Department of Orthopaedic Surgery

2020 Albert B. Ferguson Jr MD Resident Research Day

Many thanks for a successful first Virtual Resident Research Day with over 130 attendees.  Special thanks to our Ferguson Visiting Professor Dr. James Kang for his outstanding lecture and insightful comments.

Thank you Drs. Jack Smith,  MaC Hogan, Joon Lee and AJ Yates along with the Faculty mentors for your help in making this Research Day so successful once again.

Both the Junior and Senior Residents gave excellent presentations of their research projects, with lively discussion by Faculty.  And the winners are……..

Junior Residents: (Note:  Dr Kang felt that the Juniors papers were so good that he insisted on awarding two winners – we happily made an exception!)

Rebecca BelaynehIdentification of Novel Therapeutic Targets for metastatic Osteosarcoma

Brandon Couch Percutaneous Lumbar Annulotomy:  A Novel Technique to Establish a Rat Model of Intervertebral Disc Degeneration

Senior Residents:

Elizabeth Truelove IV Tylenol vs IV Toradol for Pain and Opioid Consumption after Endoscopic Carpal Tunnel Release

Jason ZlotnickiNegative Antibiotic Spacer Sonication is Associated with Successful Reimplantation in Multi-Stage Revision for PJI