual Framework for the Robotic Roux-En-Y Gastric Bypass

Karan Grover MD PharmD, Shravan Sarvepalli MD, Daniel Mowoh MD, Leena Khaitan MD, Mujjahid Abbas MD

PRESENTERSVISUAL ABSTRACTS

19

Fasih Ali Ahmed, MBBS

Surgical Oncology

Improved Surgical Outcomes For Rural Colorectal Cancer Patients Who Travel For Care

Fasih Ali Ahmed MBBS, Saher-Zahra Khan MD, Zaid Muslim, Hanna Kakish MD, Luke Rothermel MD MPH, Jennifer Miller-Ocuin MD, Richard S. Hoehn MD

PRESENTERSVISUAL ABSTRACTS

20

Avanti Badrinathan, MD

Thoracic Surgery

Rib Injury After Blunt Trauma Is Associated with Increased Long Term Opioid Usage

Avanti Badrinathan MD, Scott A Martin PhD, Aria Bassiri MD, Vanessa P Ho MD MPH, Sami Kishawi MD, Matthew L Moorman MD MBA, Philip A Linden MD, Christopher Towe MD

PRESENTERSVISUAL ABSTRACTS

21 Lauren Drapalik, MD

Surgical Oncology

Using MammaPrint on Core Needle Biopsy for Axillary Staging in Breast Cancer

Lauren M. Drapalik MD, Megan E. Miller MD, Lisa Rock MD, Ashley Simpson DO, Robert Shenk MD, Amanda L. Amin MD MS

PRESENTERSVISUAL ABSTRACTS

22

Saher-Zahra Khan, MD

Colorectal Surgery

Holistic Review of Colorectal Surgery Applicants

Saher-Zahra Khan MD, Sharon E. Stein MD, Emily Steinhagen MD

PRESENTERSVISUAL ABSTRACTS

23

Mohamedraed Elshami, MD MMSc

Surgical Oncology

Discordance between conventional and detailed lymph node analysis in resected, node-negative pancreatic or ampullary adenocarcinomas and association with adverse survival outcomes

Mohamedraed Elshami MD MMSc, Alwalid K. Ammoun MD, Wadad S. Mneimneh MD, Henry J. Stitzel BS, Jonathan J. Hue MD, Victoria S. Wu BA, Ravi K. Kyasaram MS, John Shanahan BS, Tashinga Musonza MD, John B. Ammori MD, Jeffrey M. Hardacre MD, Jordan M. Winter MD, Mohamed ElHag MD, Lee M. Ocuin MD

PRESENTERSVISUAL ABSTRACTS

24

Christina Boutros, DO

General Surgery

Symptom Duration is Not Associated with POEM Failure

Christina S. Boutros, DO; Saher Khan, MD; Jamie Benson, MD; Megan Z. Chiu, MD; Joshua Lyons, MD; Daniel Hashimoto, MD; Jeffrey Marks, MD FACS FASGE

PRESENTERSVISUAL ABSTRACTS

25

Hanna Kakish, MD

Surgical Oncology

Predictors of Sentinel Node Metastases in Very Thin Invasive Melanomas

Hanna Kakish MD, Luke Rothermel MD MPH

PRESENTERSVISUAL ABSTRACTS

26

Daniel Praise M. Mowoh, MD

Bariatric Surgery

Does Sleeve Gastrectomy Morphology Improve Long Term GERD and reoperation Outcomes

Daniel Praise Mowoh MD, Rafael Alvarez MD, Jonathan R. Zadeh MD, Eric Zhou, Michael Bassett, Leena Khaitan MD, Mujjahid Abbas MD

PRESENTERSVISUAL ABSTRACTS

27

Alexander Loftus, MD

Surgical Oncology

Ten days of postoperative extended-spectrum penicillin antibiotic therapy is associated with lower rate of clinically relevant postoperative pancreatic fistula after pancreatoduodenectomy in intermediate- and high-risk patients: A single-institution analysis

Alexander Loftus MD1, Mohamedraed Elshami MD MSc1, Jonathan J. Hue MD1, Tashinga Musonza MD1, John B. Ammori MD1, Jordan M. Winter MD1, Jeffrey M. Hardacre MD1, Lee M. Ocuin MD1

1Department of Surgery, Division of Surgical Oncology, University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center, Cleveland, OH

PRESENTERSVISUAL ABSTRACTS

28

Aria Bassiri, MD

Thoracic Surgery

Evaluating the optimal time between diagnosis and surgical intervention for early-stage lung cancer

