2024

Winner - Anthony DeSantis (ACS1) – Relationship of Prophylactic Endovascular Therapy and Stroke in the Management of Blunt Cerebrovascular Injury: Sub-analysis of an EAST Multicenter Trial

Honorable Mention – Matthew Vasquez (ACS2) – Drowning Patients after Balanced Resuscitation for Hemorrhagic Shock: The Continued Reliance on Crystalloid

Honorable Mention – Holden Spivak (SCC1) – Broadening Indications: A Descriptive In-depth Analysis of VV ECMO Outcomes in Trauma and Non Trauma Patients

Honorable Mention – Matthew Perryman (ACS2) – Growing Pains: Expanding on the BIG Criteria to Include Minor Fractures

Honorable Mention – Amanda Marsh (SCC1) – A More Targeted Embolization Strategy in Blunt Splenic Trauma Reduces Procedural Volume Without Increasing Rates of Delayed Splenectomy

2023

Winner - Samuel Austin (EM-SCC1) – Veno-venous Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation Should be Considered Early in Patients with Traumatic Brain Injuries and Severe Respiratory Failure

Honorable Mention – Erika Allen (SCC1) – The Impact of a Multi-Professional Process Improvement Initiative on Achieving Mobility in the Surgical Trauma Intensive Care Unit

Honorable Mention – Seema Anandalwar (ACS1) – Emergency General Surgery in the Era of Direct Oral Anticoagulants: Is There an Increased Bleeding Risk? An EAST Multicenter Trials ACES Study

Honorable Mention – Andrew Varone (SCC1) – Direct Peritoneal Resuscitation is Associated with Higher Rates of Intra-Abdominal Fungal Infections

Honorable Mention – Emily Spradley (ACS1) – Decreasing Time to Extubation with a Spontaneous Breathing Trial Algorithm

Honorable Mention – Megan Lundy (ACS1) – Advancing an Age Friendly Initiative: Integrating 4Ms into Geriatric Trauma Care

2022

Winner - Jessica Downing (EM-SCC1) – Evaluation of VA-ECMO as a Stand-Alone Therapy for Massive Pulmonary Embolism

Honorable Mention – Laura Crankshaw (ACS2) – The Volume of Thoracic Irrigation is Associated With Length of Stay in Patients With Traumatic Hemothorax

Honorable Mention – Lucia Nguyen (SCC1) – Operative Management of Penetrating Colon Injuries: Gone Are the Days of the Diverting Colostomy

Honorable Mention – Shreyus Kulkarni (SCC1) – Endovascular Balloon Occlusion of the Inferior Vena Cava in Trauma: A Single-Center Case Series

Honorable Mention – Erin Howell (SCC1) – Predictive Role of Serum Troponin in Penetrating Chest Trauma

Honorable Mention – Navpreet Dhillon (ACS1) – Embolization of Pseudoaneurysms Improve Outcomes in Blunt Splenic Trauma

2021

Winner – Kristin Sonderman (SCC1) – Blunt Cerebrovascular Injury: Timing of Stroke Post Injury and Changes in Grade, an EAST Prospective, Multi-institutional Trial

Honorable Mention – Bardiya Zangbar (SCC1) – Elder Scroll: Roll of ICP Monitoring in Geriatric Trauma Patients

Honorable Mention – Kevin Kuruvilla (ACS2) – Implementation of Brain Injury Guidelines (BIG) for Isolated Traumatic Brain Injury in Adults Decreases Resource Use Without Adversely Impacting Outcomes

Honorable Mention – Sarah-Ashley Ferencz (ACS2) – Trauma or Covid?: Severe Polytrauma Patients with COVID-19 Infection Have High Rates of Thrombotic Events Despite Chemoprophylaxis

Honorable Mention – Allyson Hynes (EM-SCC2) – Staying on Target: Maintaining a Balanced Resuscitation During Damage Control Resuscitation Improves Survival

Honorable Mention – Jesse Shriki (EM-SCC2) – Patients maintained on heparin for anticoagulation for veno-venous extra-corporeal membrane oxygenation in COVID-19 related acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) spends little time at specific activated partial thromboplastin times

2020

Winner – Howard Pryor (SCC1) – Ending the Pain: A Function and Comfort Trauma Score (FACTS) as an Alternative to the Numeric Pain Score

Honorable Mention – Sydney Radding (ACS1) – A Pseudo-Dilemma: Are We Over-Diagnosing and Over-Treating Traumatic Splenic Intraparenchymal Pseudoaneurysms?

