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History of Surgery Group Poster Competition 2017

First Place

The First Pediatric Surgical Atlas: Şerafeddin Sabuncuoğlu’s Cerrahiyyetu’l-Haniyye
Laura Stafman, MD
Elizabeth A. Beierle, MD, FACS

Second Place

Hospital Gangrene in the Civil War—A Devastating Insult to Injury
Kevin Labadie, MD
David Droullard, MD
Hugh Foy, MD, FACS

Other Posters Presented

George E. Goodfellow, MD: The Gunfighter’s Surgeon
Andrew W. Garrett, MD
Christie A. Youssef, MD


Daniel Hale Williams, MD: Pioneering Heart Surgeon and Advocate for Diversity
Alisha Jefferson, MD
Tamra McKenzie, MD


John Hunter, The Knife Man: Maverick, Grave Snatcher, Anatomist, Experimenter and Father of Modern Surgery
Kelly A. Kapp
Glenn E. Talboy, MD, FACS


The Paper Boy from “Foggy Bottom Neighbourhood” Who Went on to Become the “Father of Modern Day Blood Banking”: The Life and Times of Charles Drew—Surgeon, Researcher, Activist, and Physician Extraordinaire
Saptarshi Biswas, MD, FRCS


Herman Boerhaave: The Dutch Hippocrates, A Forgotten Father of Medicine
Munim Ali Khan, BS, MHS
Anthony Scholer, MD
Ravi Chokshi, MD


Contributions of Ambroise Paré (1510–90): The Gentle Surgeon
A. Michelle Tanner, MD, MS
Mark C. Weissler, MD, FACS


From Couching to Cataract Extraction with Intraocular Lens Implantation: The Evolution of Cataract Surgery
Kendall Wannamaker, MD
KL Anderson, MD, PhD


Henri Hartmann and the Elegance of His Simplified Approach to a Surgical Challenge
Ace J. St. John, MS
Ryland Stucke, MD
Joshua D. Mancini, MD


Thomas Fogarty and His Revolutionary Catheter
Zakiur M. Rahaman, MD
Samuel H. Lai
Saad A. Shebrain, MBBCh, MMM, FACS


Kocher’s Campaign: The Humanitarian Origins of Modern Ballistic Testing
Patrick Greiffenstein, MD, FACS
Jace Landry, MD


The History of the Scalpel: From Flint to Zirconium-coated Steel
Jason Brill, MD
Evan K. Harrison, MD
Jonathan L. Halbach, DO
Jan-Michael Van Gent, DO
James D. Wallace, MD
Ashley L. Zander, DO
Michael J. Sise, MD, FACS
Romeo Ignacio Jr., MD, FACS


A Story of Following the Light – Development of the Percutaneous Endoscopic Gastrostomy Tube
Andrew T. Strong
Jeffrey L. Ponsky, MD, FACS


Franz Torek, the Meltzer-Auer Device and the First Transthoracic Esophageal Resection
Zakiur M. Rahaman, MD
Samuel H. Lai
Saad A. Shebrain, MBBCh, MMM, FACS


The Story of Catgut Ligature and the Lasting Legacy of a Medieval Surgeon
Mian Hashim Hanif


Operation Ranger: Burn Surgeon Researching Atomic Bomb Injuries Proposes Idea of Specialized Burn Centers
Jeremy M. Powers, MD
Michael J. Feldman, MD


“Yes, I shot the president, but his physicians killed him”: The Standard of Care and the Possible Causes for the Death of President James A. Garfield
John D. Ehrhardt, Jr.
J. Patrick O’Leary, MD, FACS


All the Live-Long Day: The Brief History of Railway Surgeons and the Birth of Trauma Care
Rafael G. Gonzalez, MD
Sebastiano Cassaro, MD, FACS


Surgery at Sea: The Evolution of the US Hospital Ship
Jonathan L. Halbach, DO
Kathleen A. Cannon, MD
Romeo C. Ignacio, Jr., MD, FACS
Kyle Gadbois, MD