2024 HWSS Abstracts

The Basic and Clinical abstracts presented at the 2024 Harwell Wilson Research Symposium are available for download in PDF formats for viewing on phones, tablets, and e-reader devices.

All quick shot poster presentations at the 2024 Harwell Wilson Research Symposium were in-person.

Category and presenter listing

BASICS/TRANSLATIONAL SCIENCE

Andrew Fleming - GNAS Driver Mutations in Primary and Metastatic Nonmucinous Appendiceal Adenocarcinoma Versus Analogous Colorectal Cancers. An AACR Project GENIE Analysis

Daniel Gehle - Characterizing Sensitivity to Vincristine, Irinotecan, and Telomerase-targeted Therapy in Diffuse Anaplastic Wilms Tumor Patient-derived Xenografts

Megan Gross - Outcomes and Predictors of Delayed Intervention After Renal Trauma

Emma Kelly, MD - Beyond the Bullet: Addressing Functional Outcomes Following Firearm Injury and Gaps in Current Understanding

Julia Pedo Freitas, MD - Characterization of PAX6 as a Potential Tumor Suppressor in HPV-Associated Cancers

CLINICAL/DISPARITIES/HEALTH SERVICES

Laura Gorenshtein, MD - Impact of State Firearm Ownership and State Gun Laws On Firearm Suicide Deaths

Pushpa Neppala, MD - Costs after implementation of Acuity Circle allocation policy for liver transplant are largely driven by increased organ acquisition costs

Soroosh Noorbakhsh, MD - Grady’s IVYY Project Interrupting Violence in Youth and Young Adults

Devanshi Patel, MD - The Impact of Race and Socioeconomic Status on Management of Potentially Resectable Pancreatic Cancer: Analysis from a Metropolitan Area in the Southeast United States.

Aubrey Schachter, MD - From Memphis to Carmona: A Cost Comparison of Suture Utilization and Operative Times in General Surgery

POSTER PRESENTATIONS

Aubrey Schachter, MD - Different But Equal: Outcomes Of Prolonged Postanesthesia Care Unit Stay After Trauma Laparotomy

Emma Levine, MD – Publications by Editors in Plastic Surgery Journals that they Edit

Payton Grande, MD - Drivers of Interest in Plastic Surgery Residency Programs in Medical Students Without a Home Program: A survey at a single orphaned institution

Laura Gorenshtein, MD - State Firearm Laws and Rates of Suicide-Related Death in Children

Daniel Gehle, MD - The effect of extracorporeal life support experience and center volume on survival in CDH

Allison Falcon, MD - Role of venous outflow vs ligation in femoral VTE and amputation

Peter DePhillips, MD - Effects of Perioperative Intravenous Crystalloid Fluid Volume on Fascial Closure and Dehiscence Following Damage Control Laparotomy for Trauma

Laura Gorenshtein, MD - Firearm Ownership A Key Factor Shaping Firearm Suicide Deaths In Children, Despite State Gun Laws

Michael Wright, MD - The Price of Patience: Examining Patient Charges of a "Watch and and Approach for Locally Advanced Rectal Cancer at a Safety Net Hospital