Thank you to everyone who attended and presented at the 12th Annual Harvard Surgery Research Day! We hope you had an educational and enjoyable day.

The Harvard Surgery Research Day program provides the opportunity to recognize the amazing work that the surgical research fellows complete and for interaction between the surgical researchers across the four affiliated hospitals who comprise the HMS Department of Surgery — Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston Children’s Hospital, Brigham & Women’s Hospital, and Massachusetts General Hospital.

This year’s symposium highlighted the exciting research activities of HMS residents, fellows, staff, and students. Trainees and staff presented work from across the four affiliated hospitals, featuring 16 oral presentations and 136 poster presentations. For more details from the day, as well as a full listing of the Poster Presenters, please click on the two links below.

A highlight of the event was a fascinating lecture on Short Bowel Syndrome in Children: Surgical Options and Scientific Opportunities by our Visiting Professor, Dr. Brad Warner. Additionally, Dr. Warner provided expert commentary and stimulated inquisitive discussion for many of the presenters.

On behalf of Drs. Elliot L. Chaikof, Gerard M. Doherty, Steven J. Fishman, Keith D. Lillemoe, and the 2023 HSRD Scientific Committee, we extend our congratulations to the following researchers who won awards at the 12th Annual Harvard Surgery Research Day on Saturday, March 25, 2023!

2nd Prize Best Basic Science Oral Award

Cullen Roberts, MD
Brigham & Women’s Hospital
(Mentor: Eric Sheu, MD, PhD)
Sleeve Gastrectomy Inhibits Tumor Formation in a Mouse Model of Familial Adenomatous Polyposis

2nd Prize Best Clinical/
Health Services Oral Award

Shawn Izadi, MD
Boston Children’s Hospital
(Mentor: Benjamin Zendejas-Mummert, MD, MSc)
Diagnostic Accuracy of Ultrasound for Evaluating Vocal Fold Movement Impairment in Children

Best Basic Science Poster Award

Joshua Gershlak, PhD
Massachusetts General Hospital
(Mentor: Harald Ott, MD)
Design and Fabrication of a Working Tissue Model of the Developing Embryonic Heart

Best Clinical/Health Services Poster Award

Ra’ad Al-Faouri, MD/MMSc
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
(Mentor: Aria Olumi, MD)
SRD5A2 Expression is a Predictor of Response to Finasteride in the MTOPS Trial

Pictured, from left: Keith Lillemoe, MD; Gerard Doherty, MD; Cullen Roberts, MD; Alexandra Potter; Joshua Gershlak, PhD; Shawn Izadi, MD; Ra’ad Al-Faouri, MD; Brad Warner, MD; Elliot Chaikof, MD, PhD; Steven Fishman, MD. Award winner not pictured: Ashlyn Whitlock, MD.