Department of Surgery Hosts 18th Annual Louis R.M. DelGuercio Distinguished Visiting Professorship and Research Day
Raymond R. Price. M.D., FACS, presented “Adapt and Overcome: Reaching New Horizons for Global Health”
The 18th Annual Louis R.M. DelGuercio Distinguished Visiting Professorship and Research Day featuring keynote speaker Raymond R. Price, M.D., FACS, fourth from left in photo, took place on June 18. During his address, Dr. Price, vice chair for global health at the Center for Global Surgery, clinical professor and adjunct associate professor of the Department of Family and Preventive Medicine, Division of Public Health at the University of Utah, shared an inspirational story of his experience with global health and the immense impact it has on communities worldwide.
The Louis R.M. DelGuercio Research Day, sponsored annually since 2002 by the Department of Surgery, provides students, residents and fellows, with both an opportunity to showcase their research and an occasion to network, learn from one another and potentially combine efforts to promote the advancement of surgical research. During the event, John A. Savino, M.D., former chair of the Department of Surgery, reviewed the life and scientific impact of the late Professor Emeritus Louis R.M. Del Guercio, M.D., who served as chair of the Department of Surgery for 24 years before retiring in 2000.
This year, the Department received 70 submissions from students, residents and fellows. Rifat Latifi, M.D., FACS, FICS, the Felicien M. Steichen Professor and Chair of the Department of Surgery, remarked, “This year we were honored by having Dr. Price as the distinguished professor, who is clearly one of the most prominent surgeons working globally, and whose work has improved the lives of people in many countries. Moreover, the quality of submissions was excellent, and most of these papers could have been presented at any national or international meeting.”
Basic Science Presentation Winners:
Lior Levy (MS2)
Authors: Levy L, Achor T, Marino PD, Marshall K, Vigorita V, Swietlik JF, Asprinio DE, Lucas PA
“Regeneration of Bone in Nonunion Defects in Rat Femurs Using Multipotent Adult Stem Cells.”
Clinical Science Presentation Winners:
Inkyu Lee (PGY2)
Authors: Lee I, Schiff T, Okumura K, Bodin R, Wolf DC, Partiula B, Dhand A, Gass AL, Spielvogel D, Kai M, Singh N, Glicklich D, Wolf K, Veillette G, John D, Nishida S, Diflo T, Sogawa H
“Solid Organ Transplantation Using Hepatitis C Virus Positive Donor Organs for Hepatitis C Virus Negative Recipients in Westchester Medical Center- Updated Date.”
Matthew McGuirk (PGY2)
Authors: McGuirk M, Kajmolli A, Smiley A, Samson D, Prabhakaran K, Rhee P, Latifi R
“Reoperative Surgery Following CAWR: We Should Look Past 30 Days.”
Sharika Kaul (Tufts Undergraduate Student, Class of 2024)
Authors: Kaul S, Koziol K, Orlando M, Parsikia A, Raccucia S, Castaldi MT
“Cancer Institute: A Place of Anxiety.”
Quickshot Presentation Winners:
Muhammad Zeeshan (PGY2)
Authors: Zeeshan M, Haider A, Mateo R, Khan M, Goyal A, Laskowski I, Babu S
“Carotid Endarterectomy (CEA) VS Carotid Artery Stenting (CAS) for Carotid Disease in Octogenarians: A Nationwide Analysis of 6-Months Outcomes.”
Kenji Okumura (PGY3)
Authors: Okumura K, Grace H, Sogawa H, Veillette G, John D, Singh N, Glicklich D, Nishida S, Diflo T
“Is Compensation Prediction Score Valid for Contralateral Kidney After Living-Donor Nephrectomy in the United States?”
Klaudia J. Koziol (MS2)
Authors: Koziol KJ, Smiley A, Castaldi MT
“Predictive Factors in Women Admitted for Childbirth-Associated Mastitis and Breast and Nipple Infections in the United States: A 10-Year Perspective.”
Photo from left: Roberto Bergamaschi, M.D.; Maria Castaldi, M.D.; Thomas Diflo, M.D.; Raymond R. Price, M.D.; Matthew McGuirk, M.D.; Klaudia Koziol; and Rifat Latifi, M.D.
Videos of the annual DelGuercio Distinguished Visiting Professorship and Research Day and other events are available on the NYMC YouTube Channel.