Honorable Mention – Julie Goswami (SCC1) – Neutrophils and Endothelial Damage are Involved in the Early Inflammatory Response in Trauma Patients

Honorable Mention – Sagar Dave (EM-SCC1) – Augmented Reality Display for Fiberoptic Intubation is Feasible

Honorable Mention – Patrick Murphy (ACS2) – Impact of Patient Frailty on Morbidity and Mortality after Common Emergency General Surgery Operations

Honorable Mention – Emily Esposito (EM-SCC1) – Incidence of Healthcare-Associated Infections in Patients with Fever During the First 48 Hours after Decannulation from Veno-Venous Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation

2019

Winner - Patrick Murphy (ACS1) - Financial Toxicity is Associated With Worse Physical and Emotional Long-term Outcomes after Traumatic Injury

Honorable Mention - Tanya Anand (SCC1) - Time to Tracheostomy Impacts Overall Outcomes in Patients With Cervical Spinal Cord Injury (CSCI)

Honorable Mention - Rachel Morris (SCC1) - Predictors of Elderly Mortality After Trauma: A Novel Outcome Score

Honorable Mention - Jared Gallaher (SCC1) - Massive Transfusion with Whole Blood is Safe and Effective Compared to Component Therapy

Honorable Mention - Katherine Kelley (ACS1) - Safety of tracheostomy in venovenous extracorporeal membrane oxygenation

Honorable Mention - Melike Harfouche (ACS1) - Indications for Operative Intervention in Severe Pancreatitis

2018

Winner - Jason Radowsky (ACS1) - Handheld Tissue Oximetry for the Prehospital Detection of Shock and Need for Lifesaving Interventions

Honorable Mention - Shailvi Gupta (SCC1) - Operative Procedures in Veno-venous Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation is Often Necessary and Safe

Honorable Mention - Isaac Howley (ACS1) - Wound Complications after Closing the Open Abdomen in Emergency General Surgery

Honorable Mention - Brandon Parker (EM-SCC1) - Traumatic Brain Injury is not a contraindication to Veno-Venous Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation

Honorable Mention - Allison McNickle (ACS2) - The Impact of Pre-hospital Tourniquets on Resuscitation in Extremity Arterial Trauma

Honorable Mention - Megan Quintana (ACS1) - Contemporary Utilization and Outcomes of Lower Extremity Fasciotomies: Results from the AAST PROOVIT Registry

2017

Winner - Erin Hall (ACS2) - Trauma Transitional Care Coordination: A Mature System at Work

Honorable Mention - Patrick Georgoff (SCC1) - Valproic acid decreases brain lesion size and improves neurologic recovery in injured swine

Honorable Mention - Lucy Kornblith (SCC1) - The Tired Platelet: Functional Anergy Following Injury

Honorable Mention - Isadora Botwinick (SCC1) - Anger, Certainty and Critical Care Decision-Making

Honorable Mention - Christopher Tignanelli (SCC1) - Variability in Management of Blunt Liver Trauma and contribution of level of ACS-COT verification status on mortality

Honorable Mention - Christine Ramirez (SCC1) - Validation of Predictive Equations to Assess Energy Expenditure in Acute Spinal Cord Injury

2016

Winner - Cherisse Berry (ACS2) - Prospective evaluation of post-traumatic vasospasm and post-injury functional outcome assessment: Is cerebral ischemia going unrecognized in patients with traumatic brain injury?

