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Archives and History

History of Surgery Poster Competition 2016

First Place

From Formal Wear and Frocks to Scrubs and Gowns: A Brief History of the Evolution Operating Room Attire
Jessica L. Buicko, MD
Michael A. Lopez, DO
Miguel A. Lopez-Viego, MD, FACS

Jessica Buicko, MD, accepting the Winner award from Patrick O'Leary, MD, FACS, Executive Committee, ACS Surgical History Group
Jessica Buicko, MD, accepting the Winner award from Patrick O'Leary, MD, FACS, Executive Committee, ACS Surgical History Group

Runner Up

From Strings to Magnets and Beyond: The History of the Treatment for Esophageal Atresia
Radhames E. Lizardo, MD
Stephanie M. Bedzis, MD, MPH
Marion C. Henry, MD, FACS
Romeo C. Ignacio, Jr., MD, FACS, FAAP

Radhames E. Lizardo, MD, accepting the Runner Up award
Radhames E. Lizardo, MD, accepting the Runner Up award

Other Posters Presented

World War I and the Emergence of the Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeon
Travis Hamilton, DMD, MD
Justine Moe, DDS, MD
Steven Roser, DMD, MD, FACS
Shahid R. Aziz, DMD, MD, FACS


Renal Transplantation: Surgery’s Apollo Mission
Erin Chang, MD
Kaylene Barrera, MD
Lisa Dresner, MD, FACS
Gainosuke Sugiyama, MD, FACS
Devon John, MD


“A Simple Splitting”: The Evolution of the Treatment of Pyloric Stenosis
Chinwendu Onwubiko, MD, PhD
Barry Berch, MD
David E. Sawaya, MD
Christopher J. Blewett, MD


Dr. Mary Walker, Changing the Face of Surgery
Alexandra R. Pass
Jennifer Bishop, MD, FACS


The History of Clinical Trials
Alexandra R. Pass
Jennifer Bishop, MD, FACS


Baron Dominique-Jean Larrey: Surgeon, Humanist, and Founder of Military Surgery and Trauma Care
Stavros Gourgiotis, MD, PhD, FACS
Georgios Veloudis, MD, PhD, FACS
Christianna Oikonomou, MD
Constantinos Villias, MD, PhD, FACS


Theodor Billroth: Pioneer of Abdominal Surgery
Sarah Armenia
Michael Latzko, MD


Major Jonathan Letterman: Unsung War Hero and Father of Modern Battlefield Medicine
Jonathan Liebig, MD, LCDR MC USN
Laurier Tremblay, MD
Peter Soballe, MD
Romeo C. Ignacio, MD, CAPT MC USN


Benjy Brooks and the History Project of Notable Pediatric Women Surgeons
Ami Shah, MD, FACS
Mary E. Fallat, MD, FACS
Kathryn Bass, MD, FACS
Marleta Reynolds, MD, FACS
Diana Farmer, MD, FACS
Danielle Walsh, MD, FACS


The Surgeon’s Duty to Serve: The Forgotten Life of Paul F. Eve, MD
Benjamin T. Miller, MD
James J. Thweatt, BS
Sunil K. Geevarghese, MD, MSCI, FACS


The History of Those Who Could Handle the Pressure: What it Took to Tackle Portal Hypertension
Michael A. Lopez, DO
Jessica Buicko, MD
Reagan Ross, MD


“He Who Wishes to be a Surgeon Must First Go to War” From the Civil War to Vietnam: 100 Years of the American Experience with Acute Arterial Injury.
McBride, NDM
Fisher, J.


Time Me, Gentlemen! The Bravado and Bravery of Robert Liston
Andrew J. Jones, BS, BA
Robert R. Nesbit, Jr. MD, FACS
Steven B. Holsten, Jr. MD, FACS


Rotgut Whiskey and the Graveyard Shift: Grave Robbing in America
Rachel Mathis, MD
Jill Watras, MD, FACS
Jonathan Dort, MD, FACS


Sydney Ringer—The Pipe Water of New River Water Company and the Discovery of the Elixir of Life?
Saptarshi Biswas, MD, FACS


Hirschsprung’s Disease: Stimulating Surgical Investigation for Over a Century
Yangyang, R. Yu, MD
Monica E. Lopez, MD


Dr. William Stewart Halsted: Father of the Model for our Current Surgical Training Programs
Eliza Slama
Allen Silbergleit, MD, PhD, FACS


William Stewart Halsted, Caroline Hampton Halsted: Love and the Birth of Surgical Gloves
Rachel Mathis, MD
Jill Watras, MD, FACS
Jonathan Dort, MD, FACS


Howard Atwood Kelly: Man of Science, Man of God
Ikenna Nweze, MD
L.D. George Angus, MD, MPH, FACS