The most recent ACS Congress had the most surgical residents (11) and medical students (5) attendance from the SUNY Downstate
Department of Surgery, owing primarily to a large number of accepted paper presentations senior authored and presented by surgery
students and residents.
1. Identification of Reg1 as a NJovel Stellate Cell Activator in Regenerating Pancreas
Marc W. LaFonte, M.D.; Albert Stanek, MD; Cathy Mueller; Michael E. Zenilman, MD, FACS; Akira Sugawara, MD,PhD; Antonio E. Alfonso, MD, FACS; Chongmin HUan, MD,PhD. SUNY Downstate Medical Center
(Surgical Forum)
2. PAP1/Reg3b Dependant MAPK Activation Mediates Pancreatic Regeneration after Partrial Pancreatectomy in Mouse.
Marc W. LaFonte, MD; Albert Stanek, MD; Cathy Mueller; Gainosuke Sugiyama, MD; Antonio E. Alfonso, MD, FACS; Juan L. Iovanna, MD, PhD; Chongmin Huan, MD, PhD. SUNY Downstate Medical Center
(Surgical Forum)
3. A Structured Daily Teaching Curriculum of Medical Students Improves the NBME Shelf Examination Performance
Bethany Malone; Keith Wirth; Christopher Turner, MD; Robert Schulze, MD, FACS; Aliu Sanni, MD. SUNY Downstate Medical Center
(Surgical Forum)
4.Positive Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus (MRSA) Screening by Nasal Swab Is an Independent Predictor of Mortality
Brian P. Tiu, MD; Srilakshmi Ponukumati, MD; Akella Chendrasekhar, MD, FACS. Richmond University Medical Center, Staten Island, NY
(Scientific Paper)
5. The Role of Evidence-Based Medicine in Surgical Education
Svetlana Kleyman, MD; Aliu Sanni, MD; Ramy Abdel-Naby; Alexander Schwartzman, MD, FACS. SUNY Downstate Medical Center
(Poster Presented)