The first ACS History of Surgery Poster Competition was held at the 2015 Clinical Congress in Chicago. Sponsored by the American College of Surgeons Surgical History Group (ACS SHG), the competition featured posters examining the impact of historical events on the development of the modern surgeon. Seventy-four proposals were submitted and twenty-one were accepted.
The winning poster was Jane Todd Crawford, submitted by Eugene H. Shively, MD, FACS; Randy Lehman, MD; and Victoria Graham, MD. The runner-up was William T. Bovie, the Father of Electrosurgery: A Brief History of One Man’s Major Contribution to Modern-Day Surgery, submitted by Michael A. Lopez; Jessica L. Buicko, MD; Kandace Kichler, MD; and Ashley M. Lankford, MD, FACS.
The following is a list of all posters and participants:
The Parable of the Surgeon, the Radiologist, and the Pathologist: How Collaboration Defeated a Tumor Lauren Gillory, MD
Kristen A. Zeller, MD, FACS, FAAP
Brina Goyette
Dr. Lloyd Mack
J. Aaron Barnes, BS
Ryland S. Stucke, MD
Gina L. Adrales, MD, MPH, FACS
Michael A. Lopez
Jessica L. Buicko, MD
Kandace Kichler, MD
Ashley M. Lankford, MD, FACS
Laura M. Mazer, MD, MS
Management of Aortic Aneurysms, 1800–2015 Justin Barr, MD
James S.T. Yao, MD, FACS
Norman M. Rich, MD, FACS
J. M. Ramia, MD, PhD, FACS
A. Lopez-Marcano, MD
R. De la Plaza, MD
J. Gonzales, MD
J. Valenzuela, MD
C. Garcia-Amador, MD
Eugene H. Shively, MD, FACS
Randy Lehman, MD
Victoria Graham, MD
Craig A. Miller, MD, FACS
E. Christopher Ellison, MD, FACS
Robert M. Zollinger, Jr., MD, FACS
Alexandra Pass
Lee G. Wilke, MD, FACS
Vasileios Drakopoulos
Athanasios Bakalis
Nikolaos Roukounakis
Vasileios Vougas
Spiros Drakopoulos
J. M. Ramia, MD, PhD, FACS
A. W. Kuhnhardt, MD
R. De la Plaza, MD
V. Arteaga, MD, PhD
F. Al Shwely, MD, PhD
J. C. Valenzuela, MD
C. Garcia-Amador, MD
A. Lopez-Marcano, MD
Thomas E. Reeve, IV, MD
Heather Waldrop, MD
Clancy J. Clark, MD
John H. Stewart, IV, MD
Gordon L. Telford, MD, FACS
From Herophilus to Modern Surgical Simulation with Perfused Cadaveric Models and Plastination Konstantios Chouliaras, MD
Patrick McGonagill, MD
Peep Talving, MD, PhD, FACS
Konstantinos Votanopoulos, MD, PhD, FACS
Jennifer Bishop, MD
1883-1946: The Long, Tortuous Passage to safe Lung resectionFrederic W. Grannis, Jr., MD
History of Cook County Trauma Unit James R. Yon, MD
Kimberly Nagy, MD
Kimberly Joseph, MD
Andrew Dennis, DO
Frederic Starr, MD
Faran Bokhari, MBA, MD
Jessica L. Buicko, MD
Kandace Kichler, MD
Michael A. Lopez
Miguel A. Lopez-Viego, MD, FACS
Misato Maeno
Alan T. Lefor, MD, MPH, PhD, FACS
D. Carver
J. M. Aubin
S. Tadros
D. Pitt
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