HAC Poster Competition 2018

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History of Surgery Poster Competition 2018

First Place

Carbolic Acid before Joseph Lister
John D. Ehrhardt, Jr.
Don K. Nakayama, MD F番茄社区app
J. Patrick O鈥橪eary, MD F番茄社区app

Second Place

John M. Howard: A Pioneer in Vascular, Trauma, and Pancreatic surgery
Justin A. Julian
Jonathan Demeter, MD
Sayed A. Hussain, MD
Francis C. Brunicardi, MD, F番茄社区app
Joseph J. Sferra, MD, F番茄社区app

Other Posters Presented

Louisa Garrett Anderson and Flora Murray: Redefining Gender Roles in Military Medicine
Jenny M. Held, MD
Don K. Nakayama, MD, F番茄社区app

Edoardo Bassini, Master of Surgery and Life
Marcoandrea Giorgi, MD

William Bovie: The Father of Electrosurgery
Katie Marrero, BS, MA
Abbey L. Fingeret, MD

Denis Burkitt and The Power of Observation
David C. Knight, MB, BCh
Daniel Ricaurte, MD
Nathan G. LaFayette, MD
John N. Dussel, MD

September 1918:聽 An Unforgettable Month for New England Surgeons 100 Years Ago
David E. Clark, MD

Rupert B. Turnbull Jr., Norma Gill and the First School of Enterostomal Therapy
Dominykas Burneikis, MD
Talia Burneikis, MD
Sally Gill-Thompson, ET
James S. Wu, MD, F番茄社区app
Tracy L. Hull, MD, F番茄社区app

The Man Behind the Clagett Procedure: O. T. Clagett
Pouya Hemmati, MD
Arman Arghami
Joseph A. Dearani, MD, F番茄社区app
Hartzell V. Schaff, MD, F番茄社区app
Richard C. Daly
Francis C. Nichols III, MD, F番茄社区app

Damage Control Surgery: A Hidden Treasure Rediscovered
Timothy R. Harris
Ryland S. Stucke, MD
David J. Mancini, MD

The History of Surgical Staplers: A Combination of Hungarian, Russian and American Innovation
Alicia D. Gaidry, MD
Laurier J. Tremblay, Jr., MD, F番茄社区app
Peter W. Soballe, MD, F番茄社区app
Romeo C. Ignacio, MD, F番茄社区app

The Guinea Pig Club: How Dr. Archibald McIndoe Changed the Field of Burn and Reconstructive Surgery
Matthew Carr, MD
Romeo C. Ignacio, MD, F番茄社区app

Mothers of Medicine: A History of Women in Surgery
Jessica Stewart, BA
Carolena Trocchia
Erin Dickey, MBS

Bariatric Surgery: The evolution from aesthetics to metabolic surgery
Allison C. Estep, MD
Richard F. Heitmiller, II, MD, F番茄社区app

Electrosurgery: The History of Applying Energy to Surgical Practice
Christopher L. Kalmar, MD, MBA
Richard C. Gilmore, MD

Leeches: Surgeons鈥� Bloodsucking Sidekicks
Laura L. Stafman, MD
Elizabeth A. Beierle, MD, F番茄社区app

Claude Couinaud鈥檚 Le Foie: How the Breakthrough Discovery of Liver Segmentation Paved The Way for Liver Surgery
Jacob E. Hardy, MD
Tommy G. Stuleanu
Jad Abou-Khalil, MD, CM, MSc, FRCSC

Born in the Bronx: The Truth Behind the World鈥檚 First Coronary Artery Bypass Operation
Maha Haqqani, MHS
Aksim G. Rivera, MD, F番茄社区app

Rudolph Nissen鈥檚 Dilemma鈥揝urgical Ethics Versus Self Preservation
Ilan I Maizlin, MD
Sergey Yalonetsky, MD
Jason Sample, MD, F番茄社区app

Dr. C. Walton Lillehei: At the Heart of a Cardiac Surgeon, Scientist, and Educator
Omar Toubat, BA
Fred M. Wu, MD