Honorable Mention - Rishi Rattan (SCC2) - Patients With Complicated Intra-Abdominal Infection Presenting With Sepsis Do Not Require Longer Duration Of Antimicrobial Therapy

Honorable Mention - Tony Geilow (ACS1) - Higher PE Rate In Overweight (BMI 25-29.9) And Obese (BMI>30) With Standard Chemical Prophylaxis

Honorable Mention - David Hampton (ACS1) - Resuscitative Endovascular Balloon Occlusion of the Aorta (REBOA) Can Be Deployed Rapidly and Safely By Acute Care Surgeons

Honorable Mention - Cindy Hsu (EM-SCC2) - Role of targeted temperature management in hanging-induced cardiac arrest

Honorable Mention - Aisha Shaheen (SCC1) - Hepatobiliary (HIDA) Scans Should Be Used to Confirm Acute Cholecystitis in Critically Ill Patients with a Non-Biliary Admitting Diagnosis Prior to Placement of a Percutaneous Cholecystostomy

Updated:  10/29/2024

I. Mission

1. This award will be given annually to recognize Fellows in Surgical Critical Care (SCC) and Acute Care Surgery (ACS) for significant research endeavors and contributions.

II. Goals and Objectives

1. The award is intended to encourage excellence in clinical or education research. It is established to recognize meritorious research in SCC or ACS which will:

a. Contribute to our treatment and/or understanding of patients, or
b. Enhance the education and training of SCC or ACS Fellows

1. The award is given to current Fellows in SCC or ACS. Residents and Faculty are not eligible for the award. (1-year SCC Fellows have an extra 1-year eligibility.)

III. Eligibility Criteria

1. Applicant must be a current Fellow enrolled in one of the following Programs:

a. ACGME-accredited SCC Fellowship Program (1-year SCC Fellows have an extra 1-year eligibility.)
b. AAST-approved ACS Fellowship Program
c. ABS-approved SEPSEP Fellowship Program

1. Applicant must not have completed Fellowship training prior to the notification of award recipients in July. (1-year SCC Fellows have an extra 1-year eligibility.)
2. Applicant must have conducted the majority of the research during Fellowship at the Fellowship Program institution.
3. Applicant must be first author of the research abstract and have a minimum of one co-author from the Fellowship Program institution.
4. Applicant must have one SCCPDS Member sponsor to attest to eligibility.
5. Applicant may only submit one abstract entry per year.

IV. Submission of Abstracts

1. A Call for Abstracts will be announced by SCCPDS in February/March annually.
2. Abstracts must not contain any identifying names of Fellow, authors, or institution.
3. Entry Forms and de-identified research abstracts (1-page maximum) should be sent by the Fellow applicants to SCCPDS Webmaster.
4. The Deadline for receipt of abstract submissions will be June 1 annually.
5. SCCPDS Webmaster will collect and distribute de-identified abstracts for scoring.
6. An abstract cannot be submitted to both “Excellence in Research” and “Innovation in Education” Award competitions concurrently.

V. Evaluation Process

1. The SCCPDS Board of Directors (or a designated SCCPDS Committee) will serve as the judging committee and select the recipients of the awards.
2. Awards will be selected and announced in July annually.

VI. Award Amount

1. One “Excellence in Research” Award and up to 5 Honorable Mention Award recipients will be selected annually.
2. The “Excellence in Research” Award recipient will receive:

a. $2,000.00 prize, plus
b. Reimbursement (maximum $3,000.00) of travel, housing, and registration expenses for the award recipient to attend the SCCPDS Annual Business Meeting at the American College of Surgeons Clinical Congress

1. The “Excellence in Research” Award recipient must attend the SCCPDS Annual Business Meeting to accept the award.
2. Each of the 5 Honorable Mention Award recipients will receive a $1,000.00 prize.

VII. Report

1. The “Excellence in Research” Award recipient will be expected to give a 5-minute summary report of the winning research at the SCCPDS Annual Business Meeting.
2. This summary is a brief award-acceptance report at the SCCPDS Annual Business Meeting and should not be regarded as a national presentation of research.

Updated: 02/24/2023