Congratulations to the Meeting Contest Winners!

Western Section American Urological Association, Lake Tahoe 2023

 

Miley B. Wesson Resident Essay Contest Winners:

• 1ST PLACE: (#214)  Heiko Yang, MD, PhD, UC San Francisco
• 2ND PLACE: (#215) Kevin Shee, MD, PhD, UC San Francisco
• 3RD PLACE: (#216) Adri Durant, MD, Mayo Clinic Arizona

 

Joseph F. McCarthy Physician Essay Contest Winners:

No submissions this year

 

History Essay Contest Winners: ($500)

1ST PLACE:  Samita Mallavarapu, BSA, Cedars-Sinai Med. Ctr., Los Angeles

 

Health Policy Contest Winners

Anthony Middleton Grand Prize Award - ($500):

(#45) Cale Hinkle, BS, Seattle Children’s Hospital, Seattle, WA

 

Jeffrey Kaufman Grand Prize Essay Award - ($500):

Jerad Harris, MD, Kaiser Permanente, Los Angeles, CA

 

POSTER SESSION WINNERS:

OVERALL WINNERS

JAMES GOEBEL GRAND PRIZE OVERALL ($800): #18 - Emily Markarian, BS, MHA

Alterations in the Gut Microbiome are Associated with the Development of Postoperative Ileus and Infections in Patients Undergoing Cystectomy and Urinary Diversion.

 

SECOND PLACE OVERALL ($500): #27 – Jamie Finegan, BA

Effects of Gender Affirming Hormone Therapy vs. Puberty Blockers on Sexual Function and Desire.

 

THIRD PLACE Overall ($300): #1 – Elizabeth Koehne, MD

AIM High: DNA Methyltransferase Inhibition and Immune Stimulation in Bladder Cancer.

 

BEST OF SESSIONS – RIBBON AWARD ONLY

POSTER SESSION 1 – BEST OF SESSION

 

1^st Place: #18- Emily Markarian, BS, MHA

Alterations in the Gut Microbiome are Associated with the Development of Postoperative Ileus and Infections in Patients Undergoing Cystectomy and Urinary Diversion.

 

2^nd Place: #11 – Irasema Concepcion Paster, BS

Geriatric Screening For The Assessment of Frailty In Bladder Cancer Patients Undergoing Radical Cystectomy.

 

3^RD Place: #1 – Elizabeth Koehne, MD

AIM High: DNA Methyltransferase Inhibition and Immune Stimulation in Bladder Cancer.

 

POSTER SESSION 2 – BEST OF SESSION

 

1^st Place: #27 – Jamie Finegan, BA

Effects of Gender Affirming Hormone Therapy vs. Puberty Blockers on Sexual Function and Desire.

 

2^nd Place: #26 – Deborah Jacobson, MD

Evaluating a Collaborative Care Model for Inguinal Surgery in Pediatric Urology.

 

3^RD Place: #32 – Akin Amasyali

A Pressure Comparison Between Two Different Mini-PCNL Nephroscopes.

 

POSTER SESSION 3 – BEST OF SESSION

 

1^st Place: #101 - Samuel L. Washington III, MD, MAS

Understanding Local Burden and Drivers of Racial Disparities in Prostate Cancer Mortality.

 

2^nd Place: #86 - Lorenzo Storino Ramacciotto, MD

Transperineal Versus Transrectal MR/TRUS Fusion-Guided Prostate Biopsy: A Large Cohort from a Single US Tertiary Center.

 

3^RD Place: #90 - Masatomo Kaneko, MD, PhD

Transperineal MRI/TRUS Fusion Targeted Prostate Biopsy Better Characterizes the Index Cancer than the TransRECTAL Approach: A Radical Prostatectomy Specimen Evaluation.

 

Round Table Program Awards

• The Henry Hadley Award – Miko Filon, MD – (paper#286)
• Bodner – Stegemann Award – Sharon Lo, MD – (paper#299)

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Whova Contest Winners

Caption Contest Winners

• Polina Reyblat, MD – “Can you spot the real Jeannie DeSantis”
• Michael Sanford, MD – “Bear Right – so I went Left”
• David Staskin, MD – “There is something about this relationship that isn’t Kosher…”
• David Benjamin, MD – “Peace”
• John C. Prince, MD – “How can we go wrong with such a team of Officers?”

 

Photo Contest Winners

• Una Lee, MD
• Chris Tenggardjaja, MD
• David Benjamin, MD
• John C. Prince, MD
• Harcharan Gill, MD
• Justin DeGrado, MD
• Anne Schuckman, MD
• Samuel Lee, MD

 

Exhibits Passport Contest

• Cassandra Lyons, MD
• Roberto Labayan, MD
• Iris Bernstein, MD
• Trisha Kruger, MD
• William Tu, MD
• Kuldip Behniwal, MD

 

Community Leaderboard

• 1^st Place: John C. Prince, MD – 185,000 points
• 2^nd Place: Christopher Tenggardjaja, MD – 117,300 points
• 3^rd Place: David Benjamin, MD – 83,900 points
• 4th Place: Fahad Chaus, MD – 65,000 points

 

Resident Bowl Teams

• Winning Team: Frenetic Frenulums
• Boisterous Balls
• Sarcastic Scrotums