Aria Bassiri MD, Avanti Badrinathan MD, Christine Alvarado MD, Minyoung Kwak MD, Jillian Sinopoli DO, Leonidas Tapias Vargas MD, Philip A. Linden MD, Christopher W. Towe MD

PRESENTERSVISUAL ABSTRACTS

29

Heming Hannah Zhao, MD

Surgical Oncology

Applying 8th Edition AJCC Guidelines to Differentiated Thyroid Cancer: Stage Migration and Impact on Overall Survival

Heming H. Zhao MD, Lauren M. Drapalik MD, Richard S. Hoehn MD, Scott M. Wilhelm MD

PRESENTERS PRESENTERS

Fasih Ali Ahmed, MBBS

Research Fellow, Surgical Oncology

Hometown: Karachi, Pakistan

Graduate: MBBS, Aga Khan University, Karachi, Pakistan Research Mentor: Richard

Hoehn, MD

Avanti Badrinathan, MD

PGY2 / Allen Scholar

Hometown: Oak Park, IL

Undergraduate: BS, Northwestern University

Graduate: MS, University of Michigan – Ann Arbor; MD, University of South Florida Morsani College of Medicine

Faculty Advisor: Christopher

Towe, MD

Aria Bassiri, MD

PGY2 / Allen Scholar

Hometown: Tehran, Iran

Undergraduate: B.Sc., University of Toronto

Graduate: M.Sc., Boston University School of Medicine; MD, Wayne State University School of Medicine

Faculty Advisor: Christopher Towe, MD

Christina Boutros, DO

PGY2 / Clinical Resident

Hometown: Oyster Bay, NY

Undergraduate: New York Institute of Technology

Graduate: DO, New York Institute of Technology College of Osteopathic Medicine

Faculty Advisor: Jeffrey Marks, MD

Victoria Deng, BA

Medical Student, CWRU School of Medicine

Hometown: Akron, OH

Undergraduate: BA, Case Western Reserve University

Graduate: MD In-Progress, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine

Faculty Advisor: Leena

Khaitan, MD

Gianna Dingillo, MS

Medical Student, CWRU School of Medicine

Hometown: Chicago, IL

Undergraduate: BS, Loyola University Chicago

Graduate: MS, Boston

University; MD In-Progress, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine

Faculty Advisor: Christopher

Towe, MD

PRESENTERS PRESENTERS

Lauren Drapalik, MD

PGY2 / Allen Scholar

Hometown: Naperville, IL

Undergraduate: BA, University of Notre Dame

Graduate: MD, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine

Faculty Advisor: Amanda

Amin, MD

Claire Drigotas, BA

Medical Student, CWRU School of Medicine

Hometown: Baltimore, MD

Undergraduate: BA, The University of Chicago

Graduate: MD In-Progress, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine

Faculty Advisor: Richard

Hoehn, MD

Mohamedraed Elshami, MD, MMSc

Research Fellow, Surgical Oncology

Hometown: Gaza, Palestine

Graduate: MD, Islamic University of Gaza, Palestine; MMSc, Harvard University

Research Mentor: Lee Ocuin, MD

Anjan Ghosh, BS

Medical Student, CWRU School of Medicine

Hometown: Chicago, IL

Undergraduate: BS, Northwestern University

Graduate: MD In-Progress, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine

Faculty Advisor: Edward Barksdale, Jr., MD

Karan Grover, MD PharmD

PGY6 / Clinical Fellow

Hometown: Bridgewater, NJ

Undergraduate: Rutgers

University - Ernest Mario School of Pharmacy

Graduate: MD, Rutgers Biomedical and Health

Sciences – New Jersey Medical School

Faculty Advisor: Mujjahid Abbas, MD

Isabel Ho, BA

Medical Student, CWRU School of Medicine

Hometown: Great Falls, VA

Undergraduate: BA, University of Virginia

Graduate: MD In-Progress, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine

Faculty Advisor: Howard D. Wang, MD

PRESENTERS PRESENTERS

Hanna Kakish, MD

Research Fellow, Surgical Oncology

Hometown: Amman, Jordan

Graduate: Jordan University of Science and Technology Research Mentor: Luke Rothermel, MD, MPH

Jonathan Lee, BA

Medical Student, CWRU School of Medicine

Hometown: Brookfield, WI

Undergraduate: BA, Case Western Reserve University

Graduate: MD In-Progress, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine

Saher-Zahra Khan, MD

PGY2 / Allen Scholar

Hometown: Strafford, PA

Undergraduate: BS, Villanova University

Graduate: MD, The Ohio State University College of Medicine

Faculty Advisor: Sharon Stein, MD and Emily Steinhagen, MD

Jacqueline Kloos, BA

Medical Student, CWRU School of Medicine

Hometown: Columbus, OH

Undergraduate: BA, University of Chicago

Graduate: MD In-Progress, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine

Faculty Advisor: Christopher Towe, MD

Faculty Advisor: Lee Ocuin, MD Alexander Loftus, MD

PGY2 / Allen Scholar

Hometown: Lancaster, NY

Undergraduate: BS, Cornell University

Graduate: MD, Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences at the University at Buffalo

Faculty Advisor: Lee Ocuin, MD Meaghan MacRae, BS

Medical Student, CWRU School of Medicine

Hometown: Medford, MA

Undergraduate: BS, Georgetown University

Graduate: MD In-Progress, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine

Faculty Advisor: Eiichi Miyasaka, MD

PRESENTERS PRESENTERS

Ajitha Mallidi, BA

Medical Student, CWRU School of Medicine

Hometown: Portland, OR

Undergraduate: BA, University of California, Berkeley

Graduate: MD In-Progress, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine

Faculty Advisor: Howard D. Wang, MD

Allison Mo, BA

Medical Student, CWRU School of Medicine

Hometown: Portland, OR

Undergraduate: BA, Northwestern University

Graduate: MD In-Progress, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine

Faculty Advisor: Leena

Khaitan, MD

Daniel Praise M. Mowoh. MD

PGY2 / Allen Scholar

Hometown: <>

Undergraduate: BS, University of Maryland

Graduate: MD, Howard University College of Medicine

Faculty Advisor: Leena

Khaitan, MD

Lauren Poston, BS

Medical Student, CWRU School of Medicine

Hometown: Tulare, CA

Undergraduate: BS, University of California, Los Angeles

Graduate: MD In-Progress, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine

Faculty Advisor: Christopher

Towe, MD

Zoe Silsby, BS

Medical Student, CWRU School of Medicine

Hometown: Washington D.C.

Undergraduate: BS, Boston College

Graduate: MD In-Progress, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine

Faculty Advisor: Megan

Miller, MD

Thomas Syphan, BSc

Medical Student, CWRU School of Medicine

Hometown: Pittsburgh, PA

Undergraduate: : BSc, Biochemistry from Saint Vincent College, Latrobe, PA

Graduate: MD In-Progress, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine

Faculty Advisor: Christopher

Towe, MD

PRESENTERS PRESENTERS

Anna Tanaka, BA

Medical Student, CWRU School of Medicine

Hometown: Sandusky, OH

Undergraduate: BA, Northwestern University

Graduate: MD In-Progress, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine

Faculty Advisor: Eiichi Miyasaka, MD

Yiran Wang, BA

Medical Student, CWRU School of Medicine

Hometown: Logan, UT

Undergraduate: BA, Cornell University

Graduate: MD In-Progress, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine

Faculty Advisor: Karem

Harth, MD

Victoria Wu, BA

Medical Student, CWRU School of Medicine

Hometown: Dublin, OH

Undergraduate: BA, University of Pennsylvania

Graduate: MD In-Progress, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine

Faculty Advisor: Lee Ocuin, MD

Jyothika Yermal, BS, BA

Medical Student, CWRU School of Medicine

Hometown: Toledo, OH

Undergraduate: BS, BA, The Ohio State University

Graduate: MD In-Progress, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine

Faculty Advisor: Leena Khaitan, MD

Heming Hannah Zhao, MD

PGY2 / Allen Scholar

Hometown: Blacksburg, VA

Undergraduate: BS, Cornell University

Graduate: MD, Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School

Faculty Advisor: Scott Wilhelm, MD

Jack Zhao, BA

Medical Student, CWRU School of Medicine

Hometown: Potomac, MD

Undergraduate: BA, Case Western Reserve University

Graduate: MD In-Progress, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine

Faculty Advisor: Richard Hoehn, MD

PRESENTERS

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

On behalf of the Department of Surgery, we would like to thank our staff and faculty for organizing this event

Erica Coleman

Heather Cigoi, JD, MBA-HCA

Lisa DiNardo, PhD

Heather Renz, MSHS

Reagan Stevens

Christopher Towe, MD